Author: Babajanian Karo

RAFFI HOVANNISIAN IS READY TO MEET WITH HAK

05:41 PM | TODAY | POLITICS

“Let the artists paint and not the CEC”- Raffi Hovannisian started
the meeting which you can watch now live-stream on “A1+”.

Referring to the great powers’s congratulations to Serzh Sargsyan,
he said that he was ready to meet with Obama and Olande suggesting
them to reconsider their position on that issue.

He also talked about the recent meetings with the representatives of
various political parties.In his words he is ready to meet with the
leadership of Armenian National Congress (HAK)when they are ready.

“There will be no retreat and no monopoly in RA more.Even the heavy
snow that falls now can not stop our path to the victory”.

“Liskan is coward/ Syunik Governor Suren Khachatryan / the prosecutor
is coward”,- he said, mentionong that instead of powerful falsifiers
the criminal cases are charged against the village headmen.

GETAMEJ CHICKEN PROCESSING PLANT SHUT DOWN: NUMEROUS HEALTH VIOLATIONS CITED

15:01, March 5, 2013

On the heels of a Hetq report revealing widespread food safety
violations at the Getamej chicken processing plant, the Food Safety
Service of the RA Ministry of Health has circulated its own scathing
summary of the plant~Rs entire operation.

In particular, the summary points out that none of the workers at
the plant owned by Grig El Met were wearing the gear required of food
handlers, that the transfer facilities for the product were filthy,
that the plant lacked an adequate ventilation system, and that the
refrigeration units lacked a climate control monitoring system.

The summary states that 47 of the plant workers hadn~Rt undergone
periodic medical testing.

A sampling of the processed chickens also revealed salmonella bacteria.

The Food Safety Service has thus ordered that the plant be shut down
and that all Getamej chickens be pulled from store shelves.

The FSS urges consumers to return any Getamej chickens to the point
of purchase.

INCREASE OF MEN’S INFERTILITY OBSERVED IN ARMENIA

03:57 PM | TODAY | POLITICS

An increase in men’s infertility is observed in Armenia. The head
of the Department of sexology of the Medicine University, sexologist
Sevada Hakobyan stated that fact in the meeting with reporters.

She pointed several factors that affect the reproductive health,
such as environmental conditions, the presence of heavy metals and
abnormal usage of food.

Sexologist also conditioned the infertility factor with the 90s stress
provoking factors. “Generally, in infertility both the male and the
female factors exist. There are cases when even the best researchers
can not determine the cause of infertility”,- Sevada Hakobyan said.

He also reminded: “Infertility is considered when the couple lead
a sexual life, does not use non-impregnated tablets and for 1 year
does not impregnate. The second type of infertility is when a couple
is not able to have the second child, after having one child”.

SERZH SARGSYAN’S THREE NOS IN MOSCOW
HAKOB BADALYAN

15:22 05/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:

Congratulations on the official result of the presidential election
coming from foreign countries in such abundance are explained by the
Armenian public as a sign of the wish of all the great powers to have
a weak, illegitimate president which is why they rush to congratulate
Serzh Sargsyan who is believed by the greater part of the society to
have been reelected through rigged elections.

The confidence or at least the doubts about fraudulence of elections
are grounded. At the same time, it is clear that a government
lacking domestic legitimacy that seeks for legitimacy abroad is
more controllable, so the geopolitical centers will try to use this
circumstance in their relations with Armenia.

In the current period, foreign congratulations have more significant
reasons. Economically, socially and especially politically Armenia
is in such a situation when the effect or viability of domestic
legitimacy need not be overestimated in the relations with the world
neither in a short-term nor a medium-term perspective. It does not
mean not to attach any importance to this circumstance. Simply there
is no need to overestimate. I repeat at least in a short-term or a
medium-term perspective.

The geopolitical centers have so many levers of influence on the
Armenian government that they may ignore domestic legitimacy.

Moreover, in regard to controllability, it would be more influential
to hang the congratulation in the air rather than to send it in
advance. Moreover, advance is risky insofar as the interests of the
West and Russia are opposed.

The abundance of congratulations is explained by this rivalry. Now the
congratulations ensure “uncontrollability”, not controllability of
Serzh Sargsyan. In other words, an attempt is made to give Sargsyan
and his administration a status of legitimacy to leave him less
controllable.

The impression that Russia refrained from the presidential election
was only a superficial impression. The process of the presidential
election in Armenia overlapped with several interesting visits. CSTO
Secretary General Borduzha and the Russian minister of defense Shoygu
visited Armenia. Then, at the end of the campaign, the chief of
general staff of the Russian armed forces visited Armenia. Over this
period the Russian military base 102 held a vibrant mountain exercise
involving tanks and reconnaissance. On March 1 General Shamanov,
commander of airborne landing troops, stated at the meeting of the
Russian ministry of defense that the Russian airborne landing troops
will be ready to be used for more effective crisis handling in CSTO
states. Shamanov mentioned Armenia, Tajikistan and Kirgizstan.

The picture will be complete on March 12. Serzh Sargsyan’s visit to
Moscow with a tight schedule is planned on that day, and the head
of the CIS Institute Constantine Zatulin has stated than the visit
will not be that of a protocol. Obviously, Moscow has launched a
psychological offensive on Serzh Sargsyan ahead of his visit.

In Moscow Serzh Sargsyan will have to say no to Putin several times:
Customs Union, Eurasian Union, the airport of Stepanakert. The Russian
military activity during the presidential campaign and after it prompts
that Russia is planning a military blitzkrieg to prevent or compensate
for the political and technological retreat. The Armenian-Azerbaijani
front and the airport of Stepanakert may have a core role in this plan.

The airport could be used as a bait to cause escalation upon the
first flight from this airport. It is possible that the first flight
with Serzh Sargsyan on board will be spared as an advance of honor
in return for agreement. Will Serzh Sargsyan resist the temptation
of the flight of honor? He announced last year to fly on May 9.

Ostensibly, last year Serzh Sargsyan thought it would be an eagle’s
flight. Now he is convinced that Russia will not allow anyone fly
and feel like an eagle in the region. A price will have to be paid
for that. However, not Serzh Sargsyan but Armenia and Artsakh will
have to pay this price. De facto, Armenia and Artsakh will become
the arsenal of the Russian army.

The West congratulates Serzh Sargsyan to keep him from temptation and
help him say three important nos. Certainly, the West does not want
to save Armenia and Artsakh from the destiny of arsenal of Russian
imperialism but to prevent its geopolitical defeat in the region.

The point of view that the West may help democratic forces
come to government in Armenia and thus prevent its geopolitical
defeat fundamentally is hypothetically a more rational proposal of
partnership from sovereign Armenia to the West considering the common
interests. However, the scope of democratic forces in Armenia is quite
uncertain, so are their political priorities and approaches. Besides,
the current military, political and economic situation is such that
the West will be able to change government in Armenia only with the
agreement of Russia or at least if the latter refrains. Otherwise, the
probability of a clash will grow, which means that Russian dominance
will grow.

The West was unable to achieve a solution in Armenia, which is not
a surprise because in this state of balancing the Armenian society
must achieve a solution first. The problem is that the society as such
does not exist. So, in order to find a solution the society needs to
integrate its different component into a whole body.

KURDISH REBELS DETONATE BOMB UNDER TURKISH MILITARY VEHICLE

March 5, 2013 – 14:35 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Kurdish militants have detonated a bomb under
a military vehicle in southeast Turkey, wounding four soldiers,
security officials said on Tuesday, March 5, according to Reuters.

Turkish intelligence officials and Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
leader Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned on an island near Istanbul, began
talks last October aiming to end a 28-year-old insurgency in which
more than 40,000 people have been killed.

As the discussions have advanced, violence has dwindled, with one
of the most recent PKK attacks coming in January, when its fighters
killed a Turkish police officer in the southeastern province of Mardin.

In Monday’s attack, militants remotely detonated roadside explosives
under a military convoy on a road in the Lice district of Diyarbakir
province. Four soldiers in an armored vehicle were lightly wounded,
officials said.

Turkish military units were hunting the perpetrators, Diyarbakir
Governor Mustafa Toprak said.

According to Kurdish politicians, the PKK is now observing a de facto
ceasefire and Ocalan plans to declare an official halt to hostilities
by the Kurdish New Year on March 21.

But Turkish warplanes have continued to bomb militant targets in the
mountains of northern Iraq where thousands of rebels are based, drawing
warnings from the PKK that they are jeopardizing the peace process.

Military operations have also continued in southeast Turkey. Soldiers
backed by helicopters launched an operation around Cudi mountain in
Sirnak province near the Iraqi border, with artillery units shelling
the mountain, officials said.

There was no immediate comment from the PKK on Monday’s attack.

Under a plan discussed by Ocalan and government representatives,
the PKK would end hostilities and give up its demands for autonomy
for Turkey’s largely Kurdish southeast in return for greater Kurdish
rights, enshrined in the constitution, Turkish media have reported.

NO NEW BIDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF MFA BUILDING
Hasmik Dilanyan

“Radiolur”
14:55 05.03.2013

The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia was not
sold out, as today’s action attracted no buyers.The nominal price
was set at $51 270 840.

This means that the Tango Company, which is owned by Argentine-Armenian
businessman Eduardo Eurnekian and with which the government signed
an agreement for the sale of the building last fall, remains the
legitimate buyer.

The final deal will be Company will be signed by April 30, 2013.

THE WOUNDS OF KARABAKH FILM PRESENTS WHAT HAS REALLY HAPPENED IN KARABAKH – TSVETANA PASKALEVA

14:03 ~U 05.03.13

Bulgarian journalist, documentary film director Tsvetana Paskaleva
presented today to the reporters her The Wounds of Karabakh film
series about Karabakh war.

Presenting it she said, it tells what has really happened in Karabakh
and contradicts Azerbaijani misinformation.

The film series consist of 7 documentary films. They have already
been shown in Beirut, Prague, France and Australia. The film has
been translated into English, Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, French
and other languages.

Paskaleva said not all know the truth about Karabakh but the world
starts getting known more, for instance about Sumgait.

“While watching my films, the political figures, diplomats say they
did not know that the Karabakh war was so fierce. In response, I ask
them to help in spreading the truth about Karabakh in other countries
as well,” she said.

The journalist also said people watching her film are surprised on
how Karabakh has changed, blossomed, developed and how the eyes of
the people have changed turning into smiling ones.

“These are all undeniable evidences that people of Karabakh have
right to stay on their land and live there freely,” Paskaleva said,
stressing that Stepanakert airport is one of the bright proves of it.

“I am so happy with the opening of the airport and my new film ends
with its view. I have tried to show that irrespective of everything
Karabakh is ready to accept all,” she added.

UN ARMENIEN FRAPPE AVEC UN COUP-DE-POING AMERICAIN

Quatre membres d’une famille kosovare s’en sont violemment pris a
un passager du tram, samedi en debut d’après-midi, dans le quartier
de l’Esplanade. La victime (un Armenien de 37 ans) a ete frappee au
visage avec un coup-de-poing americain.

Les quatre Kosovars ont aborde la victime a l’interieur de la rame.

Une discussion s’est engagee entre les protagonistes, comme le
revèlent les images de la videosurveillance qu’ont pu visionner les
policiers. Arrives a la station Esplanade, l’un des membres de la
famille a force l’autre homme a sortir de la rame en le tirant par
la manche de la veste.

Alors qu’il se trouvait au bord des rails, le trentenaire a recu
plusieurs coups au visage assenes avec un coup-de-poing americain.

L’agression, qui s’est soldee pour la victime par la pose de onze
agrafes, n’a cesse que lorsqu’un temoin s’est mis a crier.

Les policiers ont interpelle les parents et leurs deux fils âges de
21 et 23 ans. Ils ont retrouve l’arme dans le sac de la mère.

En garde a vue, les mis en cause ont reconnu les violences mais
ont conteste avoir fait usage de l’arme. Le medecin legiste, qui
etait cense trancher ce point, n’a pas ete en mesure de le faire
: l’Armenien blesse ne s’est pas presente a l’institut de medecine
legale où il avait pourtant ete convoque. Il semble qu’il entretenait
avec ses agresseurs un vieux contentieux.

Les quatre Kosovars, qui etaient jusque-la inconnus de la justice,
seront juges devant le tribunal correctionnel le 30 mai prochain pour
violences en reunion.

mardi 5 mars 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

ARMENIA’S IT ADVANCE DEPENDS ON NUMBER OF SPECIALISTS :UITE

YEREVAN, March 6. /ARKA/. The information technologies is the only
sector of the Armenian economy, the growth of which depends on the
number of specialists, Hovhannes Avoyan, President of the Union of
Information Technology Enterprises (UITE), told reporters in Novosti
International press center in Yerevan on Wednesday.

“If the number of specialists rises twice, the sphere will grow twice
as well, that is why UITE will primarily focus on education in 2013
to attract several thousands of new specialists to the sphere,”
Avoyan said.

He noted it is very important to develop programming skills of children
who already study at 5th and 6th forms.

“Armenia is already making the first steps in this direction,
particularly, in 2013 robotics classes will be taught in 50 schools
all over the country, and in future such robotics clubs will be opened
in all schools of the republics,” he said.

He also reminded Armenian Engineering Lab will open in September,
which can involve up to 2,000 highly qualified specialists.

“We should create such conditions for the young people so as they
can set off their own organizations or bring to Armenia some large
international companies to provide themselves with jobs. Robotics is
one of the most perspective technological trends,” Avoyan said.

In 2000 the Armenian government announced IT sphere as an economic
priority. Today, nearly 350 IT enterprises with 10,000 employees
operate in Armenia.-0-

HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: ARFD, HERITAGE MAY UNITE FOR ELECTIONS OF YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERS

11:56 06/03/2013 ” DAILY PRESS

ARFD representative Armen Rustamyan says they may unite with Heritage
party for the elections of Yerevan Council of Elders.

“The discussions are underway. I think it would be right if we run
in the elections jointly,” Rustamyan told Haykakan Zhamanak, adding
that representatives of all non-governmental forces may be included
in the joint election list.

Source: Panorama.am