Charles Aznavour receives Turkish Golden Plane Award November 4, 2014 - 18:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The annual Turkish Golden Plane honored Charles Aznavour, with the prize already awarded to the world-renowned French-Armenian singer in Paris, Armenian media reported citing Posta daily. Turkey’s ambassador to Paris Hakki Akil handed the prize on behalf of the residents of Izmit, where the ceremony is usually held. “If my Izmit-born mother saw her fellow citizens award me the prize she would surely have been happy,” Aznavour said. This year, the official ceremony will take place on the evening of November 4 in Istanbul. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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 | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |