Author: Badalian Vardan

INDEX DE L’UE : L’ARMENIE EN QUATRIEME POSITION AU NIVEAU DE L’INTEGRATION

ARMENIE

Dans les resultats 2013 de l’indice de l’integration europeenne
pour les pays du Partenariat oriental, l’Armenie arrive en quatrième
position parmi les six pays.

Presentant les troisièmes resultats de l’Indice Europeens
d’integration, Olga Kvashuk de la Fondation Ukrainienne Internationale
Renaissance a declare a la presse a Erevan que la Moldavie est le
leader en matière d’integration europeenne, en deuxième position
vient la Georgie, puis l’Ukraine, puis l’Armenie, l’Azerbaïdjan et
la Bielorussie.

Il est a noter que la Moldavie et la Georgie vont signer des
accords d’association respectifs avec l’UE lors du prochain sommet
du Partenariat oriental a Vilnius le mois prochain, alors que la
signature de l’Ukraine est indecise, aussi longtemps que l’ancien
Premier ministre Ioulia Timochenko reste emprisonnee (la liberation de
Timochenko est une des conditions prealables de l’UE pour la signature
de l’accord). L’Armenie, comme on le sait, ne se lancera pas dans
l’encrage a l’Accord d’association après presque quatre annees de
negociations, en raison de la decision d’adherer a l’Union douanière.

L’indice de l’integration europeen pour les pays du Partenariat
oriental est un outil de surveillance de la societe civile et sert
de compteur de vitesse de l’integration europeenne pour les pays du
partenariat oriental.

Il y a trois dimensions dans l’evaluation. 1. Les liens : developper
les liens politiques, economiques et sociaux entre chacun des six pays
du partenariat oriental de l’UE ; 2. Approximation : la legislation,
les pratiques et les institutions dans les pays du partenariat oriental
convergeant vers les normes europeennes et en conformite avec les
exigences communautaires ; 3. Gestion : evolution des structures de
gestion et des politiques dans les pays du partenariat oriental qui
visent a une plus grande integration europeenne.

” L’Armenie a fait de bons progrès vers l’UE l’annee dernière. Malgre
sa quatrième position dans les liens elle arrive en troisième position
au niveau de l’approximation. Le pays a ameliore ses scores dans
les trois dimensions, en particulier dans la gestion où il a atteint
presque le meme niveau que l’Ukraine “.

Traian Hristea, chef de la delegation de l’UE a l’Armenie, present
a l’introduction de l’indice, a declare dans son discours que, bien
que l’Armenie et l’UE ne signeront pas l’accord sur l’association,
l’UE est a la recherche de moyens afin de poursuivre sa cooperation
fructueuse et de developper les relations de partenariat.

” Compte tenu de la decision de l’Armenie de se joindre a l’Union
Douanière les relations dans la societe civile sont devenus encore
plus importantes et nous allons continuer a soutenir la societe civile
” a declare Hristea.

Boris Navasardyan, coordonnateur national de la plate-forme de la
societe civile du partenariat de l’Est predit que dans le quatrième
indice sur l’integration europeenne l’Armenie aura fait moins de
progrès car elle aura echange le vecteur pro-Europe pour l’union
douanière.

” En particulier, a la fois dans les paramètres de gestion et
d’approximation nous allons montrer une regression, alors que pour
les liens je ne peux pas le dire a coup sûr, parce qu’au moins dans
cette seule direction – qui est la facilitation du processus de visa
avec l’UE – nous avons un document signe ” a-t-il dit.

Par Siranuysh Gevorgyan

ArmeniaNow

mardi 5 novembre 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

TURQUIE : ERDOGAN CREE LA POLEMIQUE EN REJETANT DES DORTOIRS MIXTES POUR ETUDIANTS

TURQUIE

ANKARA, 04 nov 2013 (AFP) – Le Premier ministre islamo-conservateur
turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a cree une nouvelle polemique sur la place
de la religion dans la societe turque en s’elevant contre la mixite
des dortoirs d’etudiants.

“Les filles et les garcons etudiants ne peuvent vivre dans
une meme maison, cela est contraire a notre structure qui est
conservateur-democrate”, a dit Erdogan, cite par des journaux,
devant les cadres du Parti de la justice et du developpement (AKP)
reunis lors du weekend a Kizilcahamam, dans la banlieue d’Ankara.

Il a souligne que son gouvernement allait “d’une manière ou de l’autre
superviser” la situation, selon les quotidiens Radikal et Zaman,
sans preciser si les dortoirs mixtes, qui sont de plus en plus rare
a travers la Turquie, seraient desormais separes alors que leurs
locataires jouissent de la majorite civile, fixee a 18 ans.

Les propos de M. Erdogan ont provoque une nouvelle polemique sur les
reseaux sociaux, nombre de Turc denoncant une attaque a la vie privee.

M. Erdogan, aux renes de la Turquie depuis plus de dix ans, est accuse
de vouloir “islamiser” la societe avec des references de plus en plus
visibles a l’islam.

En juin dernier, une vague de contestation sans precedent a secoue
le regime turc.

mardi 5 novembre 2013, Ara ©armenews.com

PRESS OFFICE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
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November 4, 2013
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Soorp Haroutiun Church Celebrates Dedication of Cultural Hall

Soorp Haroutiun Church of Orlando, Fla., marked its third anniversary on
Sunday, October 27, and celebrated the dedication of its cultural hall-a
step that the community hopes will help inject new energy into parish life.

Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church
of America (Eastern), celebrated the Divine Liturgy. He was assisted by the
Very Rev. Fr. Anania Tsaturyan, a visiting priest from Holy Etchmiadzin, and
Dn. Vahe Bagdasarian, a student at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. Maestro
Khoren Mekanejian, the Diocese’s Music Ministry coordinator, directed the
choir.

During badarak, Archbishop Barsamian ordained three young men-John Vatian,
Robert Vatian, and Narek Nersisyan-to the rank of acolyte. The three had
worked with the parish’s former visiting pastor, the Rev. Fr. Abraham
Malkhasyan, as well as other parishioners to prepare for their new
responsibilities.

“It is such a joy to see these young men step forward and serve their
church,” Archbishop Barsamian said. “I am confident that today’s ordination
service is the first of many to be performed in this young parish.”

At the conclusion of services, Archbishop Barsamian led a veneration prayer
for the “Relic of St. Vartan the Brave”-a gift to the Eastern Diocese from
His Holiness Karekin II, the Catholicos of All Armenians-which the Primate
had brought with him from St. Vartan Cathedral in New York.

Parishioners then gathered in the church narthex, where Archbishop Barsamian
blessed a plaque in honor of the late Haroutiun and Siranoush Toufayan, the
parents of church benefactor Hratch Toufayan. Mr. Toufayan and his wife
Suzanne served as the grand godfathers of Soorp Haroutiun Church when it was
consecrated in 2010. The plaque was hung above the doors leading into the
sanctuary.

Archbishop Barsamian also blessed the church’s cultural hall, which was
dedicated in honor of longtime parishioners Drs. Aram and Aida
Khatchadourian Tchobanian. The couple led a ribbon-cutting ceremony; they
had served as cornerstone godfathers at the church’s consecration, and
recently made a generous contribution to the parish.

“We want to see this cultural hall used by the Armenian community,” Dr. Aida
said, adding that she hoped it would serve the old and young alike. “It’s a
great place for Armenians to get together after church. For the children,
especially, it’s perfect for meeting each other, playing together, and
keeping the Armenian spirit alive.”

In the afternoon, a banquet was held in the new hall. Dr. Albert Eckian
served as the master of ceremonies. Young flutist Sara Nazarian performed
several selections.

Parish council member Lucine Mardirosian-Harvey spoke about fundraising for
the church’s planned Armenian Genocide memorial-a khatchkar monument that
will be installed on church grounds. Drs. Aram and Aida Khatchadourian
Tchobanian have agreed to help with the project, but other support will be
needed as plans move forward.

Archbishop Barsamian thanked the Toufayan and Khatchadourian Tchobanian
families for their generosity, and extended his appreciation to the parish
council members, Sunday School superintendent and staff, and the entire
community for their support of and participation in parish life.

“It was only three years ago that I consecrated this beautiful church in
central Florida, but already there are signs of growth and vibrancy here,”
Archbishop Barsamian said. “I am so proud of what has been accomplished
here, and I look forward to celebrating new milestones with you in the
future.”

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Photos attached.
Photo 1: Archbishop Khajag Barsamian ordains young men to the rank of
acolyte.
Photo 2: Drs. Aram and Aida Khatchadourian Tchobanian cut the ribbon to the
church’s cultural hall.
Photo 3: Hratch and Suzanne Toufayan look on as Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
blesses a plaque in honor of the late Haroutiun and Siranoush Toufayan,
which has been hung in the church narthex.

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Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
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November 4, 2013
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Young Deacon Begins Ministry at St. Sarkis Church

By Florence Avakian

“My calling started even before I was aware of the Armenian Church,” says
Benjamin Rith-Najarian, recently appointed deacon-in-charge at the St.
Sarkis Church in Charlotte, N.C.

In this new assignment, he says he is filled with “mixed emotions. I have
spent the past eight years preparing for this. With anything new, there is
always a little anxiety. Every day, there is something new. It’s a learning
experience. In the short time that I’ve been here, it has been exciting to
meet people, and listen to their ideas for the church, all of which is
bringing us closer to God.”

Born in Philadelphia, Benjamin and his family moved to Syracuse when he was
a year old, then to Ojibwe, a town in northern Minnesota when he was five.
His grandparents were born in the United States, but his great-grandparents,
from Shabin-Karahisar, were killed in the Armenian Genocide, except for his
great-grandmother who survived the death march. His father, Steven, served
in the U.S. Navy and later settled in Minnesota, where Benjamin’s family
still lives.

In his childhood, the nearest Armenian Church was in Wisconsin or Chicago, a
10 to 12 hour drive away. But Benjamin’s mother, Janet, who is of English
and German background, and his father had instilled in him Christian values,
and he had attended Christian services from a young age with his parents.
“My mother was very involved in the area’s Christian churches. She read the
Bible, visited nursing homes, and brought food to the homeless,” he said.

Benjamin also remembers singing Soorp Asdvadz and other Armenian Church
hymns with his father at bedtime. “My father also cooked Armenian
food-pilaf, kufte, dolma, yalanche, boereg-and taught my mother to make
these delicacies,” he said.

In 2002, the Armenian community in the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul
purchased a church, and his mother “encouraged our family to attend the
Badarak there.” Benjamin was 18 years old at the time, and it was his first
contact with an Armenian Church.

When Benjamin graduated from St. John’s University in Minnesota in 2004,
with a major in the natural sciences, he met the Very Rev. Fr. Daniel
Findikyan, at the time the dean of St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. He says
Fr. Findikyan inspired him to attend the seminary’s college conferences-a
program that would change the course of Benjamin’s life.

The Moving Force

“I didn’t go to St. Nersess to become a priest, but to be more involved in
the Armenian Church and the Armenian language,” Benjamin said. But he soon
realized that “all of the background, the Christian love that I had been
taught in my childhood, fit with being a priest. My parents had told me the
story, but it was Fr. Daniel who planted the seed, and was the moving
force.”

Benjamin became interested in learning more about the Armenian Church, its
theology, history, and people. “All of it was new for me,” he said. “I was
realizing more and more that service was crucial, and that is where I was
being called.” In 2004, Benjamin went to Armenia and served for a month with
Habitat for Humanity. He later enrolled at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary and
completed his course of study in 2010.

Following his graduation from St. Nersess, he and his wife, Chicago-born
Danielle Der Asadourian, whom he had met at the St. Nersess summer
conferences, traveled to Jerusalem for 10 months. At the Armenian
Patriarchate of Jerusalem, he studied intensely and participated in the
services, while his wife taught at the Sts. Tarkmanchatz Armenian School.

Returning to the United States in June 2011, the young couple moved to New
Jersey, where he started an internship at St. Leon Church in Fair Lawn. For
two years he worked with the parish pastor, the Rev. Fr. Diran Bohajian.

“It was my first opportunity to do hands-on ministry,” Benjamin notes. He
preached a few times a month, worked with the ACYOA, and visited homes and
hospitals. “It was everything a priest does to run a parish.”

In January 2012, Benjamin began visiting St. Sarkis Church once or twice a
month. He is now the full-time deacon-in-charge at the parish.

He considers his work “a special journey.” He adds, “A priest is first and
foremost a servant of God. As a spiritual leader in the community, he is a
role model and someone who steps forward and helps his flock in time of
need.”

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PRESS RELEASE
HAMAZKAYIN EASTERN UNITED STATES
Contact: Ara Nazarian

Email: [email protected]

Hamazkayin Eastern United States’ Second Minas and Kohar
Tölölyan Prize in Contemporary Literature

Watertown, MA – The Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural
Society of Eastern United States is pleased to solicit submissions for
the second annual Minas and Kohar Tölölyan Prize in Contemporary
Literature. This year, two prizes, one for the Armenian language
submissions and one for the English language submissions, will be
awarded as the winners of the Minas and Kohar Tölölyan Prize in
Contemporary Literature.

Named after one of the major Armenian literary critics of the second
half of the Twentieth century and his wife, a devoted teacher of that
literature for decades, the annually awarded prize will recognize the
work produced by talented writers working in North America. The prize
is intended to encourage new work in all the major genres of literary
production, as they are currently understood in North America. In this
expanded understanding, poetry, short stories, novels and drama are
all included, but so are works of creative non-fiction, a genre that
includes memoirs, as well as personal, descriptive and literary
critical essays. Representatives of all these genres may be offered as
candidates for the prize. Work in Armenian and English will be
considered, as long as the authors are of Armenian ancestry, and/or
the work has an Armenian theme or revolves around an Armenian topic.

The primary purpose of the Prizes is to encourage and offer
recognition through the award and through the ensuing publicity for
those who wish to write about Armenian themes and topics. There will
also be a modest financial award of $1,500 each for the Armenian and
English language awards.

The jury judging all submissions will consist of Dr. Sima Aprahamian
(Montreal), Dr. Vartan Matiossian (New York/New Jersey), Mr. Gourgen
Arzoumanian (California), Mr. Yervant Kotchounian (California) and
Prof. Khachig Tölölyan (Connecticut).

The Prizes will be announced at Hamazkayin’s Annual Pan Gathering in
May of 2014. All submissions must be sent electronically to
[email protected] as a PDF file (highly encouraged) or
in hard copy format to Hamazkayin Tololyan Prize Committee at 80
Bigelow Ave, Watertown, MA 02472, by January 31, 2014. All submissions
must be accompanied by the Tololyan Prize Application found online at
The Armenian and English versions of the Rules
and Regulations of the Award can also be found at the above link.

Submissions may consist of work published either in 2012 or
2013. Recent work that has yet to be published may also be submitted.

This award has been made possible by the generosity of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward & Vergine Misserlian of San Francisco, CA.

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IN ARMENIA, UNANIMOUS PRAISE FOR RUSSIA’S MESSAGE ON KARABAKH

Monday, November 4th, 2013

Armenian and Russian flags in Gyumri, Armenia

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-Armenia’s leading political groups praised the
commander of Russian troops station in the country for stating that
his forces could fight on the Armenian side if Azerbaijan attempts
a military solution to Nagorno-Karabakh.

Colonel Andrey Ruzinsky made the statement in a recent interview with
a Russian Defense Ministry newspaper. He cited Russia’s “obligations
within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO).”

Azerbaijani officials were quick to condemn the statement. They
said that since Karabakh is an internationally recognized part of
Azerbaijan an Azerbaijani attempt to reconquer the disputed territory
cannot be considered an attack on Armenia warranting military action
by the latter’s CSTO allies.

“This is an indicator of poor subordination in the Russian state
hierarchy,” Mubariz Gurbanli, the deputy executive secretary of
Azerbaijan’s ruling party, told the Turan news agency. “Under a
normal state system a soldier making such a statement would have been
kicked out.”

Armenian reaction was diametrically opposite. The chief spokesman for
the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Eduard Sharmazanov, said
Russia thus openly questioned Azerbaijani sovereignty over Karabakh.

“This is a clear message to Azerbaijan’s leadership that in case
of restarting hostilities they will find themselves in a very bad
situation,” Sharmazanov told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am).

Aghvan Vartanian, a leader of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary
Federation, called the Russian commander’s remark “unprecedented.” “It
means something,” he said.

“Of course for us the key thing is to be able to defend us and
Nagorno-Karabakh by ourselves. But CSTO member states have certain
obligations here,” added Vartanian.

Tevan Poghosian, a parliament deputy representing the opposition
Zharangutyun party, claimed that the statement reflects mediating
powers’ reluctance to help Azerbaijan regain control over Karabakh.

“They realize that Artsakh is not part of Azerbaijan,” he said,
referring to Russia, France and the United States.

DARCHINYAN VOWS VENGEFUL KO VICTORY OVER DONAIRE

Inquirer.net, Philippines
Nov 4 2013

Philippine Daily Inquirer
10:49 pm | Monday, November 4th, 2013

THE FIRST time they fought on July 7, 2007, Nonito “Filipino Flash”
Donaire Jr. brutally stopped Armenian Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan
in the fifth round to grab the IBF flyweight crown.

On Nov. 9, more than six years and an additional 14 pounds later,
the multi-division world champions will tangle again in a 10-round
grudge rematch as featherweights in Corpus Christi, Texas.

And Darchinyan, now 37 years old, believes it’s going to be payback
time.

“I am still looking for the knockout,” Darchinyan told Armenpress.

“This time I won’t be silly with one punch. This time I will use
my skill.”

The then unbeaten Darchinyan was plodding in, going for the knockout
when Donaire caught him with a monster left hook that sent him down.

Though the Armenian staggered to beat the count, he fell again and
the fight was waived off.

That one-punch wonder eventually earned for Donaire the Knockout of
the Year and Upset of the Year honors.

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Rather than be concerned for his health, however, Darchinyan downgraded
Donaire’s triumph.

“I know he is a scared chicken. I am coming to prove it. I have been
in with him, I know how scared he is of my punches. I will come to
demolish him. I am coming to destroy him. I made him, I am coming
to beat him,” added Darchinyan, who totes a 39-5-1 record with 28
knockouts.

The 30-year-old Donaire (31-2, 20 KOs), adjudged 2012 Fighter of
the Year is bent on repeating the feat by setting the come-forward
Darchinyan up.

Reunited with his father-trainer Nonito Sr. and inspired by infant son
Jaren, Donaire wants to bounce back after losing his super bantamweight
crown to Guillermo Rigondeaux last April 13.

He also wants to keep Darchinyan’s loud mouth shut. Roy A. Luarca

ARMENIA’S NEXT YEAR BUDGET DOES EARMARK MONEY TO SUBSIDIZE GAS PRICE HIKE – MINISTER

YEREVAN, November 4. / ARKA /. Armenia’s energy and natural resources
minister Armen Movsisyan said today next year’s draft budget does
not earmark funds for a 30 percent subsidy of the increased price
of natural gas, ‘since the issue was solved in cooperation with the
Russian side after intense talks.’

The current price of Russian gas for Armenia is $189 per 1000 cubic
meters plus 30% customs duty, which makes it $270. Earlier the
minister had said the Russian side was ready to eliminate the 30
percent customs duty on gas shipped to Armenia.

He said after Armenia’s decision to join the Russia-led Customs Union,
the gas price issue will be resolved in a new way. He said a new gas
delivery contract will be signed before the end of this year.

On July 7 Armenia’s Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC)
raised the prices of gas and electricity by 18 percent and 27 percent
respectively, citing a surge in the price of gas imported from Russia.

The price hikes would have been even sharper had the government not
pledged to subsidy the gas tariff for households by 30 percent.

Households will pay 156,000 drams per one thousand cubic meters,
up from 132,000 drams.

ArmRosGazprom, established in 1997, enjoys the sole right for importing
and distributing Russian natural gas in Armenia. Russia conveys its
gas to Armenia through Georgia. The company’s shareholders are Russia’s
Gazprom (80 percent) and the Armenian government (20 percent). -0-

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ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT TO DO WHATEVER NECESSARY TO SPUR CONSTRUCTION

YEREVAN, November 4. /ARKA/. Extension of long-term loans to
construction companies is one of the key focuses of the program
Armenian government is developing now to slow down decline in this
area, Urban Planning Minister Samvel Tadevosyan said Monday at budget
hearings in the National Assembly.

He said that the decline in construction was first of all due to
contraction of international lending and added that to regain momentum
this area needs financial resources.

Tadevosyan said that a special commission has been set up for dealing
with the problem.

“Special attention will be paid to social housing programs and
extension of long-term loans to construction companies,” he said.

One day earlier, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said that the
8.5-percent decline recorded in construction in Jan-Aug 2013 was the
main obstacle for economic growth. He said that construction make up
12% of the country’s GDP.

In the 2014 draft government budget, AMD 10 billion 750 million is
earmarked for urban planning. ($1 – 405.26). —0—

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PROGRESS IN ARMENIA-GEORGIA TIES LONG OVERDUE: RUSSIA CIVIC CHAMBER REP.

November 4, 2013 – 14:30 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The ties between Armenia and Georgia, most ancient
Christian nations of Transcaucasia, are gaining an increasingly
fundamental meaning, a member of Russia’s Civic Chamber said.

According to Denis Dvornikov, improvement of Georgia-Armenia relations,
which are far from subtle, is long overdue. “Especially so, since
actions aimed to deprive Christian states of the South Caucasus of
their identity have been in progress.”

“At the same time, Georgia doesn’t have to join forces with Armenia
against the third side. Rather, considering its geographic location
and regional leadership goals, Tbilisi might become the center of
peacemaking and humanitarian initiatives,” Dvornikov said.

“The history of nations professing Christianity in Transcaucasia must
not be forgotten, as well as their goal to preserve their independence
and territories, in which they did not always succeed. Mount Ararat
being in the painful pages of Armenian history, Georgians might recall
the history of Samsun and Trabzon, as well as Turkish politicians’
remarks suggesting the Black Sea is Turkey’s internal sea.

Ankara’s refusal to Recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia must not
mislead Tbilisi. Considering active Turkification of the Georgian
shore, as well as active increase of Turkish presence in Sukhum,
it is well possible for Ankara’s recognition to come overnight.”

According to Dvornikov, Armenian presence in Georgia was always
significant though not aggressive, contrary to what some propagandists
are trying to suggest. “Issues in bilateral ties are not a reason
to foment animosity between the two fraternal Christian nations,
with Armenians always showing dedication to the country which became
their new homeland.”

“Aggression, massacres, unscrupulous use of mass propaganda must
prompt the nations to unite to save their land, faith and history.

With all of this in mind, Armenia and Georgia must have no doubts in
the choice of their regional ally,” Dvornikov concluded.