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 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |