Serj Tankian favors idea of rock festival to support Armenian Genocide recognitionAugust 12, 2010 - 19:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - World-known musician of Armenian origin, former SOAD frontman Serj Tankian favors the idea of rock festival to support Armenian Genocide recognition. “I can’t foretell where I’ll be and what’ I’ll do in 2015 (100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide). I like the idea of organizing a rock festival to support Armenian Genocide recognition, yet don’t know if I’ll participate,” the singer told a news conference on August 12. Serj Tankian characterized his rock-actions aimed to increase Genocide awareness as successful, noting however, that there are other means to express one’s position on the issue. Dwelling on problems covered in his songs, the singer pointed out, “I prefer to refer to universal issues. However, words of freedom and national identity can be responded anywhere in the world, regardless of song author’s nationality,” he concluded. 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 | IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. Through Ucom’s support the 12th Sunchild Festival concludes On May 24-28, with the support of Ucom, the 12th international environmental festival Sunchild took place in Yerevan. U.S., Turkey emphasize importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Jake Sullivan and Akif Cagatay Kilic have discussed the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia coach expects good football in Slovenia friendly The Armenian national team has left for Ljubljana a friendly match against Slovenia on June 4. |