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The “Generation of independence” – a pan-Armenian orchestra and choir – will perform at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex on September 21. The concert, featuring more than 1,000 musicians aged 10-25 will be dedicated to the 25^th anniversary of Armenia’s independence. Works by Armenian composers created during the years of independence and before will be performed.

Author of the project, conductor Sergey Smbatyan says “the concert is a huge responsibility for all participants.”

“It’s very important that Armenia has chosen to celebrate the 25th anniversary of independence with a classical concert. It’s a great honor, a source of inspiration and a great responsibility for my colleagues and me,” Sergey Smbatyan told reporters today.

He added that “many countries lack what Armenia has.” “We have musicians able to perform with best orchestras in the world,” he told reporters today.

The project brings together musicians, singers and choirs from Yerevan, the provinces of Armenia and Artsakh, as well as best young performers from different parts of the world that have been representing Armenia with honor during the 25 years of independence.

CBSLA.com — Reality television star Kim Kardashian is getting political.

The 35-year-old Kardashian took out a full-page, paid advertisement in the New York Times Saturday.

In it, she denounced the Wall Street Journal for running an ad paid for by Turkic Platform denying the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians in the year 1915.

In the article titled, “Genocide Denial Cannot Be Allowed,” Kardashian writes:

“My family and I are no strangers to BS in the press … but when I heard about this full-page ad that ran in the Wall Street Journal denying the Armenian genocide, I couldn’t brush it off.”

At the Armenian Consulate in Glendale, several Armenian protesters gathered to voice their concerns over corruption in the Armenian regime.

Their take on Kardashian’s advertisement?

“My first reaction … she’s right on point,” said one man, while another said: “Media should be careful in what they print, what message they are trying to give society.”

The advertisement mentioned the WSJ’s response was, “We accept a wide range of advertisements, including those with provocative viewpoints.”

Back in April, when the ad surfaced in the WSJ, Kardashian took a similar stance.

Coincidentally, monument in remembrance of the Armenian genocide was unveiled Saturday in downtown LA’s Grand Park.

The delegation headed by the Director of the Belarussian GPS/GLONASS navigation satellite system will visit Armenia on September 19.

During a three-day visit the delegation will hold negtoiations at the Armenian Ministry of Defense and participate in the testing of the system.

Photo: Vladimir Smirnov/TASS

The ruling United Russia party won 54.21% of the votes in Sunday’s parliamentary elections with 90% of the ballots counted, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, TASS reports.

The Communist Party comes second with 13.53% of the votes, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) is in the third place with 13.28% of the votes. A Just Russian party gained 6.19% of the votes.

No other party has overcome the 5% threshold for entry into the parliament by party tickets.

Russia’s Communists party is at the fifth place with 2.35% of votes, followed by Yabloko (1.86%), the Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice (1.75%), Rodina (1.44%), the Party of Growth (1.18%), the Green party (0.74%), Parnas (0.70%), Russia’s Patriots (0.58%), Civil Platform (0.22%). The Civil Power party is at the last place with 0.14% of votes.

The United Russia party also leads in 203 out of 206 one-seat constituencies.

The voter turnout at the elections to the State Duma was 47.94%.

Elections to the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, were held on September 18 in a split system: 225 members of parliament were elected by party tickets, while the other 225 were elected in one-seat constituencies. More than 111 million people were eligible to vote in the election and no minimal turnout was required.

The 8th International Hrant Dink Award will take place in Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center on Thursday, September 22, 2016 between 20.00-22.00.

– Split in half, chiseled on one side and smooth on the other, the black rock memorializes not just the Armenian genocide, but also survival.

Unveiled Saturday evening as the sun set over Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles, the Armenian Genocide Monument is ringed by metal bars embedded in the ground and etched with the words of Armenian American writer William Saroyan:

“In the time of your life, live — so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.”

“We wanted something that was uplifting and also spoke to a much broader audience,” said photographer Levon Parian, one of a team who created the monument.

The five-ton piece was sculpted by Glendale architect Vahagn Thomasian from volcanic rock quarried from Armenia’s Ararat Valley.

The split in the monument represents the disruption of the 1915-18 genocide, which claimed the lives of about 1.2 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, which became the modern republic of Turkey. The Turkish government disputes that a genocide took place.

“The rough part resembles [the period] after the genocide when the Armenian people struggled and tried to survive,” Thomasian said. The smooth half “represents the present, future, new generations.”

Southern California is home to the largest Armenian community outside of Armenia. More than 200,000 people of Armenian descent live in Los Angeles County.

The idea for a Los Angeles monument grew out of last year’s iWitness installation in Grand Park, which marked the centennial of the genocide with huge portraits of survivors.

County Supervisor Michael Antonovich told the iWitness team that he would like a permanent memorial. Thomasian settled on something “very simple” that was, he said, both less and more.

On 19 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received Grigor Soghomonyan, Representative of the Armenian National Committee of Australia.

Issues related to the Karabakh conflict settlement, presentation of truthful information about Artsakh in various international instances were on the agenda of the meeting.

President Sahakyan rated high the activity of the Hay Dat in this direction expressing hope that close cooperation with the structure would be maintained further on.

In connection with the 25th anniversary of the Artsakh Republic and for the contribution in the recognition of the NKR’s independence the Hay Dat commission in Australia was awarded with the “Gratitude” medal. Bako Sahakyan handed in the medal to Grigor Soghomonyan during the meeting.

Having served as the spiritual leader for Catholic Armenians in Turkey for 78 years, Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian has passed away, Agos reports. 

The spiritual leader of Catholic Armenians in Turkey Hovhannes Tcholakian has passed away at 97. He had served as the Archbishop of Istanbul for 78 years.

The funeral ceremony will be held in Surp Hovhannes Vosgeperan Church in Istanbul on September 23 at 2.30 pm.

President Serzh Sargsyan visited today the Made in Armenia-2016 Exhibition, which will be opened in the Meridian Exhibition Center in Yerevan on September 19-22. The main goal of the exhibition is to present Armenia’s existing industrial potential, opportunities for development, and assist in entering new markets.

The traditional exhibition of the Armenian goods and services this year brought together over 300 companies from Armenia and Artsakh engaged in food, jewelry, alcoholic beverages production, products of light industry, pharmaceuticals, mining, construction materials, precise machinery and information technologies. The exhibition is attended also by the business delegations from the countries which can be perspective for the Armenian economy.

The President of Armenia toured the Exhibition and inquired about the products and services of the companies represented at the Exhibition and conversed with the representatives of the companies about their problems and development programs.

President Serzh Sargsyan visited today the RA Prosecutor’s Office and introduced to the leadership of the Office – members of the Board, prosecutors from the marzes and garrisons and heads of the subdivisions the newly appointed Prosecutor General Arthur Davtian.

At the beginning, the President of Armenia thanked the former Prosecutor General for his efforts and noted that during his tenure there has been register certain progress in the upholding the rule of law in the country, as well as in the fight against crimes and abuses, including in the system of the Prosecutor’s Office.

The President wished all the best to the Prosecutor General Arthur Davtian and the employees of the Prosecutor’s Office headed by him in furthering their activities. Serzh Sargsyan underscored that Arthur Davtian possesses all necessary knowledge, experience, willpower so that our country could register success with the assistance of the employees of the Prosecutor’s Office. The President of Armenia stressed the importance of bringing together efforts and giving a new impetus to the activities of the Office and noted that in any country there can be no success in the economic or public and political areas as long as there is no progress in the judicial system.

Gevork Kostanian thanked the President for the assessment of his work and assured that combined efforts of all employees of the Office allowed the structure to make a step forward. The former Prosecutor General expressed confidence that works aimed at the establishment in our country of law and order and strengthening of the legal system will continue with the same principled stance, consistency, and energy. He wished every success to the newly appointed Prosecutor General.

Prosecutor General Arthur Davtian thanked for the trust vested in him. He assured that the staff of the Prosecutor’s Office is well aware of the problems facing the country as well as of the importance of solving the tasks set before the Office and will do his best to find the most efficient avenues to solve them and meet everyone’s expectations.