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Published on February 12, 2007
FILM ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO COMPETE FOR GOLDEN BEAR
- "The Lark Farm," a film by the Italian brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, will be screened a the Berlin International Film Festival on February 14 and 15. The film, a co-production of Italy, France, Spain and Bulgaria, is a story of a family who had survived the Armenian Genocide.
Canadian Armenian actress Arsineh Khanjian as well as Aljandro Presiosi, Angela Molina star in the film. The Berlinale is among the most prestigious film festivals and was established in 1951. The main prizes are golden and silver bears.
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Headlines for February 12, 2007MATTHEW BRYZA: MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN
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Armenia should not yield to anti-globalization motions, since taking into account country’s size and abilities, it is quite out of sense, stated Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian to ‘Kentron’ ...TURKISH CHIEF OF STAFF TO TRY TO HINDER ADOPTION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION IN U.S.
Turkish Chief of Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit departs for the United States at the invitation of the U.S. Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace. During his meeting with U.S. Vice-President ...EU PRESSURES SERBIA ON KOSOVO
During a meeting between Serbian President Boris Tadic and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier the high-level ...FILM ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO COMPETE FOR GOLDEN BEAR
"The Lark Farm," a film by the Italian brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, will be screened a the Berlin International Film Festival on February 14 and 15. The film, a co-production of Italy, ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1268 Enthronement of the Armenian Catholicos, Hakob Klayetsee the First. He was an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century. (He died in 1286).
- 1286 Death of Catholicos Hakob Klayetsee the First, an erudite scholar, orator, and commentator. He supported the signing of the Armenian-Egyptian Peace Treaty of the end of the 13th century.
- 1721 Greegor Shghtayakeer, who was elected Jerusalem's Patriarch in 1715, placed a chain around his neck to symbolize the debts of the Patriarchate. Several years later, on collecting sufficient funds to pay off the debts, he assumed his patriarchal throne. He built new buildings and introduced various improvements. He died in 1749.
- 1845 Birth of Mateos Izmirlian in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1845 Birth of Patriarch Matheos Izmirlyan in Constantinople. He died in 1910.
- 1908 Death in Cairo (Egypt) of Arpiar Arpiaryan (writer and public figure). He was born in 1851.
- 1918 Death of Sultan Hameed, nicknamed the "Red Sultan" because of his organized Genocide of the Armenians in 1894-1896. He was dethroned in 1909.
- 1918 Turkish officers reject the armistice and move (with 25000 soldiers) on Erzroom, Van and the Black Sea coast. Armenian forces -- alone -- are unable to stop the Turkish agression.
- 1919 Two Armenian delegations leading by Poghos Noobar and Avetees Aharonyan present the "Memorandum on Armenian's Demands" to the Paris Conference. The document sought the recognition of Armenia's Independent Statehood, compensation for Armenian losses reimbursement, a 20-year mandate for Armenia by one of the Allied countries, and punishment of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. No attention was paid to the document.
- 1921 Protests in Loree Province against its "Neutral Zone" status under the Menshevik government of Georgia. Consequently, it is ceded to Armenia four days later.
- 1950 Creation of the European Radio Union.
- 1988 Party and Economic meetings took place in the Autonomous Region of Mountainous Gharabagh. These demanded the reunification of Artsakh to Armenia.
- 1988 First national mass demonstrations in Stepanakert in favor of Union between Armenia and Artsakh.
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