Category: 2021

The documentary “45 Days: The Fight For A Nation” by British filmmaker and journalist Emile Ghessen – a former British Royal Marines Commando – has been submitted to the Oscars Best Documentary Feature category, Ghessen himself revealed on Twitter, according to Horizon Weekly. 

The film was made during the Second Karabakh War in fall 2020, when Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military offensive against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

“Recognising the significant amount of disinformation emerging from the war and lack of world news coverage, Emile travelled the region and embedded himself with local people – those who took up arms to fight. This is their story,” the film’s description says.

A memorial in memory of the soldiers from Ohanavan who had fallen during the Artsakh 44-day war was erected on Monday in the village.  Six people from the village participated in the war – Vakhtang Karapetyan, police officers Artyom Balayan, brothers Gevorg and Karapet Melkonyans, Samvel and Tigran Melkonyans among them.  

The opening event was attended by representatives of the local self-government bodies, command of the local base of the police forces, the relatives of the perished servicemen.   

The consecration of the cross-tone was performed by Ter Aram Qahana Asatryan, after which the participants laid flowers at the memorial and lit candles in memory of all victims of the war. 

A court in Yerevan on Monday ruled to extend the arrest of Armenia’s former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan for another two months, his lawyers said in a statement. The defense has not received a copy of the decision yet.

Tonoyan was arrested on 30 September as part of a criminal probe into the supplies of faulty ammunition to the Armenian military.

The legal team stated that Davit Tonoyan’s right to freedom continues to be violated due to the “incomplete knowledge” of the court and the law enforcement agency dealing with the case.

“We once again draw the attention of the country’s political leadership to the biased investigation against Davit Tonoyan, a striking evidence of which is subjective and unprofessional interpretations of the criminal case, based solely on assumptions,” reads the statement.

Young Armenian boxers have claimed 9 medals at international boxing tournament in memory of Akaki Kakauridze held in Georgia’s Qutaisi. As the Boxing Federation reports, three representative of the Armenian team – Tumas Tovmasyan (51kg weight category), Gor Azizyan (54kg weight category), Manvel Petrosyan (57kg weight category) and Albert Harutyunyan competing in the heavyweight took gold medals. 

Another three boxers – Arman Miskaryan, Robert Yengibaryan and Garik Antanosyan took silver, while Gor Beglaryan and Ares Hakobyan were awarded with bronze. 

The Armenian team participated in the tournament led by coaches Vazgen Badalyan and Artur Ulikhanyan, the Federation said.