Armenia's Sargsyan honors author Peter Balakian with presidental awardMay 26, 2016 - 17:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan on Thursday, May 26 awarded author Peter Balakian for his efforts to raise awareness of the Armenian Genocide, the presidential press office reports. During the ceremony, Sargsyan hailed Balakian's work, noting that In his documentary “Who Killed Armenians?”, the author revealed the Armenians' pain through artistic power. The 2015 President’s Award took place Thursday at the Presidential Palace. Sargsyan and the representative of the Robert Pogossian and Sons Foundation, philanthropist from Diaspora Albert Pogossian presented the awards to the winners for their significant contribution in a number of fields. Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Director General of Ucom takes part in recruiting conference Ralph Yirikian participated in the Recruit Days business and networking conference organized by Move2Career. Ameriabank named Best Bank in Armenia for 2024 by Global Finance Ameriabank has been named the Best Bank in Armenia by Global Finance magazine in its 31st annual awards. Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Lavrov rejects Armenia’s “defamation” of Russia, CSTO Lavrov decried the Armenian leaders’ “defamation” of Russian soldiers and border guards deployed in Armenia. |