Author: Babajanian Karo

POLITICIAN URGES NOT TO LINK GAS PRICE TO ARMENIA-RUSSIA STRATEGIC COOPERATION

June 13, 2013 | 13:10

YEREVAN. – Armenian MP from Orinats Yerkir party Mher Shahgeldyan
called not to link gas price to Armenia-Russia strategic cooperation.

Asked whether it is better to purchase Russian or Iranian gas,
Shahgeldyan said the economists must decide.

The Public Services Regulatory Commission of Armenia has recently
set a new price of gas supplied by Russia.

Earlier ArmRusgasprom applied to the Commission with an offer to revise
the natural gas price. The move was opposed by the Armenian society and
provoked several protest actions near the government. The protestors
said increase in gas price would affect the prices of consumer goods
and services. The opinion was supported by economists, too.

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ARMENIAN SQUAD FORMER MANAGER IS LIAR – FOOTBALL FEDERATION BOSS

June 13, 2013

Lusine Shahbazyan

YEREVAN. – National team former head coach Jan Poulsen is a liar,
Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) President Ruben Hayrapetyan noted
during a press conference on Thursday.

To note, the Danish specialist recently stated that he had left the
national squad because the FFA President had interfered with his work.

“I had told him after a game as to why he was allowing a footballer to
play with an injured foot. And he had told me that the player had said
he could play. And I said if a coach needs to work on the player’s
demand, that coach is relieved of his job.

“He [i.e., Poulsen] was always a sleeping man, and he is just that.

But it is not good that he lies at that age,” Ruben Hayrapetyan
specifically noted.

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20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MONTE MELKONYAN’S DEATH MARKED IN ARTSAKH

10:49 13.06.2013

Monte Melkonyan, Nagorno-Karabakh

On June 12 President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan
visited the town of Martouni and partook in events dedicated to the
20th anniversary of Artsakh hero Monte Melkonyan’s heroic death,
Central Information Department Of The Office Of The Artsakh Republic
President.

President Sahakyan laid wreaths at the monuments of Avo and the
perished soldiers and took part in a meeting held in memory of Monte
Melkonyan in Martouni Culture Palace.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, National Assembly deputy speaker Arthur
Tovmasyan, vice prime-minister Arthur Aghabekyan, head of the General
Staff of the Republic of Armenia’s Armed Forces Yuri Khachaturov,
NKR defense minister Movses Hakobyan, other officials, guests from
Armenia and the Diaspora partook in the events.

” NOUS DEVRIONS PREPARER NOS JEUNES A L’AVENIR AU TRAVERS DE NOS VALEURS MORALES ET NATIONALES ” A DECLARE SA SAINTETE ARAM I

Samedi 11 mai dans la soiree, Sa Saintete Aram I recu 200 jeunes
membres du mouvement de la Federation Revolutionnaire Armenienne.

Après avoir accueilli les jeunes et les dirigeants du mouvement,
le catholicos Aram Ier les a exhortes a integrer leur patrimoine
culturel et spirituel dans l’exercice de leur rôle important de
faconnage de l’avenir de la nation. Puis Sa Saintete a repondu aux
questions et a invite les jeunes a discuter de l’Eglise armenienne
et de la Cause armenienne.

Après avoir passe deux heures avec Sa Saintete, les jeunes ont rendu
hommage aux martyrs dans la Chapelle du Souvenir, ont visite le musee
de Cilicie et ont assiste a une conference sur ” L’Eglise armenienne
et les mouvements de liberation nationale dans l’histoire “.

À la fin le catholicos Aram Ier a benit individuellement chaque jeune.

jeudi 13 juin 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

LE GENOCIDE ARMENIEN DEVANT LA JUSTICE

Me Philippe Krikorian a perdu son procès, mais il se sera bien battu.

Le tribunal de grande instance de Marseille etait en effet saisi en
refere, il y a quelques jours, d’une question majeure : la demande de
penalisation du genocide armenien a compter du 24 avril 1915. L’avocat
souhaite que toute contestation de ce crime contre l’humanite soit
punie. Or le refus du Premier ministre de prendre l’initiative du depôt
d’un projet de loi a cette fin, qui aurait pour effet de transposer
en droit francais une decision de novembre 2008 du Conseil europeen,
constitue selon Me Krikorian, une “voie de fait”.

Il aspirait a ce que ce refus d’agir soit sanctionne par une astreinte
de 10 000 euros par jour de retard. Mais dans son ordonnance, le juge
des referes a rejete sa demande de transmission de la requete a la
Cour de cassation. Le magistrat a estime qu’aucune “voie de fait” ne
pouvait etre reprochee au prefet des Bouches-du-Rhône, qui represente
l’Etat dans le departement. Pour Me Krikorian, la justice “n’assure
pas une protection juridictionnelle effective aux requerants au regard
de la Declaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen du 26 août 1789”.

LA PROVENCE

mercredi 12 juin 2013

jeudi 13 juin 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

UNE SOCIETE AMERICAINE DEVRAIT RACHETER DES CENTRALES HYDROELECTRIQUES ARMENIENNES

Une compagnie d’energie americaine a annonce mercredi 12 juin qu’elle
etait sur le point d’acquerir trois grandes centrales hydroelectriques
en Armenie.

La societe ContourGlobal basee a New York a declare qu’elle est en
train de negocier avec le gouvernement armenien pour reprendre des
usines construites le long de la rivière Vorotan dans la province
de Syunik.

” Nous sommes en cours de negociation. Le prix d’achat sera très
important et tous les fonds proviendront des ressources propres a
ContourGlobal et des institutions financières internationales “,
a indique la societe. ” Cet investissement est urgent compte tenu de
l’âge des centrales. ”

Construit dans les annees 1970 et 1980, ce site est la plus grande
installation de production d’energie encore detenue par l’Etat
armenien. Avec une capacite operationnelle de 400 megawatts, elle
est presque aussi puissante que la centrale nucleaire de Metsamor
qui compte environ 40% de la production d’electricite armenienne.

Les centrales hydroelectriques de l’epoque sovietique etaient censees
etre remises a neuf : 51 millions d’euros (66 millions de dollars)
ont ete pretes a l’Armenie par une banque allemande en 2010. Les
fonctionnaires avaient declare a l’epoque que la modernisation serait
terminee d’ici 2015.

Le ministère armenien de l’Energie a refuse de commenter la future
prise de contrôle des centrales par ContourGlobal. Le ministre de
l’Energie Armen Movsisian n’a pas nie la privatisation imminente des
usines lors d’une session au Parlement armenien mercredi.

ContourGlobal exploite 33 centrales electriques dans 17 pays a travers
le monde. Ses revenus d’exploitation ont depasse 1 milliard de dollars
en 2011.

jeudi 13 juin 2013, Laetitia ©armenews.com

HAYRIKYAN NAMES THE PERSON WHO SHOT AT HIM

06:38 pm | Today | Politics

Leader of the National Self-Determination Union, ex-presidential
candidate in Armenia, Paruyr Hayrikyan, today announced in court that
the person who shot at him during the January 31 attempt was Khachatur
Poghosyan, one of the two suspects detained in connection with the
high-profile assassination attempt on the ex-presidential candidate.

Hayrikyan said that Poghosyan was lucky enough not to have killed him;
otherwise, he would live with ‘a heavy burden-the guilt of sin-upon
the conscience.’

The ex-presidential candidate again reiterated that the attempt had
been ordered by Russia. In his testimony, Hayrikyan also expressed
his surprise at the statement of one of the defendants in the case,
another presidential contender Vardan Sedrakyan who had said that
his car is more expensive than Hairikyan’s life

SPAIN’S FOREIGN MINISTRY REPLIES TO AZERBAIJAN’S NOTE OF PROTEST

MilAz.info, Azerbaijan
June 12 2013

It is said that Spain recognizes the principle of territorial integrity
and supports peaceful solution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict

Spain’s Foreign Ministry has replied to the note of protest sent by
Azerbaijan regarding opera singer Montserrat Caballe’s visit to the
occupied Azerbaijani territories, APA reports.

Spanish Foreign Ministry has said that such visits paid on personal
initiatives do not change the official position of the state. It is
said that Spain recognizes the principle of territorial integrity
like all other principles of the international law and supports the
international community’s efforts towards the peaceful solution of
Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

On June 5, Azerbaijan’s embassy in Spain submitted a note of protest
to Spain’s Foreign Ministry regarding the illegal visit of Montserrat
Caballe to the occupied Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

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AZERBAICANI PUBLIC SPLIT INTO TWO

The head of the Azerbaicani State Oil company SOCAR , Revnak
Abdullayev’s statement that if Armenia comes up with a natural gas
demand, Azerbaican will certainly meet it has split the Azerbaicani
public down the middle.

This statement has been supported by some and rejected by some others
given the fact that 20% of Azerbaican’s lands are under Armenian
occupation.

An increase of 64% in the price of the natural gas by Russia, which
is Armenia’s biggest natural gas supplier, has met with great reaction
among Armenians.

They gathered before the Russian embassy in Yerevan and protested at
the increase.

Azerbaican’s statement has come right at that moment.

Revnak Abdullayev, the head of Azerbaican’s giant natural gas company
SOCAR, said , in an interview to the ANS television, that Azerbaican
could sell natural gas to Armenia if such a demand were to come.

He said that Azerbaican is a humanistic country and is bound to help
out Armenia if a demand in that direction were to come from it.

That happened to be a statement to have split the Azerbaicanis down
the middle.

Many Azerbaicanis are against the cheap sale of natural gas to Armenia
when one fifth of their country is under Armenian occupation.

Azerbaican sells 1000cubic meters of natural gas at 230 dollars to
its neighbour Georgia.

Armenia gets the same amount of natural gas from Russia for 315
dollars.

ARMENIA UPSETS DENMARK 4-0, DANES’ WCUP HOPES FADE

Associated Press Worldstream
June 11, 2013 Tuesday 9:18 PM GMT

Denmark’s hopes of reaching the 2014 World Cup finals are all but
over after it slumped to a dismal 4-0 home defeat by Armenia in a
qualifier on Tuesday.

“This is the worst evening in my football life,” Denmark coach Morten
Olsen said. “It is beyond my understanding that we cannot do better,
but it is my fault 100 percent.”

Armenia striker Yura Movsisyan opened the scoring within 30 seconds
of the kickoff after Denmark’s Simon Kjaer accidentally passed the
ball to him.

Aras Ozbiliz made it 2-0 in the 19th minute, sending his shot past
goalkeeper Stephan Andersen after a mistake by an increasingly
error-prone Denmark defense.

Movsisyan added Armenia’s third goal in the 59th minute, prompting
fans to start leaving the Parken stadium.

Armenia almost scored again in the 71st minute when Movsisyan’s effort
beat Andersen, only for William Kvist to make a goalline clearance.

But there was no stopping Henrikh Mkhitaryan from scoring Armenia’s
fourth in the 81st minute with a powerful left-foot shot.

Denmark, the surprise 1992 European champions, disappointed throughout
the 90 minutes. Substitute Simon Makienok came closest to scoring
for the home side in the closing stages, but his initial shot hit
the post and his effort on the rebound flew into the keeper’s arms.

When Movsisyan, a former striker with Danish club Randers FC, left
the pitch in the 83rd minute, the Denmark fans applauded him.

To add insult to injury, Armenia leapfrogged Denmark in the standings.

Denmark lies fifth in the six-team Group B with six points from as
many games. Group leader Italy has 12 points, Bulgaria 10, Czech
Republic nine and Armenia six.