Author: Andres-Papazian

BONE MARROW NEEDED FOR ARMENIAN AMERICAN MOM

Published: Monday April 09, 2012

Would you help save a life?

Debbi Margosian Chapman’s family hopes you will and is offering
$10,000 to the person who is a bone marrow match for her to treat
her leukemia. Because Debbi, a mother of two in Belmont, Mass, is
Armenian, her doctors believe her best chances of finding a match is
with the Armenian community.

If you’re between 18-50 years old, you just need to give a quick swab
of your cheeks so you can be entered into the Armenian Bone Marrow
Donor Registry. If you are a match, in the majority of cases, your
stem cells will be harvested in a manner similar to giving blood-there
is no anesthesia or surgery.

The ABMDR is a non-governmental, non-profit organization whose mission
is to ensure that every ethnic Armenian struck with a life threatening
blood-related illness is able to find hope for long-term survival
through the identification of a genetically suitable bone marrow match.

On any given day, more than 6000 patients worldwide are searching
for a donor. Only 25-30% of patients stricken with leukemia and
other blood-related diseases can find a match within their family,
the other 70-75% of the patients depend on the stem cell donation of
a complete stranger to save their lives.

For more information about the ABMDR, please visit If
you want to be tested, please visit
for more information.

Thank you, Linda Levin-Scherz

From: A. Papazian

ARMENIAN COMMUNISTS STAND FOR NATIONALIZATION

news.am
April 09, 2012 | 13:13

YEREVAN.- Armenian communists’ main goal is to build socialism,
head of the party Ruben Tovmasyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The party refers to examples of the former Soviet Union, Communist
China and Latin American countries which are on their way to build
socialism.

As regards the election program which will be published in the next
few days, Tovmasyan said there must be a law allowing pensioners,
war and labor veterans to receive free medical treatment.

Communists also stand for strengthening of Armenian-Russian relations
in all fields as well as nationalization of strategically important
branches of economy.

“We will spare no effort to protect the alliance of the Russian and
Armenian armies to prevent NATO from entering Armenia,” he added.

From: A. Papazian

DO THEY SPEAK ARMENIAN?
Igor Muradyan

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 10:29:24 – 09/04/2012

According to the Armenian mass media, persons accused of high treason
and work for the Azerbaijani intelligence have been arrested.

It would be interesting to know whether the convicts speak Armenian,
well or badly. It is possible that they speak only Russian or
a dialect.

In general, were there people accused of high treason in the history
of independent Armenia who don’t speak Armenian or speak badly?

From: A. Papazian

DES MILITANTS ECOLOGISTES MANIFESTENT DANS UN PARC PUBLIC D’EREVAN
Laetitia

armenews.com
mardi 10 avril 2012

Le ministre de la Justice Hrayr Tovmasian a salue vendredi 6 avril
2012 les militants ecologistes qui militent pour la preservation
d’un parc public a Erevan, mais leur a demande de ne pas demanteler
les kiosques construits a l’interieur de l’espace vert. Lors d’une
interview accordee a RFE / RL, Tovmasian a declare que cette lutte
implique de plus en plus de jeunes.

” Si ce mouvement existait dans les annees 1990 ou un peu plus tard,
nous aurions eu une capitale très differente “, a-t-il dit, se referant
a des projets de reamenagement sur les espaces verts de la ville au
cours de la dernière decennie.

Tovmasian a mis en garde certains organisateurs des manifestations
organisees dans le parc Mashtots de ne pas demanteler près d’une
douzaine de kiosques. Il a affirme qu’ils seraient responsables de
l’arrestation et de la poursuite des infractions penales. La police
armenienne a publie un avertissement similaire dans une declaration
ecrite vendredi. Il a exhorte les militants ecologistes a etre prudents
et a s’abstenir d’abuser de leurs droits civils.

Les militants affirment que la municipalite d’Erevan a autorise la
construction de kiosques dans le petit parc en violation des règlements
de protection de l’environnement. Le maire d’Erevan Taron Markarian
a egalement promis que les kiosques seront dans le parc Mashtots
pour un maximum de trois ans et n’endommageront pas les arbres. Le
gouvernement armenien soutient cette position.

Prenant la parole a RFE / RL a Erevan, Tovmasian a repondu a un large
eventail de questions envoyees par les Armeniens a travers Facebook.

From: A. Papazian

Destructive Construction? Residents of 32 Abovyan St. Concerned About
Damage to Building’s Foundations
Sona Avagyan

hetq 14:15, April 7, 2012

The facts that large cracks have appeared Õ«Õ¶ apartment
walls and that the State Urban Construction Inspectorate found a
number of building code violations, hasn’t stopped Ashot
Simonyan from digging away underneath the landmark building at 32
Abovyan Street in downtown Yerevan.

Workers were back at the site earlier today with picks and shovels,
prompting nervous residents upstairs, afraid that the
building’s foundations are being weakened, to call the
mayor’s hot line and other municipal agencies.

Unfortunately, no one from the city picked up the phone, given that
today is a non-work day. Hopefully, the building will stand upright
till Monday.

Building resident Sedrak Arakelyan told Hetq that a work blueprint is
affixed to the tarp surrounding the work site and it
doesn’t show the tree that now stands on the sidewalk.

Simonyan told this reporter that the tree will remain standing.

`It never even crossed my mind to touch that
tree,’ he said.

Simonyan also said that all ongoing construction is according to the
work permit he received.

Building residents, however, have consistently pointed to numerous
violations. A top concern of theirs is that the basement construction
is weakening the foundations of the 78 year-old structure. Cracks have
appeared in their walls and some doors no longer close properly.

Simonyan claims that the violations uncovered by the Inspectorate have
been taken care of.

He scoffed at the idea that serious problems have plagued the
construction work.

`Hey, it’s an old building. Those cracks
aren’t my doing. They examined those cracks and found no
structural damage.’

Simonyan failed to name which organization or agency had conducted the
examination.

The builder originally wanted to operate a cafe or restaurant in the
basement. After residents complained, Simonyan is now talking about
opening some kind of store.

From: A. Papazian

APA, Azerbaijan
April 6 2012

President of Jamestown Foundation: `Russia is the country that arms
Armenia but the same time it is the key negotiator with Azerbaijan’

[ 06 Apr 2012 14:34 ]
`You really need to have a balance to the negotiating process’

`Moscow using rumors war against Iran to position itself in the South Caucasus’

Baku. Victoria Dementieva – APA. `Moscow using a rumor war against
Iran to position itself in the South Caucasus. The US courage Israel
not to attack Iran and I believe that is not happen’, president of the
Jamestown Foundation Glen Howard told journalists, APA reports.

`But to whose advantages is the statement being done? Which country to
the north just talking about the threat of attack and moving forces
into the south? So this is a question we have to ask’, said Howard.

Howard said Nagorno Karabakh conflict created a problem for both
Azerbaijan and entire region. `Russia has been given the primary
position in this issue. It is the country that arms Armenia but the
same time it is the key negotiator with Azerbaijan. It does not make
sense. Our role is to keep in mind that you really need to have a
balance to the negotiating process. Russia is providing weapon to
Armenia and also to Azerbaijan. It is negotiator and the same time the
key arms provider. That is not creating a very stable situation’, said
Howard.

From: A. Papazian

NOW LEBANON
April 7 2012

Arab Tawhid Party slams Erdogan
April 7, 2012

Arab Tawhid Party slammed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan’s statement calling on Iran to act honestly and said the
premier was a `hypocrite,’ the National News Agency reported on
Saturday.

`Erdogan continues in the policy of hypocrisy which he adopted since
he began… to present himself as a defender of Palestine,’ the party
said in a statement.

It added that the Turkish premier wanted to `end the Palestinian cause
by [reaching an] agreement with Israel.’

`Lack of honesty [is a characteristic] of those who displaced 1.5
million Armenians and those who colonized most of the Muslim
[countries]. Lack of honesty [is a characteristic] of those who were
hosted by Syria once and then harbored murderers and provided them
with weapons to kill people.’

Erdogan on Thursday said Iran continued to lose prestige in the world
because of `a lack of honesty.”

From: A. Papazian

L’Orient-Le Jour, Liban
4 avril 2012

Invitation aux éditeurs et aux auteurs arméniens de la diaspora

A l’occasion du 500e anniversaire de l’imprimerie arménienne, le
comité du salon du livre arménien a invité, dans un communiqué, tous
les éditeurs et auteurs de la diaspora arménienne à présenter leurs
`uvres au siège de Catholicosat de Cilicie en novembre, à Antelias, au
nord de Beyrouth.

“Grce au succès du salon du livre du Catholicosat ces 33 dernières
années et à l’occasion du 500e anniversaire de l’imprimerie
arménienne, le comité a décidé de faire du salon du livre un événement
pan-diaspora”, indique le document publié sur le site armenews.com.

Chaque année en novembre, le Catholicosat de Cilicie organise un salon
du livre sous les auspices de Mgr Aram 1er. Tous les livres en
arménien publiés au Liban et dans les pays de la région y sont
présentés. Le salon inclut également des livres en langues étrangères
évoquant la question arménienne et les Arméniens.

From: A. Papazian

Reuters
April 8 2012

French actor Delon arrives to take part in the Armenia Music Awards
ceremony in Moscow

French actor Alain Delon (2nd L) greets fans as he arrives to take
part in the Armenia Music Awards ceremony in Moscow April 7, 2012. The
world-famous actor faced health problems during his visit to Moscow
and received medical assistance in a local hospital before attending
the ceremony, according to local media. Picture taken April 7, 2012.
REUTERS/Yuri Samolygo (RUSSIA – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT HEALTH)

From: A. Papazian

Orinats Yerkir announces parliamentary election plan

April 8, 2012 – 15:39 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Orinats Yerkir coalition party announced its
parliamentary election plan.

As the party leader, National Security Council Secretary Artur
Baghdasaryan stated, `the program aims to improve poor economic
situation in the county through outreach to socially vulnerable
population.’

`We must create a country where every citizen will feel the support of
its government,’ the party leader stressed.

Parliamentary elections are due in Armenia on May 6 featuring 8
political parties, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous
Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage,
Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and
United Armenian party, as well as one election bloc represented by
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).

From: A. Papazian