Month: November 2009

PAINTINGS BY MINAS AVETISYAN TO BE EXHIBITED IN ITALY IN 2010

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 17:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "It took me a long time to prepare for my visit to
Armenia, and I consider it crucial. I spent my childhood in Venice
and saw St. Lazare Island which symbolizes Armenian culture worldwide.

Then I moved to Naples and lived near St. Gregory the Illuminator
church. That’s probably my fate; I can’t call it otherwise," art
critic, doctor and Professor of Naples Academy Francesco Gallo told
today a news conference in Yerevan.

This is Gallo’s second visit to Armenia, which is aimed at arranging
renowned Armenian artist Minas Avetisyan’s exhibition in Rome,
Florence, Milan and other big Italian towns, as well as organizing
lectures on art history for students and lecturers of Armenian
universities and museum workers.

It is planned to hold large-scale exhibitions displaying 100 painting
in the best and biggest exhibition halls of Italy, so preparation
requires much time and effort. "Exhibitions are scheduled for 2010,
but I find it’s better to organize exhibition properly rather than
quickly," Gallo said.

Artist’s son Narek Avetisyan promised in the name of his family to
assist professor Gallo in organizing exhibitions.

During his last visit, Professor was dissatisfied with conditions of
maintaining Minas Avetisyan’s canvasses in Yerevan Contemporary Art
Museum. This time, however, he noticed certain progress.

On Sunday, Francesco Gallo will leave for Italy where he’ll meet with
RA Ambassador and Italian Minister of Culture.

Paintings by Minas Avetisyan to be exhibited in Italy in 2010
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/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "It took me a long time to prepare for my visit to
Armenia, and I consider it crucial. I spent my childhood in Venice
and saw St. Lazare Island which symbolizes Armenian culture worldwide.

Then I moved to Naples and lived near St. Gregory the Illuminator
church. That’s probably my fate; I can’t call it otherwise," art
critic, doctor and Professor of Naples Academy Francesco Gallo told
today a news conference in Yerevan.

This is Gallo’s second visit to Armenia, which is aimed at arranging
renowned Armenian artist Minas Avetisyan’s exhibition in Rome,
Florence, Milan and other big Italian towns, as well as organizing
lectures on art history for students and lecturers of Armenian
universities and museum workers.

It is planned to hold large-scale exhibitions displaying 100 painting
in the best and biggest exhibition halls of Italy, so preparation
requires much time and effort. "Exhibitions are scheduled for 2010,
but I find it’s better to organize exhibition properly rather than
quickly," Gallo said.

Artist’s son Narek Avetisyan promised in the name of his family to
assist professor Gallo in organizing exhibitions.

During his last visit, Professor was dissatisfied with conditions of
maintaining Minas Avetisyan’s canvasses in Yerevan Contemporary Art
Museum. This time, however, he noticed certain progress.

On Sunday, Francesco Gallo will leave for Italy where he’ll meet with
RA Ambassador and Italian Minister of Culture.

HANS-JOCHEN SCHMIDT: PROCESS OF NORMALIZING RELATIONS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY REQUIRES PATIENCE AND CREATIVE THINKING

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 17:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The process of normalization of relations
between Armenia and Turkey requires patience and some creative
thought," Ambassador of Germany to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt told
a press conference on November 13. According to him, signing of the
Armenian-Turkish protocols is an important step not only in terms of
normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, but also in respect of
normalizing relations across the region. He also stressed that the
Protocols after being ratified may have positive influence on the
process of the Karabakh settlement.

"Early ratification of the protocols, in my opinion, would be
a positive step not only for Armenia, but also for Turkey," the
ambassador said, adding that Turkey should use this opportunity
through ratifying protocols to start playing a greater role in the
South Caucasus region.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS CONFLICTS WITH AZERBAIJAN’S INTERESTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 17:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations conflicts
with Azerbaijan’s interests, according to Basar Komur, president of
the Congress of Azerbaijanis of Europe.

"Turkish-Armenian reconciliation will have negative impact on
resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," he said.

Komur called on Azeri and Turkish organizations to prevent ratification
of Armenia-Turkey protocols in the Turkish parliament.

GERMANY INTERESTED IN EXPANDING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA IN VARIOUS SPHERES

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 17:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan on November
13 received the newly appointed Ambassador of Germany to Armenia
Hans-Jochen Schmidt, the press service of the government reports.

Congratulating the Ambassador on his new appointment, prime minister
expressed hope that Armenia-Germany relations will continue to develop,
because they are very effective. In particular, according to Tigran
Sargsyan, the KfW small and medium business crediting program in
Armenia between 2004 and 2005 was recognized by the world community
as one of the best practices. In turn, Hans-Jochen Schmidt noted that
Germany is interested in expanding bilateral relations in various
fields, in economy, education and science.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN EXTENDED FOR 1 MORE YEAR

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 17:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ United States has extended the terms of document
envisaging sanctions against Iran. The reason is that U.S.-Iran
relations are not yet back to normal course, White House press
service reports.

U.S. imposed sanctions on Iran in 1979. In addition, the country is
also facing international sanctions.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

SWEDISH INFORMATION PORTAL PUTS ONLINE MATERIALS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 17:40 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenica, the information portal of the Armenian
community of Sweden is working on digitalizing archive materials found
in the Swedish National and War Archives about the Armenian Genocide.

The first batch of documents from the Foreign Department, mostly from
1915, has been already put online. These are just a number of the
documents which were included in the research paper "The Armenian
Genocide 1915: From a Neutral Small State’s Perspective: Sweden"
which is available at

BAKO SAHAKYAN CONVOKES CONSULTATION ON HAYASTAN ALL ARMENIAN FUND’S ANNUAL TELETHON

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 17:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako
Sahakyan convoked Friday a consultation on the Hayastan All Armenian
fund’s annual telethon, which will take place in U.S.

Noting that this year the telethon is dedicated to the recovery and
development of Shoushi, which has a special importance, the head of
state encouraged all those present to do the preparatory work at the
proper level and periodically report on the measures taken. Meanwhile
Bako Sahakyan underlined the importance of more active participation
of the republic’s population.

The President underlined that this year all preparatory works are taken
in a different format: NKR President was present at the meeting with
our compatriots in Moscow, National Assembly chairman visited France,
Prime-Minister will leave for U.S. Taking it into consideration,
the head of state gave instructions to the Vice Premier, Minister of
Finance Spartak Tevosyan to coordinate this process in NKR.

The President also raised the issues concerning the works carried out
in the spheres of water supply and telecommunications, as well as the
results of this year’s harvest, evaluating it as successful despite of
numerous natural disasters. Heads of the appropriate bodies delivered
reports on this issues.

NKR National Assembly chairman Ashot Ghoulyan, Prime Minister Ara
Harotyunyan and other officials partook in the consultation, reported
the Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President.

TURKS THREATEN TARAF DAILY COLUMNIST FOR HUMANISTIC ADAPTATION OF ATATURK’S "ADDRESS TO TURKISH YOUTH"

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 17:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Turkish Taraf Daily’s columnist, Sevan Nishanyan,
who wrote a humanistic adaptation of Ataturk’s "Address to Turkish
Youth," a patriotic speech calling on young people to protect
their country at all costs, published e-mails received from irate
nationalists and filled with threats and vulgar language in his column.

In his adaptation, Nishanyan replaced the first sentence of the
address, "Your first duty is to preserve and to defend Turkish
Independence and the Turkish Republic forever," with "Your first duty
is to be a human being." The sentences: "This is the very foundation
of your existence and your future. This foundation is your most
precious treasure. In the future, too, there may be malevolent people
at home and abroad, who will wish to deprive you of this treasure"
in the original were changed to: "The very foundation of being human
is love toward other human beings. All through your life, you shall
consider it a duty for yourself to teach beauty, reason and justice
to people. If you have knowledge, you will share it without expecting
anything in return." The rest of Nishanyan’s adaptation was a treatise
on the equality of all human beings.

However, the backlash from some among the Turkish youth was
spine-chilling. "We will make you write the correct version of the
‘Address to Youth’ with your own blood. … I’ll kill you like that
Hrant Dink dog," said one of the messages, most of whose text was
not suitable for replication, Asbarez.com reported.

RA, NKR DELEGATIONS PARTICIPATE IN WORLD TRAVEL MARKET

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 17:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Delegations from Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh took
part in the World Travel Market tourism exhibition held in UK from
November 9 to 12. Armenian Ambassador to UK Vahe Gabrielyan attended
the pavilions and discussed ways to more efficiently represent Armenia
and NKR at the British market, RA MFA press office reported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

"DAYS OF ARMENIAN FILM" HELD IN ROMANIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.11.2009 18:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Days of Armenian film passed from November 9 to
11 in Romania in the House of Urban Culture Cluj-Napoca. The event
was organized by the embassy of Armenia in Romania with assistance
of House of Urban Culture Cluj-Napoca and the regional branch of the
Armenian Union of Romania. The opening ceremony was attended by the
Ambassador of Armenia in Romania Eghishe Sarkisyan, director of the
Department of Culture and Education of the Cluj-Napoca municipality
Ion Christopher and other officials and artists.

Works of Armenian film director Sergei Parajanov, "Ararat" of Atom
Egoyan have been presented. Films produced by the Union of Armenians in
Romania "Strunga" about orphans, survivors of the Armenian Genocide,
who sought refuge in the Romanian city Strunga, "Armenopolis" about
the city of Armenopolis (now Gerla), built by Armenians.

During the event a photo exhibition "Armenia and its people have been
also organized.