Author: Anna Tamamian

On September 13, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Karen Mirzoyan received Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.

During the meeting, the sides discussed a range of issues related to the monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan conducted by the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

The documentary “Nagorno Karabakh: Return of War” was presented at Neri Conai hall of Rimini, Italy on Tuesday. The event was organized by the International Center of Communion and Liberation within the framework of the 37th edition of the Meeting.

Opening remarks were offered by Armenian Ambassador to Italy Victoria Baghdasaryan, author of the film Gian Micalessin and Director of the International Center of Communion and Liberation Roberto Fontolan.

Amb. Baghdasaryan expressed gratitude to the author of the film for presenting the truth about the aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh in April this year.

The Ambassador briefed the guests on the history and essence of the Karabakh issue.  She underlined that the film not only presents the history of struggle of the people of Nagorno Karabakh, but also urges not to remain indifferent towards discrimination and violence against people and nations.

Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has thanked the country’s State Security Service (SSS) for  that had the potential to instigate a major threat, Agenda.ge reports.

Kvirikashvili’s comments come several hours after a special briefing by the SSS, which revealed the agency had taken definitive action to prevent a terrorist attack on several sections of the Russia-Armenia pipeline that goes through Georgian territory.

Kvirikashvili said thanks to the actions of the SSS, this “huge threat” was averted.

“I would like to take this opportunity to express gratitude to each person involved in this operation, as a major disaster was averted. Making such timely and effective decisions and actions is of utmost importance,” said the PM.

He refused to make any further comment as an investigation is now underway into the incident.

Earlier today the SSS announced seven people had been arrested for attempting to blow up several sections of the gas pipeline, located in at Saguramo Village about 21km from Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.

The people were arrested and charged with terrorism-related offences on August 20 moments before they were due to blow up the pipeline.

Five people were charged with organizing a terrorist act, illegal purchase and possession of explosives and military weapons. The other two were charged with other illegalities in relation to the case.

The new Man Utd signing looked bright has he played the first 45 minutes in Saturday’s pre-season win over Wigan Athletic, with the manager also impressed with Eric Bailly.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho was impressed with Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s first game for the club, insisting his performance in the 2-0 win over Wigan was “very positive,”  Goal.com reports.

The summer signing from Dortmund started at the DW Stadium and looked bright in his position behind lone striker Will Keane, creating one gilt-edged chance that Memphis Depay missed from close range.

Mkhitaryan was withdrawn at half-time, with Keane and substitute Andreas Pereira grabbing second-half goals to seal the win, but Mourinho was happy with the Armenian’s contribution.

He told MUTV: “[Henrikh] Mkhitaryan is a top-class player and currently at the best stage for a footballer – 27/28 years old. He is magnificent the way he thinks about football, he thinks very quickly and it’s so sweet how he touches the ball.

“He can play in different positions behind the striker. He doesn’t have the sharpness yet but his performance was very positive.

The Armenian Holy Trinity (Zvartnots) Church in Aleppo has been seriously damaged. Almost all auditoriums of the college next to the church are half-destroyed, Kantsasar newspaper informs on its Facebook page.

Serious damage has been caused to the Aghajanian hall of the Church, all windows have been broken.

The Nor Kiugh neighborhood of Aleppo has been a target of heavy attacks over the past days.

Kantsasar reported earlier that four Armenians had been killed as a result of shelling. Their funeral was held at St. Astvatsatsin Church in Aleppo on Friday.

Immediately after the German Bundestag’s vote on the Armenian Genocide, His Holiness Aram I, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, sent a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, welcoming this brave step of historic significance.

His Holiness described the adoption of the bill recognizing the Armenian Genocide as a “vivid evidence of Germany’s commitment to human rights, as well as a message to the world, calling to demonstrate a responsible approach.”

The Catholicos reminded that the Great House of Cilicia is also a victim to the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian people. He said they had to leave the Sis Catholicosate, which has a history of 700 years.

On behalf of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian people, Aram I expressed support to the struggle against injustice.

US singer Prince died from an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl, medical examiners have found, the BBC reports.

The report, from Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Minnesota, comes more than a month after the singer was found slumped in a lift at his home.

Detectives have already questioned a doctor who saw the 57-year-old twice in the weeks before he died.

Prescription painkillers were in the singer’s possession following his death, officials told US media in May.

A police warrant has also revealed that Dr Michael Schulenberg prescribed medication to the singer on 20 April – the day before he died.

US President Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima on Friday, where the US dropped the world’s first nuclear bomb, the BBC reports.

The visit, after the G7 summit, will be the first to the Japanese city by a serving US president.

Mr Obama has said he will not be issuing an apology for the nuclear attack, but will honour all those who died in World War Two.

He told Japanese media the visit would show that “even former adversaries can become the strongest of allies”.

“Hiroshima reminds us that war, no matter the cause or countries involved, results in tremendous suffering and loss, especially for innocent civilians,” he wrote in the Asahi newspaper.

The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 killed at least 140,000 people. Two days later a second nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing another 74,000.

At 90, Turkish Armenian Yetvart Kovan prepared a comrehensive Turkish-to-Armenian dictionary which includes words, idioms and renowned book titles known to everyone in Turkey, Daily Sabah reports. 

The most comprehensive Turkish to Armenian dictionary has been published: “Deyimlerle Türkçe’den Ermenice’ye Güncel Sözlük” (Contemporary Turkish to Armenian Dictionary with Idioms).

The dictionary’s writer, Yetvart Kovan, 90, spoke to Anadolu Agency (AA) and said that he published a dictionary for commerce and economic terms in 1996. “I always thought about publishing a dictionary that would be available for Armenians in Turkey as well as people who are interested in the Armenian language. This time, I studied more extensively and worked on idioms because idioms are rigid phrases, and they are easy to remember. Hence, I searched for the overlapping Armenian idioms for Turkish idioms by using articles in newspapers. It is not an ordinary dictionary as I enriched the text with idioms and useful information. My aim was to attract the attention of the reader and make it easy for people to read.”

To facilitate reading, Kovan provided the pronunciation of Armenian words in Latin lettering, which is a first in Turkish-Armenian dictionaries. “Contemporary Turkish to Armenian Dictionary with Idioms” is roughly 900 pages and features 30,600 lines, including words, sentences and phrases. Kovan explained the reason for the dictionary’s size is that the pronunciations of the Armenian words added extra pages to the dictionary. He also included English equivalents of some words and phrases, believing that they also will help.

Apart from words and idioms, he also included translations of renowned book titles, such as “Sinekli Bakkal” (The Clown and His Daughter), “Çalıkuşu” (The Wren), “The Count of Monte Cristo” and “Three Musketeers,” to encourage people to read more books. “Furthermore, I added the mottos of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, such as ‘Our true mentor in life is science’ and ‘Justice is the foundation of the state’,” Kovan said.

Kovan retired seven years ago after closing his public accountant office and had been working on the dictionary ever since. He said he wanted to make use of his free time and began studying dictionaries, but mostly focused on the Turkish Language Association’s (TDK) online dictionary. “There are Turkish-Armenian dictionaries that were written 100 years ago, and they are very hard to read now. I wanted to include contemporary phrases, words and idioms in my dictionary,” he said.

Kovan graduated from the Private Pangalti ArKovan worked as a certified public accountant for years.

Kovan’s dictionary is in Western Armenian, but he used Eastern Armenian equivalents of some words for a more thorough understanding.

“Unfortunately, the tradition of reading, writing and speaking in Western Armenian has weakened in Turkey as well as in other European countries,” Kovan said. “Turkish-Armenians speak Turkish in their homes and schools. Apart from being the official language of the Republic of Turkey, one of the main reasons for Armenians to speak Turkish is that Turkish became much easier following the alphabet reform. There are certain difficulties in grammar and writing in Armenian, so people find it easy to speak and write in Turkish.”

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Reality television stars, Hollywood actresses and social media fans came together for the 20th Webby Awards in New York on Monday, where the likes of Kim Kardashian West and Jessica Alba were honored, Reuters reports.

Kardashian picked up the “Break the internet” prize for her social media presence while her husband, Kanye West, who did not attend, was named Webby Artist of the Year.

Alba received the Entrepreneur of the Year award for The Honest Company, which the actress founded in 2011. The annual ceremony honors outstanding online achievements.