Author: Babajanian Karo

LES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS DU KARABAGH AUSSI SONT MECONTENTS – PHOTOS

Le dimanche 16 juin les anciens combattants(azadamardig) de la guerre
du Karabagh ont organisé un meeting sur la place de la liberté à
Yerevan. Plusieurs centaines de personnes, des anciens combattants,
leurs familles et ded sympathisants y ont pris part et ont scander
des slogans anti gouvernementaux.

Plusieurs orateurs de différentes associations d~Ranciens combattants
ont pris la parole pour condamner l~Rattitude des autorités qui les
négligent complètement, à tel point qu~Rils n~Ront même pas de statut
reconnu. Par ailleurs ils ont exigé une amélioration sensible de leur
pension,de leur retraite,des frais de scolarité de leurs enfants,
la gratuité de l~Raccès aux soins, etc…Ils ont promis de se battre
jusqu~Rà la satisfaction complète de leur revendication légitime.

SCHANTH VOSGUERITCHIAN(YEREVAN)

vendredi 21 juin 2013, Ara ©armenews.com

MOSCOU CODE DEUX VILLAGES FRONTALIERS RUSSES A L’AZERBAIDJAN, LES LESGHIENS PROTESTENT

Un vent de colère traverse les populations de Russie a la frontière
avec l’Azerbaïdjan. Les Lesghiens (population originaire du Sud
Caucase) manifestent leur colère contre la Russie. Il y a deux ans le
president Russe Dimitri Medvedev et son homologue Azeri Ilham Aliev
avaient signe un accord frontalier entre les deux pays, au terme duquel
deux villages du Daghestan Russe peuples par des Lesghiens passaient
dans le perimètre du territoire de l’Azerbaïdjan. Les Lesghiens de
Russie menacent Moscou de manifester massivement contre les futurs
changements frontaliers. Selon leurs informations, trois autres espaces
agricoles frontaliers, allaient passer en Azerbaïdjan au terme d’un
accord russo-azeri. Les Lesghiens en colère denoncent le contrôle
par Bakou de la partie sud du Daghestan qui serait abandonnee par
Makhatchkala (capitale du Daghestan, Federation de Russie) et Moscou.

Krikor Amirzayan

vendredi 21 juin 2013, Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

CZECH AIRLINES FLEW 300,000 PASSENGERS BETWEEN YEREVAN AND PRAGUE IN TEN YEARS

YEREVAN, June 21. / ARKA /. Over the last 10 years the Czech Airlines
made around 2,000 flights between Yerevan and Prague flying over
300,000 passengers, the company said in a press release. On June 22
it will be celebrating the 10 years of its operation at the Armenian
market.

The first flight was made on June 11, 2003 when the company flew the
Boeing 737-400 (OK-FGR) to the Armenian capital city. Half of the
300,000 passengers transported in the last ten years between Yerevan
and Prague, were flown in the last three years.

“This is evidence of the growing importance and attractiveness of
this flight for Armenians who fly to Prague and from there to other
European cities,” the press release says.

To date, the airline transported also more than 3.3 million kg of
cargo and more than half a million kg of mail. Overall, the company’s
aircraft flew to Yerevan and back 3,700 times, which makes more than
9 million kilometers. This summer the airline will be making daily
flights between the two cites by Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft.

The airline said also the flights are very convenient for Armenian
passengers heading for Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest,
Frankfurt, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Milan, Nice, Paris, Warsaw and other
cities across the Europe

The Czech Airlines, as the flagship carrier of the Czech Republic,
provides air service from Prague, as well as through Prague to major
destinations in Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Middle East.

Since 2001, the Czech Airlines has been a member “SkyTeam
alliance of air carriers. The members of the Alliance –
Aeroflot, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Air Europa, Air
France, Alitalia, China Airlines, China Eastern, China Southern,
Czech Airlines, Delta Airlines, Kenya Airways, KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines, Korean Air, Middle East Airlines, Saudia, TAROM ,
Vietnam Airlines and Xiamen Airlines transported annually
552 million a year, making more than 15,000 flights to 1000
destinations in 187 countries worldwide. -0- – See more at:

NAREGATSI FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS ENDS TOMORROW WITH FOLK SONG & DANCE CONCERT – PHOTOS
Narek Aleksanyan

14:33, June 21, 2013

The Naregatsi Festival of the Arts, which kicked off on June 15 at the
Komitas Chamber Music Hall in Yerevan, sadly comes to an end tomorrow.

Naregatsi Art Institute and Melos LLC organized the unprecedented
free admission event, its aim being to present the works of visual
artists living in Armenia and Armenian contemporary music on its broad
spectrum, from traditional art to folk songs, dances, spiritual songs,
contemporary academic music, and jazz.

The festival also showcases an exhibition comprised of artworks by some
of most renowned painters of different generations under one roof:
Hagop Hagopian, Vartan Tovmasyan, Shota Voskanyan, Armen Khojoyan,
Nareg Hartounian, Tigran Asatryan, Ashot Avagyan, Sevan Naccashian,
Yevgine Martirosyan.

The eight-day concert series has featured renowned Armenian musicians,
Vahan Artsruni, Artur Avanesov, Astghik Vardanyan, Mary Dolmazyan,
Levon Araqelyan, Armen Hyusnunts, Vahagn Hayrapetyan, as well as the
international award-winning Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble, Luys
Quintet, Oshakan Trio, Chamber Choir of Armenia and the Shoghakat
Choir, Naregatsi Folk Instruments Ensemble and Karin Folk Song &
Dance Ensemble.

The photos here show the fifth day of the exhibition which concluded
with a concert of jazz improvisations by Vahagn Hayrapetyan, Armen
Hyusnunts

At 7pm today, Vahan Artsruni will present a musical program entitled
Komitas: Ten Revelations

The closing performance tomorrow will feature a concert of folk song
and dance by the Naregatsi Folk Instrument Ensemble (artistic director:
Hovik Sahakyan) and Karin Song and Dance Ensemble (Artistic director:
Gagik Ginosyan).

The exhibition is open from 6 to 7pm. Tickets for the concerts to
follow are available at the music hall box office. They range in
price from 1,000 to 3,000 AMD.

SECRETARY OF PROSPEROUS ARMENIA FACTION: ARMENIA’S STATE BUDGET GRADUALLY STOPS BEING PROPERTY OF A NARROW GROUP OF PEOPLE

ARMINFO
Friday, June 21, 17:19

There are internal problems between the Government of Armenia and
the Control Chamber. The Head of the Control Chamber seriously blames
the government members for serious abuse and fraud, and against this
background it is noteworthy that the state budget is no longer anything
inviolable in the hands of a narrow group of people, Naira Zohrabyan,
Secretary of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) faction, told ArmInfo.

She thinks that the abuse by the middle management could not occur
without the approval of the higher management.

Zohrabyan said that in order to eliminate the total corruption, the
top leadership should display a political will, because no reports of
the Control Chamber will help without the political will of the power.

She stressed that if the power lacks a political will to cut off the
thieves’ hands, the parliamentary hearings on the Control Chamber’s
report will be just waste of time, a performance and a show.

“But there is one positive thing – the large-scale abuse is spoken
about in public, and this inspires hope that the situation will be
improved in the future. This may give an impetus to specific measures
following the public hearings”, she said.

To recall, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said at the
Government’s session that the figures Ishkhan Zakaryan presents
about the abuse have nothing to do with the reality. Sargsyan said
that 70% of the state budget is 700 bln AMD, and if one believes the
Control Chamber, it turns out that all fields experience large-scale
corruption, which is impossible. In the meantime, the Premier
instructed his ministers either to deny the information or to be
called to account.

ARA PAPYAN: ARMENIA SHOULD EXPRESS OFFICIAL POSITION ON RUSSIA’S SALE OF ARMS TO AZERBAIJAN

15:33 21/06/2013 ” POLITICS

Director of Modus Vivendi center, political scientist Ara Papyan
condemns Russia’s sale of arms to Azerbaijan, saying that Russia
should not have done so because it is Armenia’s ally.

According to him, Armenia should express official position on it,
saying that the move is unacceptable and that an allied country should
not act like this.

“Our ally arms our enemy. Armenia should condemn it officially,”
Mr Papyan told reporters.

Armenia is rather loyal to its ally, which sometimes results in
economic losses, according to the analyst.

He added that Russia should know that Armenia always has an alternative
and that Armenia is in vulnerable position due to the lack of any
alternative.

Source: Panorama.am

RUSSIA’S LUKOIL IN TALKS WITH FRANCE’S TOTAL ON LEBANESE SHELF PROJECTS

ST. PETERSBURG, June 20 (Itar-Tass) – Russia’s oil major LUKoil
continues negotiations with France’s Total on cooperation on Lebanon’s
shelf, LUKoil President and co-owner Vagit Alekperov told Itar-Tass
on Thursday in the sidelines of the Petersburg International Economic
Forum.

“We are in talks, negotiating joint participation in a tender,”
he said.

According to earlier reports, Russian companies Rosneft, Lukoil and
Novatek in April 2013 pre-qualified for participation in the first
licensed round for prospecting works on Lebanon’s shelf. In all, there
are applications from 52 companies from 25 world nations. Offers will
be considered till January 2014, and the winner will be announced in
February 2014.

Rosneft plans to develop the Lebanese shelf in alliance with U.S.

ExxonMobil. LUKoil is expected to take part in the tended in
partnership with France’s Total, and Novatek – in partnership with
GPB Resources (Gazprombank’s subsidiary).

Earlier, LUKoil’s president said that his company’s share in a
consortium with French Total for the development of the Lebanese
shelf might be 20 percent.

GONZALO GUARCH: IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD TO KNOW ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Karen Ghazaryan
“Radiolur”

Author of a number of books about the Armenian Genocide, Spanish writer
Gonzalo Guarch is visiting Armenia. His two novels – the Armenian
Family Tree and the Armenian Testament – have been translated into
different languages. The third book of the series – the White Mountain
– has already been published in Spanish and Russian, and will most
likely be available in Armenia by the end of the year.

“Though I’m a Spanish writer, I’m feeling more and more Armenian,”
Gonzalo Guarch told reporters in Yerevan, adding that the Armenian
and Spanish peoples have much in common. Any Spaniard will feel at
home in Armenia, he said.

The decision to turn to the Armenian Genocide issue could be a topic
of a whole novel, the writer said. Years ago he met an Armenian in
Switzerland, who asked Guarch to write about his family. The meeting
became decisive for his decision.

Any of the three volumes is based on a true story. The writer said he
wants the books to be translated into different languages. “History is
a very bright thing, which has the power to convince people,” he said.

According to Guarch, it’s important for the world to know about the
crime against Armenian to allow the reoccurrence of such crimes in
the future. “Ignorance if the mother of the lie,” he said.

Gonzalo Guarch has been awarded with Movses Khorenatsi Medal, according
to a presidential decree. He will meet President Serzh Sargsyan during
the third visit to Armenia.

AMBASSADOR NAZARIAN PERFORMED WITH A SPEECH DURING UNICEF SESSION

19:44, 20 June, 2013

YEREVAN, JUNE 20, ARMENPRESS: The annual session of UNICEF’s
executive council is going on in New York. In the session take
part Executive director of UNICEF, as well as representatives of UN
member states. “Armenpress” was informed from Ministry of foreign
affairs of Armenia that during the June 19 session was introduced the
middle-term strategic program for 2014-2017 (UNICEF Strategic Plan,
2014-2017: Advancing the rights of every child, especially the most
disadvantaged).

Permanent representative of the Republic of Armenia in UN Garen
Nazarian in his speech estimating the efforts to involve states,
UN agencies and etc in developing the mid-term program welcomed the
accents in the program especially on the issue of children’ rights.

Armenian ambassador stressed the importance the gathering of
information on best experience of CIS, Eastern and Central Europe
countries mentioning the progress of Armenia in part of availability
of inclusive education.

According to Nazarian Armenia is one of the countries which has a
program which is in line with the aims of UNICEF’s 2014-2017 mid-term
program.

Ambassador Nazarian informed about the support of the Government
of the Republic of Armenia and readiness to develop partnership and
effective cooperation with the foundation.

LIFE-SENTENCE PRISONER COMMITS SUICIDE IN ARMENIAN JAIL

June 20, 2013 | 17:41

YEREVAN. – Former soldier of the Armenian army Manvel Hazroyan,
who was sentenced to life imprisonment, hanged himself in solitary
confinement unit.

His body was found in Nubarashen penitentiary on Wednesday evening.

Hazroyan was brought to solitary confinement unit because of refusing
to obey the legal demands of jail employees.

Court of general jurisdiction of Armenia’s Syunik Region sentenced
Hazroyan to life imprisonment in 2011 for killing four and wounding
three of his co-servicemen.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am