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The Istanbul-based Aras publishing house has released The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in Western Armenian and Hamshen Armenian, reports, quoting CNN Turk.

According to the source, the novella was translated into Western Armenian by Luiz Bakar, a long-time Spokesperson for the Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey.

The text has been translated into Hamshen Armenian by Mahir Özkan, editor at the “Gor” magazine.

The Hamshen Armenian translation has been published in Latin script.

The books released on May 18 will be available to readers in June.

Chelsea and Arsenal may have to wait until next summer to sign Borussia Dortmund’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan,  reports.

Mkhitaryan has been linked with a move to the Premier League following a sensational season for Dortmund.

The 27-year-old has enjoyed his best-ever campaign, scoring 23 goals and providing 32 assists in all competitions.

Reports claimed last week  the Gunners have already held talks with the player’s representatives and he has begun house hunting in London.

And German newspaper Bild said the Blues were also keen to sign the Armenia international for a fee of £46million.

However, both clubs could be forced to wait, as fresh reports in  claim Dortmund will make a shock decision to keep him for one more season and allow him to leave for free next year.

After losing Mats Hummels to rivals Bayern Munich and with Ilkay Gundogan reportedly moving to Manchester City, the German club are apparently not prepared to lose any more players.

And it is said Thomas Tuchel’s side would rather keep Mkhitaryan for the 2016/17 campaign, even if he fails to extend his contract.

The winger joined Dortmund in 2013 from Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk for £24m, signing a four-year deal.

The Syrian Arab Army’s 137th Artillery Brigade of the Republican Guard – backed by the 104th Airborne Brigade of the Republican Guard – imposed full control over the Armenian Cemetery of Deir Ezzor after a violent battle with the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) on Sunday,  reports.

The Syrian Armed Forces were able to liberate this strategic site in western Deir Ezzor after repelling the Islamic State’s offensive at the Panorama Checkpoint. As a result of ISIS’ failed offensive at the Panorama Checkpoint, the Syrian Armed Forces took the opportunity to strike back against the terrorist group and recapture the Armenian Cemetery.

According to Yarob Zahreddine of the 104th Airborne Brigade, the Syrian Armed Forces killed several ISIS terrorists during the battle for the Armenian Cemetery, including several foreign terrorists from North Africa.

Vice-Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly, Head of the Armenia-Greece Deputy Friendship Group Edward Sharmazanov has left for Athens to participate in events dedicated to the anniversaries of the Armenian and Greek genocides.

Today Edward Sharmazanov is scheduled to meet with First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Anastasios Kourakis and representatives of the Greece-Armenia Deputy Friendship Group.

On May 22 he will have a meeting with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos.

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The ruling AK Party in Turkey has picked Binali Yildirim as candidate for leader, a fortnight after a reported dispute with the president prompted the prime minister to quit, the BBC reports.

Mr Yildirim, who is currently transport minister, is seen as a leading aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Outgoing Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had apparently objected to Mr Erdogan’s plan to beef up his own power.

The president was known to be seeking a more “closely aligned” prime minister.

And, in a speech on Thursday, Mr Yildirim made clear he would work “in total harmony” with the president and all other levels of the AKP.

Mr Yildirim, 60, will be confirmed as the new leader of the AKP at an extraordinary party congress on Sunday. The party leader automatically takes on the role of prime minister.

Although Mr Erdogan’s son-in-law, Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, had been mentioned as a possible candidate, his name did not feature among the top three men in a survey of MPs and party members.

The Armenian national team will play two friendlies in Los-Angeles, USA. The team will face Guatemala on May 28 and El Salvador – on June 1.

Head coach Varuzhan Sukiasyan has called up 11 players from abroad to take part in the upcoming matches:

Gael Andonian, Dijon FCO (France)

Hrayr Mkoyan, Esteghlal (Iran)

Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, FK Vardar (FYR Macedonia)

Henrikh Mkhitaryan Borussia (Dortmund, Germany)

Marcos Pizzelli Al Raed (Saudi Arabia)

Aras Ozbiliz, Rayo Vallecano (Spain)

Karlen Mkrtchyan FC Anji (Russia)

Gor Malakyan, Stal (Ukraine)

Edgar Manucharyan FC Ural (Russia)

Artur Sarkisov, FC Volga (Russia)

Gegham Kadimyan Karpaty (Ukraine)

After the fight that broke out between the members of Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) another brawl occurred again last night in the Parliamentary Constitution Conciliation Committee. HDP Istanbul MP, ethnic Armenian Garo Paylan was at the center of events.

Speaking to ianet, Paylan said he was attacked for being Armenian.

 

“The Minister of Justice said ‘In the previous commission meeting, HDP MPs and advisors inflicted violence’. Then I said ‘No they didn’t’. That was the only sentence that came out of my mouth. Then the attack began,” Paylan said.

“I shared it on social media as well. Those interested can watch it and judge for themselves. They blame me for provocation but I have not done  that.”

“It is crystal clear that they are targeting me. Lots of MPs attacked me in a planned way. I was directly targeted and got kicked and punched around 100 times in 20-30 seconds.“Afterwards, they spoke racist words and hate speech against me,” the MP said.

“I will not report the incident. What can happen if I take this to their jurisdiction? I am leaving the evaluation to the conscience of the public.”

Paylan said there was hate speech directly related to his Armenian identity.

“What they can’t digest is this: A person of Armenian identity reveals their lies and stands upright. They want to see Armenians obeying them. I have been targeted as an Armenia putting up a fight for rights.”

 

 

 

The Madrid Principles and the Kazan document are not acceptable after the situation created as a result of Azeri aggression and in the current geopolitical context, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Navasardyan said.

He believes it’s high time for Armenia to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.

“If Armenia recognizes Karabakh’s independence today, in today’s reality there will be more countries to do so, and this will mark the start of a process.

According to Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute, political scientist Sergey Minasyan, recognition can be a restraining tool, and it will be unavoidable should Azerbaijan unleash large-scale war.

 On April 22, Foreign Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Karen Mirzoyan received members of the Pontian Federation of Greece.

Karen Mirzoyan welcomed the visit of the members of the Pontian Federation of Greece to the NKR as a manifestation of the Armenian-Greek traditional friendly relations and stressed its importancefor getting acquainted with the political, educational, cultural and social life of Artsakh.

During the meeting, Karen Mirzoyan briefed on the current situation in the process of peaceful settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, referring to the large-scale military aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan against the NKR on April 2-5 and itsconsequences. In this regard, the NKR Foreign Minister noted that in their brutality, the war crimes committed by the Azerbaijani armed forces did not differ from the Genocide committed against Christians in the Ottoman Empire a century ago.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the possibilities and prospects of establishing relations between the PontianFederation of Greece and Artsakh, in particular, its Greek community.

At least nine people have died and more than 250 are injured after a powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, toppling buildings and cutting power supplies, the BBC reports.

Officials say more people could be trapped under collapsed buildings.

Thousands fled their homes and many people spent the night in the open in the town of Mashiki, near Kumamoto city on the island of Kyushu.

Troops have been sent to the scene but rescue operations are being disrupted by aftershocks, officials said.

No tsunami warning was issued after the magnitude 6.4 quake struck at 21:26 on Thursday (12:26 GMT) east of Kumamoto.

Nuclear reactors on the island are not reported to have been affected.

The two Sendai nuclear reactors on Kyushu were operating as normal while the three Genkai nuclear reactors still in operation were already closed for routine inspection.