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Armenian director’s Karabakh movie named best at Pomegranate fest

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The feature film “The Last Inhabitant” by Armenian filmmaker Jivan Avetisyan about the ongoing conflict in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) was named the best feature film in Pomegranate Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.

The movie was among the 40 other films submitted for consideration, with Canadian-Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, Arsinee Khanjian, actor/producer Dean Cain, Montel Williams and many others in attendance.

Avetisyan’s eighth feature film, “The Last Inhabitant” centers around Abgar, the only Armenian of Christian faith left in the village of Gyurjevan, now devastated and in near ruins, after everyone else has been deported. Because of his skills as a stonemason, he is assigned to help build a mosque by the Azeri occupants. He also has to take care of his daughter Yurga, traumatized after witnessing her husband’s murder. As the situation deteriorates around them with increasing enemy danger and lack of food, they find solace in their memories of an idealized past, when peace and happiness still prevailed. The last resort for those who have not much to hope for. With its often elegiac and poetic approach the film is able to achieve a touching portrait of survival and at the same time humanizing the protagonists and their fate, how tragic it may be.

Earlier, the film was named the best feature film by the Scandinavian International Film Festival, while actor Aleksandr Khachatryan, meanwhile, won the best actor award in Finland.

Mkhitaryan scores stunning goal as Man United beats Sunderland

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored an acrobatic back flick to wrap up Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Sunderland in the English Premier League on Saturday, ensuring a miserable return to Old Trafford for former United manager David Moyes,  according to the Associated Press.

On as a second-half substitute, Mkhitaryan met Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s right-wing cross with a flicked finish with the heel of his right foot that flew into the corner in the 86th minute.

Mkhitaryan was in an offside position but it didn’t stop home fans at Old Trafford saluting a player who is growing in importance in his first season at United.

Ibrahimovic also set up the opening goal for Daley Blind in the 39th before scoring his 16th goal of the season in the 82nd after being played through by Paul Pogba.

Sunderland’s consolation was scored by Fabio Borini in stoppage time.

It was Moyes’ first game at Old Trafford since he was fired by United in April 2014, 10 months into his ill-fated tenure as Alex Ferguson’s hand-picked replacement.

United has won its last four league games to power back into contention for the Champions League qualification places.

SOCCER-GERMANY Henrikh Mkhitaryan voted best player in the Bundesliga by Kicker magazine

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mkhitaryan bestThe Armenian international Henrikh Mkhitaryan attacking midfielder Borussia Dortmund was named Player of the Bundesliga this season, according to a survey by the German newspaper Kicker. With the participation of 235 football fans, the vote Henrikh Mkhitaryan named best player with 31.1% of votes. The Polish Bayern Munich striker, Robert Levandovski is second with 22.1% and Thomas Muller is third with 13.6%. The attacker Borussia Dortmund, the Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is fourth with 13.2% of votes. During the past season, in all competitions, Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored 23 goals and 32 assists realized.

Krikor Amirzayan

Armenia has the best industrial indicators in EAEU

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industrial-outputYEREVAN. – According to the official data, the domestic industry of Armenia is “prospering.” Pursuant to the preliminary data, the rise in the physical volume of industrial production came closer to a double figure – 9,7% at an annual rate. Of course, this indicator constituted “modest” 4,4% for January-August. But in the current conditions, even that number can be considered an apparent achievement.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) partners of Armenia are far from doing well in this sphere. Thus, the physical volume of industrial production in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan has reduced by 3,2%, 7,1% and 0,6% respectively.

In January-July, the total volume of Armenia’s industrial production increased by 4,1% at an annual rate. This was mainly brought along by a significant growth of metallic ore extraction (35,3%). Consequently, the share of this sector in the total amount of industrial production of the republic grew by 1,9 percentage points, reaching 7,4%.

Together with this, the monthly dynamics of foreign trade is characterized by significant instability. Consequently, export of goods in January-August increased by 0,5%, while the import decreased by 26,3%.

Armenian singer’s Sibil album named year’s 3rd best in Turkey

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sibel singerProminent Turkish music buff Naim Dilmener has included the album entitled Ser (Love), by famous Istanbul-Armenian singer Sibil Pektorosoglu, among the best albums of the year in Turkey.

Dilmener posted, in his Twitter account, his choices for Turkey’s best and worst songs and music albums for 2014.

Accordingly, Dilmener named Ser as the third best album of the year.

This album was released in Turkey on February 11, and on February 15, the music video for “Ays Kisher (Tonight),” which is a song from this album, was aired on CNN Turk.

Armenia best country for business in CIS: Forbes

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186346Armenia was ranked 56th in Forbes’ new Best Countries for Business – 2014 list, leaving behind its CIS neighbors – Azerbaijan was placed 60th, Russia 91st, Moldova 75th, Ukraine 88th, Kyrgyzstan 101st.

Among the regional states, Georgia took the 47th spot, Turkey – 50th, Iran – 132nd.

According to Forbes, Armenia has improved its position in the “monetary freedom” and “tax burden” criteria.

The neighboring Azerbaijan is estimated to have worsened its position in the “personal freedoms” criteria. “Azerbaijan has had a limited progress only in the market-oriented economic reforms. Corruption in the private sector and structural economic weaknesses remain an obstacle to growth, especially in the non-energy sector,” Forbes said.

United States was placed 18th in the ranking, with Denmark named the best country for business in 2014, followed by Hong Kong and New Zealand.