Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

LE PREMIER MINISTRE DIT QUE LES ARMENIENS DOIVENT SE SERRER LA CEINTURE AVANT LES VACANCES DU NOUVEL AN

ARMENIE

Le Premier ministre armenien Hovik Abrahamyan est pret a suivre
les conseils des membres de son parti et de depenser moins lors des
prochaines vacances du Nouvel An selon News.am.

“Compte tenu de la situation actuelle dans la region, nous devrions
nous serrer la ceinture un peu et depenser moins. Cette situation est
temporaire “, a declare Hovik Abrahamyan, selon le site de nouvelles,
avant la reunion du conseil executif du Parti republicain au pouvoir
(RPA).

Ces derniers jours, les prix de certains produits essentiels en Armenie
ont augmente et dans les medias un certain nombre de legislateurs
representant le RPA ont dit que dans de telles circonstances une
partie des depenses de vacances devraient etre reduites.

vendredi 12 decembre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

SCANDALE A EREVAN LORS DE LA PRESENTATION DU LIVRE DE > DE HASAN CEMAL

GENOCIDE ARMENIEN

Scandale hier soir au cinema > a Erevan lors de la
presentation du livre du journaliste turc Hasan Cemal (Djemal) > traduit en armenien. Le petit-fils de Cemal
(Djemal) Pacha a affirme qu’il etait a Erevan par la douleur de son > Hrant Dink, je journaliste armenien assassine a Istanbul.

Hasan Cemal qui dit > et qu’il etait venu
en Armenie pour partager la douleur du genocide des Armeniens.
pour qualifier le genocide, > pour ceux des membres
de l’ASALA et surtout > liee a la presence de l’armee
armenienne au Haut Karabagh dans son livre d’origine, en turc ! Des
mots suffisamment forts qui indignèrent une partie du public qui s’est
leve et a quitte la seance en signe de protestation lancant cris
et phrases contre Hasan Cemal. Parmi ces protestataires, le groupe
de jeunes etudiants du parti Hentachak >. Roman
Dzatinian un membre de cette organisation s’est dit >
par les propos du petit-fils de Cemal Pacha. Il reprocha egalement aux
organisateurs de cette manifestation d’avoir fait venir en Armenie
Hasan Cemal…Des organisateurs qui n’avaient pas prevu de debat au
terme de cette presentation… qui s’est terminee en mini-scandale.

Roupen Melkonian, le traducteur du livre -du turc en armenien-
a affirme que l’editeur, la Fondation Dink a fait enlever du livre
de Hasan Cemal un passage qui evoquait >. Roupen Melkonian
qui quitta la salle en colère.

Krikor Amirzayan

vendredi 12 decembre 2014, Krikor Amirzayan (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

OPPOSITION MP ATTACKED: ANC CONDEMNS “POLITICALLY MOTIVATED” VIOLENCE AGAINST ARAM MANUKYAN

NEWS | 12.12.14 | 10:21

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By GAYANE MKRTCHYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter

Police in Armenia are looking for clues to identify the person who
attacked and beat up an opposition lawmaker in front of his house
Thursday evening.

Aram Manukyan, a senior member of the opposition Armenian National
Congress (ANC), was confronted by an unknown assailant as he was
returning home at around 8 pm.

Manukyan, who is secretary of the ANC parliamentary faction and is
known for his harsh criticism of the government, suffered injuries
in the attack that a party representative said was likely to be
politically motivated.

The attacker did not say anything to Manukyan, but at once started
hitting him in the face, spokesperson Arman Musinyan told media. He
said the attack could be connected with the lawmaker’s political
activities since Manukyan is a “classical political figure”. He added,
however, that Manukyan had not received any threats lately. According
to Musinyan, there is a surveillance camera in the area and it is
possible that there is footage that could help police indentify
the assailant.

It is not yet clear whether this latest incident is connected with a
series of other attacks against opposition figures. Three prominent
Karabakh war veterans known for their opposition views also suffered
injuries in similar attacks launched by unknown persons in recent days.

Speaking to reporters, ANC parliamentary faction head Levon Zurabyan
insisted that the attack against Manukyan was the continuation of
the same chain of attacks that he said were aimed at intimidating
and silencing the opposition and its supporters. He stressed that
the police must immediately disclose the crimes.

“The authorities are trying to silence the popular movement, but
they do not realize that people’s hatred is only growing stronger,”
Zurabyan emphasized.

Deputy Parliament Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, who is also a
spokesperson for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, said: “Any
offense is unacceptable for our party. Solving issues by strong-arm
methods is condemnable. The matter is in the legal domain.”

Online social media also reacted strongly to the attack against the
opposition figure, with many on Facebook suggesting that violent
methods are being used in Armenia now to silence dissent.

David Sanasaryan, of the Heritage party, described the attack against
Aram Manukyan as “punitive arbitrariness”. “Folks, it is we who are
being hit, but what we do is either being silent or offering them
the other cheek.”

Manukyan refused to speak to media immediately, saying that he will
issue a statement later on. A representative of the Ombudsman’s office
visited the lawmaker.

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ARMENIE

ans un entretien avec 168 Jam, Paul Goble, analyste americain et
professeur a l’Institut de la Politologie mondiale de Washington,
relève qu’a Key-West les parties au conflit du HK ont ete très proches
d’un accord, >. Selon
lui,
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PM AND OMBUDSMAN PUT IN A BAD SITUATION WHEN CITIZEN SPOKE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS: HRAPARAK

12.11.2014 12:25 epress.am

Yesterday, during a conference organized by Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan,
a citizen, Miasnik Patvakanyan, put the PM Hovik Abrahamyan and the
Ombudsman in an awkward situation, writes Hraparak daily.

During the presentation of an economic report, Patvakanyan entered
the hall and unexpectedly began speaking about the poor condition
of human rights in Armenia, while earlier the Ombudsman had spoken
positively about the work of state institutions in the field of
defending human rights.

Karen Andreasyan attempted to muffle Patvakanyan by speaking louder
on his microphone.

“The Prime Minister was caught off guard and glaringly listened to
the citizen. US Ambassador John Heffern initially tried to discern
the citizen’s frustration, later turning to the woman sitting next
to him for help. The man continued to speak of the Ombudsman’s lack
of action toward dissent, while the PM and Andreasyan looked left
and right expressing a call for help. Of course, if there weren’t
representatives of international organizations among the guests,
they would have immediately taken him out of the hall with force,
but the presence of guests forced them to calmly listen,” writes
Hraparak journalist Gayane Saribekyan.

Karen Andreasyan tried justifying the situation by saying that he had
listened to the man multiple times and that Patvakanyan’s intrusion
to the hall testifies to human rights freedom in Armenia.

“And behold, seconds after this observation, after the citizen’s
departure, they locked the door from the inside. However, the strangest
part of the incident occurred at the end. While Patvakanyan was
expressing his constant discontent about the Ombudsman’s office’s lack
of action and their lack of proper attention toward his complaints,
a female staffer of the Ombudsman office whispered in my ear saying
that he was registered at the Salt Plant psychiatric facility. I
asked then how he could have known about the conference, to which
the staffer excitedly explained that he is aware of everything and
knows about all the events,” writes Saribekyan.

From: Baghdasarian

UNE ACTRICE TURQUE ACCUSEE D’ETRE CHRETIENNE…

Où va-t-on ?

Avoir la foi ou non, toujours est-il que l’actrice turque Serra Ilmaz
qui avait traduit en langue turque les propos du pape Francois lors
de sa visite des 28 au 30 novembre, a ete copieusement insultee a
Izmir le 10 decembre devant des etudiants et sur les reseaux sociaux,
accusee d’etre une “chretienne engagee par le Vatican”.

jeudi 11 decembre 2014, Jean Eckian (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

RALPH YIRIKIAN: WORKING IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKET, VIVACELL-MTS HAS PROVEN THAT IT’S POSSIBLE TO WORK IN THE MARKET, ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN MARKET LEADERSHIP, WITHOUT COMPROMISING HUMAN RIGHTS

by Karina Manukyan

Thursday, December 11, 15:14

Today, on the occasion of the Day of International Human Rights,
a one-day conference on Economic Rights was organized at Hotel
Marriott under the aegis of the Human Rights Defender Office of
Armenia. The conference was presided by the Ombudsman of Armenia Karen
Andreasyan, gathered under one roof representatives of the executive,
legislative, state regulatory, educational and business spheres,
as well as representatives of human rights, consumer protection and
other non-governmental organizations. The conference was attended
by the RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the Ambassadors of US,
UK and representatives of international organizations in Armenia.

VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian was invited to
the conference as a guest-speaker representing business. In his
presentation “Ensuring non-discriminatory conditions for business, and
prevention of monopolies and dominant position in the market” Yirikian
touched upon the issue of healthy competition from the perspective of
utilizing the internal potential of market players for implementing
the principles of Human Rights and ensuring daily operation in line
with what is set by Human Rights. In particular, VivaCell-MTS General
Manager spoke about the need to reveal and enact internal drivers
for the institutionalization of Human Rights at the Company level.

Ralph Yirikian stressed that working in a highly competitive market
of information and communications technologies, VivaCell-MTS has
proven that it’s possible to work in the market, achieve and maintain
market leadership, without compromising Human Rights in the course
of its daily operations. And also he expressed readiness to share
this solution with other market players.

“Throughout years of operation, VivaCell-MTS has proven that there
are certain activities that can be implemented by companies at the
organizational level, including the adoption of ISO 26000, with an
aim to confirm themselves to rules of ethical conduct of business,
fair competition, respect for Human Rights, including consumer rights
and employees’ rights, respect for the law, and timely and lawful
fulfillment of tax obligations. I believe these activities implemented
from bottom-to-up should go in parallel with up-to-down activities
implemented by the regulator and policy-makers, for ensuring fair
competition in the market,” Ralph Yirikian concluded.

From: Baghdasarian

URUGUAY’S VICE-PRESIDENT VISITS DILIJAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

13:03, 11 Dec 2014

On December 10 the delegation headed by Vice President of Uruguay,
President of the Senate Danilo Astori visited the Dilijan International
School.

The Head of the RA NA Armenia-Uruguay Friendship Group Sukias Avetisyan
accompanied the delegation.

The President of the Senate Danilo Astori took a tour at at school,
which opened its doors in October,and got acquainted with the students.

The President of the Senate watched the exhibition, where the students’
personal works are displayed, visited the library and the gym.

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WHY WERE THEY DANGEROUS FOR THE REGIME? (VIDEO)

11:13 | December 11,2014 | Politics

Who are the people detained as hooligans? What brought them into
Freedom Square? Why were they dangerous for the regime? What happened
in the families of these people? What did they sacrifice and for what?

Following the invisible strings leading to Freedom Square.

Author of the film- Tehmine Yenokyan

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ZHOGHOVURD: PUTIN URGES TALKS BETWEEN ARMENIAN, KAZAKH LEADERS?

09:44 * 11.12.14

The Armenian-Kazakh relations were discussed between the two countries’
leaders yesterday in a phone conversation which the paper claims took
place upon Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative.

Citing its sources, the paper says that the Russian leader had asked
Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Norsultan Nazarbayev to consider plans
for ratifying Armenia’s Eurasian Economic Union accession treaty and
agree on talks in a bilateral format.

A statement about the two presidents’ conversation was published on
the Armenian leader’s official website Wednesday afternoon.

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