Author: Maral Takmazian

President Bolsonaro praises Brazil’s Armenian community, says it can boost bilateral ties

Maral Takmazian
ArmenPress, Armenia
Aug 20 2020

YEREVAN, AUGUST 20, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Ambassador to Brazil Arman Hakobyan presented his credentials to President Jair Bolsonaro in a ceremony at the Palácio do Planalto in Brasilia, the foreign ministry said in a news release.

After the ceremony, the ambassador and the Brazilian President talked about bilateral relations. Brazil’s FM Ernesto Araújo and other officials were present.

Speaking about the bilateral Armenia-Brazil ties, the interlocutors agreed that significant potential exists and emphasized the importance of fully utilizing it.

President Bolsonaro spoke highly about the Armenian community of Brazil and noted that it may boost the development of ties between the two countries.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan



Film: Is The Promise Really Based on Armenian Genocide? All You Need To Know Right Here!!

Maral Takmazian
Gizmo Posts 24
Aug 9 2020
Is The Promise Really Based on Armenian Genocide? All You Need To Know Right Here!!

“The Promise” consists of an immensely talented cast of, Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, and Christian Bale. The film takes place around the slaughter of the Armenian citizens by the Ottoman Empire. Which coincidently is the day of remembrance in Armenia which is, April 24. The events that unfolded that day are as follows, many Armenians intellectuals were arrested in the supposed Armenian genocide.
In World War I, the Ottoman Empire government planned to eradicate the Armenians. The planned to confiscate Armenian property and goods and deport the citizens. Approximately 2.1 million Armenians living in the Ottoman empire in 1914 and the number dropped to a mere 387,800 by 1922.

According to Peter Balakian,

Armenians had become forces for social and political change within the empire and were asking the state. Can a Christian be the equal of a Muslim in the Ottoman empire? The new nationalism in Turkey, especially after Turkey’s enormous losses in the Balkan wars, [led to the feeling] that Turkey could only be revived and saved if it got rid of its Christian minority populations.

There are similarities with Nazism, in terms of thinking that, in order to revitalize a state in crisis, you need to eradicate a certain ethnic group.

It’s a watershed event in the history of modernity, because it’s the first time that the nation-state uses technology. Its advanced military communications, legislation and the nationalist ideology for the purpose of eradicating a targeted ethnic group in a certain period of time.

Due to all of these occurrences, the Armenians have been trying for decades to make these relevant. They have been trying to persuade Turkish authorities and others as well to recognize their struggle. A lot of people rebuttal that these deaths were not a part of a Genocide but of World War I.


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Trans-ocean tanker named after Armenian composer Arno Babajanyan

Maral Takmazian
Public Radio of Armenia
Aug 9 2020

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On the eve of the 100th birth anniversary of Armenian and Soviet composer, People’s Artist of the USSR Arno Babajanyan, a trans-ocean tanker was named after the outstanding composer in a solemn ceremony held in Vladivostok.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation Vardan Toganyan thanked the authors of the initiative. He noted that Arno Babajanyan today remains a symbol of Armenian-Russian friendship, and his musical heritage is the cultural heritage of the peoples of Armenia, Russia and other former Soviet republics.

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The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Primorsky Krai Elena Bronnikova, representative of the International Fund in memory of Arno Babadzhanyan Armen Sarkisyants, head of the regional association “Union of Armenians of Russia” in Kamchatka KraiArtur Khachatryan and others.

The event was followed by a concert program, which featured performances of well-known works by Arno Babajanyan.


From handguns to vehicles, everything must be brand new – PM on new police patrol service

Maral Takmazian

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 13:47, 6 August, 2020

YEREVAN, AUGUST 6, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has called on his Cabinet to put an end to the “old logic” of the practice of re-using second-hand property and equipment in a new institution.

He was speaking about the new Patrol Service of the Police, an agency currently being set up. Pashinyan said everything in the patrol service must be new.

“An opinion was voiced during discussions that the official vehicles which we are optimizing elsewhere could be provided to the patrol service. No, not a single, second-hand thing shouldn’t be at the patrol service, starting from the handguns, the uniforms, up to the cruisers and radio devices. Everything must be new, from scratch,” Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.

“You can’t build a new school and put the equipment of the old one there. This is a very bad thing in all regards. You can build something less somewhere, but the new must be brand new,” Pashinyan said.

The new patrol service is being developed as part of wider law enforcement reforms.

Reporting by Norayr Shoghikyan; Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Sports: Mkhitaryan happy to stay at Roma for 2020-21 as he avoids return to Arsenal

Maral Takmazian
GOAL.com
Aug 6 2020
  
 
Mkhitaryan happy to stay at Roma for 2020-21 as he avoids return to Arsenal
 
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The Armenian playmaker has spent the current campaign on loan at Stadio Olimpico and will be remaining in Italy for at least another season
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan believes he has enjoyed a “good season” at Roma and is pleased to have an agreement in place that allows him to return to Stadio Olimpico in 2020-21 and avoid re-joining the ranks at Arsenal.
 
The Gunners sanctioned a move to Italy for the Armenian playmaker prior to the 2019-20 campaign.
 
They had seen Mkhitaryan endure a testing time in English football at Manchester United and Emirates Stadium. There had been flashes of what he was capable of, with three trophies secured at Old Trafford under Jose Mourinho, but consistency proved to be an issue for the former Borussia Dortmund star.

‘Together with the Yazidi community, we commemorate the victims in Sinjar’ – Speaker of Parliament

Maral Takmazian

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 11:37, 3 August, 2020

YEREVAN, AUGUST 3, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan has issued a statement on the anniversary of the Sinjar massacre, noting that on August 3 the Armenian nation, together with the Yazidi community of Armenia, is commemorating the Yazidis who were killed by terrorists 6 years ago in northern Iraq.

“As a nation who survived genocide, we cannot stay indifferent upon witnessing the same crime being committed against any other people,” he said.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Russian MFA expresses readiness to continue efforts for restoring Yerevan-Baku talks

Maral Takmazian

Russian MFA expresses readines to continue efforts for restoring Yerevan-Baku talks

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 19:02, 30 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 30, ARMENPRESS. The Russian authorities have taken all necessary measures for preventing further escalation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border, Aleksey Zaytsev, an official at the Russian foreign ministry said during a weekly briefing.

”Russia was greatly concerned to hear about the border escalation between two our friendly countries, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and we are confident that the long-lasting Karabakh conflict, as well as any other conflict should be solved exclusively peacefully through diplomatic talks. Our position is shared also by the other OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair countries – the USA and France, as well as the UN, the CIS and other international organizations’’, ARMENPRESS reports Zaytsev as saying.

According to him the Russian authorities have taken all the necessary measures for preventing future escalation. Zaytsev reminded that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov held telephone conversation with his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts. ”We are ready to continue efforts for establishing political dialogue between Yerevan and Baku”, he said.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan

Iran’s confirmed coronavirus cases reach 300,000

Maral Takmazian

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 15:40,

YEREVAN, JULY 29, ARMENPRESS. The total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran has reached 298,909, the healthcare ministry spokesperson said.

2,636 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.

196 people have died from the virus in one day, raising the death toll to 16,343.  

The total number of recovered patients is 259,116.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Residents of Armenia’s Chinari say they aren’t afraid of anything and won’t leave village

Maral Takmazian
News.am, Armenia
Residents of Armenia’s Chinari say they aren’t afraid of anything and won’t leave village Residents of Armenia’s Chinari say they aren’t afraid of anything and won’t leave village

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Parliament elects Hovhannes Khachatryan member of Central Bank Council

Maral Takmazian

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 13:42,

YEREVAN, JULY 16, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Parliament elected today Hovhannes Khachatryan as member of the Council of the Central Bank.

99 MPs participated in the voting, 1 ballot was declared invalid.

96 lawmakers voted in favor of Khachatryan’s candidacy, 2 voted against.

Hovhannes Khachatryan’s candidacy has been proposed by the ruling My Step faction.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan