Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II has departed to France to attend the funeral of French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour October 5-6.
On October 6, at 12:00, requiems will be held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin and the primary churches of the Armenian Church Dioceses.
Charles Aznavour died at the age of 94 in France on October 1.
Mr. Aznavour on the set of “The Heist” in 1969. He appeared in more than 60 films, beginning with bit parts as a child.CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images
MediaMax, Armenia Sept 28 2018 Armenian MFA: Blame-shifting by an aggressor is unacceptable Yerevan/Mediamax/. Azerbaijan is refusing to settle the Karabakh conflict peacefully and conducts regular military actions at the border with Armenia and on the Line of Contact with Artsakh, Head of International Organizations Department at Armenian MFA Vahram Kazhoyan said at the UN General Assembly session in response to the speech by the head of Azerbaijani delegation. “It is unacceptable when an aggressor is shifting the blame onto others to play the victim,” said Kazhoyan. He emphasized that “the only threat to regional security is Azerbaijan, whose citizens traveled to Middle East in large numbers to join terrorist organizations”. “Those people now announce they return to fight against Artsakh. It happened in April 2016, when Azerbaijan realized a large-scale attack on the civilian population of Artsakh,” added Vahram Kazhoyan.
PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenia's position in the latest FIFA ranking has remained unchanged for a fourth month after the country's national football team dropped two notches in June to take the 100th spot.
France and Belgium share the first and second spots, while Brazil comes in the third.
Meanwhile, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas and Tonga come in the bottom end.
Armenia and Russia have brilliant partnership relations, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Pashinyan first congratulated the Russian President on the occasion of Moscow City Day, noting that he is glad to pay a visit to the RF capital in such a warm atmosphere. According to Pashinyan, the frequency of the meetings with Vladimir Putin show the special nature of the Armenian-Russian relations.
“Against some pessimism existing in both Armenian and Russian media, as well as social networks, it is to be mentioned that our relations develop dynamically and naturally. I think our main goal is that we should try to open the entire potential of our relations”, he said.
The Armenian PM particularly emphasized that the two countries have great potential in strengthening relations in economic, military-technical and humanitarian spheres.
“There are no unsolvable issues in our relations. I am confident they will be solved, taking into account the interests of our partnering relations, respecting the principles of sovereignty of states and non-interference in the domestic affairs. I am very glad that every time speaking about our relations our Russian partners emphasize these principles”, Pashinyan announced.
The Russian President also emphasized the special nature of the Armenian-Russian relations, adding that it can be noted throughout the entire period of centuries of bilateral relations. “At the moment our relations develop actively in all the directions, including political, military, security and economy”, Putin emphasized.
Following media briefings the sides continues the conversation behind doors.
Pashinyan will meet with Armenian business men in Russia after his meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Analysts of different countries note, it is no coincidence that before the tour to the Caucasus, Merkel met with President Putin – a German-speaking Russian leader, an adherent of Peter's imperial culture. It is not excluded that during the meeting the Chancellor and the President agreed the depth and breadth of German expansion to the South Caucasus, of course, taking into account traditional Russian interests.
In Yerevan, Merkel made a hidden message to Russia, calling Armenia a successful model of relations with the EU and Eurasia at the same time: "Armenia can be an example of successful cooperation, both with Russia and the EU."
The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also made it clear that Armenia is not going to take sharp steps between the two poles: We intend to develop relations both with Russia within the framework of the EAEC and CSTO, and with the EU, in particular Germany.
Indeed, today Russia and Germany are the main economic partners of Armenia. But Merkel is impressed by the actions of Pashinyan's government in the field of democracy, fighting corruption, transparency, which further croaks the South Caucasian ship towards European civilization.
Two hundred years ago, the Russian empire granted the German burghers the opportunity to colonize the Caucasus when German settlements appeared in Georgia and Azerbaijan, and the oil boom of the second half of the 19th century exported substantial German capital and engineering thought to Baku. This fact was emphasized especially in Georgia, which could be regarded as an invitation to the next German expansion in exchange for de-occupation of part of Georgia, where Russian troops are quartered and puppet regimes are proclaimed. Merkel hinted that for her the themes of the 200th anniversary of the resettlement of the German colonists, deoccupation, Georgian European integration are of no small importance and are the tip of the South Caucasus policy. It is no accident that due to the historical and geographical realities, Georgia is a window for Western expansion into the Caucasus and further to the Caspian region, especially in the conditions of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, when all regional projects are regulated from Tbilisi by circumstances.
The tour of Merkel to the South Caucasus tour Merkel finished in Azerbaijan. This is the traditional route of all European politicians who arrange similar regional visits. Next, the Caspian, which divides the second echelon of the struggle for influence – Central Asia. The European and mostly German assessment of the place of Azerbaijan in the Caucasian trio is regarded as communicative. If Georgia is seen as a window of Europe, then, in Lenin's words, Azerbaijan is the gateway to the East. Pipeline, transport corridors are beginning to gain increasing importance on the eve of the big economic boom, which the world economy is pregnant with. Cross-border projects – the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, the railways, the East-West, the North-South and others, where the key place is occupied by Azerbaijan, comes to the fore in the post-Soviet policy of Germany, which is called the economic locomotive of the EU.
These issues could be at the center of attention of the Putin-Merkel meeting and act as bargaining chips of Russian pipeline expansion to Europe. It can be assumed that the implementation of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, which is being lobbied by Germany, will open the way for the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, the realization of which has been impeded for a long time by Moscow.
President Ilham Aliyev, as one of the players of the communication policy in the post-Soviet space, realizes the importance of the location and role of Azerbaijan in this matter. Taking it into account, he manages to defend his interests, which does not include tasks for any hasty integration. On the eve of Merkel's visit, discussions began in Azerbaijan about the need to join the CSTO, which could be viewed as the unwillingness of the Azerbaijani elite to discuss democracy and human rights issues in an accelerated mode, and even more in the revolutionary vein of the change of vectors in Georgia and Armenia. After long exhortations by the West, the authorities released the opposition politician Ilgar Mammadov. Observers regard this gesture as a curtsey towards Germany, no more. The alleged large amnesty did not follow. Aliyev offered to be satisfied with step-by-step solutions in bilateral and multilateral relations.
Երևանում տարածաշրջանային այցի շրջանակներում գտնվող Գերմանիայի կանցլեր Անգելա Մերկելը Ծիեռնակաբերդի հուշահամալիրում հարգանքի տուրք մատուցեց Հայոց ցեղասպանության զոհերի հիշատակին:
Մերկելը ուղևորվեց հուշահամալիր անմիջապես «Զվարթնոց» օդանավակայանից։ Գերմանիայի կանցլերը ծաղիկներ դրեց Հայոց ցեղասպանության զոհերի հիշատակը հավերժացնող անմար կրակի մոտ:
Մերկելը նաև խորհրդանշական եղևնի տնկեց Ծիծեռնակաբերդի ծառուղում:
Այցի շրջանակներում կայանալու են հայ-գերմանական բարձր մակարդակի բանակցություններ ՀՀ վարչապետ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի և ԳԴՀ կանցլեր Անգելա Մերկելի գլխավորությամբ: Հայաստանի վարչապետը և Գերմանիայի կանցլերը բանակցությունների արդյունքները կամփոփեն համատեղ մամուլի ասուլիսում:
Armenian football clubs Alashkert and Pyunik have been left out of the Europa League third qualifying round after suffering second-leg defeats on Thursday.
FC Alashkert lost to Romania’s Cluj 0-5 in the return march, the Football Federation of Armenia told Panorama.am.
Alashkert had also lost the home match against Cluj 0-2 in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital.
Drawing the first clash, FC Pyunik also suffered a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the second leg of the Europa League third qualifying round in Israel.
All 8 sessions of the 2018 AYF Camp season were a great success
GLENDALE—The campfire is out, the snack shop is empty and only the sounds of birds chirping at AYF Camp Big Pines remain. The 2018 AYF Summer Camp season has come to an end leaving behind the most successful season to date. In the span of eight weeks, over 1200 campers and staff from all over California and beyond participated in the AYF Summer Camp program where they were able to see old friends and make new ones while participating in classic AYF Camp activities.
Over the course of a week, campers participated in a wide array of activities and educationals, developed interpersonal skills and created lasting memories. “The best part of AYF Camp is that you are able to make friends while working together to accomplish goals and participate in the competitions. You really turn into a family over the week at camp,” says Edik Kermenikian, 14, Houston, Texas.
In addition to the traditional camp activities of canoeing, arts and crafts and Red-Blue-Orange group competitions, campers participated in daily educationals focusing on a diverse range of topics. Former camper and counselor Berj Parseghian, owner and chief instructor at Jeff Speakman’s Kenpo 5.0 and 5th Degree Black Belt, led campers through a series of fun and exciting training exercises and spoke about the importance of health, fitness and self-defense.
AYF Camp also partnered with Beads for Battle, a nonprofit cancer support organization that aims to spread hope and positivity to everyone affected by cancer, to organize a workshop where campers had the opportunity to make bracelets, write encouraging notes to patients and learn about cancer awareness. Some campers were lucky enough to learn a variety of traditional Armenian dances from Patille and Cynthia Albarian, instructors at Patille Dance Studio in Pasadena, while others learned about traditional Armenian instruments and music from Arick Gevorkian. Deeown Shaverdian, an AYF member, presented the campers with information on the recent Velvet Revolution in Armenia.
“My experience with the youth of our nation was, as always, more of a learning experience for me than it was for them. The intelligent questions, the curious stares, the engaging discussions and, most importantly, the eagerness to enact change and take action were the most inspiring to me,” says Shaverdian. He adds that, “It is important now more than ever to instill in them a sense of responsibility to take ownership of their country and culture and to pave the way for its progression into a new era of unprecedented advancement. Through educationals about current events, history and culture, we can cement the creation of young patriotic Armenians who, through their education, activism and work, will proudly carry the torch of the Armenian culture into the next generation.”
These topics, along with educationals by the Armenian Youth Federation and Armenian National Committee of America, engaged campers of all ages providing them with information on Armenian history, culture and topics relevant in both our diaspora and Homeland today.
AYF Camp is an integral part of the summer for many by providing a fun and safe environment for children to learn and grow as individuals. “My favorite parts about AYF Camp are staying connected with the Armenian culture and making friends,” says Anjelique Alexander, 17, Laguna Beach, CA. “I’ve been coming to AYF Camp since I was 10 years old and it’s interesting to come back each year and see the same campers and meet new campers to embark on this journey together. I’m very excited to begin the next step and return as a counselor for the first time next summer.”
The AYF Camp Management Board and Summer Camp Committee is thankful to the directors, counselors, medical staff and educational speakers for volunteering their time and ensuring each week was a success, as well as to its community members without whose unwavering support the AYF Summer Camp program wouldn’t be what it is today.
Since 1977, AYF Camp has offered a genuinely rewarding experience, by serving as a place for Armenian youth to make new friends and memories for a lifetime. AYF Camp is the largest and oldest summer camp program in the Western United States focusing on Armenian culture and heritage. Visit AYFCamp.org for more information and sign up for our newsletter to receive news and updates on programs and events.