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Armenian prime minister attends unveiling of Hamazasp Babajanyan’s bust in Moscow

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Hamazasp Babajanyan’s bust

As part of his official visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the ceremony of unveiling the bust of Marshal Hovhannes Babajanyan, a Soviet-Armenian military leader and the chief commander of the USSR armored troops in the World War II period.

In his public speech addressing the guests and organizers, the premier said he felt extremely proud to be present at the historic event to laud the legendary commander and the great son of the Armenian nation.

“Throughout the [Great Patriotic] War, Hovhannes Babajanyan and his troops liberated cities and towns,” he said.

“Marshal Hamazasp Babajanyan’s name is written in the heroic chapters of the Armenian nation’s history – along with the names of all those people who fought in Bash Aparan and Sardarapat, heroic battles whose 100th anniversary Armenia celebrated about a month ago.

The ceremony of donating the bust symbolizes the Armenian and Russian peoples’ respect for war heroes, and their willingness to hand down the memory about them from generation to generation, the prime minister added.

The commander’s daughter, Larisa Babajanyan, also delivered a speech, thanking the leadership of Armenia and the Armenian Embassy to Russia for the remarkable initiative .

Pashinyan is in Moscow to attend the opening of the 21st World Football Cup in the city’s Luzhniki stadium.

On Wednesday, the prime minister met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Earlier today, he visited an Armenian church and the Grigor Narekatsi Armenian School.

Canada, Yousuf Karsh bust unveiled in downtown Ottawa

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Armenian National Committee of Canada

Photo, Armenian National Committee of Canada

The bust of prominent Canadian–Armenian photographer Yousuf Karsh was unveiled in front of the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, the Armenian Committee of Canada said in a Facebook post.

“The bust that is a gift from the Armenian people to the Canadian people stands as a lasting symbol of the strong friendship between Canada and Armenia,” the Committee said.

The event was attended by a number of guests, including Armenia’s ambassador to Canada Armen Yeganyan.

The bust is a gift from the Armenian people to the Canadian people on behalf of not only 150th of Canada’s Confederation, but also the 25th anniversary of Canadian-Armenian diplomatic relations, Yeganyan said in a post of his own.

The choice of Chateau Laurier as the venue for the bust was not accidental. Karsh’s first solo exhibition was in 1936 in the Drawing Room of the hotel. He moved his studio into the hotel in 1973, and it remained there until he retired in 1992.

Karsh has been recognized as one of the great portrait photographers of the 20th century by Time magazine and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the latter noting the “distinct style in his theatrical lighting.”

Bust of Armenian national hero unveiled in Yerevan

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The bust of Armenian national hero and Artsakh Liberation War participant, Tatul Krpeyan, was unveiled in Yerevan on Sunday.

In his speech, Defense Minister of Armenia, Vigen Sargsyan, specifically noted: “They say it is not that important how many days there are in a person’s life: It’s more important how much life there is in each day the man lives. The history of all nations includes such points when the struggle for life was the only alternative to disgraceful defeat. If for many people this was a spontaneous decision made under the pressure of the moment, it was a deeply realized wisdom for Tatul Krpeyan, who chose the profession of a historian after serving in the USSR army and who worked as a history teacher in his native village.”

“We don’t serve justice to Tatul Krpeyan, It is he who tells our generations by his own example that the Armenian land is forbidding, the state is strong and our future is always bright,”he added.

Tatul Krpeyan’s daughter, Aspram Krpeyan, for her part, expressed gratitude to the sculptor Levon Tokmajyan.

The opening ceremony of the bust was attended by Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan, Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan, Education and Science Minister Levon Mkrtchyan, Culture Minister Armen Amiryan and Head of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Movses Hakobyan.

Tatul Krpeyan died on 30 April 1991. He was bestowed the title of national hero in 1996.

Hillary Clinton wins the nomination but not the support

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bernie-bustBernie Sanders supporters protested at the Democratic National Convention even as Hillary Clinton won a large majority of votes and backing from her progressive rival. DW’s Hecko Flores reports from Philadelphia.

Thousands of Bernie Sanders’ supporters protesting outside the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia cheered loudly during roll call as states cast their votes in favor of the senator. They ultimately erupted in boos once Hillary Clinton clinched the nomination.

The number of votes needed for the nomination was 2,382. Bernie Sanders won 14 states and territories with a total of 1,865 votes, while Hillary Clinton won 42 states and territories with 2,842 votes.

“When was the last time that so many people from our own party came out to protest our own candidate?” asked Natalie Delgado, a fervent 27-year-old Bernie supporter from Lodi, New Jersey.

She drove down to Philadelphia to protest the DNC along with her friends. Natalie is just one of many young people who are inspired by Sanders’ rhetoric to participate actively in politics and who are unhappy with the current political system in the US.

“We love Bernie’s ideals and we stand by those ideals but not the man necessarily,” said Nick Santacroce, a 29-year-old medical technologist and Natalie’s friend.

Disillusioned with the end of Bernie’s campaign, neither will be voting for Hillary Clinton despite Sanders’ recent endorsement of the former First Lady.

“They view us as Bernie’s puppets and that we will blindly follow anything that he tells us – because they are party puppets and follow anything their chairman tells them,” said Delgado. “I’ll be writing in Bernie on the ballot.”

Voting your blue conscience

Her friend, Nick, is currently undecided but is also considering writing Bernie on the ballot. “I’ll most likely write in Bernie’s name but only because I live in a blue state,” says Nick.

Being in a “blue state” means that the state majority will vote Democrat and guarantees that the state’s votes will go to Clinton in the electoral college during the general election, another aspect of American politics that has been heavily criticized as it does not represent a direct democracy.

Deborah Kim from Seattle flew to Philadelphia also to protest and show her discontent with the Democratic Party. “I will not be voting Democrat during this election. We want to make a point and show the party that we do not agree with their practices,” said Kim, who will be voting for third-party candidate Jill Stein.

Kim admitted that she feels safe voting for Jill Stein since she lives in a blue state as well. If she lived in a swing state, she would reluctantly vote for Hillary Clinton as she understands that voting third-party could translate into helping the Republican Party.

Third-party candidates have failed to obtain more than one percent of the popular votes in the last three elections, while the rest of the votes have been divided within the well-established Democratic and Republican parties.

“This is no longer working for us. We need to free ourselves from the two-party system,” said Maria Guido from Pittsburgh. She made the trip to her state’s largest city to show support for Bernie Sanders.

“I have not lost any respect for Bernie. I understand that he was forced to play ball with the Democrats and did what he had to do,” said Guido, who was sporting a “Bernie or Bust” T-shirt and buttons with #NeverHillary written on them.

‘I’m with him’

Protesters carrying signs continued their anti-Clinton chants in unison despite the summer heat until sunset. Among them was Christopher Norris, an activist with NextGen Climate. He made blue buttons with the inscription “Flip-a-Delegate” on them in the hope of getting delegates to change their vote for the senator from Vermont.

source: http://www.dw.com/en/hillary-clinton-wins-the-nomination-but-not-the-support/a-19428938

Saudi prince held in Beirut airport drug bust

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f562e304434ca6_562e304434ce1.thumbSaudi prince and four others were detained on Monday in Lebanon in the largest drug bust in the history of the Beirut airport, security source said.

Saudi prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz and four others were detained by airport security while allegedly “attempting to smuggle about two tons of Captagon pills and some cocaine,” a security source told AFP, according to the Express Tribune.

“The smuggling operation is the largest one that has been foiled through the Beirut International Airport,” the source said on condition of anonymity.

Captagon is the brand name for the amphetamine phenethylline, a synthetic stimulant. The banned drug is consumed mainly in the Middle East and has reportedly been widely used by fighters in Syria.

source: tert.am