Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

” LE SEMINAIRE FORGE LA SPIRITUALITE DE NOTRE EGLISE ” A DECLARE SA SAINTETE ARAM 1ER

Sa Saintete Aram 1er a annonce le commencement de la 83ème annee
scolastique du seminaire du Catholicosat de Cilicie. Les celebrations
ont commence par la Sainte Liturgie a la Cathedrale d’Antelias,
où tous les seminaristes ont participe au Saint Eucharistie.

Le Père Housig Mardirossian vice-doyen du Seminaire a celebre la
Liturgie et le Doyen, l’Archeveque Nareg Alemezian, a preche la
lecon du jour. L’Archeveque a alors mentionne la vocation historique
et continue du Seminaire comme guide dans le soutien des valeurs
spirituelles dans la Diaspora armenienne.

L’archeveque Nareg a remercie le Catholicos pour le soin et l’attention
qu’il montre au seminaire malgre toutes les difficultes et les defis.

Dans son adresse finale Sa Saintete Aram 1er a dit ” Notre seminaire
est l’enclume où nous forgeons notre clerge selon nos valeurs
spirituelles, nationales culturelles et nous leur inculquons des
valeurs Chretiennes comme le respect, la responsabilite, l’obligation
et le service “. Il a alors remercie les bienfaiteurs qui croient
et soutiennent le rôle unique du Seminaire dans la vie de l’Eglise
armenienne et de la communaute.

vendredi 1er fevrier 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

DIDIER PARAKIAN, A LA UNE DE ” LA PROVENCE ” APRES LE SUCCES DU PAVILLON M DE MARSEILLE

Le journal marseillais ” La Provence ” titrait jeudi 31 janvier,
sa première page sur le Pavillon de Marseille avec ” On ” M ”
ce pavillon ! ” ” vitrine de Marseille-Provence 2013, le Pavillon
M, installe place Bergemon, attire les foules depuis le week-end
inaugural. 50 000 visiteurs l’ont explore en 15 jours… “. Derrière
ce succès qui s’inscrit dans l’operation, ” Marseille, capitale
europeenne de la culture-2013 “, nous trouvons le celèbre createur
de mode Didier Parakian egalement très implique dans la vie de la
communaute armenienne de la cite phoceenne. ” La Provence ” a pose 3
questions a Didier Parakian, adjoint au Maire de Marseille, en charge
du developpement des entreprises a l’export. Nous vous presentons
ci-dessous l’interview de Didier Parakian.

Krikor Amirzayan

vendredi 1er fevrier 2013, Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PLEDGES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

January 30, 2013 | 17:30

YEREVAN.- If elected, presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian will
cut budget expenditures on head of administrations and will eliminate
the shadow business.

Head of Heritage Party on Wednesday held a meeting with voters in
Armavir Region as a part of his campaign events.

Hovannisian said he would increase pensions and salaries by 50
percent. In five years 180 thousand jobs will be created. He also
pledged to investigate corruption cases and punish the guilty.

“Amendments to the Constitution will lead to parliamentary system of
government. The Prosecutor’s Office will be authorized to institute
proceedings against president and his surrounding,” he told reporters.

Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am

From: Baghdasarian

DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF VISIT ISRAEL

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 31 Jan.’13 / 14:28

Georgian Deputy Defense Minister Zaza Broladze and deputy chief of
army staff Col. Vladimer Chachibaia are visiting Israel, Ministry of
Defense said on Thursday.

MoD says that the purpose of the visit is to ~Sdeepen business
relations~T and ~Sto plan joint projects~T with Israeli ~Spartners~T of the
Georgian state-owned military industrial enterprise Delta. MoD does
not specify who the partners are.

MoD said that Delta, which employs about 2,000 people, ~Sproduces
firearms, mortars, armored and infantry combat vehicles, artillery
systems, universal combat modules; soldiers~R gear and uniforms,
optical equipment, munitions, combat control systems and other
military equipment.~T

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INDIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES ONGC’S STAKE ACQUISITION IN AZERBAIJAN

21:24 ~U 31.01.13

India’s federal cabinet has approved ONGC Videsh Ltd’s stake
acquisition in the projects in Azerbaijan on Thursday, Dow Jones
reported with the reference to the India’s information and
broadcasting minister Manish Tiwari.

“The cabinet has approved the acquisition,” Tiwari told reporters
after the cabinet meeting.

In early September, 2012 the American Hess company agreed to sell its
share in the development project of Azeri Chirag Guneshli oil fields
(2.72 per cent), as well as a 2.36 per cent stake in Baku Tbilisi
Ceyhan pipeline to India’s ONGC.

The transaction value is estimated at $1 billion, the report stated.

The company expects to complete the transaction in the first quarter
of 2013.

Production at Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli oil field, located about 100
kilometers east of Baku in the Caspian Sea, was launched in 1997.

The shares in the contract, excluding the share of Hess, are
distributed as follows: BP (operator of Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli) – 35.83
per cent, Chevron – 11,27 per cent, Inpex – 10,96 per cent, AzACG – 11
6 per cent, Statoil – 8,56 per cent, Exxon – 8 per cent, TPAO – 6.75
per cent and Itocu – 4,3 per cent.

From: Baghdasarian

ORANGE ARMENIA ANNOUNCES AMD 30 RATE FOR ROAMING IN RUSSIA

January 31, 2013 – 12:23 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Orange and MegaFon have announced about the
continuation and expansion of the roaming partnership between the two
companies. Since April 2012, Orange customers, when using the roaming
service in MegaFon network in Russia, make and receive calls to and
from Orange Armenia and MegaFon customers at only 30 AMD/minute rate.

>From February 1, Orange Armenia subscribers will also benefit from
a 30AMD tariff per MB for GPRS data while roaming on MegaFon network
in Russia.

Francis Gelibter, Orange Armenia CEO, said, “Russia is one of the most
popular travel destinations of our customers and during previous year
we noticed that a lot of our customers found this offer attractive.

Thanks to it roaming is no more luxury and becomes just a service that
makes traveling easier. We are happy that our customers can roam in
Russia comfortably, using MegaFon network.

While roaming on MegaFon network Orange Armenia customers have
other advantages as well. The price for all other incoming calls and
for outgoing calls to other Russian operators is 60 AMD per minute,
while calls to other operators in Armenia are charged at 120 AMD/min,
Orange Armenia press service reported.

From: Baghdasarian

GEORGIAN FM ON ABKHAZIAN RAILWAY

Politics – Thursday, 31 January 2013, 13:04

Prime Time held an interview with the Georgian foreign minister
Maia Panjikidzeh. The reporter asked her to comment on the
Georgian PM Ivanishvili’s statement on the possible opening of
Russia-Georgia-Armenia railway for which the Georgian prime minister
has underwent strong criticism. She noted that the railway is a
complex issue which needs a close study. Most importantly, she
noted, the railway cannot be operated in prejudice of Georgia and
its friends. The economic and political feasibility of the railway
must be studied first, how it will contribute to the improvement of
relations between Georgia and Russia and stability in the region. She
concluded that the interests of Georgia are primary to the decision
on opening the railway.

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PUBLIC DEFENSE OF A THESIS AT THE INSS, MOD TOOK PLACE

On January 30, 2013, the Session of the Higher Certification
Commission’s Doctoral Degrees Conferral Chamber 056 “Political
science and international relations” at Drastamat Kanayan Institute
for National Strategic Studies, MOD, Armenia took place, in the
agenda of which the public defense of the thesis “Dynamics of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict (1988-1994)” under the specialization
23.00.04 “International Relations” on earning a PhD in History of the
Associate Professor at Tomsk Polytechnic University’s Yurga Technology
Institute’s (Branch) Chair of Foreign Languages and Humanities,
formerly the 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment’s officer at the Soviet
Army stationed in Stepanakert – Vladimir Ponomarev. Press service of
Armenian Ministry of Defense informs about this.

The academic supervisor of the thesis is the Corresponding member of
the National Academy of Sciences, Research fellow at the Institute
for National Strategic Studies, President of the Armenian-Atlantic
Association, Honorary Scholar of Armenia, Doctor of History, Professor
Nikolay Hovhannisyan.

The structure of the thesis covers the grounds and historical
conditions of the ethnic-political conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, the
development of the conflict under the crisis of the Soviet statehood
and the proclamation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the
aggression of Azerbaijan and NKR’s victory.

Having witnessed the origin of the problem, the author – with
impartiality typical to the academician and founded source basis
relevant to academic requirements – studied this critical period for
Artsakh (Karabakh) people. He defended his position objectively and
justly denying the distortions of the conflict’s dynamics circulated
by the Azerbaijani academic and propaganda circles, particularly
regarding the Khojali events. The research is also valuable because
of the fact that the author paid much attention to the historical and
political processes underlying the legitimate creation and development
of the Artsakh statehood, especially to the holding of a nationwide
referendum on self-determination as a legal basis for the establishment
of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.

From: Baghdasarian

ARMENIAN PM EXPECTED TO VISIT MOSCOW

19:03 31.01.2013

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Russian Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko.

The interlocutors discussed a number of issues related to the
Armenian-Russian strategic partnership, particularly Tigran Sargsyan’s
forthcoming visit to Moscow.

From: Baghdasarian

DENTISTS REFUSE TO PAY TAXES

Story from Lragir.am News:

17:55 31/01/2013

Dentists rallied today in front of the government. Today is the
deadline of payment of taxes, and starting from tomorrow they will
incur fines.

The dentists protest against recent amendments to the law on license
fees which have boosted taxes. Tax is calculated at 60-100,000 drams
per one chair per month up to three dental chairs, and 48,000 drams
per chair if the number of chairs exceeds four. They also pay the
monthly income tax per employee.

The minister of health Derenik Dumanyan has passed the proposals of
dentists to the prime minister. Dentists hope that the law will be
modified. However, the prime minister has not answered yet.

Dentists refuse to pay high taxes. If they impose fines, we will
emigrate, they say.

By the way, the minister of health Derenik Dumanyan avoided the
demonstrators today and left the house of government through the
backdoor though usually he leaves through the front door.

From: Baghdasarian