Armenia: “Haykyan-2017” Award open for nominations

December 11, 2017 By administrator

Youth Foundation of Armenia (YFA) announces “Haykyan-2017” award.

Youth Foundation of Armenia (YFA) announces “Haykyan-2017” award. As the Foundation reports in a release, the aim of the award is to activate student self-governing structures, to encourage student initiatives, to raise the degree of integration of the youth in the sphere of science, to deepen international cooperation and to develop activities in youth policy.

Haykian-2017 awards is open in a number of nominations – Best Self-governing Student Body in marzes and in Yerevan, Best Youth Public Organization in Yerevan, Best Youth Public Organization in marzes, Most Original Youth Project, Best Youth International Project, Best Youth Program, Best Military and Patriotic Project, and Most Prominent Youth Scientific Achievement, etc.

The individuals and the organizations, who make activities among the youth are invited to take part in “Haykyan” award. The application form and the certificate (to be downloaded from the web page of YFA www.heh.am) are to be represented everyworking day from 10.00-17.00 (break 13.00-14.00) at YFA office at Teryan 74 address. For detailed information call at +374 10 567922. The deadline for application forms is 12:00 December 29, 2017.

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Garo Paylan to receive ANCA award

September 17, 2017 By administrator

Garo Paylan, an Armenian member of the Turkish Parliament representing the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), will receive the Freedom Award at the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region’s Annual Gala Banquet on Sunday, October 8 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

“Garo Paylan is a true modern-day Armenian hero who fearlessly and courageously speaks truth to power as he seeks justice for Armenians everywhere directly from the Turkish government. He is a worthy recipient of the ANCA’s most prestigious Freedom Award, and our community is eager to honor him for his ongoing bravery and to hear him speak at the ANCA-WR Grassroots Conference as well,” remarked ANCA-WR Chair Nora Hovsepian.

Past ANCA-WR Freedom Award recipients include the Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan, U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), German Green Party Co-Leader Cem Özdemir, and the Grammy-nominated rock band System of a Down.

During the same weekend, Paylan will also speak at the ANCA-WR’s biennial Grassroots Conference, which this year will take place on October 6 and 7 at the Pasadena Convention Center. This year’s conference will, once again, bring together experts in politics, law, the arts and media who make presentations on a variety of topics ranging from legal avenues to reparations, political and legislative actions, community organizing, and advocacy through film & the arts.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan receives player of the year award for the seventh time

March 24, 2017 By administrator

Armenian national team captain and Manchester United’s midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan received the Armenian Player of the Year award for the seventh time and the sixth year in a row.

The official award-giving ceremony was held on Friday at the country’s Football Federation technical center. To note, this year Mkhitaryan has won the prize leaving behind the second-placed Gevorg Ghazaryan of Maritimo and third-placed Marcos Pizelli of Al-Fujeira.

Meanwhile, Vardan Bichakhchyan won the Best Coach 2016 prize

To remind, Mkhitaryan arrived in Armenia for an international break to participate in the match against Kazakhstan in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification round. The match against Kazakhstan is scheduled at 20:00, March 26 at Vazgen Sargsyan “Republican” stadium.

Sarkisian Awards Medal to Notorious Police General

January 7, 2017 By administrator

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—President Serzh Sarkisian has awarded a state medal to the controversial commander of Armenian interior troops who played a key role in last July’s violent dispersal of an opposition demonstration in Yerevan.

General Levon Yeranosian, who is also a deputy chief of the national police, received the Medal for the Excellent Maintenance of Public Order through a presidential decree publicized late last week. The decree noted his “significant” contributions to “law and order” in the country.

Yeranosian was among high-ranking police officers that personally ordered and oversaw the use of what many in Armenia consider excessive force against scores of people who took to the streets to voice support for opposition gunmen occupying a police station.

Late on July 29, the protesters marched to Yerevan’s Sari Tagh neighborhood close to the besieged police facility in the Erebuni district. Firing stun grenades and tear gas, riot police dispersed the crowd after it ignored their demands to leave the “dangerous” area and go back to the city center.

More than 60 people were injured and hospitalized as a result. As the crowd fled Sari Tagh at least 14 journalists were ambushed and beaten up by a large group of plainclothes men wielding sticks.

Armenia’s leading opposition parties as well as local and international human rights groups strongly condemned the crackdown. The Armenian police responded by launching an “internal inquiry” into the violence. Five police officers, including Yeranosian’s brother Lernik, were suspended as a result.

The Sari Tagh violence broke out moments after Yeranosian shouted abuse at Zaruhi Postanjian, an opposition parliamentarian and one of the organizers of the protest.

“It’s hard to characterize [the award] with decent words,” Postanjian said on Wednesday. “If I were a man, I would publicly swear at the one who awarded [the medal.]”

Diyarbakır Bar Association receives International Hrant Dink Award in Istanbul

September 23, 2016 By administrator

award The bar association in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır has received the eighth International Hrant Dink Award, presented on Sept. 22 in a ceremony held at the Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

In addition to the Diyarbakır Bar Association, Theresa Kachindamoto, a tribal chief from Malawi who works for children’s human rights and education rights, was also honored with an award at the ceremony.

The award committee said it was honoring the Diyarbakır Bar Association for “its impartiality, its sensitivity to human rights issues, its opposition to all manners of violence no matter who employs it or for what reason, for standing as a role-model in the region, for making constant and determined efforts to ensure effective investigation of human rights violations, its determined fight to prevent cases from being time-barred and to prevent impunity, for being able to use the language of peace at all times and never giving up its ideals for peace despite the heavy prices it had to pay.”

Ahmet Özmen received the award on behalf of the Diyarbakır Bar Association from the 2016 International Hrant Dink Award jury members Murathan Mungan and Rakel Dink, the wife of the late Hrant Dink, an Armenian-origin Turkish journalist who was assassinated in January 2007.

In his speech, Özmen paid tribute to former Diyarbakır Bar Association head Tahir Elçi, who was shot dead in the central Sur district of Diyarbakır on Nov. 28, 2015 after issuing a press statement demanding the protection of cultural heritage.

“Our fundamental and historic duty is to protect and to further flourish the legacy bestowed upon us by Tahir Elçi and Hrant Dink, to demand peace, and to raise our voice for building peace,” Özmen said after receiving the award.

Meanwhile, the 2015 International Hrant Dink Award laureate, LGBT rights group Kaos GL, also presented an award to International Hrant Dink Award laureate Theresa Kachindamoto, who has strived to overcome the economic difficulties leading to early marriages in her country Malawi.

Kachindamoto has created a fund to pay for the tuition of daughters of poor families and to encourage efforts to strengthen children’s bonds to school life, working tirelessly to change the lives of many young people.
“There is no doubt that I need to push more against the old ways of thinking to achieve my ultimate goal of removing child marriage from Malawi, and giving all girls and boys the opportunity to complete their education … But we still have a lot of work to do, for which I am prepared,” Kachindamoto said in her acceptance speech in Istanbul.

The opening speech of the ceremony was delivered by Ahmet İnsel, the head of the International Hrant Dink Award Committee, while singer Mehmet Erdem also gave a performance.

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The Organizer of Daf BAMA Music Awards Explains Azerbaijani Rumors About Armenian Song «Sari Aghjik»

September 11, 2016 By administrator

best-armenian-act 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.

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Ballet dedicated to Armenian Genocide wins Emmy Award Video

June 10, 2016 By administrator

ballet for Genocide A ballet titled “Meran Vor Aprink” (They Died So We May Live), dedicated to the Armenian Genocide, was honored with television’s prestigious Emmy Award at the 45th Annual Emmy Awards 2016 Ceremony. The Emmys were presented to the film’s Executive Producers, Diane and Charles Paskerian, Asbarez reported.

The Emmy Award is presented for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), San Francisco Northern California Chapter, including Hawaii, Reno, and Sacramento, Oregon. This year there was a record number of 757 English and 179 Spanish entries in 67 categories. “Meron Vor Abrink” was listed under the Arts/Entertainment-Program/Special category.

Davit Karapetyan, Principle Dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, was so inspired when he saw San Francisco’s Armenian Genocide Memorial “Mount Davidson Cross” for the first time, he envisioned choreographing a 100th Genocide Ballet Dance Video as a “Tribute to the Survival of our Ancestors through creative dance and music. We agreed to raise necessary funds for talent and crew….and the “creative process began!”

The ballet took over a year to produce, with original choreography by Davit Karapetyan, fourteen San Francisco Ballet dancers including Karapetyan, Vanessa Zahorian, and a crew of 23. Writing, editing, and development input was done by Diane and Charles Paskerian. Filming took place at Baker’s Beach and the Mount Davidson Cross.

The video project was enthusiastically endorsed by the Bay Area Centennial Committee and the Council of Armenian American Organizations of the Bay Area. The Council is charged with maintaining and supporting the Armenian Genocide Memorial Cross at Mount Davidson, the home of the Annual San Francisco Easter Sunrise Service for almost 100 years, and supporting Armenian Genocide education. The historical cross is the tallest Armenian Genocide Monument in the World.

Armenian President honors Kaspersky for outstanding contribution to IT sector

November 18, 2015 By administrator

Prominent expert on cyber security, Director General of Kaspersky Lab – one of the leading private companies in the IT sector – Eugene Kaspersky received the 2015 Armenia Presidential Award.

At the ceremony, the Chairman of the Executive Council of the Award Committee of the World Information Technologies (WIT) Hovik Musaelian delivered remarks on the achievements and dynamics of the IT sector in Armenia. According to him, the IT sector has seen a 20-25% growth in the last years. Also, Musaelian dwelled upon cooperation between the Armenian government and the private sector, which allows to implement initiatives aimed at the further development of the IT area.

President Serzh Sargsyan handed the award to Kaspersky, afterwards delivering a speech.

“There is no need to introduce Mr. Kaspersky and Kaspersky Lab; these names are familiar to millions of computer users all over the world, having become part of people’s everyday lives and helping them protect their private data,” Sargsyan said. “Your work is undoubtedly appreciated not only in Armenia but all over the world. You and people like you open new doors for the humankind.”

Also addressing the audience was Kaspersky himself. “I do everything I can. I am motivating my employees for us to become the best in this sphere. I am very grateful to the President of Armenia for honoring me with this award. I am also grateful to the sponsors who assisted in the organization of this event. We must create working systems to eliminate cyber attacks, and I promise take my best efforts to make this a reality,” Kaspersky said.

France: Charles Aznavour the NRJ Music Awards with kendji girac

November 7, 2015 By administrator

For the first time, Charles Aznavour will perform live from Cannes tonight on TF1 in a duet with French star of the moment kendji girac.

We know the proximity Charles has always had with younger generations who do it well.

This ceremony which is broadcast each broadcast a ratings board, will bring together the cream of the international song, pop, rap and electro. Louane are expected on the podium with “Future” Maitre Gims with “Do you love me? “Marina Kaye with” Homeless “kendji girac with” Conmigo “and Christine and The Queens with” Christine “. But M.Pokora and Soprano.

Coldplay and Justin Bieber will also be present and Ed Sheeran and Mylène Farmer.

Kanye West to get MTV lifetime achievement award

August 26, 2015 By administrator

Kanye West will receive the lifetime achievement award at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The rapper will be honoured for his “ground-breaking videos, legendary performances and continued impact on music, art, fashion and culture,” according to BBC Newsbeat.
It’s the ceremony’s highest honor, known as the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award.
Previous winners include Madonna, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and The Rolling Stones.

Kanye sparked controversy at the 2009 ceremony, when he jumped on stage and interrupted Taylor Swift’s speech, launching into a rant about why his friend Beyonce should have won best female video instead.