Bako Sahakyan attends concert dedicated to 30th anniversary of re-founding of Artsakh Diocese
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YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS. Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan attended on June 28 a concert devoted to the 30th anniversary of re-founding of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church held in the Shoushi Culture and Youth Center, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of Artsakh’s President.
World famous singer Patrick Fiori (France), musician Armen Aharonyan (USA), performers from Armenia and Artsakh partook in the concert.
Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, National Assembly chairman Ashot Ghoulyan, representatives from Armenia and the Diaspora, other officials were present at the event.
An exhibition featuring the works of renowned Turkish-Armenian photographer Ara Guler will open in Kyoto, Japan on 30 June.
Following successful runs in London and Paris, the Guler show will be exhibited at 800-year-old historical Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto through July 10, timed to coincide with the G20 Summit in the country.
The exhibition’s next stop will be New York City, U.S., at the end of September and is expected to reach many tourists from different countries worldwide.
Another exhibition of the great photographer’s works is set to open at the Turkish Embassy in Italy, Rome in January 2020.
Guler, nicknamed the “Eye of Istanbul,” passed away at a hospital in the Turkish capital in October 2018 after attempts to revive him failed. For years he had suffered from kidney failure and underwent dialysis three times a week.
Residents in the North Hollywood area gather at the ACF Community Center of the Eastern San Fernando Valley to learn about the upcoming changes
Voters from North Hollywood, Burbank, Pasadena, and across Los Angeles County came out for Vote Center Community Meetings. Those in attendance learned more about the updated countywide voting system, set to be implemented for the 2020 Elections. These meetings were hosted by the Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region and its three local chapters: Crescenta Valley, East San Fernando Valley, and Pasadena.
The ANCA is one of several community organizations asked to help in partnership with L.A. County’s Voting Solutions for All People, or VSAP initiative. Dozens of voters attended these community meetings that were organized at the ACF Community Center of the Eastern San Fernando Valley, the Burbank Public Library, and the Pasadena Convention Center on May 18, May 29, and June 4 respectively. All the meetings were organized with the support and cooperation of the local City Clerk’s Office Elections’ Division.
ANCA-WR Government Relations Coordinator Serob Abrahamian facilitating the Community Meeting at the Burbank Public Library
“The ANCA Pasadena Chapter was proud to collaborate with the City of Pasadena and, in particular, the City Clerk’s office led by City Clerk, Mark Jomsky, as well as partner up with LA County to educate and inform local residents about the important upcoming changes to the voting system. It’s essential that we work with the county in providing election services in a fair, accessible and transparent manner,” remarked ANCA-Pasadena Chapter Board Member Donig Donabedian.
These Community Meetings allowed attendees to learn about the new innovative and accessible voting experience, and the implementation of vote centers that will provide convenient locations for voting anywhere in the County over an 11-day voting period. An ANCA representative at each meeting facilitated the meeting and delivered a slideshow presentation detailing the new ballot marking system, which features a touch screen device with a port for headphones and will provide voters with a digital ballot. The presentation also included a short tutorial on how the ballot marking devices will work, as well as a short documentary, called “Democracy by Design,” about VSAP and its collaboration with IDEO, a Silicon Valley design firm helping to build the ballot marking devices.
Residents in Pasadena came together at the Pasadena Convention Center to learn about the changes coming to the voting process in 2020
L.A. County will test the new voting system with a mock election on September 28 – 29 at 50 vote centers. Demo centers will simulate the new process for voters to see and test during weekdays and weekends throughout the county between October and January. The new system will be in use by March 3, 2020, the day of the 2020 California Primary Election.
This service was provided to facilitate information in Armenian in an effort to better serve our community and encourage civic engagement through the ANCA-WR HyeVotes initiative to make our collective voice heard in the electoral process. Additional information and resources on VSAP and its components can be found online.
The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region is the largest and most influential nonpartisan 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 in pursuit of the Armenian Cause.
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In one week, student entrepreneurs from the Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center (EPIC) of the American University of Armenia (AUA) will depart Yerevan for Silicon Valley – the global center for high technology, innovation, investment, and social media. In partnership with San Jose State University (SJSU), a dozen students will visit cutting-edge technology companies, interact with entrepreneurs, and participate in workshops and seminars with world leaders in innovation, business, and the tech ecosystem. The program is funded by EPIC benefactor Sara Chitjian.
Students will learn about innovative concepts in both technology and business entrepreneurship, as well as meet and network with Diasporan business leaders, entrepreneurs, and university students. Earlier in the spring, a different group of EPIC student entrepreneurs toured companies in Beirutand visited startups and entrepreneurs in the Beirut Digital District.
Besides the student entrepreneurs from EPIC, all of whom have launched their own startups, the trek will include top performing students from AUA’s Akian College of Science and Engineering (CSE) and the Manoogian Simone College of Business and Economics (CBE). During this tour, students will visit large, high-profile companies, such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Pinterest, as well as fast-emerging companies like Doordash, and Parkstash. They will also have the opportunity to visit Silicon Valley’s leading startup incubators, accelerators and investors, including Berkeley SkyDeck, Draper, and Index Ventures.
“It will be an intense 10 days of new information and experience for our students,” said Professor Michael Kouchakdjian, Director of EPIC. “In addition to talks and workshops on leading-edge topics, such as the sharing economy, disruptive innovation, self-driving vehicles, big data, machine learning, and the internet of things, we have organized meetings with the Innovation group at Paypal, the Disruptive technologies team at Google, and a tour of the robot-operated Amazon Fulfillment Center.”
This trip has been carefully designed in partnership with SJSU to enrich and to foster knowledge and growth of Armenia’s young entrepreneurs. This is the first trip to Silicon Valley for most of the students in the group and will be a memorable learning experience while providing them with opportunities to network and advance in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Aside from building business contacts, the students will have time to explore San Francisco and Santa Cruz over the weekend.
“Being a business student, I always dreamed about visiting Silicon Valley – the center of high technology and innovation,” said Naira Paronikyan, an AUA student. “On this trip, I expect to meet influential people who will inspire me to continue to grow. I look forward to hearing about their experiences and career paths, which I hope to apply in my own startup.”
EPIC will be sharing photos and stories from the trek in real time. You can join this trip online by accessing.
The beach volleyball team of Armenia has taken part in the Continental Cup in London, a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
The Armenian team included in group B spent two games losing to the teams of England (0-2) and Switzerland (0-2).
The Armenian volleyball players ended up third in the group with a total of 48 points, the Armenian National Olympic Committee reports.
The Bulgarian team included in the same group missed the tournament.
Հայաստանի Հանրապետության նախագահ Արմեն Սարգսյանն այսօր հանդիպել է Ղազախստանի Հանրապետության խորհրդարանի Վերին պալատի նախագահ Դարիգա Նազարբաևայի հետ: Այս մասին հայտնում են նախագահի մամուլի ծառայությունից:
Հանդիպման ընթացքում քննարկվել են երկու երկրների խորհրդարանների միջև փոխգործակցության խորացման, ինչպես նաև տնտեսական, մշակութային ու հումանիտար ոլորտներում հարաբերությունների զարգացմանն առնչվող հարցեր:
Դարիգա Նազարբաևան շնորհակալություն է հայտնել նախագահ Արմեն Սարգսյանին Ալմաթիում կայնալիք Եվրասիական մեդիա ֆորումին մասնակցության և ֆորումի կայացմանը աջակցության համար:«Դուք շատ բան եք արել արևմտյան մեդիա հանրույթում այս ֆորումի առաջխաղացման համար»,-նշել է նա:
Դարիգա Նազարբաևան հայտնել է, որ իրենք ցանկանում են ընդլայնել համագործակցությունը Հայաստանի Ազգային ժողովի հետ, լիարժեքորեն օգտագործել խորհրդարանական բարեկամական խմբերի ողջ ներուժը:
Զրուցակիցները խոսել են նաև երկու երկների միջև համագործակցության հեռանկարային ուղղություների մասին: Հանրապետության նախագահ Արմեն Սարգսյանը նշել է, որ երկկողմ հարաբերությունները և փոխգործակցությունը խորացնելու մեծ ներուժ կա: «Ներկայիս գործակցության ծավալը շատ փոքր է ու չի համապատասխանում առկա ներուժին և մեկ տնտեսական գոտում գտնվող բարեկամ երկրների հարաբերություններին»,- ասել է նա: Նախագահը հատկապես կարևորել է համագործակցության զարգացումն այնպիսի ուղղություններով, ինչպիսիք են տեղեկատվական տեխնոլոգիաները, արհեստական բանականությունն ու սննդի անվտանգությունը:
Նախագահը Դարիգա Նազարբաևայի խնդրանքով անրադարձել է նաև Հայաստանի ներքաղաքական իրավիճակին: Նա ընդգծել է, որ հայ ժողովուրդն ունի իմաստնություն՝ հաղթահարելու խնդիրներն ու առանց ցնցումների անցնել զարգացման նոր ճանապարհով:
Istanbul-Armenian writer, linguist, reporter and columnist Sevan Nisanyan, who escaped prison and fled Turkey in 2017, has been granted Armenian citizenship.
“I received my Armenian passport and citizenship papers today from Mr Fadey Charchoghliyan, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Athens.
“I take pride in being a member of a peaceful and civilized nation that has withstood the tribulations of history by its labor alone.
“I thank Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and all others who helped me achieve this great honor,” he said in a post on Facebook.
Nisanyan was jailed in Turkey in December 2014, for “construction infractions” and sentenced to over 11 years in prison. The charges that had him locked up stemmed from the renovations and additions to hishotels in Sirince, an old Greek village in Izmir that has become a tourist destination thanks to Nisanyan and his rustic hotel business. However, many intellectuals believed Nisanyan was jailed due to his book ‘The Wrong Republic’, in which he dared to criticize the official history of Turkey.