Yerevan’s Central District Has New Governor

YEREVAN’S CENTRAL DISTRICT HAS NEW GOVERNOR

Tert.am
15.02.12

Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan has appointed Ara Sadoyan the governor
of Yerevan’s central administrative district (Kentron).

Introducing the new governor to the district council earlier today,
the mayor expressed hope that his new approaches and organizational
abilities would assist in the implementations of district and
municipal programs.

“We must join our efforts to earn the population’s satisfaction and
trust. Revising our approaches in all the sectors having gaps, we
must concentrate our potentials on eliminating them,” Margaryan said.

Sadoyan, in turn, promised the mayor to invest his best efforts in
alleviating the population’s burdens and finding a solution to the
existing problems.

To ensure feedback with the population, Margaryan instructed the
administrative district officials to organize receptions and public
meetings more frequently.

From: A. Papazian

Pan-Armenian Bank Becomes Participant Of Armenia’s Stock Exchange

PAN-ARMENIAN BANK BECOMES PARTICIPANT OF ARMENIA’S STOCK EXCHANGE

news.am
February 15, 2012 | 17:00

YEREVAN. – On Wednesday the Pan-Armenian Bank Company was registered
as participant of NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, the latter’s
Marketing and Communication Department informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The Pan-Armenian Bank was granted the PNARB commercial code.

The Bank is also permitted to take part in the trading conducted in
the credit resource market.

To note, the Pan-Armenian Bank officially opened in September 2011. It
is founded as an open stock company, and its objective is to collect
long-term financing from international finance organizations and other
private sources directed toward development, to provide long-term
development financing to competitive production enterprises registered
and operating in Armenia.

To date, a total of thirty-two companies are NASDAQ OMX Armenia
members and market participants.

From: A. Papazian

Lobos Invaden Ciudad Surena De Armenia

LOBOS INVADEN CIUDAD SURENA DE ARMENIA
David Ebener

RIA Novosti
15/02/2012

La ciudad armenia de Sisian, en el sur del país caucasico, sufre una
invasion de lobos, informo hoy la prensa local.

Las abundantes nevadas y las temperaturas muy bajas que reinan estos
días en Armenia obligaron a los lobos hambrientos a abandonar su
habitat natural en busca de alimento.

El principal objetivo de los carnívoros, según los campesinos locales,
es su ganado y los perros callejeros.

En 2011, las autoridades armenias destinaron unos 25.000 dolares
adicionales para la caza de lobos.

From: A. Papazian

Turkish National Minorities Call On To Recognize Armenian Genocide

TURKISH NATIONAL MINORITIES CALL ON TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Panorama.am
15/02/2012

In a conference organized by organization of Circassians and Lazes of
Turkey a report has been adopted on the rights of minorities in Turkey.

According to Turkish “Haber3” news site Federation of Caucasus Unions
(KAFED) and Union of Laz Culture have organized since June a range
of conferences on maintenance of cultural diversity, discrimination
challenges which were attended by Armenians, Assyrians, Kurds and
Zaza representatives.

A report adopted in the conference calls on Turkey to have that courage
and to face with historic events and to apologize for displacement
of Armenians in 1915, deportation of Circassians in 1922, slaughter
of Trakia in 1934.

From: A. Papazian

Seyran Ohanyan And US Official Discussed Issues Of Cooperation

SEYRAN OHANYAN AND US OFFICIAL DISCUSSED ISSUES OF COOPERATION

15.02.12, 14:49

On February 14 Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan hosted
Mark Montgomery, deputy director of the US European commanding on
Planning, politics and strategic directorate, pres service of Armenian
Ministry of Defense informs. Welcoming the guest Armenian Minister of
Defense rated highly the cooperation between US European Commanding
and Armenian Ministry of Defense. M. Montgomery thanked Armenian side
for the assistance in Kosovo and Afghanistan missions.

During the meeting the sides discussed the organization of Armenian-US
joint exercises, military-educational programs and some other issues
of bilateral interest.

During the visit US official also had a meeting with deputy Chief of
the General Staff of the Armed Forces of RA, General-lieutenant S.

Galstyan. Some issues concerning Armenian peacekeepers’ international
missions were discussed during the meeting. M. Montgomery also visited
Armenian peacekeeping brigade.

From: A. Papazian

http://times.am/?l=en&p=4796

Le Modele Turc S’Effondre…

LE MODELE TURC S’EFFONDRE…
Stephane

armenews
mardi 14 fevrier 2012

Au moment où le clan Erdogan et la confrerie Gulen se lancent dans
une feroce guerre du pouvoir en Turquie, des nouvelles vagues
d’arrestations visent les kurdes et les opposants. Plus de 1090
personnes ont ete arretees en 42 jours, soit en moyenne 26 par jour.

Le modèle turc tant vante par l’Occident pour le monde arabe n’arrive
plus a cacher ses fissures. Le bateau commence a prendre de l’eau,
après dix annees de pouvoir construit sur des manipulations avec
l’aide de l’Occident. Rien que de la promesse, et les reformes aboutis
n’avaient qu’un seul but : la prise de tous les mecanismes de l’Etat.

La magie Erdogan se dissipe

Au moment où ” Erdogan le magnifique ” se croyait invincible et
presque sur de devenir le seul maitre du pays, la Confrerie de
Fethullah Gulen, son allie fort, a declare une guerre ouverte, ce
qui a choque le gouvernement AKP, parti islamo-conservateur.

Le chef du renseignement turc (MIT), Hakan Fidan, nomme par le Premier
ministre Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a ete convoque le 8 fevrier par un
procureur d’Istanbul, sous pretexte d’avoir eu des contacts secrets
avec le Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK) en 2010, a Oslo. Le
meme procureur a delivre deux jours plus tard un mandat d’arret contre
l’ancien chef du MIT, Emre Taner, un autre ancien haut responsable,
Afet Gunes, et deux fonctionnaires en activite de cet organisme. Le
troisième jour, le procureur Sadrettin Sarikaya a ete dessaisi de
son enquete sur le KCK, une affaire planifiee par le gouvernement
pour reprimer le mouvement politique kurde. Paradoxalement, cette
affaire se retourne contre son planificateur.

Ils se battent pour…

” Ceux qui jouent souvent avec leurs armes risquent de se viser en fin
de compte ” ecrit Yildirim Turker, du journal Radikal. ” Ils se battent
pour saisir l’arme qui sera pointe sur nous “, les kurdes, les pauvres,
les travailleurs et tous ce qui se rangent a leurs cotes, ajoute
Turker, l’un des rares journalistes a oser critiquer le gouvernement.

Une crise de l’AKP

Pour Cengiz Candar, journaliste connu, ca n’a aucun rapport avec
le PKK et la question kurde, car Erdogan etait deja sur la ligne
securitaire face au problème kurde. ” Le debat sur le PKK est pour
but de legitimer cette enquete ” affirme le journaliste.

La lutte du pouvoir entre le clan Erdogan et la confrerie qui
s’est implante dans le système d’Etat, notamment chez la police
et le parquet, etait deja visible dans les pages du journal Zaman,
porte-parole de Fethullah Gulen qui vit actuellement sur une parcelle
de terrain achetee au milieu des montagnes Pocono en Pennsylvanie
au Etats-Unis.

” C’est une guerre du pouvoir. Il y a une crise de l’AKP ” declare
Selahattin Demirtas, le co-president du parti kurde BDP, soulignant
que cette crise risque de conduire le pays dans le chaos.

” Guerre a mort ” entre le clan Erdogan et la confrerie

” Une guerre a mort “, tel est le titre de l’article du journaliste
Ahmet Altan, dans le journal Taraf. Pour lui, ” soit Erdogan et ses
partisans seront chasses de l’Etat, soit la confrerie et ses membres.

Pour Erdem Can, de l’agence de presse kurde Firat, cette operation
conduira le pays inevitablement a des elections anticipees.

Erdogan et son allie n’ont jamais eu, ni hier ni aujourd’hui, de
volonte pour aller vers la democratie et d’elargir les libertes. Mais
l’Occident a soutenu ouvertement ce gouvernement, en le presentant
comme un modèle democratique pour le monde arabe, pour ses interets
strategiques et economiques.

Plus de 1090 arrestations en 42 jours

Ce modèle qui commence a se decomposer a transforme le pays en
une prison a ciel ouvert devant les yeux du monde. Erdogan et son
allie a tout fait et continue de mobiliser toutes ses forces pour
intimider l’opposition et en finir une fois pour toute avec les
kurdes qui restent toujours mobilises et determines malgre les
pratiques fascisantes qui rappellent la periode la plus dure de la
junte militaire de 1980.

Au moins 1092 personnes ont ete arretees entre le 1e janvier et 11
fevrier, soit en moyenne 26 par jour, pour des motifs politiques,
notamment dans le cadre de l’affaire KCK, selon un bilan de l’ActuKurde
a partir des articles de deux agences de presse, Firat et Dicle.

205 personnes dont au moins 25 enfants ont ete arretees au cours de
onze premiers jours du fevrier, parmi eux figurent un enfant de 10
ans arrete a Diyarbakir le 11 fevrier, des elus, des journalistes,
des femmes activistes et des etudiants. Dans aucun pays du monde,
meme les plus repressifs comme Syrie, on ne voit autant d’arrestations
politiques.

La plus grande prison du monde

La Turquie est aujourd’hui la plus grande prison du monde pour les
journalistes avec 106, pour les elus avec des centaines dont 16 maires
du parti kurde et huit deputees, pour les enfants avec plus de 2 300,
pour les etudiants avec 500, pour les avocats avec environ 40 et pour
les syndicalistes avec environ 40.

Plus de 6200 membres actifs du Parti pour la paix et la democratie
(BDP) se trouvent aujourd’hui derrière les barreaux, dans le cadre
de l’affaire KCK, lancee en avril 2009, quelques semaines après le
succès historique du parti kurde lors des elections municipaux.

Un regime voue a chuter

Le KCK, accuse par les autorites d’etre la branche politique du
PKK qui, selon le premier ministre turc Recep Tayyi Erdogan, ~uvre
pour un Etat ” parallèle “, mais il s’agit d’un ” coup politique ”
pour reduire au silence tous ceux qui critiquent le gouvernement,
selon le principal parti kurde BDP et les opposants.

” En realite, ce sont l’AKP et la Confrerie Gulen qui ~uvrent pour
un Etat parallèle, soit l’Etat profond ” affirme la deputee de la
gauche allemande ” Die Linke ” Ulla Jelpke, selon l’agence Firat.

Le regime AKP bat tous les records du monde avec ces chiffres, ce qui
n’est surement pas un modèle democratique ou une ” democratie avancee
” vantee par Erdogan, mais un regime voue a chuter.

From: A. Papazian

http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/maxime-azadi/120212/le-modele-turc-seffondre

" L’Espagne Doit Punir Le Negationnisme "

” L’ESPAGNE DOIT PUNIR LE NEGATIONNISME ”
Jean Eckian

armenews
mardi 14 fevrier 2012

Dans un article publie dans le journal espagnol El Paìs, signe John
G.Bedoya, Isaac Querub, President des communautes juives d’Espagne,
s’exprimant a propos des infractions liees au negationnisme de
l’holocauste, prend pour exemple la decision de la France relative
au genocide des Armeniens.

Le leader juif revient sur la journee du 27 janvier 2012, jour
officiel de la commemoration de la Shoa marquant la liberation du
camp d’extermination d’Auschwitz par les troupes russes en 1945.

Ce jour la, des festivites eurent lieu a Vienne (Autriche)
organisees par les etudiants d’un parti d’ extreme droite antisemite
et negationniste où Marine Le Pen etait l’invitee de Martin Graf,
membre du parti d’extreme-droite FPO et vice-president du Parlement
autrichien. Le bal de trop de la Burschenschaften pour Querub,
indiquant que le nazisme n’a pas disparu.

” Il continue a y avoir des gens disant vouloir terminer ce que Hitler
a commence. C’est pourquoi l’etat doit intervenir pour faire voter une
loi qui evite et sanctionne ce genre de comportement. Et evidemment
nous avons besoin d’une bonne education enseignant le respect de
l’autre entre les nouvelles generations. C’est indispensable “, dit-il.

A ce propos, Isaac Querub relève l’avant-gardisme de la France dans
la defense des droits fondamentaux de l’homme et des minorites. ”
Cette legislation sur le genocide armenien commis par les Turcs est
necessaire et indispensable. ” explique-t-il. ” Ici, en Espagne,
nous devons reclamer au legislateur qu’il fasse la meme chose avec
la negation de l’Holocauste des juifs et qu’il introduise cette
infraction dans le Code Penal. ”

From: A. Papazian

ISTANBUL: Armenian Soldier Case Postponed

ARMENIAN SOLDIER CASE POSTPONED

Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 14 2012
Turkey

A military court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır ruled
yesterday to take the testimonies of 19 village guards who allegedly
witnessed the murder of a Turkish soldier of Armenian origin under
dubious circumstances while performing his military service in 2011.

In the fifth hearing of the Sevag Å~^ahin Balıkcı case, a lieutenant
commander and a forensic science expert were appointed as experts,
while village guards were notified to be questioned at the next
hearing. The military judge overseeing the case is reported to have
said that it is his honor to make sure the case is completed in the
fairest way.

Meanwhile İsmail Cem Halavurt, Balıkcı’s lawyer, told the
Hurriyet Daily News that he has also demanded the camera records of
the incident.

Balıkcı was shot in a gendarmerie station of Batman province
by another soldier, Kıvanc Agaoglu, who was also performing his
military service. The incident took place Apr. 24, 2011, the same
date regarded as the anniversary of the events of 1915. The next
hearing of the case is scheduled for Apr. 6.

From: A. Papazian

AGBU Hye Geen Young Circle Selects Speakers For March Conference

AGBU HYE GEEN YOUNG CIRCLE SELECTS SPEAKERS FOR MARCH CONFERENCE

asbarez
Monday, February 13th, 2012

GLENDALE-The AGBU Hye Geen has selected its speakers for their upcoming
conference entitled “Symbolism in Art, Architecture and Design.” This
year’s conference continues to focus on the status of the Armenian
Diaspora living in the U.S., with a particular focus on symbolism as
a means of expression.

The topic for the 7th annual conference explores the meaning of the
many images incorporated into our lives, from the images woven into
rugs, to the details incorporated in the structures that surround us,
to the items we use every day.

The goal of the conference is to educate the broader community, both
students and non-students alike, on design as a concept and the use
of symbols to convey thoughts and ideas.

This year’s four speakers have decades of experience between them.

They bring their knowledge and expertise to translate and explain
the meanings of the images and details that may have lost their
significance to our present day society. They will examine the symbols
and themes that have emerged and have been expressed in the designs
produced by Armenians throughout history to the present.

Opening remarks will be done by Narineh Mirzaeian, a Los Angeles based
designer and an associate at Gehry Partners, LLC, an architectural firm
with a global reach. She will discuss the elements of design and its
various permutations in the objects we see and use on a daily basis,
from utensils to textiles.

Aram Alajajian is an award winning architect and principal of
Alajajian-Marcoosi Architects, Inc.. His topic, Symbolism in Armenian
Architecture: Past and Present, will present the symbols used in
architecture throughout history from historical churches and public
buildings to present structures.

Peter Frank is an associate editor at Fabrik magazine, an art critic
for the Huffington Post, curator at the Riverside Museum. The subject,
Caucasian Standard Time: Armenian-Americans and California Art in the
Postwar Era, will look at the work of the artists and their importance.

Hratch Kozibeyokian is a master weaver, carpet designer and a textile
restorer and conservator with many years of experience. A long standing
tradition throughout the world, he will present Iconography in Armenian
Woven Art and explore their use and meaning.

The conference will take place on Saturday morning, March 10, 2012,
at Woodbury University, Burbank, California in the Ahmanson Main Space.

The AGBU Hye Geen emphasizes that the conference is open to both
men and women since these topics are of interest to everyone in the
community as a whole.

Continuing in its conviction of collaborating with other groups for
the overall good of the community, the Young Circle is partnering with
the Woodbury Armenian Student Association (ASA) for the production
of the conference.

The 7th annual conference will be held, for the first time, at
Woodbury University in Burbank, California. Woodbury University is
a leading institution specializing in the field of architecture. As
such, Armenian students at the campus will be presenting their
architectural designs for a prize sponsored by the Woodbury Armenian
Student Association.

AGBU Hye Geen is an organization that focuses on empowering Armenian
women today as agents for change while preserving and honoring their
achievements. The AGBU Hye Geen Young Circle helps the organization
stay relevant by exploring different issues facing the current
generation of Armenians now living in the United States. The AGBU Hye
Geen organizes an annual conference to explore the potential of the
Diasporan community in the various aspects of its development. Most
recent topics have included “Music as a Mirror” and “The Power of
Broadcast Media on Ethnic Communities.”

Registration is at 10am. Conference is from 10:30 am to 2pm. Lunch
will be provided during a 30 minute break.

From: A. Papazian

Armenian Library And Museum Of America To Host Local Artist’s Exhibi

ARMENIAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF AMERICA TO HOST LOCAL ARTIST’S EXHIBITION
Jaclyn Reiss

Boston Globe

Feb 13 2012
MA

The Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown will host
an exhibition and opening reception of local Armenian artist Hope
Ricciardi’s work this Sunday, according to the organization.

Ricciardi, whose work has also been showcased at the Galatea Fine
Art Gallery in Boston, serves to inform and honor the history and
numerous contributions of the Armenian people through her work.

She began researching her grandfather’s Armenian heritage and the
history of the Armenian diaspora in 2010, according to a prepared
statement.

Her work for the exhibition, “History Ignored,” is based on
photographic transfer and plaster gesso on various surfaces including
canvas, linen and panels.

Ricciardi currently maintains a studio in Boston and is preparing a
major exhibit for 2015, the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Her exhibition at the Armenian Library and Museum of America will
run through April 29.

The museum is at 65 Main St. The reception will take place at the
museum’s Contemporary Art Gallery on the third floor at 2 p.m.

Admission is free and open to the public.

From: A. Papazian

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/watertown/2012/02/armenian_library_and_museum_of.html