Author: Babajanian Karo

SAD FATE OF SRVEGH MONASTERY (VIDEO)

17.01.13

“We won’t be silent” youth initiative has disseminated a statement
drawing the attention of the public to the second part of the video
series “False Values” which this time presents the condition of Srvegh
monastery built in 13th century.

The monastery is on the edge of collapse being left to the oblivion
in the Armenian province of Tavush.

“Seeing the condition of the temple, the legendary phrase of Karekin
II [Catholicos of All Armenians] becomes more up to date – I have no
relation to the monasteries on those hills. This very phrase has been
chosen as the slogan for the “False Values” series,” the initiative’s
press release says.

PMS RECORDED THERE IS NOT AN ISSUE ARMENIA AND GEORGIA ARE NOT ABLE TO SOLVE BY THE RESULT OF JOINT DISCUSSIONS

12:40, 17 January, 2013

YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, ARMENPRESS: Armenian-Georgian relations are
continuing to develop in the normal way and there is not an issue
two countries would not be able to solve down by the result of joint
discussions. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan
came forth in the joint press conference with his Georgian counterpart
on January 17.

“Although it is the first visit of Georgian Prime Minister to Armenia
, it has passed in a warm atmosphere. We recorded there is a great
potential aimed at deepening and expanding economic relations between
the two countries. I am grateful to my colleague for responding to
all the requests ” Prime Minister Sargsyan noted. Tigran Sargsyan
also informed an agreement was reached to form working groups and
organize the next intergovernmental meeting. ” We have an interesting
and far-reaching programs comprising all areas” the head of Armenia’s
Executive Body stated. Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili in
his turn also noted the meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere.

There was an impression, we knew each other from the early childhood.

We have accepted very interesting decisions in the course of the
launcjed meeting, only few questions are left to be discussed.

Georgian PM voiced hope bilateral relations will continue to develop
in a dynamic way.

The delegation headed by Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili
will arrive in Armenia on January 17. Georgian Executive Body is
set to have meetings with President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh
Sargsyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, His Holiness Catholicos of
All Armenians Karekin II, as well as with the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs, Economy, Energy and Natural Resources. In the frame of his
Yerevan visit Bidzina Ivanishvili will also visit Tsitsernakaberd,
pay tribute to the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide, later
will attend the Matenadaran.

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and Georgia were
established on July 17 1992. The Republic of Armenia and Georgia have
signed nearly 80 international treaties, agreements, memoranda and
protocols which encompass almost all aspect of bilateral relations,
including. Over 66 mutual visits have been paid between Armenia and
Georgia since 1993 at the level of the heads of Foreign Ministers,
Prime Ministers and Presidents.

YOUNG ARMENIAN AUTHORS WRITING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO GATHER IN ARMENIA

09:44, 17 January, 2013

YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian authors from Diaspora
do not write in the Armenian, but in foreign languages and this is
not something new. The Chairman of the Writer’s Union of Armenia
Levon Ananyan is rather concerned about this and this issue causes
particular anxiety in case of the young Armenian writers living in
Diaspora. In a conversation with “Armenpress” Levon Ananyan stated that
the Writer’s Union of Armenia jointly with the Ministry of Diaspora of
the Republic of Armenia initiated a conference of the Young Armenian
authors writing in foreign languages, which will be held in Armenia
in summer. The Chairman of the Writer’s Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan
stated: “We are really concerned about this problem, because there is
no author left in Diaspora under 30, who is writing in Armenian. They
are all writing in foreign languages.”

Presently the Writer’s Union of Armenia is engaged in the development
of the program of abovementioned conference.

Also the Writer’s Union of Armenia will convoke another seminar
in Tsaghkadzor on February, which will be dedicated to the literary
criticism. A number of young literary critics, experts of the realm and
students will partake in the three-day seminar entitled “Postmodernism:
After 20 Years”.

LA MAISON POUR ENFANTS MARI IZMIRYAN A BESOIN DE RENOVATIONS
Stephane

armenews.com
jeudi 17 janvier 2013

Quatre-vingt-cinq enfants vivent a present dans la maison pour enfants
Mari Izmiryan a Erevan.

La directrice Hasmik Lazarian a exprime sa gratitude pour le soutien
du gouvernement – la nourriture et les vetements. ” La maison pour
enfants relève de la competence du Ministère du Travail et des affaires
sociales. Nous sommes une institution financee par le gouvernement. Le
gouvernement paie pour la nourriture et les vetements. Mais nous avons
aussi de nombreux problèmes qui necessitent un financement enorme,
et le gouvernement ne peut pas se le permettre maintenant a-t-elle dit.

Mme Mkrchyan a affirme qu’une renovation devient urgente.

jeudi 17 janvier 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

PUBLICATION ANNUELLE DE L’ENQUÊTE DE FREEDOM HOUSE
Laetitia

armenews.com
jeudi 17 janvier 2013

Une ONG americaine qui defend les droits de l’homme, Freedom House,
a attribue au Haut-Karabagh le statut de ” partiellement libre ” lors
d’une enquete annuelle mondiale sur les droits civils et les libertes.

” Le statut du Haut-Karabagh s’est ameliore, passant du statut de
” non libre ” au statut de” partiellement libre ” en raison de
l’election presidentielle de juillet “, indique la dernière edition
du rapport. Freedom House a fait reference a Vitaly Balasanian, un
ancien general de l’armee qui s’est presente contre Bako Sahakian,
le president sortant lors des dernières elections. Selon l’enquete,
le Haut-Karabagh est plus democratique car un candidat de l’opposition
s’est presente a l’election en juillet.

Selon les resultats officiels du 19 juillet, Sahakian a ete reelu
avec 66,7% des voix, tandis que Balasanian a obtenu 32,5% des voix.

L’election du Karabagh a ete saluee par l’Armenie, mais condamnee par
l’Azerbaïdjan. Les Etats-Unis, la Russie et les mediateurs francais,
pour leur part, ont dit qu’ils reconnaissent la necessite pour les
autorites du Karabagh d’organiser democratiquement la vie publique
du pays.

L’Armenie a egalement ete jugee ” partiellement libre ” dans
l’enquete de Freedom House qui repertorie 195 pays. Arch Puddington,
le vice-president de Freedom House, a dit que l’Armenie est l’un des
” points lumineux ” des pays de l’ex-Union sovietique.

L’Azerbaïdjan est un des pays consideres comme ” non libres ” par
Freedom House. Le groupe base a Washington et a New York estime que ”
les droits politiques fondamentaux sont absents dans ce pays, et que
les libertes civiles sont inexistantes. ”

jeudi 17 janvier 2013, Laetitia ©armenews.com

HERITAGE LEADER’S STRUGGLE NOT AGAINST EX-PM, PARTY REP. SAYS

January 16, 2013 – 15:56 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Heritage leader Raffi Hovannissian’s struggle is not
aimed against Freedom party leader, former prime minister of Armenia
Hrant Bagratyan, party representative said.

Dwelling on the ex-prime minister’s chances at the upcoming
presidential elections, Stepan Safaryan noted that both Mr Bagratyan
and Mr Hovannissian represent the opposition, refusing to compare
their campaigns.

“Freedom party leader may perhaps benefit the most from garnering the
votes of the Armenian National Congress opposition bloc’s electorate
during its dissolution. Presently, he is likely to secure the backing
of some voters advocating liberal ideas,” Heritage representative
said.

MAFIA KING’S MURDER WILL SPUR CHAOS, SAYS CRIME FICTION WRITER

16.01.13

The murder of Ded Hassan (Aslan Usoyan), the mafia boss killed in
Moscow earlier today, is likely to create a chaos in the criminal
world, according an Armenian crime fiction writer.

Speaking to Tert.am, publicist and criminal expert Sergey Galoyan
explained that warlike situations in the criminal world often cause
the defeated side to use weapons. “If one side is defeated in the
criminal world, it starts resorting to gun. And the winning side
begins protecting its achievements with the use of weapons, so we
are likely to see more bloodsheds,” he said.

Galoyan, who is the author of about 30 crime books, noted that the
bilateral war between the Georgian and Slavonic criminal worlds had
begun back in 2008. He said Ded Hasan’s death could provide an answer
to certain questions in the Georgians’ favor.

“That’s a struggle first of all for the construction of the Sochi
Olympic facilities which have attracted investments of over 80 billion
Rubles. And the Georgians wish to take that under control,” he said.

Galoyan believes Ded Hasan’s murder may also spur certain unrest in
the Armenian criminal world given the ethnic Yuzid mafia king also
had connections with the Armenian notorieties.

“Murders are perhaps possible in Armenia, but we do not almost have
criminal world representatives here. The powerful figres are in
Russia. So the fight against the Armenians will gain a new momentum,”
said the writer.

Galoyan doesn’t rule out the possibility of political re-arrangements
but he isn’t inclined to think the murder was politically motivated.

“There’s no political motive here. An instruction by the Russian
criminal world is also ruled out. The order could have come mainly
from Georgia,” he noted.

The crime writer is sure that Ded Hassan’s closest criminal circles
will revenge his death sometime in the near future.

IS PRESIDENT GETTING READY FOR WAR?

Politics – Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 12:22

On January 15 Serzh Sargsyan visited the ministry of defense and held
an inclusive meeting with the heads of the legislative, executive and
judicial bodies, the official website of the president informs. The
meeting was a summary of the results of Collaboration 2012 and
Strategic command and headquarters military exercise within the
framework of CSTO, as well as if preceding stage involving state and
territorial administrations. Addressing the meeting, Serzh Sargsyan
said we must be ready for a war every day from the regime which
preaches military adventurism, Serzh Sargsyan said. “I think our
neighbors are aware that the war will be as destructive for Armenia
as for Azerbaijan. But I do not think that Azerbaijan’s leaders are
concerned about the destiny of people. They will be ready to resume
the war if they make sure they have an absolute advantage to Armenia
or if it would be necessary to detract him from internal problems,”
he said. Armenia and Artsakh do not want a war but everyone must be
confident that we will give a dignified answer to any challenge,
he said. The people of Artsakh will never ever face the threat of
physical destruction. The Republic of Armenia is its guarantor,
the president of Armenia stated.

SCOTLAND WAS GRANTED A RIGHT TO REFERENDUM

Factinfo
Thu, 01/17/2013 – 15:36

On Wednesday evening the House of Parliament of the Great Britain
approved decision to grant the Scottish Parliament right of a
referendum concerning the independence of that region from the rest
of the country. Last week the document received a unanimous consent
in the House of Commons. So, the discussion of the issue in the United
Kingdom is over.

It should be noted, that approaches to this highly important event for
the Scottish people will be summed up in a draft law, which will be
offered by the First Minister of Scottish Government Alex Salmond. The
government plans to hold a referendum on independence in fall 2014.

According to the British Cabinet of ministers, approved draft by both
chambers will allow to pass a ‘legal, fair and decisive’ referendum.

The principles of those procedures are outlined in the Edinburgh
Agreement, which has been ratified by the First Minister of Scotland
Alex Salmond and the Prime Minister of Great Britain David Cameron
last year.

The transfer of the right to referendum to the Scottish Parliament
means the end of the discussion on the criteria of will. ‘It will
also allow us to start the “Big Discussion” on the issue whether
Scotland can be separated from the Great Britain or not’ said the
British Minister Michael Moore.

He also noted that the decision on the fate of Scotland in the United
Kingdom will become the most important decision in life that they as
Scottish people make.

ITAR-TASS reported that the order approved by Parliament was passed
to /dear Majesty / Secret Council, for the final approval. It should
be noted that this is an actual formal Council of British Queen and
includes the senior political figures of the country.

THE MAN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ACTIONS AGAINST THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF HIS SISTER

Factinfo
Thu, 01/17/2013 – 16:17

A criminal case is being heard in the Armavir District Court of First
Instance against Galust Harutyunyan. The latter is being charged with
committing acts of sexual nature with the granddaughter of his sister,
a minor Hasmik, the name is changed. The sexual actions included
touching the breasts, touching her body in an inappropriate way and
kissing her.

Galust Harutyunyan is charged with Article 141 of RA Criminal Code.

Arrest has been chosen as a preventive measure against him. The next
court hearing is on January 17.