Month: May 2008

AZG Armenian Daily #099, 24/05/2008

Armenian Genocide

OPENING OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MONUMENT IN CYPRUS POSTPONED

"Azg" daily informed on May 6 that a monument of Armenian Genocide
would be erected in Cyprian Larnaca and that the new President of
Armenia Serge Sargsian would participate in the opening ceremony. By
the way, the decision to erect a monument of Armenian Genocide in
Larnaca was made by the Municipality of Larnaca and affirmed by the
Parliament and Government of Cyprus unanimously.

The information was based on Turkish press, which in its turn cited
from Cyprian "Philiephteros" newspaper.

On May 22, the same press published an article titled "Opening of
so-called Armenian Genocide monument didn’t have success". The article
mentions that the opening ceremony is postponed according to the
statement of Cyprian authorities.

Independent of their motivation that the monument is not finished yet
and the ceremony preparations continue to delay, President of the
Republic of Cyprus Dimitris Christophias and leader of the Turkish
region Mehmed Ali Talat started a negotiation process.

By Hakob Chakrian, translated by L.H.

AZG Armenian Daily #099, 24/05/2008

Germany – South Caucasus

ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA AROUND ONE TABLE IN BERLIN

On the initiative of the German-South-Caucasian
Parliamentary Group of the Bundestag a meeting of the
MPs with the Ambassadors of the three countries and
with Armenian, Georgian and Azerbaijani scholarship
winners working in Bundestag took place first time in
Berlin on May 9.

As result of exchange of views proposals for carrying
out joint programs were accepted.

At present 16 scholarship winners work in Bundestag
MPs office.

Henceforth in the framework of International
Parliamentary Scholarship Armenia and Azerbaijan will
send participants to Germany every year.

Chairman of the Parliamentary Group Steffen Richen
underlined that joint intercourse and programs between
the scholarship winners should be continuous that will
make possible the dialogue for resolution of conflicts
and deepening of regional integration in South
Caucasus. According to him, the three countries use
the Europe Neighborhood Program in different measures
to carry out their own economic and political
amendments.

By Vahram Soghomonian, translated by L.H.

Panorama.am

20:31 24/05/2008

-AZDARAR-: AFTER 214 YEARS PATRIOTIC ISSUES DISCUSSED

-After 214 years pf silence -Azdarar- journal solves
patriotic issues in Kalkata by republishment,- said
Martik Sargsyan, the editor of -Azdarar- journal.
Since 1974 -Azdarar- has been published in Madras. It
managed to publish 18 issues and the activities were
stopped because of little distribution.

According to the representatives of the journal the
19th issue was published in December 2007 and the 20th
in February 2008. Cultural and scientific articles are
published as well as some issues devoted to Armenia.

M Sargsyan said that 100 years ago 40 thousands
Armenians lived in Kalkata, but now only 200 families
do. The mission of the journal is to protect Armenians
from merging with other nations.

Source: Panorama.am

Panorama.am

20:32 24/05/2008

REPORTED TO PACE

-Today we witness the simplest imitation of the
implementation of article 1609 recommended by PACE,-
said Norayr Norikyan, a member of -Alternative-
civil-political initiative. According to him the
authorities are intended to conduct some activities
before the general session of PACE on 23 June and ask
for some time to implement the other points till
Septembers.

-The ongoing authorities of Armenia can not implement
the demands of article 1609 if legal, moral, political
issues lack, they can not put under threat the
international image of Armenia and the political
perspectives of it,- he said.

Gerasim Barseghyan who was present at the press
conference also said that the Armenian authorities
will implement all the recommendations and that he
sees objective principles to it. He did not agree with
Norikyan that it is possible to get something from the
international institutions by lying.

Source: Panorama.am

Panorama.am

18:09 24/05/2008

NATURE: FORESTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED

The most valuable types of trees remained in Armenia
are beech tree and oak tree. These are the trees which
are illegally cut down, said Karen Afrikyan, the
coordinator of -Armenian Trees- NGO to the Panorama.am
reporter.

According to him the rural inhabitants are not aware
of the fact that the current types of trees are of
great importance for the protection of forests. -It
does not matter what tress the villager cuts down.
They pay attention on how well they burn. But the main
threat comes from the oligarchs who cut down the most
valuable trees,- he said.

According to K. Afrikyan now some activities are taken
to protect the forests and the trees by making some
gates but the local people complained as they have
animals who get feed from those territories.

Source: Panorama.am

Panorama.am

18:10 24/05/2008

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: SILENCE SQUARE IN KALKATA

-We have some arrangements with the Prime Minister of
Kalkata in order to found Silence Square dedicated to
the Armenian Genocide,- said Martik Sargsyan the
editor of -Azdarar- journal.

He said that the question rose by Indian scientists
and the editor believe that they’ll manage to found
the square in these years.

As for the recognition of Armenian Genocide, he said
that the Parliament of Bangalor will recognize it in
the nearest years.

Source: Panorama.am

Panorama.am

20:30 24/05/2008

ABUSED POSITION AND EXPENSIVE CAR

According to the proves revealed in the result of
investigation the head of Akhtala region Suren
Tamazyan has abused his position according to the RA
criminal code article 308.1, reported the press
service of the chief prosecutor’s office.

According to the investigation materials Tamazyan
abused his position and used the financial means
disposed to the welfare of the region and the local
people, bought a car (Mersedes-C 180) more expensive
than the market prices are (by 1.290.000 higher) from
Vilen Gevorgyans, an inhabitant of Alaverdi city.

The investigation is going on in Tumanyan
investigative center.

Source: Panorama.am

Panorama.am

17:31 24/05/2008

A POLICEMAN CONDEMNED

The general court of Avan and Nor Nork regions found
it affirmed to condemn the police officer of Nor Nork
taking into account the appeal of RA Special
Investigative Service reported the press service of
the RA Chief Prosecutor’s Office.

According to the source Nikoghosyan was informed a
secret information of investigating the organizers and
the territory of the illegal demonstration at Opera
Square and he let one of the organizers to know about
it. It is known that he talked with Suren Hayrapetyan
the relative of the former president Levon
Ter-Petrosyan by the phone. In the result when the
police officers asked the organizers to allow them to
investigate the territory they were against it as they
have already been informed.

A. Nikoghosyan accepted the appeal at the court. The
court made a decision to arrest Nokoghosyan for two
years.

Source: Panorama.am

Panorama.am

20:27 24/05/2008

MONTE MELKONYAN – 58 GRADUATES

Today -Monte Melkonyan- military educational college
celebrates the graduation party of its 58 graduate
soldiers. The Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan was
present at the graduation ceremony which was blessed
by Saint Vrtanes priest Abrahamyan.

Afterwards minister Ohanyan made a speech and wished
the graduates success and welfare. He reminded them,
that Monte Melkonyan was a real National hero. The
officers of the military college also congratulated
and made speech.

Source: Panorama.am

CanWest News Service, Canada
May 24 2008

Atom Egoyan movie wins prize for its spiritual values

Jay Stone , CanWest News Service

CANNES, France — Adoration, a film by Canadian director Atom Egoyan,
has won the ecumenical jury prize — the award given for movies that
celebrate spiritual values — at the Cannes Film Festival.

Adoration, which is about a teenage boy who re-creates his own
identity on the Internet, "invites us to re-evaluate existing cliches
about the Other or that which is foreign in our own culture and
religion," the jury said.

An emotional Egoyan said he was "overwhelmed" by the choice and also
by the citation, which he called beautifully worded. "The jury got the
movie," he said after the ceremony.

Photo: RED CARPET: Director Atom Egoyan and actress Rachel Blanchard
arrive Thursday for the premiere of Adoration at the 61st
International Cannes Film Fes-tival in Cannes, France.

Sean Gallup, Getty Images

Egoyan has won the ecumenical prize before, for his 1997 film The
Sweet Hereafter, but he said he didn’t understand why that movie won
the award. Adoration, on the other hand, "is dealing with all sorts of
belief systems, some of them obviously invented, and it’s dealing with
the nature of how we organize systems of beliefs within families and
cultures and ourselves. So it seems to make a lot more sense."

The director, who lives in Toronto, said his movie is provocative, and
it was a brave choice for the six-member international jury.

Adoration is also in the running for Cannes’ biggest prizes, including
the Palme d’Or, which will be handed out Sunday. Egoyan said his movie
came to Cannes late — it was screened on Thursday, the eighth day of
the festival — and so he has not seen any of the other films in the
running for the Palme. "I can’t make any predictions," he said.

Earlier Saturday, Next Floor, an 11-minute Canadian film about
gluttony, won the festival’s grand prize for short movie.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Next Floor was shot in an abandoned
Montreal factory that was being demolished, and shows a group of
diners eating piles of food — everything from rhinoceros to deer —
before crashing through to the floor below.

Villeneuve, who has also directed Maelstrom, shot Next Floor while
taking a break from editing his new feature Polytechnique, about the
1989 Montreal massacre. The Cannes award is given by the French TV
network Canal+, which acquires the right to broadcast Next
Floor. Villeneuve wins 6,000 Euros (about $9,000) toward equipment for
the shooting of his next film.

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