Author: Badalian Vardan

ARF PROMISES TO MAKE ARMENIA UNRECOGNIZABLE

ARMENPRESS
APRIL 26, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS: Armenia can be led not by the force
which cries the loudest but by young people. Vahan Hovhannisyan,
the member of the bureau of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
(ARF) said at a meeting with young ARF members, calling them to be
the most active.

“If you see the key to opening doors in our country in ARF, come,
join and stand up for that key. I not only call, but also demand it
of you,” said Mr. Hovhannisyan. He noted that the revolution starts in
the mind of a person, and starts with a voting. Vahan Hovhannisyan said
that May 5 will be the last day of indifference. Then the indifference
will be unforgivable.

“Preferring ARF you will not recognize your country after a year; you
will get proud of you, your choice, as you would have shaped your own
destiny,” he said. Vahan Hovhannisyan addressed the young people with
a request to read the ARF’s election program more profoundly. He also
asked the young people to look upon the meeting not as a pre-election
meeting, but as a direct contact.

PRIME MINISTER COMMISSIONED REMOVE LARGE-SCALED BUSINESSES FROM PATENT FEES CLASS

ARMENPRESS
APRIL 26, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS: The Government of the Republic of
Armenian is relieving the burden of small and medium sized businesses.

In April 26 sitting the Cabinet admitted the decision on Patent Fees
in accordance with the law on Patent Fees of the Republic of Armenia.

“In reality the tax burden will be relieved by this decision. Since
then the business entities which carry out patent activities for a
three-month or a longer term, will pay less tax than those that pay
with a one-month term.

Privileges were offered to restaurants with an area of up to 20 m2
operating in Yerevan. The head of the Cabinet stated that Government
will charge food markets with smaller areas two and a half time lower.

“I guess the major food stores might not enjoy the same right, it
would be incorrect”. Sargsyan hailed appropriate bodies come up with
their suggestions on removing large -scaled businesses from patent
fees class.

EXPERT FORECASTS SUCCESS TO 4 PARTIES IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA

news.am
April 26, 2012 | 14:59

YEREVAN. – Armenian expert Stepan Grigoryan forecasted success to
four political parties to appear in the next parliament during a
press conference on Thursday.

According to the expert, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and
Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) may receive 30-35 percent of votes,
followed by ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Yerkir Party. As for
Heritage and Armenian National Congress (ANC), they may face problems.

However, still 10 days are left before the elections and everything
may change, he added.

Eight political parties and one block have presented their nominations
– Republican Party of Armenian, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats
Yerkir, opposition Armenian National Congress, opposition Heritage
Party, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, the Communist Party of Armenia, Democratic
Party of Armenia and United Armenians Party.

For entering the National Assembly, parties must poll over 5% of votes,
while blocs – over 7%.

The election campaign will be held till May 5 – the day prior to
elections when campaigning is banned. The parliamentary elections
will be held from 8 am to 8 pm on May 6, 2012.

BENZIN RUBO URGED TO STOP GAMBLING, PAPER SAYS

Aysor.am
April 26, 2012

According to Yerkir, Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of
Armenia Martin Sargsyan and his brother Armen Sargsyan, newly appointed
head of Shengavit administrative district held a meeting in honor of
Ruben Masumyan (Benzin Rubo), former PAP member, currently Orinats
Yerkir candidate for parliament by majority system and ordered those
present to back Ruben in the elections.

“Interestingly, according to our information, at the meeting,
Masumyan’s protectors urged him to stop gambling, in particular at
Casino Senator. According to some information, Masumyan has lost most
of his property gambling,” the paper says.

SAFRASTYAN: ARMENIA SHOULD DEMAND REPARATION FOR GENOCIDE

/ARKA/
APRIL 25, 2012
YEREVAN

Armenia should gradually start demanding reparation from Turkey for
the Armenian Genocide committed in Ottoman Empire, Ruben Safrastyan,
director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, said Monday as he spoke
in Novosti International Press Center at a Yerevan-Moscow video bridge
Time Doesn’t Erase Memory.

He said that Armenians are gradually acknowledging the necessity
of transition to the second stage of the campaign for worldwide
recognition of the fact of the Armenian genocide – they should already
seek reparation for the genocide from the successor to Ottoman Empire.

“I think I expressed a prevailing opinion, at lease the view shared by
many Armenian scientists, who think we should embark on preparations
for the second stage,” he said.

Armenian genocide was the first genocide committed in XX century.

Turkey rejects the accusation of massacres and the killing of one
and a half million Armenians during World War I.

The fact of the Armenian genocide is recognized by many countries,
particularly by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, most of the U.S.

states, as well as by the parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina,
Belgium, Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Common House of
Canada, the Seym of Poland and lower house of Italian parliament.

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC IN QUARTER ONE AMOUNTS TO AROUND 9.6 BILLION DRAMS

/ARKA/
APRIL 25, 2012
STEPANAKERT

The industrial output in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in the first
thee months of 2012 amounted to around 9.6 billion drams in current
prices, according to a statement of NKR Statistical Service posted
on its official website.

The figure represented a 2.4% decline from a year earlier.

The mining sector accounted for 26.6% of the overall output, the
processing sector’s share was 37% and production and distribution
of electricity, natural gas and water accounted for 36.3% of the
overall industrial output. Production of consumer goods was said
to have grown by 3.4% year-on-year to 2.228 billion drams. Sales of
finished products amounted to 9.480 billion drams.

Sales of meat, including chicken meat, amounted to 652.6 tons. Local
farmers produced also 8,130 tons of milk and 7.8 million eggs. Also
6.5 billion drams worth construction was carried out in the reporting
period of time, up from 6 billion drams from a year earlier.

TURKEY’S INDEMNITY TO ARMENIA WON’T BE RESTRICTED BY FINANCIAL, MORAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 26, 2012 – 13:28 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Article published in Radikal paper is one of the
numerous attempts by Turkish government to feel the Armenian pulse,
according to the press service of Government of Western Armenia.

“No international court can find Turkey guilty of the Armenian Cause,”
author of the article Kemal Cengiz writes.

“Is the Turkish journalist unaware of the fact that period of
limitation is not applicable to genocides? For this reason, the
successor to the Ottoman Empire – Turkish Republic is guilty of
racial and anti-Armenian policy the Ottoman, Young Turk and Kemalist
governments pursued. The Armenan Genocide is not confined to 1915
only. Historical study will reveal the mass killings of 1894-1896
in Cilicia, 1909 massacres of Adana, 1915-1917 slaughter in Western
Armenia, Cilicia and throughout the whole territory of the Ottoman
Empire, mass killings and deportation of 1918-1923,” the message reads.

“The Turkish journalist focuses on mere issues of moral and financial
reimbursement, whilst ignoring the primary problem of territorial
compensation, as back in 1920, the then President of the U.S. Woodrow
Wilson drew the border between Turkey and Armenia. The journalist’s
unawareness of the fact is questionable. Cengiz refers to the
compensation to individuals, as though they were simply offered to
leave their houses, taking the documents,” Government of Western
Armenia writes.

KURDISH MPS SUGGEST TO DECLARE APRIL 24 DAY OF MOURNING

Panorama.am
26/04/2012

Kurdish “Peace and Democracy” (BDP) Party MP Syry Sureie Onder could be
found among those gathered in Taksim Square of Istanbul to commemorate
the victims of Armenian slaughters and forced evacuation.

According to CnnTurk tribute was paid to the memory of the innocent
victims, posters and photographs depicting the arrested or killed
Armenian intellectuals and Hrant Drank murdered in 2007 were put
on view.

Onder said they are going to introduce a draft law to the Turkish
Parliament suggesting to declare April 24 “day of mourning and
compassion for Armenian people.”

THREE ARMENIAN PARTIES HAVE NO CHANCES TO ENTER PARLIAMENT – ANALYST

news.am
April 26, 2012 | 14:01

YEREVAN.- Political analyst Stepan Grigoryan considers that three
Armenian parties have no chances to enter the parliament.

Speaking at the Thursday press conference Grigoryan said Communist
Party, Democratic Party of Armenia and the United Armenians Party
are unlikely to poll more than 5% of votes.

“Participation of Democratic Party and the United Armenians Party is
a political order,” Grigoryan said.

As regards the Communist Party, the political analyst characterized
the party’s work as “nostalgia”.

Eight political parties and one block have presented their nominations
– Republican Party of Armenian, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats
Yerkir, opposition Armenian National Congress, opposition Heritage
Party, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, the Communist Party of Armenia, Democratic
Party of Armenia and United Armenians Party.

For entering the National Assembly, parties must poll over 5% of votes,
while blocks – over 7%.

The election campaign will be held till May 5 – the day prior to
elections when campaigning is banned. The parliamentary elections
will be held from 8 am to 8 pm on May 6, 2012.

MORE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS INSTALLED IN YEREVAN STREETS

news.am
April 26, 2012 | 12:23

YEREVAN.- Police will continue to install surveillance cameras and
speedometers in the streets of Yerevan. The number of speedometers
in the streets has increased starting from April 20.

Police once again calls on the drivers to follow the traffic rules.