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 | U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |