Jean-Paul Schintu: I learnt about Armenian Genocide at 14April 6, 2011 - 21:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A well-known French actor and stage director Jean-Paul Schintu is a participant of Yerevan-hosted ArmMono international festival. In a conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the actor shared memories of his first learning about the Armenian Genocide. “In my college years in Lyons, I had a mischievous classmate named Ives Palanjian. So one day, our teacher, exasperated by his pranks, said she'll send him to Turkey in a small box. I asked him during a break, ''Why would she pick Turkey to send you to?'', and this is when he told me about the Genocide.” ''I learnt about it at 14, when many of my peers knew nothing about the tragedy,'' Schintu said, adding that his native city is Lyons, with Armenians comprising 50% of population. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |