"Testimonies Of The Armenian Genocide’s Survivors" Three Volume Coll

“TESTIMONIES OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE’S SURVIVORS” THREE VOLUME COLLECTION WAS SOLEMNLY PRESENTED

21:25, 8 November, 2012

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS: On the initiation of Armenian
national archive the presentation of “Armenian Genocide in The
Ottoman Turkey. testimonies of survivors” collection which consisted
of 3 volumes took place on November 8. As reports Armenpress, the
director of Armenian national archive Amatuni Virabyan noted that the
books would be translated into Turkish, French, English and Russian
languages to be available to global community.

Ashot Melkonyan the reporter of National Academy of Sciences stressed
the scientific and political value of the collection. “Before the
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide we have a serious clamping
against Turks. “The terrible image of every village and every province
caused by the Armenian Genocide is presented in the collection”
underlined Melkonyan.

His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians blessed the
presentation of the collection. Political figures, scientists, artists,
historians and spirituals attended the presentation.

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From: A. Papazian

Friends Of Israel Center To Open In Armenia

FRIENDS OF ISRAEL CENTER TO OPEN IN ARMENIA

November 8, 2012 – 21:20 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Friends of Israel Center will open next year in
Armenia, head of the Jewish community of Armenia said.

As Rimma Varzhapetyan noted, the Jewish people have a lot of friends
in Armenia, with Hayk Kotanjian and Aram Safaryan among them.

According to her, they always came up with speeches in support of
homeland for the Jewish people.

Ms. Varzhapetyan, however, specified no dates, due to the lack
of details.

From: A. Papazian

Iraqi Kurdistan President Says Willing To Cooperate With Armenia

IRAQI KURDISTAN PRESIDENT SAYS WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH ARMENIA

November 8, 2012 – 21:36 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister
Armen Gevorgyan met with the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud
Barzani.

Iraqi Kurdistan leader noted that similar visits serve as impetus to
development of bilateral relations, expressing intention to establish
and deepen cooperation and business ties with Armenia.

RA Vice prime minister, in turn, voiced confidence for the cooperation
with Kurdistan to play a leading role in Armenian-Iraqi relations.

He further expressed gratitude to Barzani for the friendly attitude
towards the Armenian community.

From: A. Papazian

Expert: Developed Countries Must Stop Providing Big Subsidies

EXPERT: DEVELOPED COUNTRIES MUST STOP PROVIDING BIG SUBSIDIES

arminfo
Thursday, November 8, 18:25

Formerly a nightmare for developing countries, today subsidies are
posing a serious threat to developed nations, economic expert Tatul
Manaseryan told journalists on Thursday.

He said that after the global crisis developed countries are no
longer able to provide big subsidies, to artificially reduce the
prices of their goods and then to export them to developing countries,
like Armenia. “Now that are facing serious problems, like declining
agricultural production, soaring prices and food crisis, so, big
subsidies have become a luxury for them,” Manaseryan said.

From: A. Papazian

Armenia To Announce Boxing Championships Line-Up In 2 Weeks

ARMENIA TO ANNOUNCE BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS LINE-UP IN 2 WEEKS

November 8, 2012 – 18:08 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian boxing team is currently training for the
upcoming Yerevan-hosted 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
in spa town of Tsaghkadzor.

As chief coach DerenikVoskanyan told a > PanARMENIAN.Net reporter,
the line-up has almost been determined.

“The squad will be announced in two weeks after the final training
session in Abovyan city,” he said.

“10 boxers will represent Armenia at the upcoming championships,
with 5-6 of them ready to win medals. The team will comprise European
and world champions, as well as winners of different international
championships,”Mr. Voskanyan said.

Yerevan will host 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships from
November 25-December 8.

From: A. Papazian

Meghri Hydro Power Plant To Operate In Five Years

MEGHRI HYDRO POWER PLANT TO OPERATE IN FIVE YEARS

tert.am
08.11.12

In five years Armenia and Iran will put into exploitation Meghri
hydro power plant, the foundation laying ceremony of which took place
November 8 in Armenia’s town of Meghri.

Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan, Energy and Natural Resources
Minister Armen Movsisyan, Iranian delegation headed by the co-chair
of the Armenian-Iranian inter-governmental commission Majid Namuji
attended the event.

Movsisyan said the construction of the hydro power plant on Arax
River is first of all important in regard to development of economic
cooperation between the regions of the two countries. He said the
construction’s feasibility study was done by Iranian Mahab Ghods
consulting company.

“The study was coordinated and supervised by Armenian-Iranian joint
committee. Another two hydro power plants are expected to be built
on Arax River – Meghri plant on the Armenian side and Gharachilar –
on the Iranian,” Movsisyan said.

After the end of the construction the electricity produced by Meghri
plant will be transferred to Iran for 15 years after which the plant
will be handed to the Armenian side for free.

“Applying of hydro power diplomacy is one of the means to establish
peace, stability, prosperity in the region,” Iranian energy minister
said, rating high the role of water diplomacy in the world.

The Iranian official stressed that the implementation of such economic
projects will promote the welfare of the people, stressing that the
construction of Meghri and Gharachilar power plants were the expression
of the common will of the two countries.

The contract on construction of hydro power plant on Arax River has
been signed between the governments of the two countries still in
2007 and ratified by the parliaments of the two countries in 2008.

From: A. Papazian

The Christian Communities Will Close The Church Of Holy Sepulcher In

THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES WILL CLOSE THE CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHER IN JERUSALEM, IF THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT PAY OFF THE WATER TAX BILL

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. The debt of water tax bill may become
the reason to close the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The
Government must pay the debt off, not the Church. In a conversation
with “Armenpress” the member of St. James Brotherhood Fr. Koryun,
who added that actually the Church of Holy Sepulcher is not closed,
but they have such intentions. The member of the brotherhood stated:
“The Church of Holy Sepulcher has a debt of water tax bill. We
all use the water in the cathedral both for drinking and domestic
necessities. The cathedral used water free of charge both during the
Ottoman rein and the British mandate, that”s to say the church was
allowed to use water free of charge and taxation. During last five
years the Government granted the water to a company, which claims
on paying the water tax bill. We Christians are against it and even
if the tax should be paid the Government must pay the tax, not the
church, because we had been free of taxations.”

According to Fr. Koryun, there is a disagreement between the Christian
communities, the Government and the water supplying company and there
is a danger that this disagreement may cause the closing the Church
of Holy Sepulcher.

From: A. Papazian

Fund-Rising Dinner In Moscow Secures Pledges Of More Than $12 Mln

FUND-RISING DINNER IN MOSCOW SECURES PLEDGES OF MORE THAN $12 MLN

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12:26 09.11.20120

The annual fund-rising dinner of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund took
place in Moscow on November 8. Attending the event were members of
the Board of Trustees, NKR President Bako Sahakyan and Speaker of
the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, Speaker of the NKR
National Assembly Ashot Ghulyan, His Grace Bishop Yezras Nersisian,
Primate of the Armenian Diocese of New Nakhijevan and Russia, Armenian
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia Oleg Yesayan,
Chie Executive Officer of Hayastan Fund Ara Vardanyan, about 40 Russian
Armenian businessmen. The dinner secured pledges of more than $12 mln.

“The Armenian community of Russiais among the most patriotic,
established and active parts of our nation. Since the very formation
of the Artsakh independent statehood each of you has directly been
involved in the process of making the native land prosperous and
developed. It is hard to imagine any sphere where your presence
would not be evident. As a result, it is also due to this active
participation that we have succeeded in realizing numerous programs
of strategic significance,” NKR President Bako Sahakyan said in his
opening remarks.

“Today we gathered to implement another important project which aims
to secure a balanced long-term development of the rural areas. A
developed countryside is the most important tool connecting our people
to the land, which simultaneously solves a number of socioeconomic
and political issues, particularly in the fields of agriculture,
local production, processing industry, demography and other fields. I
think it is obvious that the strong and prosperous village is one of
the key components of Artsakh’s strength,” the President said.

“2012 is a jubilee year for our people. The whole nation celebrated the
20th anniversary of the NKR Defense Army formation and the liberation
of Shoushi. It is also a jubilee for the “Hayastan” All-Armenian fund,
which celebrates its 20th anniversary. The “Hayastan” fund is the
institution uniting the world spread Armenians around various projects
with a common goal to develop and reinforce the historic homeland,
further cement and strengthen the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity,”
Bako Sahakyan continued.

“I am more than confident that being united and organized, having
corresponding will and determination, we are enable us to solve any
issue we face,” the President said, urging everyone to participate
with the same energy and enthusiasm in the “Telethon-2012″and keep
supporting the patriotic mission of making Artsakh prosper.

From: A. Papazian

Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte: Extrait De "Nulle Part, Histoire D’un

ANNA ASTVATSATURIAN TURCOTTE: EXTRAIT DE “NULLE PART, HISTOIRE D’UN EXIL”

Publie le : 09-11-2012

Info Collectif VAN – – Le Collectif VAN vous
presente un article en anglais paru le 28 septembre sur Armenian
Reporter et traduit le 23 octobre 2012 par Georges Festa pour le site
“Armenian Trends – Mes Armenies”.

Armenian Trends – Mes Armenies

mardi 23 octobre 2012

Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte – Nowhere : a Story of Exile / Nulle
part : histoire d’un exil

Photo: © Hybooksonline.com, 2012

Extrait de Nowhere : a Story of Exile [Nulle part : histoire d’un exil]

d’Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte

The Armenian Reporter, 28.09.2012

[Ce qui suit est un extrait de Nowhere, a Story of Exile, reproduit
ici avec l’autorisation de l’A. – Note de la redaction de The Armenian
Reporter].

” Les manifestations qui debutèrent a la fin de l’ete ne furent pas
les dernières. Nous en vîmes plus frequemment, des milliers de gens
deferlant et hurlant. Notre rue etait la rue principale qui conduisait
a la place Lenine, où se trouvaient les bâtiments du gouvernement. Les
manifestants etaient des Azeris qui voulaient nous chasser du pays
et exigeaient que l’Armenie cessât de presenter le Nagorno-Karabagh
comme une terre historiquement armenienne.

Les manifestations empirèrent au fil du temps. Elles se firent plus
nombreuses et bruyantes. Le debut de l’annee scolaire 1988-1989 fut
chaotique pour tout le monde. J’etais alors en cours moyen 2ème annee,
mais je ne pensais pas a l’ecole, meme si je travaillais, memorisant
automatiquement des poèmes, des formules et du vocabulaire anglais.

La situation etait incertaine et imprevisible ; a l’automne, maman
ne me laissa plus sortir du patio et grimper dans les oliviers dans
notre rue. Les olives servaient pour les conserves et on les ramassait
chaque annee avec Vilya. Maman nous expliquait que cela attirerait
trop l’attention sur l’immeuble et sur moi. L’ecole n’envoyait pas
non plus les elèves ramasser les olives dans les champs. Les oliviers
dans la rue etaient emplis d’olives mûres, que nous ne pouvions que
regarder a travers notre fenetre sans pouvoir y toucher.

Grâce aux reseaux sociaux et aux contacts, l’information se propagea
parmi les familles armeniennes qu’en novembre il y eut des pogroms et
des atrocites commises contre des citoyens armeniens a Kirovabad, une
ville eloignee, la deuxième plus grande ville d’Azerbaïdjan. Personnes
âgees, hommes et femmes tues, violes, mutiles. Nous nous couvrions
la bouche, incredules. Les actualites ne faisaient etat de rien. Au
fil des jours, maman ecarta le tout comme un non evenement, quelque
chose qui n’arriverait jamais a Bakou, peuplee d’intellectuels et
d’internationalistes.

Un certain après-midi de decembre 1988, chacun etait chez soi, a mon
retour de l’ecole. Les evenements qui transpirèrent effacèrent tout
souvenir de m’etre trouvee a l’ecole ce jour-la. Les manifestations
ce jour-la furent les pires de toutes celles que nous avions vues.

Nous sommes reunis dans l’appartement de ma grand-mère, nous tous,
maman, papa, Micha, grand-mère et moi. Nous avons ferme les portes de
l’interieur, assis, en train d’attendre, toutes les fenetres closes,
les volets fermes. Nous eteignons les lumières. Papa nous dit a
Micha et moi de parler en chuchotant. Papa retire tous les couteaux
des tiroirs de la cuisine et les empile devant lui sur la table du
salon, prepare au pire. Il ne cesse de nous dire : ” S’ils entrent,
j’en emmènerai quelques-uns avec moi dans l’autre monde. ”

Nous avons peur de parler a voix haute. Nous chuchotons si nous
devons le faire, mais rarement. Maman tient Micha sur ses genoux sur
le canape, son visage enfoui dans ses boucles blondes, tandis que
grand-mère est assise sur la chaise, contemplant ses mains ridees
qui reposent sur sa robe de coton demodee. A travers les fentes
malencontreuses des jalousies, nous observons les gens en train de
devaler la rue avec des drapeaux verts.

Ils sont incroyablement nombreux, leurs epaules effleurant les murs
de notre immeuble. Nous decouvrons quelques drapeaux noirs, qui
signifient ” Mort ” et ” Vengeance “, fabriques a la main en toute
hâte. Les manifestants deferlent et accourent a nouveau, devant notre
immeuble. Des gens hurlent, chantent et crient en azeri.

Je jette un coup d’~il a travers la fente d’un volet. Je vois un homme
vetu d’un manteau noir. Il fait face a la foule, marche a reculons,
hurlant quelque chose. De l’endroit où nous nous trouvons, nous ne
pouvons comprendre ce qu’il dit, bien qu’il parle a haute voix et
qu’il s’adresse a la foule en azeri. Apparemment, il tente de les
arreter. Mais ils ne font que hurler encore plus fort et pousser,
comme pour dire a cet homme en noir qu’ils ne l’ecouteront pas. De
fait, ils l’ecartent et quelques manifestants penètrent dans le patio
de l’immeuble juste voisin du nôtre. Ils crient aux Armeniens de
sortir. Cet immeuble est connu pour loger des Armeniens qui vivent
la depuis plusieurs generations. Certaines familles sont mixtes –
azeries, russes armeniennes. Papa m’eloigne de la fenetre.

Les manifestants vocifèrent de plus belle. Comme personne ne les
laisse entrer, ils se mettent a jeter des pierres contre les fenetres.

Nous entendons des objets fracasses, un vacarme assourdi, des cris.

Soudain, ils reapparaissent dans la rue et se ruent vers la place
Lenine, en quete d’autres emotions fortes. Apparemment, ils oublient
notre immeuble. Il est trop proche du chemin de fer et hors de vue.

Les portes du patio sont protegees par des buissons et des arbres.

Plus tard, nous apprenons que les Armeniens du Nagorno-Karabagh
tentent de quitter l’Azerbaïdjan et de rejoindre l’Armenie. ”

___________

Source :

Traduction : © Georges Festa – 10.2012.

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Un Clocher Carillonne Apres Un Siecle De Silence

UN CLOCHER CARILLONNE APRES UN SIECLE DE SILENCE

8 nov 2012
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Presqu’un siècle après avoir ete abattu, pour avoir fait de l’ombre
aux minarets, le clocher de l’eglise armenienne de Diyarbakir, dans
le Kurdistan turc, a ete reconstruit.

Après 97 ans de silence, le clocher s’est remis dimanche a faire
entendre ses cloches, rapporte Hurriyet online le 5 novembre 2012.

L’eglise de Surp Giragos avait ete lourdement endommagee en 1915, au
moment où commencait le genocide des armeniens en Turquie, aujourd’hui
encore non reconnu par Ankara. Le clocher avait ete demoli car il
etait plus haut que les minarets des mosquees voisines.

Le 7 novembre, le premier rite armenien celebre après un siècle
a ete assure par le vice-patriarche pour la Turquie, Aram Atesay,
a l’interieur de l’eglise restauree, devant les fidèles venus des
Etats-Unis, d’Armenie et du Canada pour l’occasion.

Les travaux de restauration ont ete finances par une fondation
armenienne et par les contributions de la commune de Diyarbakir,
aujourd’hui tenue par un maire du parti pro-kurde Bdp.

From: A. Papazian

http://www.toujoursenligne.com/42844-un-clocher-carillonne-apres-un-siecle-de-silence
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