On February 22 the City Central Library after Av. Isahakyan hosted the presentation of the book “From the memories of a sports journalist” by Yuri Aleksanyan, the president of Sports Journalist Federation of Armenia. The author spoke about his main motivation for writing the book- to pass the professional and personal values from the old generation to the young generation. To support the author and his work, speeches were made by coach, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia Lyova Samvelyan, distinguished sorts journalist, General Secretor of Alashkert FC Gevorg Marikyan, one of the three founders of Armenian sports journalism, 88-year-old Misak Nazaryan and others. “This book is a unique encyclopedia, representing the strength, will, kindness, power, virtues, acts and patriotism of the greats. It guides the young athletes in their professional and personal life,”-said the Candidate of Economic Sciences Karlen Alexanyan. Other speeches were given by former captain of “Hatis” women’s basketball team, multiple European and world championship and awards winner Anahit Sargsyan, Chief editor of “Film” weekly, movie critic Robert Matosyan. The event was hosted by Yuri Alexanyan and Gayane Samvelyan.

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