SEVEN ARMENIAN WRESTLERS HAVE CHANCES TO WIN OLYMPIC LICENSES
ARMENPRESS
April 15, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 15, ARMENPRESS: Seven Armenian free-style wrestlers
will have a chance to win licenses for Olympic Games in China at a
tournament that kicks off in Switzerland’s Martini on April 18.
The athletes are Gegham Babakhanian, 55 kg, Martin Berberian, 66 kg,
Suren Markosian, 74 kg, Ruslan Kokaev, 84 kg, Harut Yenokian, 96 kg,
Shamil Gitinov, 120 kg and Ruslan Basiev, 120 kg.
SUCCESS OF ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS
Panorama.am
16:13 16/04/2008
Armenian Grand Master Vladimir Hakobyan participating in the Russian
chess clubs’ cup gained the title of champion. Armenian GM was
presenting Ural club. The championship took place in Dagamis.
Another Armenian international master Grigor Sevak Mekhitaryan pressing
Brazil took part in international chess championship and gained the
third horizontal.
The champion of the competition became Brazilian Laitao. The
competition took place in San-Paolo.
"Dubai Open" international open competition was not so successful for
our Armenian GM-s. Tigran Kotandjyan occupied the 13-th horizontal and
David Harutyunyan presenting Georgia gained 9-th horizontal. Totally
132 chess players were taking part in the championship and the champion
became GN Son from Philippines.
TERRY DAVIS DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE AZERBAIJANI POSITION ON REJECTION OF MG
By Aghavni Harutyunian
AZG Armenian Daily
17/04/2008
Karabakh issue
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis in the framework
of PACE session in Strasbourg speaking of the functioning of the Minsk
Group that carries out observatory mission on the issue of Karabakh
conflict settlement announced, "The Minsk Group has invested a great
deal of effort to settle the conflict".
Touching upon the Azerbaijani proposal of rejection of the Minsk Group
and its reasons Terry Davis mentioned, "I don’t know why Azerbaijan
tries to come out of the Minsk format. I can only predict that it’s
a consequence of impatience. But all of us should be more patient".
According to Mr. Davis, we can be happy to dissolve the Minsk Group
when Karabakh conflict is settled.
EC Secretary General condemned the Azerbaijani party’s announcements
of violences and expressed hope that the solution will be found
soon. According to Mr. Davis, Karabakh conflict can be settled only
at the table of talks and not by military way.
Mr. Davis touched upon also the issue of the "political prisoners"
in Armenia discussed many times at this session of PACE. According
to him, there should be concrete examples and names in order to speak
of the politically sent to prison, and the Secretary General has not
similar facts at his disposal.
BAKU URGES RUSSIA TO SUPPORT "TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF AZERBAIJAN"?
PanARMENIAN.Net
16.04.2008 16:25 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Officials Baku claims that Russia should announce
support to resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict "on the
basis of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and its internationally
recognized borders."
"We constantly hear Russia saying it will support any agreement the
sides come to," Azeri Deputy FM Araz Azimov said.
"It’s not enough just to support the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan. Russia should support the conflict settlement in the
framework of territorial integrity," he said, Trend Azeri news
agency reports.
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Social Perspective on Development Branch
Division of Social Policy & Develpment
Department of Economic & Social Affairs
The Exhibit ceremony for the winners of the International Art
Competition, UN headquarters, New York from left Mariam
Marukian (Armenia), Grace Tsang (China), Rufaro Duri
(Zimbabwe) and Elisabeth Chun Ning Au (China).
Mr. Robert Gray, Chief of the UN Postal Administration, with the
winners | Credit: Nicholas Previn/iSeek
Winners of the International Children’s Art Competition to design
a UN stamp on the theme "We can end poverty" were honoured on
Wednesday as part of the UNHQ events marking the 20th anniversary of
the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
In attendence were young artists from Armenia, China, Indonesia
and Zimbabwe who designed five of the six winning entries.
Mr. Robert Gray, Chief of the UN Postal Administration (UNPA) and
one of the competition judges, met with the children and said that
selecting the winners was "certainly a challenge" and that all the
submissions "truly demonstrate the artistic talents of our youth and
their motivation to end poverty." Full Text of his statement.
Winner from Zimbabwe being interviewed by UN Radio | Credit:
Nicholas Previn/iSeek
Besides being evaluated for their creativity, winners were chosen
for their potential to be printed in a miniature format, meeting the
high quality reproduction required for postage stamps.
All winners were interviewed by the United Nations radio.
The competition was organized by DESA in cooperation with DPI and UNPA.
42 OCULISTS TRAINED
Panorama.am
16:49 15/04/2008
Today the special ceremony of handing certificates to the 42 oculists
from Armenian regions and Yerevan policlinics who passed their
trainings took place at Malayan oculist center.
The trainings started in January 21 and were over in 4 April. The
trainings were held by three stages and 25 oculists from the regions
and 17 from Yerevan policlinics have been participating.
"The trainings were held in our clinic, and the trainees were
given the chance to work in a laboratory highly equipped with
modern technologies," said the director of the center Alexander
Malayan. According to him the trainings, the lectures and the practical
part were taught by the specialists of the Heratsi Medical University.
The trainings were organized by the special support of the RA Health
Ministry and health and social security department of the Yerevan
Municipality.
Note that the project was conducted by the support of "Armenian
Oculist Project" foundation and Educational development academy USAID
project framework.
THIS IS CALLED HIGH TREASON
Gevorg Haroutyunyan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on April 15, 2008
Armenia
Interview with RAZMIK ZOHRABYAN, Vice Chair of the Republican Party
of Armenia
"Mr. Zohrabyan, Ter-Petrosyan continues gibing interviews to
the foreign media, in an attempt to present the Armenian reality
exclusively in dark colors. As an example, we can point out at least
his interview to the Russian ‘Novoe Izvestia’ newspaper."
"Such interviews are obviously addressed to the foreign readers who
do not properly imagine what the situation in Armenia is like. In the
preface of one of the interviews, the author informs that on April 17,
the US Congress is to organize hearings devoted to the post-electoral
situation of Armenia. This fact itself implies intervention in the
country’s domestic affairs.
Perhaps, there was some crisis in Armenia after the presidential
elections, but it was overcome. Therefore, there’s no need to make it
a subject of discussions. Especially considering that it cannot, in
any way, be perceived as a threat to the international community. As
regards the avoidance of specifying the real causes, the disregard
for the criminal manifestations and the observation of everything on
the political plane, they will only create a misunderstanding in the
perceptions of the international community.
In the interviews you specify, Ter-Petrosyan says that thousands
of people among his proponents have been arrested. Whereas, it’s
obvious that the police did not undertake any operation against the
participants of the unauthorized demonstrations and marches, and they
were restricted to forewarnings only. There were arrests only on March
1, ten days later, when the demonstrators incited armed confrontations
with the law enforcers.
This factor is being overlooked deliberately, with the purpose of
creating a false impression. No one was arrested for his political
views. Even those who committed concrete criminal offences are released
after serving their sentence.
The authorities do not want to restrict the freedom of their
citizens without having serious grounds. Attempting to violate
the constitutional order and staging a coup d’état are crimes
prescribed by the Criminal Code of our country, and they can’t go
unpunished. Those who perpetrated armed violence against the law
enforcers and committed robbery in such situation cannot be justified
on grounds of any political motivation because the fact of committing
a criminal offence is obvious. These people can be considered political
prisoners only by individuals pursuing political tendencies.
I think the chief organizer of all this is the first President who
should have appeared behind the bars long ago. It was he that pushed
the misguided and deceived crowd to criminal offences. And the fact
that the violations of the public order, the clashes with the law
enforcers, the lootings and robberies were committed in the pretext
of the political events plays no role here. The task of the court
is to thoroughly distinguish the political and criminal factors,
and up to date, this has been done successfully."
"How do you comment on the fact that L. Ter-Petrosyan, on the one
hand, tries to influence the opinion of the international community
through falsification and on the other hand, considers the work of
the international structures imperfect."
"During the presidential elections there observation missions were
carried out by representatives of all the authoritative international
organizations. In their assessments, they did, of course, point out
certain flaws and mistakes; however, they considered the general course
of the political developments as progress towards democracy. The
first President did not, obviously, like this assessment, and he
considers the international organizations as bureaucratic structures
where pensioner-diplomats and young careerists work.
I see another hazard: that is, no one speaks about the clashes and the
criminal offences, and attempts are made to present everything as a
spontaneous popular protest. I am sure that all the demonstrations and
marches were thoroughly planned, and the goal was to create an unstable
situation and chaos. The chief organizer of all this was the first
President. And he himself was governed by certain foreign centers.
The principal goal was not to run for election and hold victory, but
rather, to stage a coup. Or, in case of a failure, to instigate civil
splits and make Armenia vulnerable to the greatest maximum extent.
If the demonstrations were spontaneous, why didn’t they take place
before his appearing on the square? Now he’s doing his best to maximum
increase the external pressures on Armenia and to achieve the solution
of the Karabakh issue in the context of the geopolitical interests
rather than in the interests of the Armenian people. This is called
high treason.
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BETWEEEN APRIL 17 AND JUNE 15 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL "NATIONAL GALLERY" TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan
April 15, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 15, NOYAN TAPAN. With the assistance of the RA Ministry
of Culture and under the auspices of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund,
the fourth international musical festival "National Gallery" will
be held in Yerevan between April 17 and June 15. According to the
information provided to Noyan Tapan by the "Gallery of Arts" cultural
fund, both Armenian and foreign best musicians and bands, including
the State Chamber Orchestra of Armenia and Narekatsi orchestra,
"Alliance" quintet (Germany), Mario Stephano Pietrodarki (Italy)
and Alexander Chaushian (Great Britain) will take part in the festival.
ARMENIAN CHURCH OF MINNESOTA TO CELEBRATE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF CONSECRATION
Noyan Tapan
April 14, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS, APRIL 14, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. St. Sahag Church
of Minnesota will mark the fifth anniversary of consecration on April
13. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, the Primate of the Armenian Church
of America (Eastern), will celebrate the Divine Liturgy.
Following the Divine Liturgy, the Primate will preside at a banquet,
which will feature musical performances by students of the St. Sahag
School of Music.
VICE CHAIRMAN OF RPA: ATTEMPTS OF AZERBAIJAN TO DISSOLVE OSCE MG HAVE PROVED THAT IT IS TRYING TO CHANGE THE RULES OF THE GAME
arminfo
2008-04-14 09:11:00
ArmInfo. The attempts of Azerbaijan to dissolve OSCE MG have proved
that it is trying to change the rules of the game, says the vice
chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia Galust Sahakyan.
At the same time, he notes that by recognizing the independence of
Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia would also break the rules of the game. "Our
position on Nagorno-Karabakh has not changed. Simply we want to meet
the challenges we are facing," says Sahakyan.