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Armenia, My Love, a powerful film that commemorates the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide made its world premiere at the Laemmle Theater in Pasadena on Thursday, April 14. The premier kicked off with a roar as more than 20 members of the Armenian Brigade Motorcycle Club drove up on their motorcycles with Armenian flags, reports.

The film played for a sold out audience and will play a limited release in Pasadena and North Hollywood. As Director, Diana Angelson said earlier, “Hopefully [the film] will travel the world and it will teach many people kindness.”

Armenia, My Love begins its limited Los Angeles area theatrical on Friday April 15, 2016 at the Laemmle Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, the Laemmle NoHo 7 in North Hollywood and the MGN 5 Star Cinema.

 

Armenia’s Gor Minasyan won a silver medal in the super heavyweight class at the European Weightlifting Championships under way in Norway.

He lifted 205 kg in the snatch and 237 kg in the clean & jerk.

Armenia’s Hripsime Khurshudyan won a gold medal at the European Weightlifting Championships under way in Norway.

She lifted 113 kg in the snatch and 137 in the clean & jerk.

This was the third gold medal of the Armenian team. Andranik Karapetyan became the winner in the 77 kg weight category, with Tigran Martirosyan coming second. Nazik Avdalyan won the gold in the 69 kg weight category.

Simon Martirosyan (105 kg) won a bronze medal.

President of the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council Serzh Sargsyan received today CSTO secretary general Nikolay Bordyuzha, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, and the heads of delegation of the general staffs of the CSTO member states – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, who have arrived in Armenia to participate in the eights sitting of the CSTO Military Committee.

The guests briefed President Sargsyan on the issues on the agenda of the Military Committee sitting and their role in the reinforcement of the CSTO military component. The interlocutors exchanged views on the steps towards raising the level of efficiency of the CSTO activity. Reference was made to issues related to ensuring security and stability in the Caucasus region, namely the situation created as a result of the military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan along the Nagorno Karabakh line of contact.

Later on President Serzh Sargsyan and CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyzha met face-to-face. Issues related to the Armenian presidency of the CSTO were discussed.

Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist from Azerbaijan, has been chosen to receive the 2016 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, according to .

An independent international jury of media professionals recommended Ms Ismayilova in recognition of her outstanding contribution to press freedom in difficult circumstances.

“Khadija Ismayilova highly deserves the Prize and I am happy to see that her courage and professionalism are recognized,” said Ljiljana Zurovac, President of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2016 Jury.

Ms Ismayilova, a freelance journalist and contributor to the Azerbaijani service of Radio Free Europe, was detained in December 2014, and, in September 2015, was sentenced to seven and a half years’ imprisonment on charges relating to abuse of power and tax evasion.

The Prize will be awarded during the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, hosted by Finland this year.

Created by UNESCO’s Executive Board in 1997, the annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and, or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, and especially when this has been achieved in the face of danger.

The $25,000 Prize is named in honour of Guillermo Cano Isaza, a Colombian journalist who was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper, El Espectador, in Bogotá, on 17 December 1986. It is funded by the Cano Foundation (Colombia) and the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation (Finland).

His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received Nobel Prize laureates Aaron Ciechanover, Ada E. Yonath, Dan Shechtman, John Robin Warren, Ei-ichi Negishi.

The scholars have arrived in Yerevan at the invitation of the Yerevan state Medical University within the framework fo the “Nobel Days in Armenia” event.

Greeting the Nobel Prize winners and wishing them new achievements in their scientific activity, His Holiness Karekin II said “it’s a pleasure to host renowned scholars, who have made a great contribution to the wellbeing of the mankind, at the religious center of all Armenians.”

“Emphasizing the importance of the “Nobel days” event, His Holiness noted that it’s a unique opportunity for young scholars to communicate with world-known workers of science.”

During the meeting the Catholicos spoke about the recent military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan and their disastrous consequences. He also referred to his two-day visit to Artsakh.

His Holiness called on the Nobel Prize laureates to raise their voice in support of re-establishment of peace in the Middle East and the South Caucasus. The Catholicos stressed the importance of a condemning stance of the international community for the prevention of such developments.

 

 

 

 

 

“The recent developments showed that the sooner Artsakh gets involved in the negotiations, the more effectively the ntalks will proceed,” Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters following the government sitting today.

Speaking about the Kazan document, the Deputy Foreign Minister said “it’s almost the same as the Madrid Principles with some positive changes for the Armenian side.”

As CSTO’s reaction to the four-day war in Artsakh, Kocharyan said “the CSTO Secretariat and Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha responded to the development, and added that “Armenia has not applied for advice from the CSTO Council and therefore has no expectations from it.” “Armenia should rely upon itself, at the same time attaching importance to relations with any country, particularly the allies,” Kocharyan said.

The Deputy Foreign Minister noted that being part of an organization does not yet mean enjoying full support. “Neither the international law, nor the international organizations are ideal,” he said.

Had the international law been ideal, there would not be a Karabakh issue, as self-determination is a core principles of it prominently embodied in Article I of the Charter of the United Nations.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the situation around Nagorno Karabakh during a phone conversation, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.

Lavrov and Kerry also discussed the Syrian and Ukraine conflicts.

Real Madrid have been paired with Manchester City in the Champions League semi-finals, while Bayern Munich will have to deal with Atletico Madrid if they are to make it to the final, Goal.com reports.

Friday’s draw in Nyon means City manager Manuel Pellegrini will take on his former team, having coached Madrid in 2009-10.

Madrid – who saw off Wolfsburg in the last round – made it to the final four in 2014-15, but Juventus eventually proved to too strong. They last won the competition in 2013-14, beating Atletico 4-1 after extra time for their 10th European Cup win.

Manchester City, meanwhile, are the rookies in the semi-finals, having never made it to this stage before. They failed to make it past the round of 16 in 2013-14 and 2014-15, but got the better of Dynamo Kyiv and Paris Saint-Germain to set up a clash with the Spanish giants.

Madrid and City have met twice before, with Los Blancos winning once and drawing the remaining game when they were paired in the group stages of the competition in 2012-13.

The tie between Bayern and Atletico will see Pep Guardiola return to his native country, having enjoyed so much success at Barcelona before his move to the Bundesliga champions.

“Ignoring the numerous calls by the international community Azerbaijan over the last few days has continued the cease-fire violations along the line of contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan and the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, using weaponry of various calibers including mortars and grenade launchers, leaving two soldiers killed,” Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tigran Balayan said.

“Azerbaijan grossly violates the oral arrangement of April 5 on the cessation of hostilities by which the cease-fire established by 1994 agreement between Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia was restored. Azerbaijan disregards the calls of the international community aimed at exclusively peaceful settlement of the issue,” Balayan said in comments to the First News Service.

“The continuation of military actions by Baku can lead to dangerous consequences the full responsibility of which lies with the authorities of Azerbaijan,” the Spokesman said.