Author: Andres-Papazian

Artsakh parliament speaker participates in European Free Alliance
General Assembly

14:16 15/02/2014 >> REGION

On February 14, President of the National Assembly of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic, President of the Artsakh Democratic Party Ashot
Ghulyan took part in the 12th General Assembly of the European Free
Alliance (EFA). The President of the Artsakh parliament had arrived a
day earlier in Santiago de Compostela of Spain at the invitation of
the political leadership of the EFA.

During the plenary sessions dedicated to fundamental rights and
freedoms, the President of the National Assembly of the NKR presented
the path of the implementation of the right of self-determination of
the people of Artsakh, underlining that the Referendum on Independence
conducted on December 10, 1991 was held in full compliance with the
then acting legislation and the norms of the international law and
could be considered the first success story in the European area.

The meetings of Ashot Ghulyan with the leadership (Bureau) of the
European Free Alliance and a number of leaders of the EFA member
parties will take place on the sidelines of the congress.

The European Free Alliance is a European political organization
gathering different European parties striving for sovereignty or
self-government for their respective region or country. The Alliance
is a strong supporter of the right of self-determination and advocates
the right of people to decide their own future. The right to
self-determination is the key element in the EFA’s program and
ideology.

The European Free Alliance has around 40 national and regional member
parties from over 17 countries of the EU, that represent stateless
people, the national minorities and regions of Europe. Among those
countries are Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Spain,
France, etc. The AFA is represented in the European Parliament by 7
MPs who are members of the 4th largest faction in the European
Parliament – the Greens, the press service of NKR National Assembly
reports.

Source: Panorama.am

From: A. Papazian

“Armenian Architects of Istanbul” exhibit showcased online

February 15, 2014 – 13:58 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Istanbul Modern’s 2010 exhibition”Armenian
Architects of Istanbul” featuring photos of architectural structures
made by Armenian architects during the rule of the Ottoman Empire, can
now be seen online on the Turkish Museum of Architecture’s website,
Today’s Zaman reported.

A joint effort between the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture
Agency, the International Hrant Dink Foundation and the Solidarity
Association of Architects and Engineers (HAYCAR), the exhibition was
on display at the Istanbul Modern from Dec. 9, 2010, to Jan. 9, 2011,
as part of the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture program.

Now, art lovers who missed the exhibition can visit the virtual museum
to have a look — in English and
in Turkish. The show is on the website under
the heading “Armenian Architects of Istanbul in the Era of
Westernization.”

Curated by architect Hasan Kuruyazici, the exhibition highlights the
role of Armenian architects in shaping Ottoman Istanbul during a
Westernization process that took place from the 19th century to the
beginning of the 20th century. Photos of more than 100 buildings by 40
Armenian architects, from churches to mosques and hospitals to
municipal buildings, are being showcased.

The architecture of Istanbul would be unimaginable without the Balian
family – a dynasty of famous Ottoman imperial architects of Armenian
ethnicity.

For five generations in the 18th and 19th centuries, they designed and
constructed numerous major buildings, including palaces, kiosks,
mosques, churches and various public buildings, mostly in Istanbul.
The nine well-known members of the family served six sultans in the
course of almost a century and were responsible for the westernization
of the architecture of the then-capital city.

The Balians used Western architectural techniques and designs; they
did not, however, disregard traditional Ottoman elements. The most
important and largest construction built by members of the family was
Dolmabahce Palace, which is considered to be one of the world’s finest
palaces of the 19th century.

Most of their buildings are still in use and registered as historical monuments.

Another illustrious architect of Istanbul was Mimar Sinan (15 April
1489 – 17 July 1588) the chief Armenian Ottoman architect and civil
engineer for sultans Suleiman I, Selim II, and Murad III. He was,
during a period of fifty years, responsible for the construction or
the supervision of every major building in the Ottoman Empire. More
than three hundred structures are credited to his name. He is also
considered one of the world’s first earthquake engineers.

Sinan’s masterpiece is the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, although his
most famous work is the Suleiman Mosque in Istanbul. He headed an
extensive governmental department and trained many assistants who, in
turn, distinguished themselves, including Sedefkar Mehmed Agha,
architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. He is considered the greatest
architect of the classical period of Ottoman architecture, and has
been compared to Michelangelo, his contemporary in the West.

From: A. Papazian

SOME 170,000 ARMENIAN CITIZENS FACE RISK OF BEING DEPORTED FROM RUSSIA

YEREVAN, February 14. /ARKA/. Some 170,000 Armenian citizens are
face the risk of being deported from Russia, Svetlana Stepanova,
a representative of the Russian embassy in Armenia, said Friday at
a news conference.

These are Armenian citizens, she said, who long ago or not so long ago
traveled to Russia and have their permitted 90 days in Russia expired,
but still remain in the country illegally.

Stepanova said that their names are in the migration agency’s database,
and therefore after crossing the border they will be prohibited from
entering Russia again.

“An automatic system works, and it doesn’t depend on human factor,
and either Federal Migration Service or Federal Security Service adds
nothing to it,” Novosti-Armenia quoted her as saying.

Stepanova also said that those who committed two or more offences,
for example, breached traffic rules, are prohibited from entering
Russia for at least three years, and those Armenian citizens who had
been deported have no right to travel to Russia for five years.

Under the revised Russian laws, effective from January 1 this year
citizens of some former Soviet republics, including Armenia, have the
right to remain in the territory of the Russian Federation without
registration for only 90 days within every 180 days. This means that
citizens of Armenia cannot continually live in Russia for more than
six months. -0—

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From: A. Papazian

STUDENTS DRAW ATTENTION TO CASE OF WOMAN PROTESTING OUTSIDE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE FOR 1.5 YEARS

01.23.2014 15:03 epress.am

Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex students today rallied outside
the Armenian presidential residence in defense of Emma Sahakyan who
has been demonstrating there for more than 1.5 years.

The students held signs with red arrows and flanked either side of
Sahakyan to draw the public’s and officials’ attention to, as they say,
this special case of human rights violation.

Sahakyan has been protesting outside the presidential administration
since June 2012. During this time, she’s also staged a hunger strike,
which she terminated on the 21st day — at the request of activists.

Sahakyan insists that four years ago, her niece deprived her of
her apartment which was registered in her name and which her other
sister left to her in her will. For three years, Sahakyan appealed
to the courts, but she lost the case, since, according to Sahakyan,
her niece had produced forged documents.

When Sahakyan began her protest, Epress.am spoke also with her niece,
Susanna Margaryan, who said her aunt is defaming her.

“In 2006, my aunt changed her will and left the apartment to my son.

Apart from the will, she also made a donation. The owner of the
property, my [other] aunt, removed Emma’s registration from the
apartment. She is defaming me, and the press is reporting without
knowing whom it’s all about,” said Margaryan, adding that Sahakyan
has two children, who “have to help their mother.”

From: A. Papazian

“NEUROSCIENCE IN ART” EXHIBITION-CONTEST

14-02-2014 13:27:22 | Armenia | Social

“Young Biologists Association” NGO, in collaboration with the
YSU Student Scientific Society, organizes ” Neuroscience in Art”
exhibition-contest during the international campaign of “Brain
Awareness Week” on 10-16 of March, 2014.

We invite you to participate in the contest and submit your work:
fascinating photographs, paintings, sculptures, handicrafts etc.,
which can introduce brain functioning, nervous system diseases
(Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s diseases, etc.) by means of art and also
everything related to neuroscience.

All works will be exhibited on March 10-16, 2014 in the central
building of Yerevan State University. The winners will be selected
by the exhibition visitors and jury’s votes. The winners will receive
valuable prizes.

For participation, please write your name, surname, e-mail and
phone number to [email protected]. The deadline for submissions:
5 March 2014.

“Brain Awareness Week” is an international campaign which aimed
to raise public awareness on brain researches, achievements of
neuroscience etc.

The “Neuroscience in Art” exhibition- contest is supported by the
“Dana” Foundation and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
(FENS).

“Young Biologists Association” NGO

News from Armenia and Diaspora – Noyan Tapan – See more at:

From: A. Papazian

AZERBAIJANIS TO SPEND LONG YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING ARMENIAN WOMAN IN RUSSIA

February 14, 2014 | 11:29

Azerbaijani citizens Eldanis Mamedov and Azar Akbarov are sentenced
to long years in prison, in Perm Krai (federal district) of Russia,
for the murder of Armenian architect Olga Karapetyan.

With a unanimous decision by the jury, Mamedov, 46, and Akbarov,
27, were sentenced to 15 and 23 years, respectively, in a maximum
security prison.

They were found guilty of committing a planned murder.

The court found out that an unidentified client had proposed Eldanis
Mamedov to kill the architect for money. And Mamedov chose as killer,
his acquaintance, former special detachment member Azar Akbarov,
who killed Karapetyan at the entrance of her home.

The killer is already serving his time for murder and illegal
possession of weapons, 59.ru reports.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

From: A. Papazian

RUSSIAN EMBASSY’S REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTS NEW RULES OF STAY IN RUSSIA FOR CITIZENS FROM VISA-FREE COUNTRIES

Friday 14 February 2014 14:28
Photo:

Russian Embassy

Yerevan/Mediamax/. Representative of the Russian Embassy in Armenia
Svetlana Stepanova presented the new rules of stay in Russia for
foreign citizens from visa-free countries.

Svetlana Stepanova noted that under the new law, non-visa migrants
may stay in Russia for not more than 90 days within a 180-day period,
Mediamax reports.

“Citizens from visa-free countries should submit their documents
for any type of residence, work permit or patent. Otherwise, they
will have to leave the country after 90 days and return to Russia
only within 90 days. That doesn’t concern students or the foreign
citizens who are in Russia as students or undergo treatment”, noted
the Embassy’s representative.

Earlier, a foreign citizen who had the right for a visa-free entry,
stayed in Russia for 90 days and returned to the homeland, could again
move to Russia already in a few days. According to Svetlana Stepanova,
the new rules are not aimed at toughening but regulating the rules
of stay of citizens from visa-free countries.

According to the updates in the migration law, foreign students in
Russia are allowed to work without work permit from January 1.

Besides, legal entities who are foreign citizens should submit a
medical reference stating they have no HIV and socially dangerous
diseases to get work permit from 2014.

From: A. Papazian

BABAYAN: U.S. CO-CHAIR SENT AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE

14:53 14/02/2014 >> REGION

The peace process cannot be effective without Artsakh’s full
participation in all phases of the negotiations, spokesperson for
Nagorno-Karabakh President David Babayan told Panorama.am.

Mr Babayan’s comment came in response to the latest Twitter message
of U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick praising the
recent decision by Greek and Turkish Cypriots to begin negotiations.

“Why can’t this happen for Nagorno-Karabakh?” the message said.

“The sooner Arstakh is involved in the negotiations the better for
all sides. In this context, the U.S. Co-Chair’s statement contains
a very important message,” Babayan said.

According to the spokesman, the peace talks should be held in the
format ‘Armenia-Artsakh-Azerbaijan,’ as agreed at the Budapest summit.

Source: Panorama.am

From: A. Papazian

COLLECTIF VAN : L’EPHEMERIDE DU 14 FEVRIER

Publié le : 14-02-2014

Info Collectif VAN РРLa rubrique Eph̩m̩ride est
a retrouver quotidiennement sur le site du Collectif VAN. Elle recense
la liste d’événements survenus a une date donnée, a différentes
époques de l’Histoire, sur les thématiques que l’association suit au
quotidien. L’éphéméride du Collectif VAN repose sur des informations
en ligne sur de nombreux sites (les sources sont spécifiées sous
chaque entrée).

Les éphémérides du Collectif VAN (1ère partie)

Les éphémérides du Collectif VAN (2ème partie)

Légende photo: 14 février 1349 — ” Massacres de la Saint-Valentin
” : massacre des juifs de Strasbourg accusés d’être les responsables
de la Grande Peste, le 14 février 1349, jour de la Saint-Valentin.

Ca s’est passé un 14 février (les événements sont classés du
plus ancien au plus récent) :

14 février 1349 — Massacre des juifs de Strasbourg, accusés d’être
les responsables de la Grande Peste. La catastrophe se produit le 14
février, jour de la Saint-Valentin et est connue sous le nom de ”
Massacres de la Saint-Valentin ”. Le 10 février marque une étape
décisive dans l’évolution de l’émeute strasbourgeoise. Les insurgés
se rendent maîtres du gouvernement de la petite république et
s’empressent de proclamer la déchéance des magistrats “favorables”
aux Juifs. Le boucher Betschold, connu pour être l’ennemi juré
des Juifs, est nommé “Ammeister”. A cette nouvelle, de nombreux
Juifs quittent Strasbourg a la hâte. La catastrophe paraît
désormais inévitable. Elle se produit le 14 février, jour de
la Saint-Valentin. Les chroniques de Clossner et de KŔnigshoffen
rapportent le témoignage émouvant d’un compagnon tanneur, qui assista
impuissant au massacre. “Dès l’aube, un vacarme indescriptible
remplissait les rues de Strasbourg : c’était le bruit des troupes
en marche, avancant au rythme de chants sauvages, accompagnés des
cris de femmes déchaînées. Lorsqu’elle eut brisé les barrières
qui fermaient l’entrée du quartier juif, la foule se précipita dans
le ghetto. Hommes et femmes, enfants et vieillards furent égorgés
sans pitié. Dans les maisons incendiées, des familles entières
disparurent sans laisser traces.”

L’Alsace a travers les âges

14 février 1436 — Annulation du droit d’établissement et de
résidence pour tous les juifs de Zurich.

Skynet: 14 février, ce jour-la, n’oubliez pas

14 février 1804 — La Première révolte serbe contre les Turcs
eut lieu du 14 février 1804 au 7 octobre 1813, après plus de trois
cents ans d’occupation ottomane. Elle fut écrasée en 1813, mais la
répression qui s’ensuivit donna lieu a la Seconde révolte serbe de
1815 qui conduisit a l’autonomie puis a l’indépendance de la Serbie.

Premier soulèvement serbe

14 février 1909 — Empire ottoman : pour protester contre le projet
de loi sur la presse, réduisant sa liberté et imposant la censure,
les libéraux turcs et arméniens d’Adana ont, contre l’avis du
préfet, organisé dans le jardin municipal un meeting réunissant
près de 10 000 personnes le 14 février 1909. © Revue d’Histoire
Arménienne Contemporaine pour toutes les éditions |© Yves Ternon
pour le texte Mardin 1915 Imprescriptible.fr : III – La situation
politique en Cilicie a la veille des massacres d’avril 1909

14 février 1915 — Empire ottoman : on rapporte que Tahir Djevded,
le gouverneur-général de la province de Van, a déclaré que le
gouvernement doit commencer l’extermination des Arméniens de Van en
une seule fois.

ANI : Chronology of the Armenian Genocide — 1915 (January-March)

14 février 1916 — Empire ottoman : on signale 50.000 Arméniens
assassinés a Intille (Intili).

ANI : Chronology of the Armenian Genocide — 1916 (January-June)

14 février 1916 — Empire ottoman : on signale 50.000 déportés
[arméniens] a Ras-el-Ain (Ras ul-Ain).

ANI : Chronology of the Armenian Genocide — 1916 (January-June)

14 février 1917 — Empire ottoman : la première féministe de la
Turquie moderne Halide Edip [Adivar], directrice d’un orphelinat
en Syrie, recoit 70 orphelins arméniens dans son orphelinat pour
les turquifier.

ANI : Chronology of the Armenian Genocide — 1917

14 février 1917 — Empire ottoman : arrivé au plus haut sommet de
l’Etat, le chef de l’Ittihad [Mehmed Talaat] se montre, en privé,
bien disposé: ” Pour ce qui concerne les Arméniens, il fera son
possible afin de les contenter; il permettra le retour des Arméniens
éloignés dans celle des provinces où ce retour sera possible ”,
rapporte l’ambassadeur autrichien dans une note du 14 février 1917. ©
Revue d’Histoire Arménienne Contemporaine pour toutes les éditions
|© Yves Ternon pour le texte Mardin 1915 Imprescriptible.fr : Pour
un bilan de la deuxième phase du génocide en Syrie Mésopotamie

14 février 1918 – Empire ottoman: le document ” Ã~Ivénements et
faits observés a Constantinople ” fourni par le vicariat [patriarcal]
(1914-1916), a été achevé a Jérusalem par le vicaire patriarcal
Yervant Pâ~@~[erdahdjian, le 14 février 1918. Il fut l’un des
témoins majeurs de la politique d’extermination mise en oeuvre
par les Jeunes-Turcs. © Revue d’Histoire Arménienne Contemporaine
pour toutes les éditions |© Yves Ternon pour le texte Mardin 1915
Imprescriptible.fr : R. P. Yervant Pâ~@~[erdahdjian : événements
et faits observés a constantinople par le vicariat [patriarcal]
(1914-1916)

14 février 1919 — Archives ottomanes – Le Courrier de Turquie, 14
février 1919 :” Le député de Yozgat Å~^akir, a personnellement
témoigné que les ordres de déportation avaient recu des
contre-ordres, par des ordres ” secrets ” d’extermination et quand
il s’était plaint a Talat a Istanbul de ces méfaits, ce dernier
l’avait renvoyé comme ” incompétent ” (les procès de Yozgat,
4ème session). ” Reproduit avec la permission de : Genocide: A
Critical Bibliographic Review, Vol. 2 (Israel W. Charny, ed.) London:
Mansell Publishing; New York: Facts On File, 1991 © 1991 by Institute
on the Holocaust and Genocide, PO Box 10311, 91102 Jerusalem, Israel.

Imprescriptible.fr : Post-Scriptum : Les dessous des Archives Ottomanes

14 février 1919 — Les soldats de l’Armée nationale ukrainienne
de Petlioura entrent dans Stepanzy (Ukraine). 50 femmes juives sont
violées par les soldats, tandis que les maris et les pères sont
jetés en prison. 9 de ces femmes sont si grièvement atteintes
qu’elles meurent le jour même.

Skynet: 14 février, ce jour-la, n’oubliez pas

14 février 1924 — Empire ottoman/Cilicie: le Chancelier de France a
Mersine et le délégué de la Mission francaise en Cilicie, Graulle,
dans une dépêche datée du 14 février 1924, avance le chiffre de
1 000 familles d’origine syrienne de rite grec-orthodoxe vivant en
Cilicie, en 1921, avant l’évacuation de cette région par les troupes
francaises et l’entrée des armées turques. © Revue d’Histoire
Arménienne Contemporaine pour toutes les éditions |© Yves Ternon
pour le texte Mardin 1915 Imprescriptible.fr : Le sort des minorités
de Cilicie et de ses environs sous le régime kémaliste dans les
années 1920

14 février 1943 — A Kosow (Pologne), 1 800 juifs sont assassinés
sur place par les SS.

РLes derniers intern̩s du ghetto de Kolomyya (Ukraine), soit
1 500 personnes, sont conduits dans une forêt près du village
de Szeparovtze pour y être assassinés. Kolomyya est déclaré ”
purifiée de ses juifs “. Sur les 15 000 juifs que comptait la ville,
25 seulement survivent a l’ère nazie.

Skynet: 14 février, ce jour-la, n’oubliez pas

14 février 1995 — Les Ã~Itats-Unis acceptent la proposition du
Groupe de contact (Ã~Itats-Unis, Russie, France, Grande-Bretagne et
Allemagne) de suspendre les sanctions contre Belgrade en échange
d’une reconnaissance de la Croatie et de la Bosnie-Herzégovine.

Wikipedia: 14 février

14 février 2006 — L’ONU annonce que le procès au Cambodge des Khmers
rouges accusés de génocide, parmi lesquels Ta Mok (dit Le Boucher)
incarcéré depuis 1999, devrait commencer en 2007.

Wikipedia: 14 février

14 février 2007 — Turquie/TELEGRAPH.CO.UK 14 février 2007 : a la
suite du meurtre le mois dernier, du journaliste d’origine arménienne,
Hrant Dink, M. Pamuk a exprimé ses peurs quant a sa propre sécurité.

L’écrivain a enragé les nationalistes turcs en reconnaissant que
sous l’Empire ottoman, les Turcs avaient déclenché le génocide
d’un million d’Arméniens il y a près d’un siècle.

Orhan Pamuk ,l’écrivain turc fuit aux USA “par peur pour sa vie”

14 février 2008 — France: date de parution du livre de RafaÔl Lemkin
” Qu’est-ce qu’un génocide ? ” chez les Editions Rocher. R. Lemkin
a forgé le concept de génocide pour définir les crimes nazis. Ce
recueil contient 9 chapitres de ” Axis rule in occupied Europe ”
décrivant la politique nazie d’occupation durant la Seconde Guerre
mondiale, suivis de ” Le crime de génocide ”, texte qui servira
de base a l’élaboration de la Convention internationale adoptée
par les Nations unies en 1948.

Imprescriptible.fr : RafaÔl Lemkin : Qu’est-ce qu’un génocide ?

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ARMENIA CAN’T HANDLE NYMPHOMANIAC?

EurasiaNet.org
Feb 13 2014

February 13, 2014 – 6:40am, by Giorgi Lomsadze

The première of Nymphomaniac, the much talked-about erotic epic by
Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, has been cancelled in the Armenian
capital, Yerevan, after theater managers decided to dodge potential
controversy.

The first part of von Trier’s five-hour opus of sex and angst was
supposed to open in Yerevan on February 13, but the management
of Cinema Star Dalma Garden Mall, part of a Russian chain, made a
last-minute decision to cancel the show, Gazeta.ru reports.

Families make up the core of the Yerevan Cinema Star’s audience,
managers said, and they may not want to keep up with the adventures
of a liberated European woman, played by von Trier’s muse, Charlotte
Gainsbourg. Hollywood stars like Uma Thurman, Willem Dafoe and
Christian Slater also make appearances in the film.

Granted this particular movie had jaws dropping in far less
conservative places, but the Caucasus countries are especially
uncomfortable with big sex on the big screen. Couples on a movie date
often depart from a theater if a love scene becomes a little too racy.

Nymphomaniac is also not being shown in neighboring Georgia and
Azerbaijan. In the entire neighborhood, only Russia has no qualms about
showing the peccadilloes and psychological torments of Gainsbourg’s
character.

The Yerevan theater managers initially cited multiple complaints from
the public as the reason for their decision, but there does not appear
to have been a major public campaign against Nymphomaniac in Armenia,
the country’s relatively conservative values notwithstanding. Some
movie-lovers have expressed disgruntlement about the cancellation,
however. The theater has offered to compensate ticket purchases.

In the South Caucasus, smaller movie clubs often are the outlets for
any daring or cerebral European cinema; mainstream movie theaters
like the Cinema Star tend to play it safe and stick with Hollywood
blockbusters.

Why the Yerevan theater decided to take the risk and show Nymphomaniac
in the first place was not explained.

From: A. Papazian