The chairman of Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) on Friday addressed September 18 local government polls which he described as absolutely free, fair and transparent.
Tigran Mukuchyan said that the CEC will publish the final outcomes on Saturday to name the elected (or re-elected) governors of around 317 communities.
In his words, they have so far received only 11 appeals for a vote recount.
Mukuchyan said that the CEC worked full-time on the voting day to follow all the violations and subsequent reports in the media, and on the observer organizations’ websites.
Armenian premiere expected at Yerevan10th International Music Festival
Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits will conduct the concert at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall on September 18, Panorama.am learnt from Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert will be featured by soloists Daishin Kashimoto (violin) from Japan and Andriy Viytovych (viola).
The Armenian premier of Concerto for Orchestra No.2 by Ivan Karabits as well as other works will be performed in during the concert.
To remind, Yerevan 10th International Music Festival is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Armenia’s independence. The festival is held under the high patronage of the First Lady of Armenia Mrs. Rita Sargsyan and is supported by the Ministry of Culture.
The festival artistic directors are Alexander Chaushian and Eduard Topchjan.
Armenian Olympic champion, silver medalist gifted $1 mln apartments
Olympic champion Artur Aleksayan and silver medalist Migran Arutyunyan received apartments worth $1 million each from Armenia and the National Olympic Committee, Tert.am reports.
Greco-Roman wrestler Aleksanyan received a 300 square meter apartment in downtown Yerevan. According to Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper, Arutyunyan received the same gift during a special ceremony at the Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Silver medalist Gor Minasyan reportedly received AMD 30 million and an apartment in Gyumri, a city in Armenia’s north, while another silver medalist, Simon Martirosyan, received AMD 30 million.
Personal and team trainers were also rewarded, receiving apartments and up to AMD 10 million.
Shootout took place in Echmiadzin ahead of local elections
On late night of September 16 gun were fired in Armenia’s Echmiadzin city, the First News reported.
According to the source, a fire was opened on the car carrying Echmiadzin Mayor Karen Grigoryan, nominated for the upcoming Mayor’s elections. As Panorama.am leant, Grigoryan was traveling back from Yerevan where he attended Urvagits TV programme.
According to initial information, the fire was opened from Vaz car with state number plate 21/06.
The police confirmed the incident took place with one injured reported. The Investigative Committee is looking into the circumstances of the incident.
Media reports circulate the name Artur Tumanyan, another candidate for Echmiadzin Mayor’s election involved in the incident.
As Panorama.am learnt from Erebuni medical center, Artur Tumanyan was transferred to Neurology department. No further details were provided.
Spokesperson for the acting Mayor and nominated candidate for the elections is not available for comments.
California Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr, His Family to Be Honored ANCA-WR Gala
The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) announced that Golden State Warriors head coach and six time NBA champion Steve Kerr and the Kerr family will be honored with the 2016 ANCA-WR Humanitarian Award in recognition of their exemplary work through three generations, starting with the Near East Relief during and after the Armenian Genocide and continuing through the present time.
The Kerr family will accept the award at the Gala Banquet on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles and a special video presentation by Coach Kerr will be shared with attendees, Asbarez reports.
Kerr’s grandparents, the late Dr. Stanley E. Kerr and his wife Elsa Reckman Kerr, were instrumental in establishing the Near East Relief, the unprecedented American campaign of international humanitarian assistance which saved and sustained hundreds of thousands of Armenian Genocide survivors from 1915 to 1930.
In 1919, Stanley Kerr, who was a junior officer with the US Medical Corps, transferred to Marash, in central Anatolia, where he headed the American relief operations and assisted thousands of Armenians left behind by the French. In 1922, he met his wife Elsa in Marash, where she worked as a schoolteacher. They later married in Beirut, where they ran a Near East Relief orphanage for Armenian children at Nahr Ibrahim, Lebanon.
In 1925, Stanley Kerr earned a PhD in Biochemistry, a field where he distinguished himself, and returned to Lebanon to chair the Department of Biochemistry of the American University of Beirut. In 1965, while Elsa served as dean of women. Stanley retired in 1965 with the rank of Distinguished Professor and was awarded the Order of Merit from the Republic of Lebanon.
Dr Stanley Kerr passed away in December 1976 and left as part of his legacy, The Lions of Marash: Personal Experiences with American Near East Relief, 1919-1922 (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1973), a memoir documenting his eye-witness accounts of the Armenian Genocide.
“I was aware of my grandparents running an orphanage in Marash and eventually finding Beirut through their travels. I have a great deal of pride in knowing how much they helped,” explained Coach Kerr in a recent interview published on Uproxx.
The legacy of Dr Stanley and Elsa Kerr was passed down to their children and grandchildren, who have continued to live by the humanitarian values of their parents and grandparents. Their oldest son was the late Malcolm H Kerr, who was born in Lebanon in 1931 and married his wife Ann Zwicker Kerr there, becoming parents to four children of their own, including Coach Steve Kerr and his older brother John Kerr, who continues his grandparents’ mission by serving on the current board of the Near East Foundation. Their daughter Susan van de Ven used letters from her grandparents as the basis of her thesis at Oberlin College, later presenting it at the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem on the occasion of the 1986 commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.
Many in our local community are familiar with Professor Malcolm Kerr, a renowned scholar of Middle Eastern Studies who served as President of the American University of Beirut and became an expert on the Lebanese Civil War and regional issues with which the Armenian community is well familiar. Professor Kerr was tragically assassinated in Beirut in 1984. His wife Ann returned to the United States and is currently the coordinator of the Fulbright Program at UCLA.
Growing up in Beirut surrounded by Armenian friends and colleagues of his grandparents and great-grandparents and becoming intimately familiar with the consequences of the Armenian Genocide have shaped Coach Kerr’s perspective. As he describes his strong connection toward Armenians and lamenting that not many people know about the Armenian Genocide, Kerr says, “I feel like an honorary member of the Armenian community through my family.”
“The Kerr family’s altruism, sacrifice and activism with the Near East Relief exemplifies the relentless work of the American people and the United States to save the Armenians from annihilation during the Armenian Genocide,” said ANCA-WR Board Member Raffi Kassabian.
The ANCA Western Region launched the “America We Thank You: An Armenian Tribute to Near East Relief” campaign in March, 2014, to recognize the outpouring of generosity by the American people in the immediate aftermath of the Armenian Genocide and to highlight the efforts of Near East Relief in rescuing and providing assistance to hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who were victims of the Genocide.
In the last month, the organization also announced that it will honor California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson with the Man of the Year Award, Varoujan Koundkajian posthumously with the Legacy Award, and Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian with the Legislator of the Year Award.
The 2016 ANCA-WR Annual Gala Banquet will be held on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The main event will begin at 4:30p.m. with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction. A three-course dinner will follow at 6:00 p.m. accompanied by a powerful program and presentation of awards.’
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country, the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a broad range of issues.
Oscar Isaac wears forget-me-not at Armenian Genocide film premiere at Toronto festival
The first screening of “The Promise,” a movie about Armenian Genocide, took place Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Terry George, actors Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac, and Charlotte Le Bon as well as famous musician Serj Tankian, who is lead singer of the world-renowned American Armenian rock band System of a Down (SOAD) and composer of the soundtrack of this movie, “shone” on the red carpet event for the premiere of “The Promise.”
Isaac was wearing a forget-me-not, the symbol of Armenian Genocide Centennial in 2015, at the first screening of this film, which was shot under the patronage of the late American Armenian billionaire, Kirk Kerkorian.
In “The Promise,” 37-year-old famous American actor Oscar Isaac plays the part of the humble Armenian pharmacist, Michael.
The Organizer of Daf BAMA Music Awards Explains Azerbaijani Rumors About Armenian Song «Sari Aghjik»
Armenian famous singers Andre and Sirusho have won in the nominations of The Best Male Act and The Best Female Act at international Daf BAMA Music Awards 2016.
While receiving his prize Andre expressed his gratitude from the stage by thanking his fans from Armenia and Artsakh. This fact infuriated the Azerbaijani delegation. While receiving her prize, singer Aygun Kazimova announced from the stage:
“Thank you my Azerbaijan, thank you my Karabakh”.
Andre had informed us, that the problem had deeper roots.
While doing my sound check, I sang the Armenian song “Sari Aghjik”, which Azerbaijani people “conceder to be theirs”. But everyone knows, it’s an Armenian Folk song. Since then I’ve noticed some curious faces fixed on me”,-said the singer.
Earlier Azerbaijani press had spread rumors about Armenian song Sari Aghjik mentioning that Andre (whom they incorrectly named Sirusho) was about to sing Sari Aghjik during the concert but they had demanded the organizers to change the song.
But as far as we’re informed, Andre had intended to sing his song “Hum Hey” from the beginning.
In order to clarify this story we spoke with the organizer of Daf BAMA Music Awards, Roya Nadi.
“We had a very successful Award ceremony and were very pleased to have more than 30 artists from different countries and cultures attending. We had 20 different languages on our board, what makes our Event really special in its kind.
Regarding the Songs from Sirusho and Andre, I can insure, that we have chosen the songs about 3 weeks before the ceremony. The lineup was made days before the Event and there were no changes in any songs of any Artists during the day of the ceremony or before. We are a multicultural Award ceremony from Germany who respects all countries, cultures and religions.We are sure, that all the Artist who participate in our ceremony, respect this matter”,-she said.
Syune Arakelyan
Armenia has gold and bronze medalists at Sabadell 2016
Armenia has two medalists at the international chess tournament Sabadell 2016 Chess.am reports.
In the final round, Karen Grigoryan defeated Marc Narciso Dublan taking the gold medal, and Karen Movsisyan ended his match in a draw with Kevel Castaneda Olivia.
Grigoryan, who scored 7, initially shared the first two top positions with a Cuban rival. Additional scores, however, later made him a tournament leader. Movsisyan, scoring 6.5 won bronze.
The film “The Promise” by director Terry George, who largely evokes the Armenian genocide at the Toronto Film Festival
The American film “The Promise” by British director Terry George will be presented on September 11th at Toronto International Film Festival Film (Canada). “The Promise” released in theaters in the fall. It tells the story of a young woman covered by an American journalist and a medical student in the last days of the Ottoman Empire in 1922. “The Promise” which was produced with the financial support of the Armenian-American billionaire Kirk Kerkorian -disparu in June 2015-, also discusses extensively the issue of the Armenian genocide. A film with many well-known actors such as Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac, Jean Reno, Angela Sarafyan or James Cromwell. The famous musician Serge Tankian has also contributed to the film “Hollywood”.
Krikor Amirzayan (Գրիգոր Ամիրզայեան)
President Sahakyan attended the inauguration of a memorial to Armenians of Artsakh fighters in the village of Kedavan (Nagorno-Karabakh)
Bako Sahakyan President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh participated Wednesday, September 7 at the inauguration of a memorial to the Armenian fighters in the village of Kedavan (Nagorno-Karabakh). Bako Sahakyan in his speech, stressed the importance of keeping the memory of those who sacrificed themselves for the Armenian nation.
He also stressed the important role of transmitting the memory of heroes who died for their country, to younger generations. The same day the President of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh was the monastery of Kantsassar for a Mass celebrated by Catholicos Karekin II. Parliament Speaker Stepanakert, Ashot Ghoulyan and many officials were also present at the inauguration of Kedavan Memorial and the religious ceremony in Kantsassar.
Krikor Amirzayan
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