Author: Badalian Vardan

“Gang case” hearing postponed

07:06 pm | Today | Social

The court hearing of the “gang case” by the general jurisdiction
court of Kentron and Nork-Marash districts in Yerevan will be held on
October 15. The chairman is Judge Mkhitar Papoyan.

Today’s hearing lasted five minutes. The accused Artush Hakobyan,
David Galstyan, Samvel Davtyan, Arman Dallakyan, and Arthur Manukyan
were brought into the courtroom. The sixth accused, Kyaram Amoyan, was
absent: he was not brought from the convicts’ hospital. Judge Papoyan
announced that he had received a Russian-language note from the doctor
who did not recommend Amoyan to attend the court hearing. The judge
also said that he will make inquiries at the convicts’ hospital to
find out whether Amoyan was not fit to attend today’s hearing or the
other hearings as well.

Half of deaths due to heart diseases in Armenia – specialist

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18:03 – 29.09.12

Cardiovascular diseases account for more than 50% of deaths in
Armenia, Parunak Zelvelyan, the director of the Cardiology Institute,
has told a news conference devoted to the World Heart Day.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been celebrating this day
since 2000. Every year, 17 million people across the globe die of
different forms of cardiovascular diseases, the rate expected to reach
23,000 in 2030.

Specialists believe that 80% of cardiovascular diseases are
preventable in case risks involving the use of cigarettes and extra
weight are reduced and more preference is given to healthy food.

As for the different methods of starvation cure, which have flooded
the internet, Zelvelyan said he does not think positively about them.

`Sense of proportion and restraint is the best remedy against
cardiovascular diseases. The most necessary and useful food can become
harmful if not used in proportion,’ he noted.

Zevelyan, who is the chief cardiologist of Yerevan, said the launch of
the social insurance package has helped an increasing number of people
to apply for heart surgeries.

At the end he said that a healthy lifestyle advocacy could essentially
change the situation.

Grand Slam Masters Final: Aronian, Carlsen tie round 4

14:12 29/09/2012 » Sport

Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen tied round 4 of
Grand Slam Masters Final in São Paulo.

Fabiano Caruana stays in the lead with 10 points after beating
Francisco Vallejo in round 4. Caruana is followed by Aronian with 6
points and Carlsen with 5 points.

World champion Viswanathan Anand is currently in fourth position with
4 points after drawing with Sergey Karjakin in round 4. Vallejo and
Karjakin share 5-6th positions with 2 points each.

Round 5 standings are as follows: Aronian-Caruana, Vallejo-Karjakin,
Anand-Carlsen.

Source: Panorama.am

Jailed Georgian-Armenian concerned over Saakashvili’s re-election chances

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13:05 – 29.09.12

The Turks’ penetration into Georgia could gain a new momentum in case
President Mikheil Saakashvili is re-elected to office, says Vahagn
Chakhalyan, a Javakhk-Armenian activist who now serves time in prison.

In a written address, the activist warns Javakhk- Armenians against
electing the incumbent president.

`Saakashvili’s remaining in office implies increased illegal
detentions and property seizures; the Georgian-Armenian inmates will
remain in prison and attacks against the Armenian schools will
continue, with Armenian teachers and [public] servants facing layoffs
and the Armenian churches closing down,’ he says.

The activist calls upon the Javakhk-Armenian voters not to yield to
the pressures and threats while casting their votes and guide
themselves only by clear conscience and beliefs, realizing the
interests of their native region.

Armenian FM meets Latin-American counterparts

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11:50 – 29.09.12

As part of his official visit to New York, Armenian Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandyan has met with counterparts from Mexico, Cuba and
Guatemala.

According to a press release by the Foreign Ministry, the meeting with
Mexican FM Espinosa Cantellano focused on the possibilities of
promoting bilateral relations. The two diplomats discussed future
joint steps aimed at developing cooperation. Nalbandyan briefed his
Mexican counterpart on local and international efforts towards
achieving the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Nalbandayn later met the Guatemalan foreign minister Harold
Caballeros. Expressing willingness to develop relations, the sides
considered possibilities of establishing cooperation between the two
Foreign Ministries and promoting cooperation in the sectors of
education and culture. The Guatemalan official invited Nalbandyan to
his country to continue the the dialogue.

The meeting with Cuban FM Bruno Bruno Rodriguez Parrillam addressed
future steps towards developing bilateral relations and exchanged
thoughts over regional issues.

Book `Armenian marshals, generals, admirals’ published in St. Petersburg

11:45, 29 September, 2012

ST. PETERSBURG, SEPTEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS: The presentation of the
newly-published Russian-language book “Armenian marshals, generals,
admirals of St. Petersburg” took place on September 28 at the Cultural
Center of the Armenian community of St. Petersburg. As reported by the
correspondent of Armenpress from St. Petersburg, the author of the
book, Editor-in-chief of the “Havatamk” Newspaper of the local
Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Catherine Armen Meruzhanyan presented
in his work the Armenian militaries, which lived, worked and obtained
their education in the Imperial and Soviet military institutions of
the cultural capital of Russia. Many of them demonstrated the best
military art, knowledge and skills in the Peter the Great’s campaigns,
Russo-Persian, Russo-Turkish and Russo-Japanese wars.

The considerable part of the book is dedicated to the glorious
Armenian generals, admirals and marshals, whose names have been
written in gold in the pages of the history of the victory over the
fascism. The reader of the book will meet names, about which it has
been mentioned for the first time. The brief biographical information
is accompanied by the photos of the militaries. The first page of the
book is posted by the patriarchal greeting of His Holiness Karekin II,
Catholicos of All Armenians.

The Consulate General of the Republic of Armenia to St. Petersburg
Vardan Hakobyan, the Spiritual Father of the Armenian Apostolic Church
of St. Catherine Sargis Priest Chopuryan, the Assistant to the
Governor of St. Petersburg Ruslan Nekhay, the Assistant Commander of
the Western Military District Arthur Chistyakov and others
congratulated Armen Meruzhanyan and spoke about the significant
importance and value of the book.

Armenian and Russian FMs meet in New York

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September 29, 2012 | 10:53

YEREVAN. – Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in New
York to attend the UN General Assembly session, on Friday met with his
Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.

They examined the Armenian-Russian ties, the implementation of the
arrangements made by the leaders of both countries, strengthening of
strategic interaction, cooperation within international organizations,
and synthesizing of positions, Armenian MFA press service informs.

Nalbandian and Lavrov exchange views on the avenues to surmount the
situation caused by Azerbaijani murderer Ramil Safarov’s release, and
the continuation of the talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

Armenia’s and Russia’s FMs also reflected on several international matters.

`Do not damage’ principle is most important in preservation of old manuscripts

09:55, 29 September, 2012

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS: About 100-150 manuscripts are
annually repaired at the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient
Manuscripts, commonly referred to as the Matenadaran. In the interview
given to Armenpress, the Chief of the Restoration Department of
Matenadaran Gayane Eliazyan stated that the restoration process of the
manuscripts was carried out stage by stage, which is, according to
her, very like the process of cure of the patient by the doctor. Being
a chemist by profession, Gayane Eliazyan is certain that independent
from the professional knowledge the restoration process is impossible
without boundless love towards the culture and the great aspiration to
save the magnificence.

The principle “do not damage” is as well actual in the restoration
process as in Medicine.

The first stage to give a new life to the antique literature samples,
the manuscripts, at the Restoration Department of Matenadaran, which
has been functioning for 52 years, is conservation.

“It is mechanical cleansing and disinfection. Before appearing at the
Matenadaran a lot of books are kept by people as an idol, often in
basements or under the bed, which creates strong conditions for the
development of pests in the book”, – said the Chief of the Restoration
Department of Matenadaran. According to her, during the conservation
stage the book is cleaned off the damage made by the fungus, bacteria,
rodents and moths.

“It is quite important that the entire restoration process after the
conservation is carried out competently. It happens so that the
manuscripts, kept in the regional or mountainous libraries, are
damaged more because of their wrong maintenance”, – said Gayane
Eliazyan. She believes that every manuscript has its own “symptoms”.

“The restoration works of the manuscripts demand skills and the
principle “do not damage” is the most important here”, – said the
Chief of the Restoration Department. In accordance with the ethics of
the restoration works the historical monument, in this case the
manuscript, should preserve its historic appearance.

The Matenadaran meets all the up-to-date restoration standards.

“The Restoration Department of the Matenadaran give a new life to
unique manuscripts, and no other modern American or European center
has such samples”, – stated Gayane Eliazyan. The Matenadaran is the
only institution in the region, where such high-level restoration
works are carried out.

“Restoration is a serious science, the theoretical part of which is
necessary, but along with that we should have practical experience as
well”, – emphasized the Chief of the Department. She mentioned that
notwithstanding the problems the Matenadaran had a brilliant place for
manuscript materials.

Regular monitoring is carried out at the Restoration Department of the
Matenadaran to determine what manuscripts need urgent restoration and
which of them should be repaired the soonest.

One of the steps towards the preservation of the manuscripts is the
digitalization process, which will enable the scientific researchers
to deal directly with the manuscript only in very limited cases,
studying the digitized version of it instead.

During the previous two years about ten thousands of ancient samples
have been restored at the Restoration Department. The Department
carries out the restoration process with up-to-date equipment.
Experience exchange with foreign partners is being constantly
implemented.

On October 8-11 a large-scale training course for the librarians,
restorers and fund keepers of Armenia and the CIS countries will be
held at the Matenadaran under the auspices of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Interviewed by Tatevik Grigoryan

Students of the YSU Faculty of Law in the National Assembly

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28.09.2012

On September 28 the Vice President of the National Assembly Eduard
Sharmazanov met with the students of the Faculty of Law of Yerevan
State University.

Welcoming the students’ visit to the parliament Eduard Sharmazanov
invited them to free and direct talk, noting that the National
Assembly as high representation body of the Republic of Armenia pays
great attention to the work with youth.

`Youth is our present, not only the future. And the societies, which
do not realize this, have sad future. We always have wish to discuss
different legislative initiatives, the situation in the country, the
most important political issues with our young colleagues,’ the NA
Vice President noted. He said that it had already been the fourth year
that meetings are organized in the National Assembly with the students
of different higher educational institutions, pupils of senior school,
young representatives of NGOS.

The Adviser to NA President Sergey Lokyan, who was also taking part in
the meeting, more thoroughly presented the work being carried out with
youth to future lawyers. Talking also about the process of formation
of the Youth Parliament, which had already started, the Adviser to NA
President called on the youth to be active and try to be involved in
those works.

Then the NA Vice President Eduard Sharmazanov answered the students’
different questions. They were particularly interested in the issues
connected with educational places by state order in higher educational
institutions, demand of different specialties. Eduard Sharmazanov
urged the students of YSU Faculty of Law to walk in pace to time and
be the generation, which will begin look at the issue of choice of
profession in other way, will be guided by real demand, but not by
`fashion.’

Upon the students’ request the NA Vice President also touched upon a
number of issues concerning the inner political and foreign policy of
Armenia, which were relating particularly to international recognition
of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia-Artsakh
inter-parliamentary relations, Azerbaijan’s anti-Armenian actions,
even the dream of seeing Eastern Armenia and Western Armenia united.
And connected with the last issue Eduard Sharmazanov advised the youth
never lose the dream, be consistent, as the NA Vice President was
convinced that there are no walls that in case of big wish is not
possible to destroy.

Safarov case not closed, Hungary’s State Secretary Nemeth says

September 28, 2012 – 18:57 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Issues around Hungary’s repatriation of Ramil
Safarov to Azerbaijan cannot be closed as yet, state secretary for
foreign affairs Zsolt Nemeth said in an interview to the daily
Nepszabadsag on Thursday, September 27, MTI Daily Bulletin reported.

Nemeth argued that the Hungarian decision entailed “many consequences
and tasks” including tension with Armenia. He also said that there was
a “serious bilateral loss of confidence” with the U.S., but added that
it was rooted in a “fundamental misunderstanding”.

The state secretary said that Hungary would make “all efforts” to
restore Hungary-Armenia ties, adding that re-establishing diplomatic
relations with that country in the next few months was a realistic
goal.

Nemeth said that “there had been no direct compensation of any kind”
for Hungary in return for its decision to repatriate Safarov at
Azerbaijan’s request.

Safarov was serving a life sentence for murdering an Armenian officer
in Budapest in 2004.

Nemeth noted that Azerbaijan was an important partner not only for
Hungary but for the whole of Europe. The country is rich in oil and
gas, and has the potential to serve as a transit for alternative
energy supplies to Europe, he added.

Azerbaijan’s pardoning Safarov on his return may not have negative
consequences impacting Hungarian-Azeri economic cooperation, however,
the Azeri move “has left a thorn in the Hungarian government,” Nemeth
said.

On the subject of an upcoming visit by the Romanian foreign minister
to Hungary, Nemeth said Hungary wants to find out if Romania is ready
to further develop bilateral ties and “stay on the ground of
solidarity” between countries in the region.