Author: Andres-Papazian

ARAM KHACHATURYAN MUSEUM-INSTITUTE HAD 13 000 VISITORS

ARMENPRESS
AUGUST 10, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: Aram Khachaturyan museum-institute had
13 000 visitors during the first half of the running year. Director
of the museum Armine Grigoryan told Armenpress that the museum has
carried out active work during the running year organizing a number
of events – memorial evenings, meetings with distinguished musicians,
concerts, exhibitions, etc. In the near future a number of events are
also planned. As part of “Guest to school” program the specialists of
the museum will visit a number of schools of the capital were classes
dedicated to Aram Khachaturyan will be held.

“This initiative is of continuative nature, classes on different topics
will be held. The goal of the initiative is to promote the formation of
aesthetical taste of the young generation and their development. The
participation in classes is an occasion to introduce to the school
children the house-museum, the newly acquired samples,” Grigoryan
said. Within the framework of the program the museum worked with 5
schools of the capital and soon is planning to extend cooperation.

A number of concerts will be organized by the Aram Khachaturyan Trio
and museum as part of the “World Classical Diamonds” program. Works
of contemporary composers will also be presented.

Armine Grigoryan says the museum keeps about 18 000 materials of the
outstanding composer. Every year the museum acquires new materials.

From: A. Papazian

NUMBER OF CRIMES INCREASES IN LORI

ARMENPRESS
AUGUST 10, 2010
VANADZOR

About 768 crimes have been registered in the Armenian province of Lori
in the first half of the 2010. Head of the Lori police department
Anubakh Hambaryan told Armenpress that these cases make the 9,9% of
the crimes registered in the republic during the same period. In the
first half of the past year 651 crimes were registered in the province.

The 147 crimes have been considered averagely grave, 171 grave,
4 extremely grave. The three were committed with the usage of weapon.

The number of revealed crimes increased by 18,6%. Hambaryan agreed
the increase of the number of crimes with the circumstance that the
67 of them were committed last year but were registered in 2010.

From: A. Papazian

TRAINING GROUND OF SPITAK’S N2 SCHOOL DELIVERED FOR OPERATION DUE TO ‘HAYASTAN’ FUND

ARMENPRESS
AUGUST 10, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: The ‘Hayastan’ All Armenian Fund
delivered for operation August 9 the training ground of N2 School after
Daniel Sahakyan of Spitak city, province of Lori. The training ground
is over 288 sq m. It has cloak-rooms, bathroom and a room for coach. An
official from the ‘Hayastan’ All Armenian Fund told Armenpress that
the total amount of the sum, spent on construction and furnishing works
is 100 million AMD; 80% of the sum was provided by “Hope for Armenia’
France-based organization, and the 20% – by Municipality of Spitak.

The Very Rev. Rene Levonian, leader of the Armenian Evangelical Church,
general sponsor of the project was present at the ceremony.

Governor of Lori Aram Kocharyan, Mayor of Spitak Gagik Sahakyan, Mayor
of Marseilles Jean-Clod Godden, and Chief Executive of ‘Hayastan’ All
Armenian Fund Ara Vardanyan attended the ceremony as well. Principal
of the school Melanya Matevosyan greeted the guests and expressed
her gratitude to the benefactors and the fund.

‘It is quite important that the benefactors are here. They saw
everything with their own eyes and assessed the deeds. I am sure we
will start a new project in the province of Lori. The projects are
already presented to the benefactors. We wait for the approval,’
Chief Executive of ‘Hayastan’ All Armenian Fund Ara Vardanyan said.

From: A. Papazian

“PYUNIK” UNION OF THE DISABLED PEOPLE TO HAVE A COMPUTER ROOM

ARMENPRESS
AUGUST 10, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: On September 1, “Pyunik” Union of
the Disabled People will have a computer room, equipped with new
computers. Program Coordinator of “Pyunik” Ruzanna Sargsyan told
Armenpress that computer classes for disabled children will be
organized. At present the Union has 4 computers.

According to Ruzan Sargsyan, a number of groups work within the
frameworks of the union – on embroidery, painting, basketball, etc.

The members of the basketball team have got the first award in “Sport
Styles for the Disabled People” republican festival held this June.

The Union also has a gym hall, where children attend 2-3 times a week.

And in the groups for teaching English 8-10 disabled children are
involved. “Not all the children registered in the Union express wish
to participate in the groups,” R. Sargsyan said.

“Pyunik” Union of the Disabled People has about 3000 members and has
been working since 1988.

From: A. Papazian

MEDICAL AID TO POPULATION OF REMOTE COMMUNITIES

ARMENPRESS
AUGUST 10, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: With the support of “Oxfam” British
organization “Support to Communities” NGO organized in 2000 a program
on supplying medicine to rural communities, on the basis of which
later a fund for health preservation was formed. Chairman of “Support
to Communities” NGO Karen Arakelyan told Armenpress that Vayots Dzor,
Syunik and Northern funds for health preservation have already been
designed.

From: A. Papazian

Bako Sahakyan partakes at the closing ceremony of the first general camping of the scout movement “Sons of Artsakh”

ARMENPRESS
AUGUST 10, 2010
STEPANAKERT

President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan partook in the town
of Shoushi at the closing ceremony of the first general camping of
the scout movement “Sons of Artsakh” August 9.

Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh President
told Armenpress that the NKR president rated positive the initiative
of the “Hayk’s Generation” organization to found a scout movement
in Artsakh with the participation of youth from Armenia and Diaspora
noting that it would favor patriotic upbringing of younger generation,
further strengthening the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity and
deepening ties between them.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, Artsakh Republic ministers of education
and science, culture and youth affairs, as well as other officials
partook at the ceremony.

From: A. Papazian

STATE PROGRAMS ON DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY INDUSTRY DISCUSSED

ARMENPRESS
AUGUST 10, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: The regular session of
inter-departmental commission coordinating the works on reviewing the
Armenian defense strategy took place today at the Armenian defense
ministry. The participants discussed military industry, ammunition
and military technology development state programs.

Press office of the Defense Ministry told Armenpress that the programs
discussed at the session were approved, the results of the implemented
works summed up. Co-chairs of the commission National Security Council
Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan
gave assignments to the representatives of the ministries included
in the commission.

From: A. Papazian

THE REGULAR SESSION OF INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMISSION COORDINATING THE WORKS ON REVIEWING THE ARMENIAN DEFENSE STRATEGY TAKES PLACE

ARMENPRESS
AUGUST 10, 2010
YEREVAN

The regular session of inter-departmental commission coordinating
the works on reviewing the Armenian defense strategy took place
today at the Armenian defense ministry co-chaired by the National
Security Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan and Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanyan.

Arthur Baghdasaryan said that the threats of the region demand creation
of up-to-dated, flexible military-industrial complex which would
be able to operatively respond to the military-political situation,
the challenges.

“The military-industrial sphere is of great importance taking into
consideration its opportunities of promoting the economic development.

The military-industrial complex must be one of the most important
elements of the national economy which will be able to create new
jobs,” Arthur Baghdasaryan said. The latter has already met with the
heads of the enterprises of military-industrial sphere and raised the
above mentioned issues as well as pointed out the ways of development
of the sphere.

The NAS secretary considers extremely important the recent visit of
the top representatives of the Russian military-technical cooperation
federal service, CSTO secretary general to Armenia during which
concrete practical arrangements have been reached in a number of
military-industrial directions – particularly over creating joint
ventures.

He registered that for the first time steps are being undertaken in
Armenia toward working out short-term and long-term military-industrial
development programs.

Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said the implementation of the complex
programs will raise the Armenian Armed Forces on a new qualitative
level.

After the session he told the reporters that the mentioned programs
are realistic and correspond to Armenia’s financial potential and
will be implemented in accordance with the schedule.

“The programs include acquiring of up-to-dated equipment and their
production on site… the program will be implemented effectively
with minimal expenses,” the minister assured. He said Armenia is
carrying out its military programs taking into consideration the
regional threats and security issues.

From: A. Papazian

IN 2010 THE FUND OF THE INVESTMENT PROGRAM OF “SOUTH CAUCASIAN RAILWAY” MAKES 1141 MILLION RUBLE

ARMENPRESS
AUGUST 10, 2010
YEREVAN

About 1900 cargo wagons work today in “South Caucasian Railway”
CJSC. The part of them is completely new; the other part has been
transferred from “Armenian Railway” company.

Press Secretary of “South Caucasian Railway” company Vahe Davtyan told
Armenpress that at the moment the works carried out in this sphere
are continued, particularly, within the frameworks of repair of the
rolling-stock got from “Armenian Railway” by concession contract.

Nearly 120 million rubles have been spent on wagon economy in 2009,
which is the 5% of the railway investment program. And in the running
year 106 million rubles are intended for wagon economy, which will
make the 9.3 % of the investment program.

About 5500 rubles are intended in 2008-2010 for updating of
the infrastructures within the frameworks of the commitments
of “South Caucasian Railway” investment program intended by a
concession contract, and the fund for improvement of the works of
the rolling-stock makes about 3350 million rubles. This year the
commitments will be fulfilled in 125% against the 82 and 94 percents
of the last two years.

Referring to the diversity of the transported cargos, the press
secretary noted that “South Caucasian Railway” currently implements
transportation of cement, oil and other products. In the first 5 months
of 2010 nearly 976 million tone cargo transportation was intended to
implement, but that number has made over 1 billion tone.

The annual cargo transportation capacity of the railway is annually
50 million tone on average, and the passenger one – 5.5 million. But
these data are calculated for all the four direction of the borders
of the Republic – Ayrum-Sadakhlu, Akhuryan-Dogukapi, Yeraskh-Veligad,
Ijevan-Barkhudaghli, while currently only the railway of the first
direction works.

From: A. Papazian

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ARMENIAN ORTHODOX BISHOPS ASSIST IN THE CONSECRATION OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX
CHURCH IN AJALTOUN, LEBANON

On Sunday 8 August 2010, Archbishop Gomitas Ohanian the Grand Sacristan of
the Catholicosate of Cilicia, and Bishop Nareg Alemezian the Ecumenical
Officer assisted in the consecration of St. Gabriel Syrian Orthodox Church
at Ajaltoun in Lebanon.

At the end of the ceremony, the Bishops conveyed to His Holiness Patriarch
Ignatius Zakka-I Iwas and to Mor Theophilus George Saliba, Metropolitan of
Mount Lebanon, the blessings and message of love and brotherhood of His
Holiness Aram I.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Ecumenical
activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.

From: A. Papazian