Ad Nauseam, Par Armand Sammelian

AD NAUSEAM, PAR ARMAND SAMMELIAN

OPINION

Cent annees se sont ecoulees comme 100 sentinelles plantees contre
l’oubli et la patience des Armeniens est a bout. Pourtant, le 23 avril
2014, le nouveau Sultan de Constantinople alors premier ministre
adressait les condoleances officielles de la Republique de Turquie
aux > assorties de quelques inepties recuites
dont la fameuse commission d’historiens.

Il faisait ainsi le choix d’etre la voix d’une plume dont on ne sait
quelle main la tenait pour la satisfaction dont on ne sait quel plan
obscur, afin de tenir la Turquie debout comme la corde tient le pendu.

Pour autant, le monde armenien se mettait a esperer. Aujourd’hui,
six mois plus tard, suite a la remarquable tribune du ministre des
Affaires Etrangères de la Republique d’Armenie Edouard Nalbandian parue
le 7 septembre 2014 dans le figaro.fr, il apparaît qu’une epreuve de
force de portee historique est a la manoeuvre en France aussi bien
qu’en Suisse et au Canada, ou encore en Syrie avec le dynamitage du
memorial de Deir Ez-Zor, faite d’impostures et de falsifications a
une echelle inconnue jusqu’ici, fruit de l’action d’une formidable
armada de mercenaires pretendus sachant obeissant au doigt et a l’oeil
au nouveau Calife pour lequel la societe turque ideale ne peut que
s’inscrire dans l’ordre divin des choses.

Ces serpents serviles et lettres vont en s’insinuant entre les animaux
politiques jusqu’a leurs gamelles et n’ont cure de l’extermination
d’un peuple bafoue dans ses droits qu’ils jettent en pâture sans etat
d’âme a la vindicte populaire turque la plus radicale.

Ces ignobles revisionnistes, soldats offerts aux plus offrants, ont
la mission d’estropier pied-a-pied les evenements sanglants de 1915
commis contre un peuple crucifie au nom du Coran hors l’apostasie.

Qu’on en juge sans parti pris !

En Anatolie armenienne, depuis un siècle, le vide est manifeste. La
rocaille a pris la place des champs cultives dans la douleur par
le rude peuple armenien. Un lourd silence s’est installe sur ces
terres arides jadis florissantes qu’aucune main calleuse ne retourne
plus. Au coeur de chacune de ces pierres est grave le nom de chacun
de nos martyrs et ces noms sont les nôtres.

Les Armeniens disparus, spolies jusqu’au dernier bouton de leur
miserable chemise, la vie qu’ils entretenaient s’en est allee avec eux.

Etrangers sur leurs propres terres, ces femmes, enfants et vieillards
soi-disant dangereux ennemis de l’interieur, n’imaginaient pas que
le flot de leur sang viendrait s’echouer sur les rives d’une justice
internationale aphone. Dieu mort et son Verbe desincarne, Satan n’a
plus cesse de conduire le bal de cette marche a reculons depuis les
cours martiales turques de 1919.

Pourtant, un siècle de silence et de deni n’a pas rendu l’innocence aux
coupables, nonobstant tous ces egares charges de deformer les faits,
detruire bâtiments et documents et fabriquer une memoire lacunaire au
service d’un etat genocidaire qui ne consent toujours pas a conceder
la moindre once de la terrible verite en trônant fièrement sur une
montagne de cadavres.

Ce n’est d’ailleurs pas mince perfidie que de voir en 2014 la
communaute internationale s’inquieter du sort fait aux chretiens
d’orient, en passant sous silence sournoisement le genocide des
Armeniens dont les tetes decapitees et empilees formaient d’immenses
et effroyables pyramides au nom d’une guerre sainte qui ne disait
pas son nom. Bien plus !

Un siècle après l’ignominie, s’ajoute l’intimidation arrogante des
puissants, mise en scène sous ses aspects les plus machiaveliques
par l’intercession affichee de ces parangons du double langage qui,
comme le paratonnerre, protègent indefiniment la Turquie de la
foudre. On se bouche les narines quand on sait l’impunite dont la
Sublime Porte a pu beneficier sans discontinuite depuis ce massacre
des innocents dont leurs descendants, encore frappes de douleur, se
sont naïvement tournes vers le Juge et la garantie qu’ils pensaient
qu’il lui apporterait contre les scelerats de tout acabit au plan
moral, mediatique et des reparations. 100 ans d’echecs plus tard, il
est manifeste que cette franche moutonnaille avance masquee en rangs
serres sur les cinq continents pour couvrir d’un manteau de preuves
savantes des faits accablants qu’en 1987 l’Europe condamnait deja. Ces
faussaires felons, sans foi ni loi, doivent savoir qu’aucune academie,
conservatoire ou sacre collège ne pourront jamais justifier que des
milliers de villages armeniens d’Anatolie ont ete vides simultanement
de la totalite de leur population selon un ordonnancement planifie
au plus haut niveau du commandement jeune-turc en pleine première
guerre mondiale, torturee, demembree, assassinee et spoliee sans
retour possible.

Car aujourd’hui encore, la couleur du deni est celle d’un billet vert
qui passe de mains en mains de manière invisible signant le degre zero
de l’indignite. C’est ce billet qui entretient les lobbies turcs,
ses reseaux, ses associations, ses instituts, ses officines et les
cenacles de tous poils qui commandent la transformation de l’homme en
animal. C’est ainsi que les oiseaux chantent dans leurs cages et que
les clans d’affaires ne cessent de s’engraisser pendant que le Grand
Turc matraque ouvertement son peuple, embastille ses intellectuels,
vire ses policiers et magistrats les plus probes.

Il est clair que le nouveau Commandeur des croyants apparaît plus
retif a l’occidentalisation de la societe turque synonyme des droits
de l’homme et la liberte de l’Internet qu’a l’Occident avec lequel il
commerce. La barbarie marchande aura broye la cause armenienne avec
autant d’ardeur que la violence de l’hysterie turque dont le coeur
balance entre islamisme et islam.

Au pays de la Grande Republique Turque laïque aux 60000 mosquees,
c’est encore ce billet qui fait les singes, les perroquets et les
borgnes au benefice de la plus grande entreprise de mystification que
le monde civilise porte sur ses minables epaules depuis l’attentat
commis contre les Armeniens en 1923 par les pays de l’Entente a travers
le traite parjure de Lausanne, la où l’horloge du temps s’est arretee
pour 1,5 million d’Armeniens.

On aurait tort de minimiser la mesure des degâts que cette
commemoration centennale pourrait causer sur l’âme des Armeniens
au regard de l’espoir qu’ils mettent dans cet evenement a charge
symbolique sans egale suite aux condoleances du Sultan dont nombre
d’entre eux ont reellement pense qu’il parlait juste alors que c’etait
juste pour parler… En ce proche triste anniversaire qui imposera aux
Armeniens de la planète le devoir de clamer haut et fort les mots que
leurs grands-parents n’ont pu prononcer contre la monstrueuse machine
d’Etat turque, c’est encore l’odeur conjuguee, devenue irrespirable,
du petrole, du sang et de la merde, qu’il leur faudra surmonter.

Une necessaire synergie devra animer la diaspora et l’oligarchie
armenienne dans cette exceptionnelle circonstance car du limon de
nos terres ancestrales souffle l’esprit des nôtres qui nous appellent
a l’unite.

Pendant ce temps, les loups hurlent la nuit au clair de lune sous la
voûte etoilee de cette Turquie de tripots annoncant des lendemains
qui dechantent.

Il est a craindre que si tel etait le cas, si le deni et la provocation
l’emportaient sur le dialogue, la reconnaissance et la repentance,
alors la patience des Armeniens aurait atteint ses limites.

À vomir !

Ad nauseam…

Armand SAMMELIAN Octobre 2014

mardi 7 octobre 2014, Ara (c)armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=103983

Valerie Toranian Rejoint BFMTV

VALERIE TORANIAN REJOINT BFMTV

MEDIAS
L’ex-patronne du magazine Elle rejoint la chaîne d’information en
continu une fois par semaine

Info puremedias.com Il n’aura pas fallu longtemps a Valerie Toranian
pour rebondir. Poussee vers la sortie du magazine “Elle” qu’elle
dirigeait depuis douze ans, la journaliste vient d’etre recrutee par
BFMTV. Une fois par semaine, elle participera selon nos informations
au “Club des chroniqueurs” de Ruth Elkrief, a 19 heures. Première
prestation attendue ce mercredi. Valerie Toranian est une habituee
des plateaux de television, souvent invitee ces dernières annees pour
defendre son magazine. En 2011, elle etait meme devenue chroniqueuse
dans “La Nouvelle Edition” de Canal+ avec Ali Baddou.

La suite sur le lien plus bas

mardi 7 octobre 2014, Ara (c)armenews.com

D´autres informations disponibles : PUREMEDIAS.COM

From: A. Papazian

http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=104030

Telethon Kicks Off In Armenia’s Giumry To Raise Funds For Creative T

TELETHON KICKS OFF IN ARMENIA’S GIUMRY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES CENTER

YEREVAN, October 7. /ARKA/. A telethon on revitalizing the 1988
earthquake zone started on Armenian Shant TV on Tuesday.

The aim is fundraising for a new creative technologies center,
‘TUMO’, in the city of Giumry.

Today ‘TUMO’ helps many kids and teenagers in Yerevan to obtain good
education and get an employment in leading companies.

A similar opportunity should be provided to children living in Giumry,
says the report.

This idea is backed by the president Serzh Sargsyan. The head of the
Union of Russian Armenians Ara Abrahamyan was among the first to
answer the call. Abrahamyan made a contribution himself and urged
Armenians all over the world to help kids of Giumry to build their
future in their homeland.

Shant TV will broadcast the telethon across the globe from 9 o’clock
Tuesday October 7 till midnight.

“Dear friends! The contribution of each of us to this charity project
will be very important for the future of Giumry and the homeland as a
whole. We are convinced if we had this opportunity twenty years ago,
the current generation would have had better social condition and
promising future”, says the report. -0–

From: A. Papazian

http://telecom.arka.am/en/news/business/telethon_kicks_off_in_armenia_s_giumry_to_raise_funds_for_creative_technologies_center/#sthash.NURvzYri.dpuf

People In Armenia Praise Putin’s Contribution To Long-Centuries’ Fri

PEOPLE IN ARMENIA PRAISE PUTIN’S CONTRIBUTION TO LONG-CENTURIES’ FRIENDSHIP – SARGSYAN

YEREVAN, October 7. /ARKA/. Armenia’s president sent a congratulatory
message to Russia’s Putin on his birthday and said Yerevan highly
appreciates the Russian president’s personal contribution to
strengthening the friendship between the two countries.

Sargsyan wished Putin all the best in his public service to Russia.

Putin’s long years’ statehood-building and political experience and
consistency will help achieve the goals and strengthen the Russian
statehood, the message says.

The current personal relations give an extra impetus to consistent
development of Armenia-Russia allied partnership, Armenia’s president
said.

Sargsyan said Armenia-Russia cooperation agenda cover more and more
fields and include new important joint initiatives.

Armenia’s president appreciated Putin’s consistent efforts in Karabakh
peace process and support to Armenia’s accession in the Eurasian
Economic Union.

Sargsyan wished success, good health and new achievements to his
Russian colleague and peace and prosperity to the Russian people. -0–

From: A. Papazian

http://arka.am/en/news/politics/people_in_armenia_praise_putin_s_contribution_to_long_centuries_friendship_sargsyan/#sthash.RUXDqma7.dpuf

Congressman Adam Schiff and Mr. Rob Jenkins from USAID at GCC

PRESS RELEASE
Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale CA 91205
Contact: [email protected]
Tel: 818-548-2030
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Please join us at the Glendale Community College on Friday, October
24, 2014 at 7 pm, with Congressman Adam Schiff and Mr. Rob Jenkins
from USAID regarding Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis in Syria
and Iraq.

From: A. Papazian

https://www.facebook.com/MyGlendale
http://instagram.com/myglendale
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New Turkey, Old Challenges: From Fundamental Freedoms to Minority Ri

Fair Observer
Oct 4 2014

New Turkey, Old Challenges: From Fundamental Freedoms to Minority Rights
360° ANALYSIS

By Roberto Frifrini

urkey has a long path ahead before all of its citizens can enjoy the
full benefits of citizenship.

On August 10, Turkey directly elected its president for the first time
since the republic was founded in 1923. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the
former prime minister, won the election, which called 55 million
citizens to the ballot boxes. Gaining 51.79% of the vote, he
prevailed over his opponents: Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, former
secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and
joint candidate of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) among others; and Selahattin
DemirtaÃ…?, co-chair of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP).

On August 28, Erdogan took over the presidency from his predecessor,
Abdullah Gul, in an official ceremony held at the Cankaya presidential
palace in Ankara. Political tensions surrounded the oath ceremony, due
to the delayed publication of the election results ‘ although the
Supreme Board of Elections (YSK) declared the end of the counting
procedure on August 15. Usually, any regulation or amendment made to
the law is expected to be published the same day or the day after; in
case of official elections, the results should be distributed as soon
as the final counting is formally announced by the YSK. The delay has
been repeatedly denounced by the opposition as an open violation of
the Turkish constitution. The main points of criticism were based on
the acts and meetings held by then President-elect Erdogan during the
13-day delay, during which he also served as prime minister and
chairman of his party. During this transition period, Erdogan also
announced the designation of Ahmet Davutoglu, former foreign minister,
as the new chairman of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and new
prime minister.

President Erdogan has consistently been a key player in Turkish
politics and the wider Middle East since the general elections of
2002. The 12th president of the republic is a charismatic figure
influenced by and promoting political Sunni Islam. In December 2013,
his leadership and the AKP’s reputation were blemished by a corruption
scandal that involved several people very close to the government, the
Gezi Park protests in summer 2013 and Erdogan’s harsh political
rhetoric toward his opponents, especially the Hizmet movement and its
leader, the Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen.

Admittedly, under Erdogan’s premiership, the country has achieved
several goals, including consolidating its role as a regional power
and global actor, as well as an economic powerhouse.

Partially thanks to Turkey’s candidacy for European Union (EU)
membership, civil liberties and human rights have improved and it
could easily be asserted that the last ten years represent the golden
age of modern Turkey. But at the same time, it is crucial to emphasize
Erdogan’s negative impact on the country’s human rights situation. Of
particular note are the 2011 general elections, in which the AKP won
327 seats out of 550 in the Grand National Assembly (TBMM), gaining
the right to lead a single-party government for another term, and the
Gezi Park protests.

Turkey has been ruled by a single-party authoritarian government,
creating tension among its citizens and threatening basic human
rights.

Gezi Park has been and still is seen as the turning point of the
current administration’s behavior and reputation at the domestic and
international level. After the Occupy Gezi clashes erupted in all
major Turkish cities and were suppressed by security forces with an
indiscriminate use of tear gas and water cannons ‘ a practice
condemned by all the national nongovernmental organizations (NGO), as
well the EU, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International ‘ the
governance style of Turkey’s leading party completely changed.

Gezi Protests: A Turning Point for Human Rights in Turkey

Since the protests, Turkey has been ruled by a single-party
authoritarian government, creating tension among its citizens and
threatening basic human rights. Moreover, the situation has worsened
in the wake of the 2013 bribery case. Over a 12-month period, Turkey
witnessed restrictions on media and Internet freedom, with a temporary
ban of Twitter and YouTube and an increase of attacks and legal
complaints against journalists, as extensively documented by Index on
Censorships and BIANET, a Turkish independent news site.

Furthermore, an interim report by the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) openly denounced the lack of nonpartisan
journalism covering the recent ballots. Censorship has not only
affected the coverage of the presidential election. After the prime
minister called on the media to not report any news about the
abduction of Turkish diplomats and soldiers by the Islamic State in
Mosul, an Ankara court issued a prohibitive order on airing or
publishing any news related to the situation of the hostages. On June
17, the ban was imposed with immediate effect on all media executives
by Turkey’s Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTUK).

Freedom of expression is just one of the civil society’s concerns
right now. On August 1, the Istanbul Convention, a legal milestone on
preventing and combating gender-based and domestic violence, came into
force. Turkey was the treaty’s first signatory in 2011, but the
situation of women in the country is still under threat.

Moreover, during the holidays marking the end of Ramadan, Deputy Prime
Minister Bülent Arınç expressed his concerns about the conduct that
women should observe in the public sphere, including calling on them
to not laugh in public. This could be misinterpreted as perpetuating
an anachronistic patriarchal order. The vision seems to be shared by
Erdogan as well. In one of his electoral rallies, he used violent
words indirectly targeting a prominent journalist, defining her as a
`shameless and militant woman’ who must know her place. Amberin Zaman,
a columnist for Taraf and The Economist, and her colleague, Ceyda
Karan from the Cumhuriyet Daily, have been the targets of a libelous
campaign on social media only for their professional observations on
the status of Turkish politics.

The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide is on April 24, 2015.
The mass deportations and deaths suffered by the non-Muslim population
under the Ottoman Empire in 1915 will be commemorated worldwide.

Another very important topic that will affect the post-electoral
period and the upcoming political agenda are minority rights. Only
three minorities are recognized in Turkey: Armenians, Greeks and Jews.
According to Articles 37-44 of the Treaty of Lausanne, these
minorities enjoy rights from freedom of expression and religion to
education. Even nowadays, almost a century after the foundation of the
Turkish republic, there is no legal provision for other communities or
for non-Sunni Muslim groups. There has been a rise in the use of
discriminatory language to target opponents, which negatively affects
the daily life of the many Turks not considered members of official
minority groups. This racism, perpetuated by university textbooks and
election rallies, leaves an uncertain future for Turkey’s
non-protected minorities.

The Armenian Genocide and the Alevi Controversy

The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide is on April 24, 2015.
The mass deportations and deaths suffered by the non-Muslim population
under the Ottoman Empire in 1915 will be commemorated worldwide. The
centenary will be the occasion to better understand Turkey’s treatment
of its citizens belonging to different ethnic groups. The remembrance
presents the threat of confrontation among Turks and citizens of
different ethnicities.

Unfortunately, since the assassination of Hrant Dink in 2007 ‘ a
famous Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor-in-chief of Agos, a
bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly ‘ one can observe an escalation of
incendiary rhetoric toward the Armenian community. The fight over the
recognition of events in 1915 as a genocide even extends beyond
Turkey’s borders. For instance, it has evoked nationalism in Turkish
communities living abroad that are trying to counter the
commemorations in countries such as the United States, Australia and
Canada. Other minority communities will honor their dead as well and
openly confront Turkish denialism; for instance, there will be
commemorations of the Seyfo Genocide suffered by the Assyrian minority
under Ottoman rule.

Furthermore, according to a 2013 Agos report and later on confirmed by
the interior ministry, the `officially recognized’ minorities are
subjected to a race code classification by the education ministry as a
legacy of the Ottoman educational system. According to the report, the
code for Armenians is two, the Greek minority is classified with code
one and the Jewish minority is number three. This practice could
amount to illegal ethnicity-based data collection and profiling of
current and future generations.

Those who support a confrontation with Turkey’s past are being
subjected to discrimination and hate speech. For instance, movie
director Fatih Akın ‘ after an interview published with Agos about his
new movie The Cut, which alludes to the Armenian genocide ‘ has been
officially threatened alongside with Agos by the Turkic Pan-Turanist
Association’s Ã-tüken Journal. The association has openly declared its
intentions to fight any attempt to recognize the events of 1915 as
genocide.

>From a political perspective, despite the words pronounced by
then-Prime Minister Erdogan on the eve of the 99th anniversary, in
which he offered his condolences toward Turkish citizens of Armenian
origin, attitudes to this minority have not changed. Labeling someone
as Armenian is still considered an insult by many conservative Turks.
Recently, Erdogan was invited by the Armenian president, Serzh
Sargsyan, to attend the Genocide commemoration ceremony next April in
Yerevan. At the time of writing, there was still no official reply
from the Turkish president or the government.

Muslim minorities, particularly the Alevis, are experiencing
significant discrimination as well. The Alevis, an heterogeneous and
heterodox Muslim community, represent the largest religious minority
in Turkey. They cannot freely practice their faith and their houses of
prayer, the Cemevis, are not officially recognized as places of
worship by the Directorate of Religious Affairs. The community has
suffered several massacres (Dersim, MaraÅ?, Çorum and SivaÅ?), and is
still one of the preferred targets of discrimination from a political
point of view.

The fight against ultranationalism and discrimination, alongside the
creation of a pluralistic environment supportive of human rights, is
the final task of the democratization process under Erdogan. Despite
several achievements of the AKP’s era ‘ from the ending of the
headscarf ban to the unofficial recognition of Alevis’ worship houses
‘ there is still a long path ahead for equal rights for all peoples in
Turkey.

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not
necessarily reflect Fair Observer’s editorial policy.

From: A. Papazian

http://www.fairobserver.com/region/middle_east_north_africa/new-turkey-old-challenges-ahead-from-fundamental-freedoms-to-minority-rights-47812/

Erevan va devenir la capitale mondiale des bijoux en 2016

ARMENIE
Erevan va devenir la capitale mondiale des bijoux en 2016

Erevan va devenir la capitale mondiale des bijoux en 2016, puisque
l’une des sessions de la Confédération mondiale des bijoutiers (CIBJO)
s’y tiendra vient d’annoncer le bureau de presse de l’Association des
bijoutiers arméniens (AJA).

La proposition de convoquer la session à Erevan vient de Gagik
Gevorgyan, le président de l’AJA et conseiller du président arménien,
qui est aussi le chef de l’Association des bijoutiers de la Russie et
de Estet Jewelry House.

Moscou a accueilli le congrès de 2014 à son initiative. Quelques 152
délégués de 25 pays se sont réunis lors de l’événement.

dimanche 5 octobre 2014,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

Music: Perlman’s Rousing Playing Highlight Of Zukerman’s Final NAC G

PERLMAN’S ROUSING PLAYING HIGHLIGHT OF ZUKERMAN’S FINAL NAC GALA

Ottawa Citizen, Canada
Oct 3 2014

Natasha Gauthier

After last year’s foray into pop, the 18th NAC Gala returned to a
strictly classical format last night, headlined by legendary violinist
(and Pinchas Zukerman pal) Itzhak Perlman.

The Overture to Mozart’s Magic Flute kicked off the gala, Zukerman’s
last. What should have been like the frothy pop of a champagne cork
fell a bit flat, missing the mark both in the gravitas of the opening
chords and the effervescence of the main themes.

The fiendish 19th-century showpiece La Ronde des lutins, by Paganini’s
less well-known acolyte, Antonio Bazzini, showcased the gifts of
another rising star Zukerman has taken under his generous wing. The
14-year-old Armenian violinist Diana Adamyan is slight little thing,
but although her sound is still small, she is hugely self-assured,
attacking the work’s notorious double stops and left-hand pizzicati
with effortless panache. I would have liked to hear her in something
less trite.

For Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, Zukerman shared the spotlight with
three talented young proteges. Daniel Khlaikov, Jessica Linnebach,
and Ann-Estelle Medouze each took over the Violin 1 part for one
of the three movements. Khalikov, second concertmaster of the
Chamber Orchestra of New York, was elegant and refined. Linnebach,
NACO’s associate concertmaster, was the most old-school romantic
of the three. Medouze, concertmaster of France’s Orchestre national
d’Ile-de-France, was the most energetic and authentic in her approach.

The orchestra returned with Perlman for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante
for Violin and Viola, with Zukerman conducting from the latter. Gala
performances can have a throwaway feel but this was actually an
exceptionally satisfying reading. Perlman and Zukerman are naturally
sympatico, and their easy, conversational complicity — and gorgeous
combined sound — seemed to inspire the orchestra. There were, finally,
true gossamer pianissimi, and the second movement was as plangent
and earnest as one of Mozart’s great opera arias, with beautifully
executed and shaped long pedals from the horns and oboes.

The concert closed with the scintillating last two movements
Mendelssohn’s Octet, bringing most of the evening’s stars together
on stage one last time. Led by Perlman from the first violin part
(Zukerman joined NACO’s Jethro Marks on viola), the players managed
good cohesion, helped of course by the fact five of the eight are
accustomed to playing together. The closing fugue was taken at furious
speed and served as a rousing finale.

The evening raised $917,000 for the National Youth and Education Trust.

From: A. Papazian

http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/perlmans-rousing-playing-highlight-of-zukermans-final-naco-gala

ADK: The Journal of German-Armenian Society – 09/30/2014

PRESS RELEASE
Editorial Office of ADK
Contact: Dr. Raffi Kantian
Tel: 0049-511-624733
Mail: [email protected]
Web:

Two articles of the September issue of the ADK, journal of the
German-Armenian Society, are freely available.

The first one deals with the exhibition at the German Historical Museum
Berlin about the First World War – it goes up to November 29 – including
a critical assessment of the exhibits devoted to the Armenian Genocide.

The topic of the second article is the first ever conference organized
by Kurdish intellectuals in Germany on the the Genocide of 1915 (“Social
responsibility and roles”).

Comprehensive information on the ADK can be found here:

From: A. Papazian

http://www.deutscharmenischegesellschaft.de/
http://www.deutscharmenischegesellschaft.de/?page_id=3827
https://www.facebook.com/deutscharmenischegesellschaft
http://www.deutscharmenischegesellschaft.de/2014/08/21/kleingeschrieben-der-voelkermord-an-den-armeniern-im-deutschen-historischen-museum/
http://www.deutscharmenischegesellschaft.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ADK164-Kurdische-Intellektuelle-diskutieren-%C3%BCber-den-V%C3%B6lkermord-von-1915.pdf
http://www.deutscharmenischegesellschaft.de/?page_id=3827

Three Families’ Realized Dream through VivaCell-MTS & Fuller Center

Fuller Center for Housing Armenia
Alla Asatryan, Marketing and Office Manager
96 Sarmen St., 0019 Yerevan, RA
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Three Families’ Realized Dream through
VivaCell-MTS & Fuller Center for Housing Armenia Partnership

1 OCTOBER, 2014, YERVANDASHAT VILLAGE, ARMENIA: The best evaluation of
the partnership between VivaCell-MTS & Fuller Center for Housing Armenia
launched at the beginning of the year is the families’
happiness.VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian, staff members from
the company and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia team visited Yervandashat
village to share with three families theirlong-waited happiness.

Three more families from the borderland village of Yervandashatmeetautumn
happily and proudly without having to worrythat it will leak from the roof
during rainy weather or there will be necessity of burning fire for having
hot water. The sad memories of damp walls, the moldy ceiling and the wind
time whistling windows are already in the past.

`’A few months ago there wasn’t even hope that the
summer would be so
productive and the cherished dream of mine, my family and my fellow
villagers would come into true. I’m very thankful to the project that helps
not only build homes but also lives, not only walls but also hope, not
onlyroof but also belief in future,” shared VaruzhanAvagyan, whose family
has been living with his parents and brother’s extended family for
many
years without basic necessities.

At five-month period six houses were renovated and two half-constructed
houses built in the village of Yervanadashat through this project.

`’Entering new home is symbolizing the birth of a new beginning in the
family life – renewed hopes, new aspirations, new plans, weaved with love
and from love, leaving all misfortunes, frustrations in the past. It’s
becoming especially important in the borderland. By renewing the hopes of
our compatriots living on the very edge, we all put vital strength into
them, make them feel stronger, and by that we restate our declared mission
and national objective out loud – our fathers lived in this country, we
live in this country, and afterwards, our children will be living in this
country, our common descent home Armenia. Every stone that we put on the
stone, adds to the vital powers of our souls, our joint national spirit. We
will stand firm on this sacred soil, forever, we must, and this is our
message to everyone in the country and outside it,” said VivaCell-MTS
General Manager Ralph Yirikian.

`’Our partnership with VivaCell-MTS is very productive and
now we are the
eyewitnesses of the results. By the end of the year 25 families from four
borderland villages of Armenia will live in their decent homes.The project
helps our compatriots living on the border feel that they are not alone on
the border, that even the wallsof the home help be stronger and it is safe
when the walls of that home are solid,” said AshotYeghiazaryan, Fuller
Center for Housing Armenia President.

To remind, VivaCell-MTS has invested 55 million AMD for the housing project
in the borderland villages of Armenia and Fuller Center for Housing Armenia
has undertaken the implementation of the project.

VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia’s leading mobile operator,
having the widest 2G/3.75G/4G network reach and spreading a wide range of
Voice and Data services all across Armenia. Having the best of the Armenian
people interest at heart since its launch on 1st July 2005 and in a short
period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build a nationwide network and a
considerable customer base. VivaCell-MTS drives innovation and aims at
always being at the forefront of any development serving the Armenian
mobile communications market. The company follows the guidance provided by
ISO 26000 (International Standard of Social Responsibility). For more
information, visit

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS”) is the leading telecommunications group
in Russia and the CIS, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV
as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world’s fastest
growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 100
million mobile subscribers. The Group has been awarded GSM licenses in
Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a
total population of more than 200 million. Since June 2000, MTS’ Level 3
ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT).
Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at

Fuller Center for Housing Armenia is a non-governmental, charitable
organization that supports community development in the Republics of
Armenia and Artsakh by assisting in building and renovating simple, decent
and affordable homes, as well as advocating the right to a decent shelter
as a matter of conscience and action. FCHA provides long-term,
interest-free loans to low-income families. The monthly repayments flow
into a Revolving Fund, which is used to help more families, thereby
providing a financial foundation for sustainable community development.

Since 2008 the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia has assisted 350
families.

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