Author: Andres-Papazian

KIRK KIRKORIAN OFFRE 18 MILLIONS DE DOLLARS A LA FONDATION D’ANDRE AGHASSI
Krikor Amirzayan

armenews.com
vendredi 4 novembre 2011

Le milliardaire armeno-americain Kirk Kirkorian qui a cesse son aide
en direction de l’Armenie s’est retourne vers un autre Armenien,
Andre Aghassi, ex-star du tennis mondial. Kirk Kirkorian qui a
fait sa fortune a Las Vegas va ainsi aider la fondation du ” kid ”
de Las Vegas, Andre Agassi. Andre Aghassi Foundation For Education
() a recu de Kirk Kirkorian un don de
18 millions de dollars. Selon le journal ” Education Week ” c’est le
plus important don que la Fondation educative d’Andre Aghassi a recu
a ce jour. Une fondation qui existe depuis 16 ans et dont le total des
dons recus est de 150 millions de dollars. Rappelons que Kirk Kirkorian
qui etait l’un des plus importants donateurs en direction de l’Armenie
avec plus de 200 millions de dollars a cesse toute aide l’an dernier.

From: A. Papazian

HENRI KARAYAN EST MORT
Jean Eckian

armenews.com
vendredi 4 novembre 2011

L’Association Nationale des Anciens Combattants et Resistants armeniens
a la douleur de vous faire part du decès de son Vice-president et
grand ami Henri KARAYAN.

Il etait l’avant dernier survivant du Groupe Manouchian, grand
Resistant lui-meme, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.

L’inhumation aura lieu le mardi 8 novembre au cimetière d’Issy les
Moulineaux a 11H15, en presence de nos drapeaux afin de lui rendre
les honneurs militaires.

Sa dernière volonte etait que le Maire d’Issy les Moulineaux, Monsieur
Andre SANTINI, fasse son eloge.

Nous l’accompagnerons dans sa dernière demeure. Nous adressons a sa
famille nos condoleances attristees.

Antoine Bagdikian president de l’Association

Henri Karayan etait aime de tous. De tous les combats, il a accompagne
la cause armenienne jusqu’a son dernier souffle.

From: A. Papazian

SOVIET YEREVAN
by Alex Robertson Textor

Gadling.com

Nov 3 2011

The architectural influence of the Soviet years cannot be missed in
Yerevan. Two examples in particular viscerally embody the grandiose
massive-scale drama associated with Soviet architectural projects:
the Armenian Genocide Monument and the 50th Anniversary of the Soviet
Armenia monument. The latter can be reached from central Yerevan via
the Cascade stairway.

The Armenian Genocide Monument at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex
is moving and stark. The monument consists of a tall spire next to 12
enormous slabs of rock positioned in a tilted form around an eternal
flame. With ghostly music playing on a loop in the background, the
site is a powerful, emotionally-laden place of remembrance. The broad
plaza around the monument is so big that it could easily accommodate
hundreds of visitors simultaneously and not feel full. The monument
dates to 1967.

The monument’s starkness has nothing on the neighboring museum,
however, which documents the harrowing genocide of Armenians at the
hands of Ottoman soldiers across Anatolia from 1915 through the early
1920s. The museum approaches its tragic subject matter in an extremely
methodical manner, listing the regions where Armenians were killed
and in what numbers, and providing various forms of documentation
of Armenian cultural life during the era in question. Entry to the
museum is free.

The Cascade leaves a less troubling impression. If the Genocide
monument is irrevocably painful, the Cascade is joyful, utilized
more or less as a park. An enormous terraced staircase, the Cascade
connects central Yerevan with the Monument to the 50th Anniversary
of Soviet Armenia. Construction on the Cascade began in the 1970s,
and the stairway’s development has stopped and started a few times.

Currently, the Cafesjian Center for the Arts is housed within it.

The Monument to the 50th Anniversary of Soviet Armenia towers above
the Cascade. It is visible at the top of the image above. The monument
has three features of note: a stone column, a low-lying rectangular
building, closed to visitors, and a massive landing with great views
over Yerevan. Cursory research has revealed that this monument was
never completed. Today it towers over the city, commemorating Armenia’s
tenure as a republic of the Soviet Union prior to independence.

These monuments are interesting and significant places for grasping
Armenia’s recent past and current presence. They are essential stops
for any visitor to Yerevan.

Check out other stories in Gadling’s Far Europe and Beyond series.

From: A. Papazian

RUSSIAN GROUND TROOPS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF TO INSPECT BASE IN ARMENIA

Interfax
Nov 2 2011
Russia

The Russian Ground Troops Commander-in-chief, Col. Gen. Alexander
Postnikov and a group of officers from the Central Command and other
army commanders began a four-day working trip to Armenia on Tuesday.

“During the trip, the delegation is due to visit the units and
subdivisions of Russian military base No. 102, deployed in the
Yerevan and Gyumry garrisons, to check their readiness for the new
training year,” Ground Troops spokesman Lt. Col. Sergei Vlasov told
Interfax-AVN.

From: A. Papazian

CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT DECLINE POST

Vestnik Kavkaza
Nov 3 2011
Russia

The Armenian parliamentary speaker has recently resigned. The most
favoured candidates to replace the official are not in a hurry to
take the position, Aykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times) reports.

The two most favoured candidates are Galust Saakyan, head of the
Republican Party of Armenia, and David Arutyunyan, Chairman of the
Parliamentary Commission for State and Legal Affairs and head of
the Armenian delegation to the PACE. They both refused to take the
position.

The paper says Saakyan has formally declined. Arutyunyan says the
position has not become vacant yet and he has absolutely no interest
in taking it. He added that dissolution of parliament and off-year
elections are not planned.

Thus, the most likely candidate to become the speaker is Samvel
Nikoyan, the current Vice-Speaker of Parliament.

Armenia will hold parliamentary polls on May 6, 2012.

From: A. Papazian

NOT ONLY MARKETING SPECIALISTS INTERESTED IN KOTLER’S VISIT

ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
YEREVAN

The visit of one of the founders of marketing – Philip Kotler to
Armenia gave an occasion of hot discussions not only in the virtual
domain, but in real life, too.

“A number of big companies have joined Kotler’s workshop, which
proves that Kotler presents certain value and seeing him and getting
acquainted with the presented program is already a great achievement,”
Coordinator of “Kotler in Armenia 11.11.11” program Armen Sargsyan
told today journalists. According to him, nobody says that during 2
academic hours with 80 minutes duration marketing will make outstanding
progress, but he is sure that the visit will be positively assessed.

“There is a big interest among students, and not only among the
students studying the sphere of marketing,” Mr. Sargsyan explained,
adding that both philologists, specialists of Oriental Studies and
lawyers have won at the competitions for participation in the workshop.

After the end of the workshop the participants will receive
corresponding certificates.

From: A. Papazian

RENOVATED POST OFFICE IN SHENGAVIT

hetq
17:21, November 3, 2011

The final stage of “Haypost Marathon 2011” is in its active phase.

Almost every day official reopening of one post office takes place.

On November 3 official reopening of 0061 post office (Shengavit
District) took place.

Head of Shengavit District Sargis Hovhannisyan, managing staff of
“Haypost Trust Management” and “Haypost” CJSC as well as local
residents partook in the ceremony.

Mr. Sargsyan thanked “Haypost” CJSC for the renovated and modernized
post office.

“Haypost” CJSC Commercial Development Manager Narine Seferyan noticed
that this is the 15th reopened post office where the costumers are
provided with new commercial and high quality service.

The post office is completely renovated in compliance with branding
guidelines. Working standards, as well as infrastructure is changed
and renewed. New computers with modern software are installed, and
the cable system is renewed.

By “Haypost Marathon 2011” Program it is envisaged to reopen 50 postal
offices not only in Yerevan, but also in marzes in Armenia.

By the Program of Haypost Trust Management it is planned to increase
the number of renovated post offices up to 250 for the next 5 years,
and to augment the services-including commercial ones- specific to
nowadays postal operators.

“Haypost Trust Management” B.V.

“Haypost” CJSC

From: A. Papazian

HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN NOT TO RESIGN AS ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY’S BOARD CHAIR

Tert.am
03.11.11

Speaker of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, who submitted a
resignation earlier this week, met today the students of the State
Economic University.

Abrahamyan, who is the chairman of the University’s board, refused
to talk to reporters at the meeting, saying that he had given answers
to all questions on Wednesday.

He said only that he is not going to quit as the University’s board
chair.

“That’s out of the question,” he said.

From: A. Papazian

LEVON TER-PETROSYAN DOESN’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT ARMENIA

yerkir.am
16:36 – 03.11.2011

President of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Arshak Sadoyan
told during his press conference: “Levon Ter-Petrosyan doesn’t give
a damn about Armenia. He’s more concerned to know who is with or
against Serzh Sargsyan”.

Sadoyan noted that the Armenian National Congress doesn’t even mention
what Armenia it’s fighting for. Other parties do not talk about it
either. Sadoyan believes that there are conflicts in ANC, as Aram
Zaven Sargsyan announces about the special elections are needed and
Ter-Petrosyan announced that they are not so important.

From: A. Papazian

NEXT SARGSYAN-ALIYEV MEETING HELD UPON HILLARY CLINTON, AHMET DAVUTOLGU’S INITIATIVE: AL JAZEERA

epress.am
11.03.2011

“The war between Armenians and Azeris is not just a local conflict,
well taken advantage of from a political standpoint, but also a matter
controlled and manipulated by super-powers,” reported Al Jazeera in
its television report on the South Caucasus as a hot conflict zone.

Baku has repeatedly stated that it is not satisfied with the work of
the [OSCE Minsk Group] co-chairs. Meanwhile, Russia risks losing its
position in the region, although [Russian President] Dmitry Medvedev
still entices [Azerbaijani President] Ilham Aliyev to fruitless
meetings and discussions. But the head of Azerbaijan, who inherited
political sense from his father, knows that these meetings won’t
lead to anything and are just a waste of time. Perhaps, beginning in
2012, the US will take on the initiative, and the next meeting of the
presidents will be held upon the initiative of [US State Secretary]
Hillary Clinton and Turkish diplomat [and the country’s foreign
minister Ahmet] Davutoglu. In case of that meeting fails, Baku will
seriously consider solving the conflict by force. It is known that
during his recent visit to Turkey, Aliyev discussed the matter with
[Turkish] Prime Minister [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan. 2012 will be a
decisive year for the whole region,” concluded the TV channel.

From: A. Papazian