HRAPARAK: POLICEMAN MISAPPROPRIATED SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES
11:37 10/10/2013 ” DAILY PRESS
Head of the Cynology Service at the Security Division of the Armenian
Police Nerses Keheyan has been dismissed from his post, Hraparak
reports. Reportedly, he registered employees and misappropriated their
salaries. Rumors say that the Internal Security Department of the
Armenian Police will soon take up the investigation, the paper adds.
Source: Panorama.am
ANNA GRIGORYAN NAMED WINNER OF ELITE MODEL LOOK ARMENIA
OCTOBER 10, 12:09
Anna Grigoryan was named the winner of Elite Model Look Armenia
contest and will represent Armenia in the final of the contest that
will be held in Shenzhen, China.
Three Armenian models were selected to represent Armenia in the final
show Elite Model Look Georgia & Armenia held in Tbilisi. First the
contestants participated in Yerevan casting organized by jointly by
IC Model Management E LUXURY Group.
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LA PRODUCTION DE L’INDUSTRIE DU TABAC EN ARMENIE SE DEVELOPPE DE 74,3%
ARMENIE
La production de l’industrie du tabac en Armenie s’elève a 16,7
milliards de drams entre janvier et juin 2013 soit une croissance de
74,3% selon le Service national des statistiques.
Certains 3,54 milliards de cigarettes ont ete produits dans le pays
entre janvier et juin 2013 soit une croissance de 87,8% sur un an.
Selon le service des douanes les cigarettes, les cigares et les
cigarillos d’une valeur de 32,8 millions de dollars ont ete exportes
du pays durant les six premiers mois de cette annee soit 2,6 fois de
plus qu’entre janvier et juin 2012.
jeudi 10 octobre 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com
LE PROCES DES JEUNES DE L’OPPOSITION AJOURNE
ARMENIE
La cour a etudie lundi le cas de Tigran Arakelyan membre de la
jeunesse du Congrès National Armenien (ANC) mais n’a pas procede a
sa liberation attendue par beaucoup. Le juge de la cour d’appel n’a
meme pas entendu la requete presentee par le defenseur d’Arakelyan,
qui purge une peine de prison de six ans depuis 2011, mais il devrait
beneficier de loi d’amnistie votee par l’Assemblee nationale armenienne
la semaine dernière.
Tigran Arakelyan, avec trois autres militants de l’ANC, a ete implique
dans un incident avec des policiers il y a plus de deux ans. Tous ont
ete reconnus coupables de differents chefs d’accusation, avec Tigran
Arakelyan reconnu coupable d’avoir agresse un agent de police. L’ANC
et d’autres groupes d’opposition et civiles ont decrit Arakelyan et
les autres jeunes comme des prisonniers politiques, une allegation
niee par les representants des autorites.
A peine l’avocat de la defense Mushegh Shushanyan a demande au tribunal
de modifier la mesure de contrainte applique a son client que le juge
Eva Darbinyan a lève la seance en annoncant que la prochaine seance
de la cour aura lieu dans deux jours.
À la suite de l’amnistie adoptee en Armenie la semaine dernière a
l’occasion du 22ème anniversaire de l’independance de l’Armenie, 600
prisonniers devraient etre liberes, tandis que les peines pour environ
700 seront reduites. La loi d’amnistie s’applique a ceux dont les
peines definitives ont ete prononcees. Tigran Arakelyan sera en mesure
de beneficier de ce projet de loi si le tribunal au moins confirme la
peine de prison de six ans passe par la juridiction inferieure. Mais
si sa peine est aggravee encore de six mois, il restera en prison et
ne pourra compter que sur une reduction de sa peine d’emprisonnement.
L’Avocat de la defense Shushanyan a dit que le refus d’entendre sa
demande a ete une etape arbitraire de la cour.
La dernière amnistie est egalement susceptible se s’appliquer a
un certain nombre de personnes condamnees dans des affaire très
mediatises au cours des dernières annees, comme l’ancien chef du
Department d’investigation de la police Hovhannes Tamamyan qui a ete
condamne pour avoir ordonne un assassinat en echange d’un pot de vin,
et de l’ancien chef de la police de la route Margar Ohanian, qui
a ete condamne notamment pour detournement de fonds publics. S’ils
ne sont pas liberes, les deux hommes devraient au moins obtenir une
reduction de leur peine en vertu de l’amnistie.
La loi s’appliquera egalement au colonel Volodia Avetisyan, qui a lance
des protestations publiques contre le gouvernement pour une meilleure
protection sociale en mai et a ete arrete le mois dernier sur des
soupcons de fraude. Parmi ceux qui seront en mesure de beneficier de
l’amnistie figure egalement Artak Budaghyan, qui est accuse d’avoir
mener a bien une attaque armee contre la maison de l’ancien gouverneur
du Syunik Surik Khachatrian a Goris.
Mais l’avocat de Budaghyan a declare que son client n’accepte pas
l’accusation, ce qui signifie qu’il devrai egalement refuser d’etre
amnistie.
” l’Amnistie peut etre appliquee quand une personne accepte qu’elle
lui soit appliquee, mais Artak Budaghyan, a mon avis, ne sera pas
d’accord avec cela, car il exigera que l’affaire soit examinee au
tribunal “a declare Hayk Alumyan.
Ara Zakaryan l’avocat de Volodia Avetisyan a dit ArmeniaNow
qu’independamment de savoir si son client va accepter l’amnistie ou
non, l’organisme qui mène l’enquete devrait le liberer “, meme dans
le pire des cas, meme s’il est reconnu coupable, Avetisyan devra etre
libere en vertu de l’amnistie “.
” En d’autres termes, son maintien en prison aujourd’hui n’a aucun
fondement juridique “, a souligne l’avocat.
Par Gohar Abrahamian
ArmeniaNow
jeudi 10 octobre 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com
AVANT ARMENIE-BULGARIE DE VENDREDI, ROMAN BEREZOVSKI ” NOUS DEVONS GAGNER ET NOUS QUALIFIER ”
FOOTBALL
L’Armenie qui recoit demain vendredi l’equipe de Bulgarie peut encore
mathematiquement prendre la deuxième place au classement de son groupe
qualificatif de la Coupe du Monde 2014 et esperer jouer les barrages.
Le portier armenien Roman Berezovski qui evolue au ” Dynamo ” Moscou
et qui sera sur le terrain vendredi ne desespère pas d’une victoire
de l’Armenie face a la Bulgarie ainsi que d’une qualification. Roman
Berezovski se declare ” en forme “. Il invite ses coequipiers de la
selection d’Armenie a ne pas repondre aux Bulgares par des actes
de vengeance sur le terrain et de jouer. Au match aller a Sofia,
les Bulgares s’etaient montres particulièrement agressifs et quelque
peu provocateurs sur le terrain pour provoquer les Armeniens. Avec
des insultes vexatoires a l’encontre des Armeniens qui avaient donne
lieu a un mini-scandale. A Erevan, la seule bonne reponse qui puisse
donner la selection d’Armenie aux Bulgares, c’est la victoire.
Krikor Amirzayan
jeudi 10 octobre 2013, Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com
COMMAND AND STAFF EXERCISE ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS WAR PREVENTION – JAMALYAN
18:21 09/10/2013 ” POLITICS
We can prevent a war only if we are ready for it. Since a possibility
of war remains, military exercises are a very important event for our
country. With every military exercise we take another step towards war
prevention, David Jamalyan, Advisor to the Armenian Defense Minister,
told Panorama.am commenting on the ‘Echo 2013’ strategic command and
staff exercise being held in Armenia.
“There is another important circumstance: our state administration
must be ready to work in a coordinated way, like a watch mechanism,
in the event of war. This exercise is aimed at preparing our country
for possible military aggression,” Jamalyan said.
The expert stressed that every senior official must have a clear idea
of his functions in case of military operations, and must know them
exactly, like a succession of steps.
Source: Panorama.am
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF RENOWNED IRANIAN-ARMENIAN ARTIST SUMBAT DER KIUREGHIAN
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Sumbat Der Kiureghian
GLENDALE-The art-loving public is invited to join the centennial
celebration of renowned artist Sumbat Der Kiureghian on Sunday October
27, 2013, 4 pm at The Armenian Society of Los Angeles (ASLA) Center
located at 117 S. Louise Street, Glendale, CA 91205. The celebration
will include an exhibition of more than 60 original paintings by
the artist as well as a collection of notable items from his life
and work. Following the exhibition, Professor Talinn Grigor and
Glendale-based artist Vachag Ter Sarkissian will discuss Sumbat’s
artistic legacy. The program will also include selected musical
renditions.
Sumbat Der Kiureghian was born on October 19, 1913, in Isfahan, Iran.
He was a descendant of 17th century Armenian settlers in the New
Julfa district of Isfahan. He received his formal training at
the Anglo-French Art Institute in London. Sumbat was a revered
Iranian-Armenian artist admired for his watercolor and gouache
renditions of Iranian and Armenian village life, folklore, and
landscapes. By the 1960s, Sumbat was recognized as the preeminent
watercolorist of Iran, much emulated by aspiring artists for his style
and subjects. In 1980, following the Iranian Revolution, Sumbat left
his beloved Iran and settled in Glendale, California. Soon thereafter
he opened his studio/gallery in Glendale and continued creating until
his death in 1999. Sumbat’s work has been featured in exhibitions
throughout the world, including in many cities in Iran, Armenia,
the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Saudi Arabia.
Professor Talinn Grigor is an Associate Professor of modern and
contemporary architecture in the Department of Fine Arts at Brandeis
University. Her research is focused on Iran and India. Her articles
have appeared in the Art Bulletin, Getty Research Journal, Journal
of Iranian Studies and other venues. She is currently working on her
third book, Contemporary Iranian Art: From the Street to the Studio,
to be published by Reaktion, London, in 2014.
Vachag Ter Sarkissian was born in Abadan, Iran. He has spent most
of his childhood in New Julfa, where he was inspired by the frescos
of the Holy Savior Cathedral and St. Bethlehem churches. The frescos,
mediaeval miniatures and architectural motifs have left indelible marks
on his artistic style. In 1971, he moved to Armenia where he graduated
from the Polytechnic Institute with a degree in architecture. As an
abstract-figurative painter, he has used mixed media. Vachag moved
to the United States in 1980. His work has been featured in numerous
exhibitions.
The program is jointly organized by The Armenian Society of Los Angeles
(ASLA) and the Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter.
Presentations will be in English and Armenian.
“BIRTHPLACE OF MY SOUL…”
Editorial, 5 October 2013
Armenians-Apostolic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, and
even those who rarely go to church-are disappointed, disturbed,
worried, and irate-about the questionable life of Catholicos Karekin
II. Many demand an investigation and the possible defrocking of the
ecclesiastical oligarch. But other than complaining, usually among
themselves, most accusers of the catholicos don’t seem to have an idea
as how to get rid of the destructive kleptocrat (“klepticos”) who rose
to the Etchmiadzin throne through fraud. Those who condemn Catholicos
Karekin II are hamstrung by their less-than-adequate knowledge of the
Armenian Apostolic Church while the casual or nominal attachment of
many others disqualifies them from legitimate criticism of the Church.
Do you know the structure and hierarchy of your Church?
Do you know who reports to whom in the Church hierarchy?
Do you know anything about the levers and rules intended to provide
transparency and accountability in the management of the Church?
Do you know how Etchmiadzin is financed?
If the catholicos is the CEO of the Church, do you know who are the
members of the Church’s management committee?
Do you know the qualifications of the management committee members?
Do you know whether your parish priest, a collective of priests,
or diocese heads can bring about change in KII’s reign?
Do you know whether your primate is elected or appointed? Who decides
who will be your diocesan head?
Do you know who decides who will be your parish priest?
Do you wonder whether your parish priest is a spiritual person?
Do you wonder whether your parish priest is a contractor whose
primary job is officiating at rituals-“Badarak”, baptisms, weddings,
and funerals?
Do you know how much your parish priest earns or whether his pension
is adequate?
Do you donate money to your parish church?
Do you care whether you understand the “krapar” (classical Armenian)
recited at “Badarak”?
Do you know the theological differences between the Armenian Apostolic
Church and the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant Churches?
Do you wonder whether KII is reflective of the Armenian Apostolic
Church… that the fish is rotten from its head down?
Armenians get poetic about their Church… and quote Vahan Takeyan’s
“Yegeghetsin Haygagan Dznntavayrn eh Hokvooys…” (“The Armenian
Church is the birthplace of my soul…”). Certainly, beautiful and
evocative words. But words are meaningless-even the best lines–if
not followed by action. Words can also be destructive when they delude
us into fantasy and wishful thinking.
If you don’t know your Church, how can it be the birthplace of
your soul?
If the head of your Church is corrupt, unaccountable, and devoid of
spirituality, how can the Church be the birthplace of your soul?
If your Church is the birthplace and fortress of your soul, why are
you so indifferent, inattentive to it?
Are we one with our Church or is the Church just a mere agency which
provides tenuous links to our heritage through rituals, pageantry
and a few ounces of incense?
It’s because of the ignorance and inattention of the members of
the Armenian Apostolic Church that when 62 bishops and archbishops
gathered in Etchmiadzin at the Episcopal Synod (Sept. 24 to 27),
there was nothing on the conference agenda about Catholicos Karekin
II’s mismanagement of the Church, let alone an investigation of his
questionable lifestyle. There were also no reports whether his crony,
“Bentley” Bishop Kojoyan, drove to the conclave in his ostentatious
car. Meanwhile, the catholicos was oiling the wheels (not that of
the Bentley), giving a medal to one of his acolytes, and elevating
several bishops to archbishops.
The Church Fathers considered whether to canonize the Genocide martyrs,
although the topic has been in the books for nearly 40 years.
One worthwhile proposal was setting up a fund to assist needy children
in Armenia, Artsakh and Syria. But most of their time was spent in
how-many-angels-can-dance-on-a-needle ecclesiastical arcana. When
only 8% of Apostolic Armenians attend church with any regularity, the
bishops dwelled on the wording of sacraments, confirmation, baptism,
Chrismation and other top-of-mind rituals.
Then on the last day (Sept. 27) the Fathers of the Church devoted the
day to national, religious, social, educational, community, economic,
and demographic… issues. It took the embarrassingly unqualified
clergymen a mere working day to tackle these wide-ranging, challenging,
complex and mostly secular issues. “At the conclusion of the Synod,
the Bishops happily reflected on the productive outcome of the
meeting….” reported ArmRadio.
We wait with bated breath for the spiritual fathers’ redundant
solutions to the multifarious challenges the nation faces.
Their next clerical confab is in the fall of next year.
AZERBAIJAN DESTROYS ARMENIAN MONUMENTS – EXPERT
October 09, 2013 | 14:06
YEREVAN. – In order to resist Azerbaijan’s anti-Armenian propaganda
in terms of historical monuments, Armenia needs to inform the European
community about it viewpoint.
Ruben Ghalichyan, who is an expert on medieval maps, stated the
aforesaid during a press conference on Wednesday.
In his words, Azerbaijan claims that Armenia is a “territory of
Azerbaijan” and all Armenian cultural monuments are Azerbaijani.
“Sadly, the response of our scholars and historians were in Russian
and in Armenian, for domestic use,” the expert stressed.
As per Ghalichyan, the Azerbaijanis also claim that all Christian
temples located in Karabakh belonged to the Albanians, who in turn
were the ancestors of the Azerbaijanis.
“According to Azerbaijani historians, the Armenian monuments were
built by the Muslim Albanians. But they had become Muslims in the
7th-8th centuries, whereas our monuments were built in the 6th-18th
centuries; that is, they could not have built Christian temples while
already being Muslims,” he stated.
Ghalichyan added that the Azerbaijanis are convinced that there were
no Armenians in the Caucasus before 1826 to 1828.
“If Armenians did not live here, how was it that Shah Abbas had exiled
400,000 Armenians [here]?” the scholar asked.
Ruben Ghalichyan also stressed that the Azerbaijanis are destroying
the Armenian monuments at a national level.
ANALYST: UNLIKE THE INFLUENCE OF THE USA, THE RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN ARMENIA IS FORMAL
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Wednesday, October 9, 18:01
Actually, unlike the influence of the USA, the Russian influence
in Armenia is formal, a member of the former “Karabakh” committee,
analyst, Ashot Manucharyan, told journalists today.
“Actually, just Washington recommends its agents to display positive
attitude towards Moscow so that to avoid direct confrontation with a
rather strong Moscow. I am confident that the forces which display
themselves like Russia’s partners: the state machine, political
parties, analytical centres and mass media are chiefly under the
USA’s strong influence, though it is not so”, – he said.
When commenting on confrontation of the pro-Western and pro-Russian
forces in Armenia in the context of Yerevan’s intention to join the
Customs Union, Manucharyan said these forces promote the efforts of
the third forces to destroy Europe and Russia. He regrets that Armenia
has become one of the countries where interests of Russia and Europe
come across each other so that to prevent alliance between them which
seem to be contradictory force centres at first sight.
When commenting on the performance performed in Strasbourg by a
member of the Armenian parliament, Zarui Postanjan and President Serzh
Sargsyan, Manucharyan said that actually the authorities of Armenia
being an instrument in the hands of the USA, could prepare such a
performance so that to display Serzh Sargsyan like a pro-Russian
politician. He thinks that we have to expect similar performances in
future as well.