Paper: Citizen Shooting At Armenian President Guard Car Arrested

PAPER: CITIZEN SHOOTING AT ARMENIAN PRESIDENT GUARD CAR ARRESTED

November 29, 2012 – 15:57 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Ejmiatsin city resident Ashot K. was arrested Nov
28 over shooting at Armenian president’s security guard car.

According to Haykakan Zhamanak daily, Ejmiatsin city resident Ashot K.
was arrested yesterday, Nov 28 over shooting at Armenian president’s
security guard car.

As it was reported earlier, on Nov 21, 1 am local time, a stranger
opened fire at the driver of VAZ- 2121 car, with the bullet ricocheting
off the car windshield.

“According to Armenian police, a criminal case has been instigated
on the issue, with citizen Ashot K., born in 1963, detained. As it
was revealed later, he suffered from a gunshot wound and underwent
medical treatment at a Yerevan hospital,” the paper said.

From: Baghdasarian

Armenian-Turkmen Business Forum To Be Held

ARMENIAN-TURKMEN BUSINESS FORUM TO BE HELD

29.11.12

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Turkmen counterpart
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow held talks on Thursday and decided in favor
of organizing an Armenian-Turkmen business forum in Turkmenistan
next year.

At a meeting with journalists, the Armenian leader noted that the
business forum is expected to facilitate the development of bilateral
economic relations.

“I am sure the forum will give impetus to the development of our
relations. We have paid great attention to economic issues and talked
about how we can develop our relations during coming years. We have
stressed greater potential for developing bilateral relations,”
President Serzh Sargsyan said.

Armenia and Turkmenistan have cooperation agreements in a number of
fields, and the Armenian leader considers them highly important for
the development of Armenian and Turkmen economies. He singles out an
agreement on air communication.

“The agreement is of high importance for tourism development and
exchange of students,” President Serzh Sargsyan said.

The Armenian and Turkmen leaders also discussed regional problems
and the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

“We have stated Armenia’s position: the problem must be resolved
in a peaceful way, on the basis of international law,” the Armenian
president said.

Mr Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow noted that the talk with his Armenian
counterpart proved fruitful.

“We have discussed trade and economic issues, as well as cooperation
in transport, communication and agricultural sectors. We propose
organizing a large-scale Armenian-Turkmen business forum,” he said.

Days of Armenia will be organized in Turkmenistan in 2013.

From: Baghdasarian

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/11/29/arm-turkmen-business-forum/

Russian Agency Representation’s Opening In Armenia Means Increase In

Russian Agency Representation’s Opening In Armenia Means Increase In Country’s Security Level – Security Council Secretary

November 29, 2012 | 15:23

YEREVAN. – Armenian National Security Council (NSC) Secretary and
Interagency Committee on Border Security Chairman Arthur Baghdasaryan
on Thursday received a delegation led by Dmitry Bezdelov, the Head of
Russia’s Federal Agency for State Border Infrastructure Development,
who is in capital city Yerevan on an official visit.

Following the tete-a-tete talk between Baghdasaryan and Bezdelov,
an extended-format meeting was held and, subsequently, a protocol
was signed.

Dmitry Bezdelov expressed his satisfaction by the results of his visit
to Armenia and extended his thanks to the NSC Secretary for the warm
reception and productive work.

“We discussed numerous matters. We prepared a list of events in
connection with the opening of Russia’s state-run Rosgranitsa Agency’s
representation in Armenia. We just need to carry out the programs we
have planned,” the Head of Russia’s Federal Agency for State Border
Infrastructure Development said in particular.

In his turn, Arthur Baghdasaryan specifically noted: “We worked
very effectively, and the representation of this major agency of the
Russian Federation will operate in Armenia as of 2013. This means a
substantial increase in Armenia’s security level, this means major
projects. We specified a road map as to what we need to do over the
course of the next several months.”

From: Baghdasarian

http://news.am/eng/news/130497.html

‘Bad’ News For Maternity Hospitals: End Of Arbitrary Pricelists

‘BAD’ NEWS FOR MATERNITY HOSPITALS: END OF ARBITRARY PRICELISTS

Tue, 11/27/2012 – 15:29

Visits free of charge since December 1

In accordance with the RA Healthcare Minister decision No 2731-A from
November 27 the paid service in the maternity medical institutions,
as well as unified procedure of visiting the new mothers and newly
born children was defined. ‘Pastinfo.am’ was informed about it by
the Ministry Press Service.

The command defines that the medical institutions realizing
maternal support in the scope of the state order can provide a paid
non-medical service in the form of providing private rooms in the
medical institutions (only for one new mother/newly born child)
with additional territory and comfortable facilities including the
corresponding conditions for the care-taker (separate bed, hygiene
facilities etc).

The prices for this paid service are defined by the authorities of
the medical institution. However, it should not exceed AMD 10, 15 and
20 thousand. At the same time, the pricelist of paid services should
be placed in the reception of medical institutions in a visible place
as well as at the official webpage.

The same command defines certain demands and requirements to the
medical institutions realizing maternal care in the scope of the
state order:

1) The share of the paid beds for new mothers and newly born children
cannot exceed 1/3 of the total number of the beds of the maternity
department

2) The paid patient’s rooms should be provided (the newly born
child/new mother or their official representative) on the basis of
the agreement between the patient and the medical institution

3) Plates indicating ‘Paid’ or ‘Unpaid’ should be placed on the doors
of the patient’s rooms

4) Guiding with respect to choosing paid rooms and/or suggesting paid
room due to the lack of free beds in unpaid rooms. In such cases the
medical institution must provide a paid patient room on unpaid basis
until there will be a free bed in the unpaid room

At the same time the medical institutions providing maternal care in
the scope of the state order will have to improve the conditions of
the rooms in the maternity department guided by the standards provided
in the command.

In accordance with the same decision of the Minister the visits to
the new mothers and newly born children will be organized free of
charge in the medical institutions providing maternal care in the
scope of the state order.

The visits must be arranged by means of visit cards, providing to
each newly born child’s visitor’s personal visit card’ for two and
in some cases by the decision of the authorities for three persons
by the choice of the new mother.

The Minister Doumanyan assigned creation of separate conditions (room,
corner) in order to organize the visits of the new mothers/newly born
out of the patient’s room.

The command requires to confirm and to place the internal order
regarding the visits and the presented limitation at the reception
and the main entrances, as well as the institution’s webpage â~@¢
visits to be allowed between 15:00 PM and 21:00 pm â~@¢ visits to be
forbidden for the people suffering from acute infectious diseases;
persons in obviously unstable psychological condition; persons with
epidemic diseases and children below 15

The limitations defined by the command do not spread on the
gynecological and pregnancy pathology departments.

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From: Baghdasarian

The Executive Approved State Budget Bill

THE EXECUTIVE APPROVED STATE BUDGET BILL

NKR Government Information and
Public Relations Department
27.11.2012

At the NKR Government Session

Today a regular session of the NKR Government headed by the Prime
Minister Ara Haroutyunyan has been held with issues concerning the
formation of state budget 2013.

Minister of finances and economy Spartak Tevosyan spoke about the
republic’s main financial document of the coming year. Presenting the
law draft “On NKR state budget 2013” he announced the main figures:
incomes about 70 milliard 294 million AMD, expenses 71 milliard 50
million AMD, deficit about 756 million AMD. These figures are not
final, they must be discussed in the Parliament. S.Tevosyan emphasized
that the bill has been formed on the basis of President’s pre-election
project’s fundamental terms and on the Government activity project.

By the words of the Minister of Finances and Economy 9% of economic
increase and increase of own incomes is foreseen in the coming year.

25.4 % of the budget will be used for social needs which is a
high index comparing with the previous years. Minimal wages will be
defined in the republic AMD 35 thousand instead of 32,5 thousand from
January 1.

Prime Minister A.Haroutyunyan expressed his considerations briefly
concerning the state budget 2013.He said that sensible increases are
not foreseen in the line of expenses in the draft law, basic means
will be directed to the state’s development and deficit’s redundancy.

The state will make serious investments in the fields of agriculture
and small and medium enterprises.

By the Prime Minister’s words 2013 will be comparably easy. By his
prevision in case of realizing foreseen economic projects state budget
2014 will be within the range of AMD 78 milliard. He considered
important that allocation of state means will be considerably
increased in the sphere of healthcare, which will allow to improve
medical service in the republic.

The Government approved the draft law of state budget. It will be
submitted to the National Assembly where discussions of document will
be continued.

The size of payments paid to the state will be increased on account
of mine industry.

A draft law proposing amendments in the law “On nature conservation
and management” is directed to it.

At the session the Executive endorsed a package of draft laws
concerning the social sphere and amendments are proposed to the
law “On economic competition and security”. The government proposed
considerable changes in the law “On state pensions”. These draft laws
will be submitted to the discussion of the NA.

Together with the documents atthached to the budget bill a number of
state programs, 3 of which are approved at today’s session others got
positive conclusion during the previous session, will be submitted
to the NA for judgement.

From: Baghdasarian

Flights To Karabakh To Start When Stepanakert Airport Is Ready – Arm

FLIGHTS TO KARABAKH TO START WHEN STEPANAKERT AIRPORT IS READY – ARMENIAN PREMIER

Interfax
Nov 26 2012
Russia

Armenia will open an air route to Karabakh when the Stepanakert Airport
is ready, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said in an interview
with Interfax.

“I think there will be no problems and the air route will operate
normally, same as the only motorway that links Karabakh to the rest
of the world,” he said.

Engineering and navigation problems are being solved to ensure the
airport’s compliance with air traffic standards. “Once the works are
done, flights will begin,” the prime minister said.

“We have the following position: this is the right of the
self-determined people of Karabakh, this is a vital corridor for
Karabakh people who must live a life consistent with international
principles of the 21st century,” he said.

Asked whether Armenia would listen to the appeal of the U.S.

Department of State and others for finding another solution, the
Armenian prime minister said, “the OSCE Minsk Group cochairmen have
expressed their position, and the United States is one of them. What
solution? Is it to keep Karabakh residents isolated from the rest of
the world? That is absurd because we live in the 21st century. On
the contrary. If we support a peace settlement, we should create
normal living conditions for Karabakh instead of being aggressive
and imposing a blockade. We must create a normal life for the people.”

U.S. Department of State spokesperson Victoria Nuland called on Armenia
and Azerbaijan to find a diplomatic solution to the problem of the
Stepanakert Airport in line with international agreements and laws
pertaining to border issues and bilateral civil aviation practices.

The OSCE Minsk Group cochairmen said in a joint statement in July
2012 that the airport operation could not be used as a pretext for
changing the Karabakh status and called on the sides to comply with
international legal norms and existent practices of air traffic above
their territories.

The Stepanakert Airport was built in 1974. Civil aircraft stopped
using it in the first half of the 1990s, when the Karabakh conflict
broke out. Military aircraft were based at the airport in the years
of hostilities (1991-1994).

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in March 2011 that he was going
to take the first flight from Yerevan to Stepanakert. “I, the president
of Armenia, will be the first passenger of that flight,” he said.

Azeri authorities argued that Armenian attempts to restart civil
air traffic to and from Karabakh would be taken by Baku as an act of
trespassing its air space.

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From: Baghdasarian

L’Instrumentalisation De L’Etoile Jaune En Politique

L’INSTRUMENTALISATION DE L’éTOILE JAUNE EN POLITIQUE

Publié le : 29-11-2012

Info Collectif VAN – – L’association MEMORIAL 98,
qui combat le racisme, l’antisémitisme et le négationnisme (Arménie,
Rwanda, Shoah…), met en ligne un article sur l’usage de l’étoile
jaune fait par une certaine droite européenne : “Cette propension
a tracer un parallèle entre la lutte contre les inégalités et
les persécutions raciales du nazisme est un classique de la droite
européenne”.”Plusieurs dirigeants de la droite européenne, notamment
francaise, ont banalisé la Shoah en l’utilisant lors de polémiques
dans lesquelles ils entendaient prendre une posture de victimes.” Le
Collectif VAN vous propose ici l’analyse documentée de ses partenaires
associatifs de MEMORIAL 98, publiée le mardi 27 novembre 2012.

MEMORIAL 98

Kosciusko-Morizet insulte la Shoah

Mardi 27 novembre 2012

Les riches se plaignent de ne pas être aimés. L’un d’entre eux,
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, se compare ainsi aux Juifs persécutés en
lancant: “A un moment on a cherché les juifs, maintenant on cherche
les riches.” Riches a pleurer.

L’homme d’affaires, qui a amassé plus de 40 millions d’euros en
vendant son entreprise de commerce en ligne Priceminister, ajoute :
” On dit’Les riches, les riches, les riches’. On voit les couvertures
de journaux terrifiantes :A quoi servent les riches ?’ Tout cela sent
mauvais. ”

Loin de représenter un dérapage isolé, cette propension a tracer un
parallèle entre la lutte contre les inégalités et les persécutions
raciales du nazisme est un classique de la droite européenne.

Ã~@ titre historique, il faut rappeler que dès 2002 le responsable
chrétien-démocrate allemand Roland Koch, membre lui de l’aile droite
de son parti et spécialiste des attaques contre les immigrés, avait
provoqué un tollé du même ordre. Il avait assimilé le sort des
personnes fortunées sous un gouvernement de gauche, a celui des Juifs
sous le nazisme, car selon lui ces 2 catégories étaient pareillement
stigmatisées par une ” étoile jaune ”. Il avait dÔ s’excuser et
avait retiré ses propos (voir Allemagne: le bacille de Koch )

Plusieurs dirigeants de la droite européenne, notamment francaise,
ont ensuite banalisé la Shoah en l’utilisant lors de polémiques
dans lesquelles ils entendaient prendre une posture de victimes.

Ainsi, le 7 juin 2010, lors d’un débat au Conseil de Paris portant
sur les projets de logements sociaux dans le XVIe arrondissement,
Claude Goasguen, député maire de cet arrondissement qui compte 2,4%
de logements sociaux contre plus de 30% dans des arrondissements de
l’Est parisien, s’est emporté face aux critiques: “Si vous voulez,
vous pouvez nous mettre une étoile jaune avec 16e écrit dessus”.

Interrogé par des journalistes après la séance, Claude Goasguen,
ne s’est pas excusé, mais s’est justifié en rappelant qu’il “aime”
et “défend” la communauté juive. Il préside le groupe d’amitié
France-IsraÔl a l’Assemblée. C’est la ritournelle habituelle quand
le retour du refoulé s’exprime au grand jour (voir Frêche: raciste
et antisémite! )

Il a aussi explicité et par la même confirmé son propos :”Quand
je dis: est ce que je dois mettre l’étoile Jaune ? entendez: je ne
suis pas un pestiféré. Les habitants du XVIe arrondissement ne sont
pas des pestiférés”, a- t- il souligné.

On appréciera l’association d’idées et d’images. Un tel ” ami de
la communauté juive” n’ignore sans doute pas que l’accusation de
propager la peste noire a pesé sur le sort des communautés juives
d’Europe au XIVe siècle, massacrées au nom de cette accusation
(voir Qui manipule l’étoile jaune ? ) .

Quelques semaines plus tard, mis en cause par un livre de Martin Hirsch
a propos de ses conflits d’intérêts (il est avocat d’affaires en
même temps que député, maire…) Jean-Francois Copé a tracé
un parallèle entre la mise en cause de ses contradictions et la
dénonciation des Juifs pendant la guerre.

Il a ainsi déclaré le 26 septembre 2010:”…Il se trouve que Martin
Hirsch et moi nous avons un point commun que nous avons découvert en
parlant : ses parents, comme mon père pendant la guerre, ont été
sauvés par des Justes… Quand on a cette culture familiale, je ne
dis pas que cela commande des obligations… Je dis simplement que
l’on ne peut pas vivre les choses de la même manière… En lisant
ce livre, je me suis demandé si, sans peut-être s’en rendre compte,
il se livrait a un exercice de délation, qui n’est pas tout a fait
a l’honneur de quelqu’un qui a sa qualité”

Ainsi selon Copé, Martin Hirsch, lui-même d’origine juive, agirait
comme un de ces délateurs qui dénoncaient les Juifs aux nazis
(voir Un dirigeant UMP salit a nouveau la Shoah.)

Il est a noter que Copé et Goasguen ont fait partie des dirigeants UMP
qui, lors de l’affaire Woerth, ont mis en cause la presse et notamment
Mediapart, en la comparant aux journaux fascistes des années 1930
(voir Qui joue avec le fascisme ?. Woerth, Copé et le Front National :
décryptage )

Dans leur utilisation perverse de la Shoah, ils s’inspiraient de leur
mentor présidentiel. Nicolas Sarkozy a en effet commis un dérapage
semblable, tendant a banaliser la délation envers les Juifs sous le
régime de Vichy, comparée a la dénonciation de délits fiscaux.â~@¨
Ã~@ peine élu et venu défendre la ” dépénalisation du droit des
affaires ” lors de l’université d’été du Medef le 30 aoÔt 2007, il
avait utilisé la formule suivante:â~@¨Â” A quoi sert-il d’expliquer a
nos enfants que Vichy, la collaboration, c’est une page sombre de notre
histoire, et de tolérer des contrôles fiscaux sur une dénonciation
anonyme, ou des enquêtes sur une dénonciation anonyme ? ”. Il
avait été acclamé frénétiquement par son auditoire patronal,
absolument ravi par cette scabreuse comparaison.

Quelques mois plus tard, interrogée par l’Express du 13 février 2008
sur la plainte déposée par Sarkozy contre le site Internet du Nouvel
Obs – qu’il accuse de “faux” a propos d’un SMS- Mme Bruni Sarkozy
déclarait : ” La plainte justifiée de mon mari n’est pas contre
un organe de presse, bien sÔr, mais contre les “nouveaux moyens
de désinformation”. Internet peut être la pire et la meilleure
des choses… Si ce genre de sites avait existé pendant la guerre,
qu’en aurait-il été des dénonciations de Juifs?… Elle avait dÔ
s’excuser et retirer ses propos .

Citons encore 2 exemples très proches de la diatribe de Pierre
Kosciusko-Morizet: ” En Europe, nous sommes en train de forger
une image hostile énorme des banques et des riches. Cela est déja
arrivé une fois, c’était en apparence contre les Juifs, et en fait
on visait les mêmes milieux. Par deux fois, cela s’est terminé avec
des guerres ! ”.

Cette déclaration de Maria Fekter, ministre autrichien des Finances,
membre du parti conservateur OVP, a été prononcée le 17 septembre
2011, lors de la réunion des ministres européens des Finances en
Pologne a Wroclaw, Selon cette dirigeante de la droite autrichienne,
l’extermination des Juifs pendant la Shoah n’était donc qu’un avatar,
un prétexte pour mettre en cause les riches. Sans surprise, Maria
Fekter fait partie de l’aile droite du parti conservateur. Ministre
de l’Intérieur dans un précédent cabinet, sa politique dure en
matière d’immigration, lui avait valu le surnom de ” dame de fer ”;
elle se proclame aussi catholique pratiquante (voir Le négationnisme
s’infiltre au sommet de l’Europe.)

En mars 2012 le dénommé Jacques Béhague, Vice Président UMP du
Conseil Général des Hautes-Pyrénées et Conseiller général,
a publié sur son site Internet le texte suivant, ensuite supprimé
face au tollé:

“…M. Francois HOLLANDE cultive la haine des riches, et ce depuis
longtemps…â~@¨Une vidéo est d’ailleurs disponible sur Internet
dans laquelle il affirme explicitement ” qu’il n’aime pas les riches,
qu’il en convient ” !!!

Cette haine des riches a déja été développée par Adolf HITLER
au travers des juifs.

J’accuse Monsieur HOLLANDE de faire renaître ces mêmes haines qui ont
conduit l’humanité dans ce que nous avons connu de plus effroyable
et de nauséabonde (sic !).J’accuse Monsieur HOLLANDE de prôner le
nettoyage ethnique de tous ceux qui auraient le malheur de ” trop ”
gagner d’argent…

– Soit par la confiscation de leurs biens et de leurs revenus.

– Soit par l’incitation a l’émigration.

Monsieur HOLLANDE est doncâ~@¨- Soit un criminel a l’encontre d’une
population, celle des ” riches ”, au même titre que Hitler en son
temps quand celui-ci s’est lui aussi attaqué aux riches au travers
des juifs.”

Loin de représenter un dérapage isolé, la diatribe de Pierre
Kosciusko-Morizet s’inscrit dans une tradition francaise et
européenne.

MEMORIAL 98

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From: Baghdasarian

http://www.collectifvan.org/article.php?r=0&id=69338
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L. Aronian Will Participate In London Chess Classic Tournament

L. ARONIAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN LONDON CHESS CLASSIC TOURNAMENT

Armenian GM Levon Aronian is going to take part in London Chess
Classic Tournament to be held on December 1-10, 2012 in London,
England. Armchess.am informs about this.

The rivals of Aronian will be GMs Anand, Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura,
Polgar, Adams, McShane and Jones.

28.11.12, 18:52

From: Baghdasarian

http://times.am/?l=en&p=15426

No Armenians Found Among Explosion Victims In Jaramana District Of D

NO ARMENIANS FOUND AMONG EXPLOSION VICTIMS IN JARAMANA DISTRICT OF DAMASCUS. MFA

18:48, 28 November, 2012

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS: No Armenians were found in the number
of victims of explosion which took place on November 28 in Armenian
inhabited Damascus Jaramana districts. Armenpress was informed from
the spokesman of Armenian MFA Tigran Balayan.

As Armenpress has earlier reported dozens of people died and were
injured because of the explosion in the Armenian district of Jaramana
in Damascus in the morning on November 28. Our compatriot from Damascus
informed “Armenpress” about this. According to him, the number of
victims reached four dozens. There is no information whether there are
Armenians among casualties or not. The hospitals are full of injured.

Syrian SANA agency stated that there were explosions in Nahda and
Karyat districts, which caused not only human casualties, but also
heavily damaged the surrounding buildings, trade centers and vehicles.

The majority of Jaramana population is Christians, including more
than 400 Armenian families.

Member of “Emergency Unit of the Syrian-Armenians” Raffi Avetisyan
informed the Armenian portal of the Middle East “Azat Hay” that in
accordance with the present information the clashes in Syria lasting
about 20 months caused the death of 40 Armenians and the injuries of
66 people of Armenian origin. There are also 7 kidnapped Armenians,
and 2 missing servicemen. More than 200 houses have been damaged.

From: Baghdasarian

Kim Kardashian Most Popular Celebrity Online

KIM KARDASHIAN MOST POPULAR CELEBRITY ONLINE

28.11.12

US-Armenian reality TV star Kim Kardashian has been named the most
popular person of this year by search engine Bing, Firstpost reported.

Canadian teen pop sensation Justin Bieber, who acquired the position
last year, has slipped down to number two, reported Ace Showbiz.

The other top-ten most-searched artists in respective orders are
Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Lindsay Lohan, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez,
Jennifer Aniston, Nicki Minaj, and Taylor Swift.

Kardashian, 32, has been popular for her reality TV shows, such as
“Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and “Kourtney and Kim Take New York”.

From: Baghdasarian

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/11/28/kk-bing/