Month: June 2009

NUMBER OF ETHIC TURKS TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT GROWS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
03.06.2009 15:21 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ahead of the European Parliament elections to be
held between June 4 and 7, the number of candidates of Turkish origin
has soared, Hurriyet Daily News reports.

Germany has the highest number of Turkish candidates. Ismail Ertug,
Hidir Karademir and Macit Karaahmetoglu are candidates from the Social
Democratic Party, or SPD, while Sidar Aydinlik, Kadriye Karci and
Songul Karabulut are the Left Party’s candidates. Christian Democratic
Union’s candidate is Dr. Yasar Bilgin.

Belgium came second in number of Turkish candidates. Meryem Almacý
and Inan Asliyuce Flaman are Green Party candidates while Nermin
Kumanova is a candidate for ECOLO, a green party from French-speaking
Belgium. Mustafa Uzun is a candidate from the Christian People’s
Party. SPA-Spirit’s (Flemish socialist) candidates with Turkish
descent are Selahattin Kocak and Sener Ugurlu. In the Netherlands,
Emine Bozkurt and Erdogan Kaya are candidates from leftist Party of
Labor. Another Turkish candidate is Osman Bicen from D66. The French
Socialist Party’s Turkish candidate is Emrullah Deniz while the Danish
Social Democrat Party’s is Huseyin Arac. The Turkish-origin candidate
of the British Labor Party is Nilgun Canver.

ANC WILL TAKE ITS BEST EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE CIVIL WAR

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
03.06.2009 15:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ ANC representative Vahagn Khatchatryan
said at today’s news conference that the opposition sees
constitutional struggle as a way out of current situation. He
also called on opposition supporters to show insubordination and
irreconcilability. "We’ll fight till the end, and the next elections
conducted in Armenia will be directed at the change of power,"
Vahagn Khatchatryan stated. He noted that for serious struggle
against political forces currently at power, ANC should at minimum
take possession of administrative recourses.

According to Vahagn Khatchatryan, Armenia is stuck in a swamp and
the authorities do not realize that by conducting such disgraceful
elections, they keep exacerbating the situation. "In the end, we’ll
either face a civil war or a revolution. ANC will take its best
efforts to prevent the civil war, as it would signify the end of the
third Republic of Armenia."

CONDUCTOR VADIM SHUBLADZE AND PIANIST ANAHIT CHAUSHYAN TO PERFORM IN YEREVAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
03.06.2009 15:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On June 12, Aram Khatchaturyan Concert Hall will
host the joint performance of RA Philharmonic Orchestra and Belgian
pianist Anahit Chaushyan, under the guidance of Tbilisi Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra’s Art Director Vadim Shubladze . The concert will
feature symphony-requiem by Bzvaneli, prelude to Wagner’s Rienzi and
Beethoven’s piano concert N 4.

Vadim Shubladze was born in 1934, studied in Tbilisi State
Conservatory, conductors department. His first performance was when he
was a student. He appeared with the Traviata of Verdi in the Mariinsky
Opera and Ballet Theatre, St. Petersburg. A month later he performed
in the Spendiarov Opera Theatre, Yerevan. Vadim Shubladze is the
first performer of many classic and contemporary composers. He is
one of the most sensitive and intelligent conductors of the former
USSR. In 1991 he successfully worked with contemporary composer –
pianist Michael J. Smith. Mr. Smith has written for Vadim Shubladze
and the Tbilisi Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and these pieces has
performed and premiered by Shubladze and orchestra in Tbilisi and
Sweden with great success.

Now he is principal conductor of the Tbilisi, Georgia State Radio
and TV Symphonic Orchestra and the artistic director of the Tbilisi
Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.

HAKOB PETIKYAN: NATIONAL ENMITY OFTEN SHOWS ITSELF IN CHILDHOOD

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
03.06.2009 16:31 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to poll, conducted among 40 Armenian
students of Nizhny Novgorod State University, national enmity often
shows itself in childhood.

In higher classes of school and Universities, students of different
nationalities are judged by their personal qualities, and not in
accordance with stereotypes, Youth Sector Leader at Regional Social
Organization of Nizhniy Novgorod’s Armenian Community, Hakov Petikyan
told at the round table on June 1.

In his turn, Local National-Cultural Autonomy Chairman, Tatar Renat
Islyamov noted that tolerance issue is in "people’s heads" "Some people
are interested in destabilization of country’s atmosphere. They are
destroying society from the inside," Yerkramas Russian Armenians’
newspaper cited Tatar’s Autonomy representative as saying.

GRANT TENDER FOR SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF ARMENIAN SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS ANNOUNCED

ARMENPRESS
June 3, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian National Education and
Science foundation established in 2001 by the Fund for Armenian Relief
of America announces a grant tender for scientific works of Armenian
scientists and researchers.

Coordinator of the educational projects of the Fund for Armenian Relief
Eduard Karapetian told Armenpress that the sum of each grant reaches
5,000 USD. The applications of participants should be submitted on
the electronic variant by 31 August 2009. The names of winners will
be issued by the end of December.

E. Karapetian informed that the tender is being implemented since 2001
and by now 208 scientific groups have been recognized winners. During
2008 mostly scientists representing exact sciences have applied for
taking part in the tender.

IN THE "SHANGHAI 2010" INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ARMENIA WILL BE IN THE EUROPEAN JOINT PAVILION

ARMENPRESS
June 3, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS: Preparatory works of "Shanghai 2010"
international exhibition continue. Chief director of Armenian
Development Agency Robert Harutyunian told Armenpress that an agreement
of participation has already been signed with the Chinese side. Armenia
will be in the European joint pavilion of overall 500 square meters
from which 324 will be used.

According to R. Harutyunian, now the issue of decoration of this
pavilion is being discussed and the slogan with which it will be
presented must also be chosen. The Chinese side will provide the
Armenia its part in the European pavilion on November 6 so that the
corresponding decoration works are brought to the end.

They are intended to be finished by January 2010. Started from February
the Chinese side will already implement the experimental opening of
the exhibition. During the preparatory works cooperation with Chinese
construction companies is also intended.

"Shanghai 2010" will be held under the "Welfare life, welfare city"
slogan. According to the primary decision Armenia will be presented
under "A Country of Speaking Stones" slogan but the discussions
connected with the preservation of this slogan and decoration of the
Armenian pavilion are still in process.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES OUTGOING DUTCH AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA

ARMENPRESS
June 3, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
received today Onno Elderenbosch, the Ambassador of Netherlands to
Armenia who ends his four-year diplomatic mission in Armenia.

Public relations department of Armenian Government told Armenpress
that the Prime Minister expressed gratitude to the Ambassador for his
efforts exerted towards the consolidation of Armenian-Dutch relations
during the whole process of his diplomatic mission and expressed hope
that Onno Elderenbosch will continue the mission aimed at development
of the relations between the two states.

ISSUES CONNECTED WITH PROMOTION OF ARMENIAN-KOREAN RELATIONS DISCUSSED

ARMENPRESS
June 3, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandyan received June 2 Lee Kyu Hyung, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to Armenia.

Media relations department of Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenpress
that greeting the guest E. Nalbandyan stressed the importance of
undertaking steps towards the promotion of cooperation between Armenia
and Korean Republic.

Ambassador Kyu Hyung underscored that the authorities of Korean
Republic give a great importance to the further enhancement of
multilateral relations with Armenia.

The interlocutors have discussed a wide rang of issues connected with
the Armenian-Korean political dialogue, trade-economic relations as
well as promotion of cultural interchanges and exchanged thoughts on
the cooperation in different international organizations.

The Korean Ambassador presented the latest developments of the Korean
peninsula connected with the ballistic rockets and implementation
of nuclear projects by the North Korea to the Armenian Foreign
Minister. In this context the Armenian FM expressed embarrassment on
the aggravation of situation in the region and expressed hope that
the efforts of international community will result in the restart
of six-sided negotiations and stabilization of the situation in the
Korean peninsula.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

LAWFULNESS OF DECISION ON DEVELOPMENT OF TEGHUT DEPOSIT TO BE DETERMINED IN COURT

ArmInfo
2009-06-03 13:26:00

ArmInfo. The lawfulness of the decision on development of Teghut
deposit will be determined in the court, a lawyer Hayk Alumyan said
at today’s press- conference in ‘Urbat’ club.

According to him, the case will be forwarded to the Administrative
Court on June 5. The circumstance that the country’s legislation,
as well as the international conventions and articles of Armenia’s
constitution were violated during approval of the project of
development of Teghut copper-molybdenum deposit, has become a reason
for the suit. ‘In our suit, we demand to recognize the administrative
acts, used with rough violation of the laws, invalid’, H. Alumyan
said. Moreover, the ecological risks in the submitted ACP project
were reduced several times.

According to Head of Transparency International PO Sona Ayvazyan,
the statements saying the company will cut 357 Ha of woods in all,
are somewhat ungrounded as a large forested area will turn out to
be under the threat of destruction. Moreover, the harm, which may be
caused to the species of flora and fauna, included in the Red Book,
and the boundary river Debet, is not taken into account. Instead,
S. Ayvazyan said, according to the governmental protocol, the boundary
ecological harm in case of development of Teghut deposit is excluded.

The Armenian ecologists are not going to be restricted to the
court only. As S. Ayvazyan said, a work is underway to establish a
cooperation with the international ecological organizations, including
the Green Peace.

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ‘ELECTRIC NETWORKS OF ARMENIA’: IT IS THE POPULATION AND NOT THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION THAT PROTESTS AGAINST REMOVAL OF SUBSTATIONS FROM DWELLING HOUSES TO YARDS

ArmInfo
2009-06-03 12:42:00

ArmInfo. It is the population and not the local administration that
protests against removal of substations from dwelling houses to yards,
Director General of ‘Electric Networks of Armenia’ CJSC Yevgeny
Gladunchik said today in the Public Services Regulatory Commission.

According to him, areas for only 29 substations out of 126 in Yerevan
have been prepared for carrying-out. ‘Active protest of the population
is the most amazing. We have the Cadastre decision for allotment of
land, and a permission for construction, however, the opulation argues
against’, he said. Y. Gladunchik also said the Company is ready for
discussions with representatives of the public sector concerning this
and other problems. He added that the Company will continue upgrading
of the equipment to reduce the duration and the number of power cuts.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress