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Serj Tankian comments on Yerevan municipality brawl, watch video in Slow motion

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Serj Tankian

Serj Tankian

Famous musician Serj Tankian commented on the reports about a brawl at the Yerevan municipality when female legislators were attacked by their colleagues.

“Simply appalling,” Tankian wrote on Facebook

A brawl took place after the opposition legislators brought along containers of sewage from Nubarashen district of Yerevan where residents are constantly complaining of a stench.

Yerkir Tsirani member Marina Khachatryan attempted to take a container of dirty water to Yerevan Mayor. However, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) faction members attacked the woman to prevent her actions.

Meet the Russian Armenain figure skating star whose world record routine is fueled by K-pop

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Evgenia Medvedeva (nee Babasyan)

Like other successful athletes, Russian Armenian figure skating star Evgenia Medvedeva (nee Babasyan) lists her athletic accomplishments on the bios of her social media accounts.

“Two times World, European and Russian national champion 2016-2017,” reads the first line of the 18-year-old’s Instagram and Twitter pages, followed by a gold medal and figure skate emoji. But the next two descriptions — “Anime otaku” and “EXO-L” — reveal Medvedeva’s true passions off the ice.

According to the Associated Press, Medvedeva listened to the South Korean-Chinese K-pop band Exo before her world-record setting ladies’ short program routine during the figure skating team event Sunday at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea. She added that she has received autographs and letters from members of the band.

The term otaku typically refers to people with an obsessive interest in anime or manga and EXO-L is the “official global fan club” of Exo.

For the uninitiated, Exo is an enormously popular boy-band based in Seoul that has dominated music charts in Korea. Its prevalence and popularity, especially among teenage girls, led one lifestyle magazine to dub the band in 2016 as “bigger than One Direction.” Exo will reportedly be performing at the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympics.

https://youtu.be/XSkWZlNRd0U

Officially, Medvedeva is competing under the banner of Olympic Athletes from Russia after the International Olympic Committee denied a portion of Russian athletes to compete due to the doping investigation.

Medvedeva did not know until last month that she would be able to compete and she will not be eligible to medal for Russia. But her affinity for K-pop and anime has endeared her to fans around the world, and certainly in South Korea, where the K-pop genre originated.

A cursory look at Medvedeva’s social media accounts shows that she is no casual fan of either. Anime drawings litter her Twitter feed and she even dressed as Sailor Moon for an ice skating exhibition in Japan. She has met Naoko Takeuchi, the author of “Sailor Moon” who is also a fan of the skater.

SALMAST: History and Culture of the Armenian Community within a broader Armeno-Iranian Context.

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“Haftvan Auditorium in Salmast” in early 1950’s

“Haftvan Auditorium in Salmast” in early 1950’s

A New Course at UCLA Spring 2018 Visiting Professor: Dr. Marco G. Brambilla,

The course offers a survey of the main developments in the political, economic, and cultural history of the Salmast region, first within the context of Greater Armenia and then under Iranian administration up to the present, focusing on the diverse activities of the Armenian community there and their wider significance in Armeno-Iranian interrelations.

Dr. Marco Brambilla is a practicing architect and an architectural historian specializing in Islamic and Armenian architecture. He has lectured extensively in major schools of architecture worldwide. Since 2016, in cooperation with UCLA and SHA, he has been active in a major research program about the Salmast Region. This year he organized and directed an expedition to the Salmast region to gather data for a major monograph on the areas of architectural and cultural history.

Enroll now for Spring 2018 Quarter, starting April 2 – June 15

Sponsored by Salmast Heritage Association (SHA) in cooperation with The Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies at UCLA.

For more info please contact: (818) 645-5571, cowe@humnet.ucla.edu

 

This girl is unreal”. Angela Sarafyan about Armenian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva

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Angela Sarafyan

Winter Olympic games have already started, and it seems like Hollywood known Armenian actress Angela Sarafyan is also very interested in them.On her Instagram Story she spoke about Armenian-Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva.Angela wrote: “This girl is unreal. She is untouchable… Why poetry is written. Beautiful Armenian-Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva”.

Armenian delegation at 2018 Winter #Olympic Parade in Pyeongchang

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#Armenian athletes at the #Winter #Olympics! flag waving at the opening ceremonies

#Armenian athletes at the #Winter #Olympics! flag waving at the opening ceremonies

The opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympic Games kicked off in Pyeongchan, South Korea.

The Armenian delegation has already participated in the Olympic Parade. Mikayel Mikayelyan was Armenia’s flagbearer. Head of Delegation Gagik Bolshikyan, Olympians Katya Galstyan, Ashot Karapetyan, as well as coaches of skiing and ski racing Armenian national teams Arthur Mikaelyan and Seyran Harutyunyan and Secretary General of the Armenian Ski Federation Gagik Sargsyan also participated in the Olympic Parade.

As reported earlier, Armenia has three representatives at Pyeongchan 2018: cross-country skiers Mikayel Mikayelyan, Katya Galstyan and alpine skier Ashot Karapetyan. Katya Galstyan participated in Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

Armenian athletes will compete on February 13. Mikayel Mikayelyan and Katya Galstyan will perform first.

Russian athletes took part in the Olympic Games in the parade under the Olympic flag.

Due to the Russian doping controversy, the International Olympic Committee will only permit certain Russian athletes to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics under the designation Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR).

South Korean and North Korean delegations took part in the parade together, although both countries are in war.

A total of 102 medals will be up for grabs this year in 15 events.

A total of 2,925 athletes from 92 countries will take part in PyeongChang 2018, and this is a record number in the history of Winter Olympics. Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore made their WinterGames debut at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018.

The competition schedules of Armenia’s representatives are as follows:

Katya Galstyan: Ladies’ Sprint Classic Qualification, February 13, 12:30pm (Armenia time)

Mikayel Mikayelyan: Men’s Sprint Classic Qualification, February 13, 13:05pm.

Katya Galstyan: Ladies’ 10km Free, February 15, 10:30am

Mikayel Mikayelyan: Men’s 15km Free, February 16, 10am

Ashot Karapetyan: Men’s Giant Slalom Run 1, February 18, 5:15am

Ashot Karapetyan: Men’s Slalom Run 1, February 22, 5:15am.

Armenia’s Levon Aronian takes first prize at Tradewise Chess Festival

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Levon Aronian takes first prize

Levon Aronian takes first prize

Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian won the first prize at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival on Thursday, February 1 after drawing with the reigning champion Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.) in the final round and then beating Richard Rapport (Hungary) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the playoff.

The second representative from Armenia, Lilit Mkrtchyan, concluded the tournament with 5.5 points overall in the 98th position.

The 16th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival was a 10-round open event that took place from January 23-February 1 at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar

INTENT TO DESTROY Wednesday, February 21, 2018 7:30 pm Fresno IMAX Cinema Riverpa

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By Vanoush Khatchaturyan,

The Charlie Keyan Armenian Community School, in conjunction with the Knights and Daughters of Vartan (Fresno) is proud to bring this movie to Fresno. “Intent to Destroy,” by veteran documentarian Joe Berlinger, is an interesting hybrid. It’s partly an account of the Armenian Genocide and the ongoing efforts of the Turkish government to deny it, and partly a look at attempts to make films about the killings, including the 2016 drama “The Promise.” Tell your friends, tell your family, get your tickets (I got mine) and help support this movie, which is part of the overall campaign of Armenian Genocide justice.

Marshall is your host, this is a 1 night only screening of INTENT TO DESTROY Wednesday, February 21, 2018 @ 7:30 pm, we have to sell 36 more tickets in order for the Imax Cinema at Riverpark to hold the theather.  PLEASE ORDER TODAY and insure your seats its limited seating of 120  
 

 

IVC Summer Camp – Bed & Breakfast in Spitak Armenia

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Bring your group and children to a Model Village in Spitak – Armenia. 2 Buildings remodelled with several W.C to host up to 50 people.

Work and help the locals, pick up fresh chicken eggs, get milk directly from the cow, pick Fruits and Veggies from the trees, etc.

Play ground, activities, Hiking, in the adjacent hills with fresh air. Visiting Historical sites of NOAH’s Land, and much more.

International Volunteer Center ( IVC ) Spitak – Armenia

The Center Residences and hosts are Armenian Refugees from Syria.

Your reservation and contribution will help them re-establish their lives.

For Reservation and more info. Please contact:

Mr. Vasken Melkonian.

Email; spitak.camp@gmail.com

Tel: France. + 33 – 637 148 643 – in Armenia. + 374 – 93 245 504

Angela Sarafyan joins Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

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Angela Sarafyan joins Extremely Wicked,

Angela Sarafyan joins Extremely Wicked,

Angela Sarafyan joins Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Deadline has learned. The screenplay, which won the Nicholl Fellowship, was on the Black List and is written by Michael Werwie. Production on the new Zac Efron film began a few days ago.

Sarafyan will play Joanna, a close friend of Bundy’s longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins). Joanna acts as a support system for Elizabeth and is the reason she starts to finally question Bundy’s intentions. Aboard too is John Malkovich playing Edward Cowart, the judge who presided over the serial killer’s 1979 trial that resulted in a death sentence.

Voltage Pictures is financing and the company’s Ara Keshishian and Nicolas Chartier are producing with Michael Costigan of COTA Entertainment and Michael Simkin from Efron’s Ninjas Runnin Wild Productions. Jonathan Deckter and Jason Barrett as executive producers.

Sarafyan is a series regular playing Clementine Pennyfeather on Westworld, which is in production on Season 2. She also co-starred last year in Terry George’s Armenian genocide pic The Promise opposite Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac. Her credits also include Paranoia and Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part II.

North and South Korea to march under unified flag at Winter Olympics

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North and South Korea have agreed to make a joint entrance under a unified Korean peninsula flag at the opening ceremony of the upcoming Winter Olympics. They will also send a combined women’s ice hockey team.

After intense negotiations, the two Koreas announced on Wednesday that they will make a joint entrance to next month’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Following a meeting in the truce village of Panmunjom, the latest in a string of recent talks between the two nations, Yonhap news agency reported that the countries will also send a united women’s ice hockey team to the Games. The plan is still subject to approval by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

It has also emerged that a North Korean delegation will visit the South next week to take a look at facilities for the Games, which begin on February 9. Furthermore, South Korea will send some of its athletes to Masikryong, a ski resort in the North.

Last week, Pyongyang agreed to send athletes, officials and various performers to the Winter Olympics south of the border. The Pyeongchang Games are to take place just 80 kilometers south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides the nations.

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in has expressed his support for the united ice hockey team and the countries marching together while, before the talks, the North’s chief delegate Jon Jong-Su said he “hopes that ties can open” between the countries.

However, not everyone has greeted the news so positively. Japansese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said the world should not be naive about North Korea’s “charm offensive” over the Olympics.

“It is not the time to ease pressure, or to reward North Korea,” Kono said. “The fact that North Korea is engaging in dialogue could be interpreted as proof that the sanctions are working.”

mp/kl (AFP, DPA, Reuters)