Author: Andres-Papazian

PRIME MINISTER DMITRY MEDVEDEV MEETS WITH ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN

Russian Government News
May 15, 2012

The Russian Prime Minister said that Russia will fully support Armenia
in its nation-building efforts, and in addressing socio-economic
issues. “We remain good friends and allies,” Dmitry Medvedev said.

Transcript of the beginning of the meeting:

Dmitry Medvedev: Mr Sargsyan, first of all, I would like to welcome
you in your new capacity and express my confidence that we will
continue our cooperation and friendship, especially as our countries
have special relations as allies.

Before we get started, I would like to congratulate you on your victory
in the parliamentary elections, on the victory of the Republican Party,
which you head and which won with a comfortable majority. I would like
this victory to promote the sustained and productive development of
Armenia as a nation, and, of course, to help address the large number
of social and economic goals that you have set yourself. Of course,
Russia will fully support these processes. We remain good friends
and allies.

Serzh Sargsyan: Thank you, Mr Medvedev. I am very pleased. I will
also begin with congratulations, since I didn’t have the chance to
congratulate you in person. I wish you success. Your new position
is very crucial in our relationship. I am confident that we will
continue to strengthen the friendship between our countries in your
new capacity. We are prepared for this. Thank you very much

Dmitry Medvedev: Thank you.

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IN MOSCOW CASE ON KIDNAP ATTEMPT OF ARMENIAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE’S DAUGHTER HEARD

news.am
May 17, 2012 | 20:24

MOSCOW. – On Thursday hearings started on the criminal case of the
Armenian Embassy employee Arthur Varzhapetyan’s daughter kidnap
attempt.

The accused on the case are Sergey Arisov and Georgi Ivanov, RIA
Novosti reports adding Arisov has arranged to demand ~@10 million
as redemption. Both were arrested during the attempt of carrying out
their criminal plan.

To note, the current hearings are re-litigation of the criminal case.

Last spring Arisov was sentenced for 10 years in jail, while Ivanov
for 14.5 years. However, the sentence was cancelled and the case
is re-investigated.

From: A. Papazian

RESCUERS FIND CORPSE IN HOUSE IN ARMENIA

news.am
May 17, 2012 | 19:45

YEREVAN. – At 7.16 p.m. on Wednesday message came from the police
that a Yerevan citizen does not open the door and does not respond
to phone calls, the help of rescuers was needed.

As the press service of the Armenian Emergency Service informs Armenian
News-NEWS.am, rescuers went to the scene.

After opening the door of the apartment the rescuers discovered
the corpse of 84-year-old Volodya Sailyan lying in an armchair in
the living-room.

From: A. Papazian

ARF TO ANNOUNCE ITS DECISION ON CONTENDERS FOR PARLIAMENT SEATS IN NEXT TWO DAYS

Panorama.am
17/05/2012

“I think society will not have to wait too long for ARF to announce
its decision on contenders for parliament seats since we are going to
discuss the issue in the next two days,” secretary of ARF parliamentary
faction Artyusha Shahbazyan told Panorama.am.

“The top five candidates of ARF party list are likely to enter
parliament. In a day or two, everything will become clear,” he added.

ARF has won 5 seats in the parliamentary elections. Here are the top
five list candidates of ARF:

1.Vahan Hovhannisian 2.Armen Rustamyan 3.Artyusha Shahbazyan 4.Aghvan
Vardanyan 5.Artsvik Minasyan

From: A. Papazian

RENOWNED ARMENIAN PIANIST TO GIVE CONCERT IN YEREVAN

tert.am
17.05.12

The renowned pianist Armen Babakhanyan will give a concert at the
Chamber Music Palace in Yerevan at 7:00pm, on May 18.

The Art Gallery cultural fund reports that the concert will take place
as part of the 6th international musical festival National Gallery.

The concert has been organized by the Art Gallery fund, with the major
sponsorship of the VivaCell-MTS company and assistance of Armenia’s
Ministry of Culture.

Armen Babakhanyan gave concerts in Canada, Japan, Great Britain,
Austria, Italy, France, the United States and other countries.

From: A. Papazian

ARMENIAN PAVILION OPENED AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 17, 2012 – 17:55 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian pavilion has opened at 65th Cannes Film
Festival.

According to spokesperson of Armenian National Film Center Ruzanna
Bagratunyan, the pavilion will operate until May 25. Armenian
delegation is headed by Film Center director Gevorg Gevorgyan.

The pavilion features about 15 film projects, scripts and incomplete
movies. Film directors Hovhannes Galstyan, Arsen Arakelyan, Armen
Ronov and representatives of Hayk film studio are currently in Cannes.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 65th Cannes Film Festival
kicked off Wednesday, May 16 night with the world premiere of Wes
Anderson’s quirky summer camp love story Moonrise Kingdom, following
a star-powered opening night ceremony.

Anderson and the film’s cast – Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton,Edward
Norton, Bill Murray plus child stars Jared Gilmanand Kara Hayward
hiked up the famous red carpet steps of Cannes’ Palais.

This year too, PanARMENIAN Photo reporter Vahan Stepanyan will cover
the whole course of the festival from start to finish through photos
and interesting materials.

From: A. Papazian

COMMUNIST PARTY CLAIMS ELECTIONS RIGGED

tert.am
18.05.12

Armenia’s Communist Party does not accept the results of the
parliamentary voting in Armenia on May 6. “We are convinced that we
have received not 16 thousand votes but much more,” Ruben Tovmasyan
said, speaking to reporters on Friday.

According to him, seeing they are going to lose to the Communist Party,
other parties rigged the elections, distributed election bribes.

“They have managed to reach this result only on the account of poor
condition of the people,” Tovmasyan said.

In any case Ruben Tovmasyan said he is glad because the 16 000 votes
they have received are pure which is much more important for them.

“During the previous elections we got 8 thousand votes, this time in
spite of rigging we have doubled our votes,” he said.

Ruben Tovmasyan added that all the common citizens describe the
elections as “shameful”.

“The new parliament does not reflect the real political picture in
Armenia,” he said.

The party’s leader said he has not made up his mind to run for
presidency or not. The decision will be made at the party gathering.

“The time will show whether the Communist Party will enter the
presidential fight or not,” Tovmasyan said, adding that no one can
break their will.

From: A. Papazian

FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS TO GET UNDERWAY IN ARMENIA’S REGIONS – STATE OFFICIAL

news.am
May 18, 2012 | 13:57

YEREVAN. – Food safety inspections will start in Armenia’s regions
on May 21, Director Abraham Bakhchagulyan of the State Service on
Food Safety informed during a press conference on Friday.

In his words, the food safety issue is more troubling in the regions
than in the capital, Yerevan.

As per Bakhchagulyan, some food items-specifically the ice cream
market-will be inspected on a regular basis and in parallel with the
start of the summer heat.

In addition, the Service has designed a risk-based inspection system,
according to which dairy and meat products and baby food will be
considered the food groups with the greatest health hazard.

From: A. Papazian

LU DANS LA PRESSE RUSSEZOOM SUR LA PRESSE RUSSE – VENREDI 18 MAI

RIA Novosti
MOSCOU
18/05/2012

Selon les experts de l’Institut Corée-États-Unis de l’Université
Johns Hopkins, qui ont analysé les images satellitaires d’un complexe
nucléaire nord-coréen de Yongbyon, Pyongyang a relancé la construction
d’un réacteur nucléaire à eau légère arrêtée il y a six mois. Ce
projet, qui est actuellement en voie d’achèvement, pourrait servir
à renforcer la capacité militaire nucléaire de la Corée du nord.

Rossiïskaïa Gazeta

Le Congrès des Etats-Unis a proposé d’augmenter au cours de l’exercice
2013-2014 l’aide financière au Haut-Karabakh, république autoproclamée
contestée par l’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan, de 2 à 5 millions de
dollars. La proposition de l’administration présidentielle américaine
de diminuer l’aide à l’Arménie a été quant à elle rejetée par les
députés. La décision du Congrès d’octroyer une assistance directe au
Haut-Karabakh a provoqué le mécontentement de l’Azerbaïdjan.

Nezavissimaïa Gazeta

Le tribunal de l’État américain du Tennessee a condamné Torry Hanssen,
mère adoptive du garçon russe Artiom Saveliev qu’elle avait abandonné,
à lui verser près de 150.000 dollars et 58.000 USD supplémentaires
d’indemnité pour dommage moral. Mme Hanssen a en outre été obligée
de verser 29.000 USD à l’agence d’adoption et 63.000 USD de frais de
justice. Et de rappeler que Torry Hanssen a adopté Artiom Saveliev
en septembre 2009 par le biais de l’agence d’adoption WACAP. Dès
avril 2010 elle a envoyé le garçon de 7 ans seul à Moscou par avion,
estimant qu’il avait des problèmes psychologiques. L’incident a
provoqué d’intenses frictions diplomatiques entre Moscou et Washington.

Moskovski Komsomolets

ÉCONOMIE

Les indices boursiers russes ont perdu 3% le 17 mai. Selon des experts,
cette chute est due à une ambiance politique négative alors que les
manifestations de l’opposition se poursuivent à Moscou. Parmi les
autres facteurs de ce recul borusier, les récentes déclarations du
premier ministre russe Dmitri Medvedev qui a déclaré hier lors du
Forum juridique international à Saint-Pétersbourg qu’une ingérence
dans les affaires intérieures d’un État peut solder par une véritable
guerre régionale, notamment avec l’utilisation d’armes nucléaires.

RBK daily

CULTURE

La Nuit des musées débutera demain dans plusieurs villes russes,
notamment à Moscou et à Saint-Pétersbourg. Dans le cadre de l’action,
les résidents de la capitale russe pourront visiter gratuitement près
de 200 musées, théâtres et expositions. Selon l’administration de la
ville, près de 500.000 personnes prendront part à l’événement.

Novye Izvestia

From: A. Papazian

LE PARLEMENT SUEDOIS REJETTE UNE MOTION PRO-AZERBAIDJANAISE
Stephane

armenews.com
vendredi 18 mai 2012

Hayots Achkhar, Hayastani Hanrapetoutioun et Jamanak relèvent que
le Parlement suedois a rejete, le 9 mai, une motion soutenue par
l’Azerbaïdjan concernant le conflit du HK proposee par un depute
du Parti Vert, Mehmet Kaplan. Le texte appelait notamment a une
implication active de la Suède dans le processus de règlement du
conflit et demandait ” le retrait immediat et inconditionnel des
forces militaires [armeniennes] des territoires azeris occupes “,
ainsi que la mobilisation des organisations internationales en vue de ”
garantir la securite et l’autodetermination de la minorite armenienne
au Haut-Karabagh, dans le cadre territorial de l’Azerbaïdjan “. Les
membres du Riksdag ont estime que cette motion contrevenait aux
principes affiches dans le cadre actuel des negociations du Groupe
de Minsk et notamment des Principes de Madrid.

Ambassade de France en Armenie

Service de presse

From: A. Papazian