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A Flaming Pit of Food FEBRUARY 10, 2018 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXVIII, NO. 29, Issue 4524 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF Trump Nominates German Intellectuals, Artists in Defense of Afrin Patrick Hovakimian to Post at Justice By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator Department WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump BERLIN — As the Turkish military offen- nominated Patrick Hovakimian as a candidate for sive in Afrin has escalated, the caretaker the position of a member of the Foreign Claims government in Germany has come under Settlement Commission at the Department of growing pressure to intervene to stop the Justice, according to the White House website. bloodshed. Since Germany has supplied The nomination was submitted to the Senate for Turkey with military equipment, its role has discussion. If it is approved, Hovakimian will been subject to harsh criticism. assume the post until September 30, 2020. Photographs of the Turkish actions aired Hovakimian serves as an Assistant US Attorney on television confirmed suspicions that for the Southern District of California. He investi- German tanks were indeed involved in the gates corruption and white-collar crimes. aggression against the YPG, the Syrian Kurdish militias, who have been battling IS. Kurdish protestors in Cologne on January 27 Armenian Wrestlers Win Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel declared that any decision regarding modernization Gold in Moldova Int’l of Turkey’s military — an item which had nized massive demonstrations; in Cologne, lowing weekend, protest actions took place been discussed at the beginning of the year an estimated 20,000 people took to the in several cities, and they are bound to con- Championship in bilateral meetings — would be put on ice, streets; some were waving flags of the out- tinue and expand unless the conflict ends. YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The Freestyle and deferred to the new government. lawed PKK and banners with PKK leader On February 2, a group of about a hun- Wrestling Youth Team of Armenia won four gold, That, however, did little to quell protests. Abdullah Öcalan’s image, and this led the dred German intellectuals and artists two silver and one bronze medals in an In several cities on January 27, Kurds orga- police to end the action. Again, on the fol- see PROTESTS, page 5 International Championship in Moldova, the National Olympic Committee of Armenia said on February 6. Speaker George Keverian A total of 156 wrestlers from Armenia, Ukraine, French President Macron Pledges to Add Armenian Germany, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Macedonia and Public Service Scholarship Romania were participating in the event. Genocide to French Calendar, to Visit Artsakh Created to Empower Next Razmik Papikyan, Vazgen Tevanyan, Arman Andreasyan and Davit Gevorgyan won gold; PARIS (Public Radio of Generation of Young Gegham Galstyan, Hovhannes Maghakyan captured Armenia)— French President Minds silver, and Arman Avagyan won bronze. Emmanuel Macron attended the annual gala dinner of the Co-ordi- BOSTON — George Keverian was a nation Council of Armenian man who dedicated his entire life to Armenian Judges to Be Organizations of France on public service. He was kind, honest, January 31, AFP reported. smart, and above all, put others first Held Accountable for The dinner was also attended before himself. He was in tune with ECHR Rulings by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, his heritage and was proud to be Lyon Mayor Georges Armenian. The Keverian family, STRASBOURG, France (Armenpress) — Képénékian, Members of joined by Alfred Lattanzi, wanted to Armenian judges who presided over court cases Parliament, ethnic Armenian law- find a way to keep his legacy alive which were later referred to the European Court maker Patrick Devedjian, as well and use his life lessons to inspire the of Human Right (ECHR) and lost the case, will as the representatives of the From left, Armenian Member of Turkish Parliament next generation of young leaders. be held accountable, Armenia’s representative to Armenian and Jewish communi- Garo Paylan, CCAF co-chair Ara Toranian, French They have created the Honorable the ECHR, member of parliament from the rul- ties of France. Istanbul-Armenian President Emanuel Macron, and CCAF co-chair Mourad Speaker George Keverian Public ing Republican party, Gevorg Kostanyan, said Turkish Parliament member Papazian (Photo: HDP Facebook page) Service Scholarship to do just that. during parliamentary debated of the judicial Garo Paylan (HDP) was a guest Jack Keverian reflected on his code this week. of honor at the gala dinner. brother: “George and I were raised by “The tenure of any irresponsible entity in the During his remarks Macron touched Armenian Genocide and the Nagorno see SCHOLARSHIP, page 20 state administration sector is dangerous. I have upon a number of issues concerning the Karabakh conflict. represented Armenia in the ECHR for more than Armenian community, including the see MACRON, page 4 10 years and I concluded that as long as we don’t increase the responsibility issue of judges, we won’t have the justice of our expectations,” he said. He added that the bill regulated the issue in detail. The ECHR verdict on a given case can be the basis for disciplinary actions against the particular Armenian judge who had tried the case. INSIDE A Flaming Ashot Karapetyan Katya Galstyan Armenia Flag Officially raised at PyeongChang Winter Olympics Pit of Food Page 16 YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The Armenian The Armenian athletes were chosen earlier flag has been officially raised at the this winter at the session of the Armenian Ski PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the National Federation in Tsakhkadzor. Olympic Committee announced. Mikayel Mikayelyan and Katya Galstyan will The Armenian delegation arrived in the South compete in cross-country and Ashot Karapetyan INDEX Korean city on February 5. in Alpine skiing. Arts and Living . 14 The mayor of the Olympic village greeted the Gagik Sargsyan of the Armenia Ski Armenia . 2,3 Armenian delegation. Gagik Bolshikyan, the Federation said they were selected according to Community News. 6 head of the Armenian delegation, and the their rankings. Editorial . 18 Olympic Village mayor exchanged souvenirs, The Olympics will be held in South Korea International . .. 4,5 which was followed by the flag raising ceremony. February 9-25. Mikayel Mikayelyan 2 S ATURDAY, F EBRUARY 1 0 , 2 0 1 8 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia Dilijan to Host Armenia’s Next Generation of Entrepreneurs for Place in International Contest Unique Archive Donated DILIJAN, Armenia — On February 10, teams and Rafi Baghdjian, CEO the Dilijan Community Center (DCC) is of IDeA Foundation, will deliver a To Armenian Genocide holding a Live Pitch Event to choose the motivational speech. Experts Museum-Institute semifinalists from Armenia for the from the business world, man- Diamond Challenge, the first internation- agers and consultants, as well as YEREVAN (Archives) — Thanks to the efforts of al youth contest aimed at empowering representatives of the Peace the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute, the the next generation through entrepre- Corps Armenia are expected archive of an American-Armenian family who sur- neurship. In August 2017, DCC became among the guests. vived the Armenian Genocide, has been donated to Armenia’s official representative for the The Dilijan Community the museum, the museum staff told Armenpress. contest, and began coaching youths on Center, which was founded with Susan Solakian donated the great history of her big how to develop projects. the support of the Scholae family to the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute, “The goals of the Diamond Challenge Mundi Armenia Foundation, sees which includes memoirs, documents and photos. The contest are similar to those we have been its mission as helping to shape a goal is to transfer the memories, to the generations pursuing in Dilijan for two years already caring community (both indige- the story of Tomas and Estern Mkrtchean, who were – implementing educational programs nous people and newcomers), deported from their historical homeland up to set- on social entrepreneurship and support- ready to unite their efforts to tling in the United States, is rich with accurate his- ing youngsters and their parents in change the prevailing reality. torical information, as well as the most severe mani- launching their own projects. And now Scholae Mundi Armenia festations of human loss. The family’s archival mate- we are trying to engage youth from the Foundation is one of the three rials are important source of information about the whole of Armenia, helping them to come Charity Foundations (Scholae deportation, massacres of Armenians of Harput up with ideas and striving to make them The Dilijan Community Center Mundi Armenia, Scholae Mundi (Kharpert), the involvement of German officials and happen. Youth with a proactive attitude, Russia and Scholae Mundi UK) Turks, the brutal murders of Armenian intellectuals, entrepreneurial potential and who pos- that compound the Scholae the violence, as well as the situation of immigrants. sess confidence will help Armenia to The 10 best Armenian teams will arrive Mundi Platform established by social The materials will be thoroughly studied by the prosper,” said the DCC’s Director to Dilijan on 10th February to pitch their entrepreneurs and philanthropists researchers of the Armenian Genocide Museum- Roubina Ter-Martirosyan. ideas before a judging panel of
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