Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler , an Olympic Champion (2016) a three-time World Champion (2014, 2015, 2017) reached semifinals at the European Games in Belarusian capital Minsk.
Alexanyan entered the competition from 1/8 round on the 9th day of the tournament, celebrating 2:1 victory over Revaz Nadareishvili of Georgia.
In the semifinal the leading Armenian wrestler will face Alexander Golovin of Russia.
Presidential Palace hosts kids on International Children’s Day
14:57, 1 June, 2019
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS. On June 1, on the occasion of the International Children’s Day, the Armenian Presidential Palace opened its gates for children and their parents.
A number of events and celebrations are taking place on the occasion of this Day.
Organizer of the event, Director of the Children of Armenian Fund (COAF) Lusine Simonyan said today they are not going to talk about the issues relating to the protection of rights of children.
“Our goal today is to say in the Baghramyan 26, the Presidential Palace of Armenia that children live in Armenia, children are born here. Interacting with children in our daily work we are strengthening that belief, that power that we should bear the belief of that responsibility for the sake of children in order to create happy individuals and happy people”, Lusine Simonyan said.
Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan
Armenian Boxing Federation has announced that head coach of the national team Rudik Mkrtchyan has already defined the squad.
Anush Grigoryan (51kg weight class), the winner of this year’s U18 European Championship and World Cup, will be the only member of the women’s team.
The men’s team will include 8 boxers: Artur Hovhannisyan (49kg), Erik Petrosyan (56kg), Hrayr Shahverdyan (60kg), Hovhannes Bachkov (64kg), Koryun Astoyan (69kg), Arman Darchinyan (75kg), Henrik Sargsyan (91kg) and Gurgen Hovhannisyan (super weight).
Retired major of the Armenian Armed Forces, athlete Sargis Stepanyan, who lost both of his legs and one arm, has claimed gold medal at the Armwrestling European Championship in PIDH- sitting category. Stepanyan took the first prize, competing in the category of 80 kg, Armenian National Federation of Disabled Sports reported in a Facebook post.
To note, Sargis Stepanyan was injured during a mine explosion, losing his two legs and the right arm while trying to take out his fellow serviceman from a minefield in summer 2014, when the Azerbaijani military launched a sabotage infiltration attempt at one of Armenian military posts.
Major Stepanyan has been awarded with the Armenian Defense Ministry “Marshal Baghramyan” Medal and the Medal "For Courage" by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Curtis M. Scaparrotti (front left) hands command of Allied Air Command to General Jeffrey L. Harrigian (front right) during a change of command ceremony
U.S. Air Force General Jeffrey L. Harrigian assumed command of NATO’s Allied Air Command, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and U.S. Air Forces Africa. The proceedings transpired during a ceremony at Ramstein Air Force Base on Wednesday, May 1.
General Harrigian assumed command from U.S. Air Force General Tod D. Wolters, who has been at the helm of Allied Air Command since August 2016. In a ceremony attended by senior military and civilian personnel representing NATO, the United States, Host Nation Germany and local communities, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, conducted the handover of command.
Harrigian will be succeeding General Tod D. Wolters, who earlier this month was nominated to be the next NATO Supreme Allied Commander and commander of U.S. European Command, replacing U.S. Army General Curtis Scaparrotti.
Having graduated from the Colorado Springs, Colorado service academy in 1985, Harrigian is a fighter pilot and U.S. Air Force Academy alumnus. He is the descendant of a survivor of the Armenian Genocide.
Harrigian has more than 4,000 hours flying the F-22, F-15C and MQ-1 Predator. He’s flown combat missions in support of operations Just Cause—the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989, Desert Storm, and Inherent Resolve.
NSS Director Artur Vanetsyan responded to the questions of "Factor's" journalist today.
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PanARMENIAN.Net – Saudi Arabia will financially sponsor the U.S.Congress Resolution to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide, a press release posted on Senator Adam Schiff’s website reveals.
Schiff met the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, at a party hold in the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington on Friday, April 26. In the two-hour meeting, the negotiation was mostly focused on bilateral cooperation and the Saudi investment in California. Furthermore, Sen. Schiff’s Resolution to Congress to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 was introduced and on the proposal of Sen. Schiff, the Saudi ambassador to U.S. agreed to financially sponsor the Resolution.
Princess Bandar said that "Saudi Arabia was also under severe oppression during the Ottoman Empire, and no pleasant recollection has been left in our history during the Ottoman era. The Saudi government policy has always been and continues to be insisting on the protection of human rights. Inquiry about historical events is every nation’s right and no one should worry when the truth comes out. Turkey is the main accused of the Armenian Genocide and cannot claim concern about human and civil rights protection until the truth comes out.”
Schiff and Gus Bilirakis, two Republican representatives, have introduced a Resolution to Congress. If the motion is passed, the US government officially recognizes Armenian Genocide by Turkey.
April 24, 1915 is the day when a group of Armenian intellectuals was rounded up and assassinated in Constantinople by the Ottoman government. On April 24, Armenians worldwide commemorated the 104th anniversary of the Genocide which continued until 1923. Some three dozen countries, hundreds of local government bodies and international organizations have so far recognized the killings of 1.5 million Armenians as Genocide. Turkey denies to this day.