Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN S. CAUCASUS COUNTRIES

The Messenger
Nov 1 2012
Georgia

After the war with Russia in 2008 and the global economic crisis, the
Georgian economy began its recovery in 2009. According to official
data, Georgia’s economy grew 6.3% in 2010. In 2011, economic growth
reached 7%.

In Armenia, the global crisis of 2008-2009 also influenced economic
growth in the country. In 2010, after recovering from the economic
collapse, Armenia’s economy growth reached to 2.2%. In 2011 it
reached 4.7%.

Azerbaijan’s economy has enjoyed very stable growth for the last
several years. Before the economic crisis, Azeri economic growth
reached 34.5% in 2006 and 25% in 2007. Even in 2009, the country
saw growth of 9.3%, though in 2010, growth declined to 5%. Most
surprisingly, in 2011, economic growth in Azerbaijan saw 0% growth.

However, this does not mean much for Azerbaijan which has huge reserves
of oil and gas.

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ARMENIAN CHURCH PROJECT ON EL CAMINO REAL TO BE REVIEWED

Del Mar Times
Nov 1 2012

St. John Garabed Church, an Armenian church planned for El Camino Real,
will be reviewed by the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board~Rs
regional issues subcommmitee meeting on Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m. at the
Carmel Valley Library.

The project came before the planning board for an update at its
Oct. 25 meeting.

The multi-phase project includes a 350-seat church, a 500-seat
multi-purpose hall, a cultural and education center and a youth
center in a ~Svillage-like~T cluster of buildings. At its highest
the church will be 93 feet tall, the other two buildings will be 30
and 40 feet tall.

~SWe weren~Rt able to achieve the sacred proportions of Armenian
church architecture, where the height is greater than the width,
because of the setting,~T said Dennis Hyndman, the architect for
the project. ~SWe feel we~Rve done a good job changing the project
but maintaining the traditional architecture that is important to
Armenian people~EHopefully this project will enhance the community
of Carmel Valley.~T

According to Marcela Escobar-Eck, the land use planner for the site,
the church has focused its development to a mesa top on the land to
minimize the impact on natural resources on the site. The hope is to
restore the surrounding open space area, benefit the wildlife corridor
and enlarge the wetlands area.

The access drive has proven to be the biggest challenges for the
site, Escobar-Eck said. They tried to negotiate an easement using
the neighboring Evangelican Formosan Church~Rs property but the
church was unwilling to grant the easement. The access point will
now be a driveway near the toe of the slope of the property. A short
deceleration lane will be added for the entrance to the church and
a short acceleration lane will be added for the right-only exit.

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ARMENIANS WILL RUN AWAY IN CASE OF NEW WAR IN KARABAKH – COMMANDER

News.Az
Thu 01 November 2012 16:19 GMT | 16:19 Local Time

Armenians will run away in case of new war in Karabakh.

The Internal troops commander of Azerbaijan lieutenant general Zakir
Hasanov is confident that in case of a new war in Karabakh the Armenian
army militaries will have to escape.

Interfax – Azerbaijan reports that according to Hasanov, Armenian
armed forces will not be able to stand a day in case of a new war.

The commander noted that unlike Armenia, Azerbaijan has a strong and
disciplined army and military might of the personal staff guarantee
the superiority of Azerbaijani army over Armenian.

“The situation in the Armenian armed forces is disastrous. In case
of war the militaries of this country will escape from the field of
battle”, Hasanov said.

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TEGHOUT CJSC DISSEMINATES A STATEMENT ON PHOTOS PUBLISHED ON BEHALF OF CIVIL INITIATIVE FOR PROTECTION OF TEGHOUT

arminfo
Thursday, November 1, 19:12

Teghout CJSC has disseminated a statement concerning the photos
published on behalf of the Civil Initiative for Protection of Teghout.

The information and public relations department of Vallex Group reports
that the photos demonstrate that the subsoil water is flowing into
the Shnogh River from one of the crushing plants. In this connection,
Teghout CJSC states that it is carrying out a water intake on the River
Shnogh in an envisaged volume in line with an authorized structure’s
permit. No dangerous chemical elements are used in this process or
mixed with the water.

For mechanical cleaning of the subsoil water, settling hoppers have
been built in this plant, where the water is to be cleaned from sand
and soil. The photos were made when the settling hoppers did not
operate for technical reasons, and the sand and soil were penetrating
into the river. The leadership of Teghout CJSC was informed of that and
took prompt steps even before the publication of the photos. At the
same time, Teghout CJSC expresses its willingness for a constructive
dialogue and cooperation on environmental issues with any organization
and individuals. To note, Vallex Group was founded in 1998. It unites
20 subsidiaries. The ore reserves in the Teghout deposit make up
450 mln tons, copper reserves – 1.6 mln tons. Russian citizen Valery
Mejlumyan owns 100% of shares of Armenian Copper Programme CJSC.

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ED. SHARMAZANOV: AZERBAIJAN CANNOT DECIDE ARTSAKH NATION’S DESTINY

A day before Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced during the
opening of the monument of Azerbaijani singer Bulbul that Azerbaijan
will not let Armenia have the second state and Bulbul’s monument will
be situated in Shushi one day as well.

Speaker of the Armenian Republican Party, vice chairman of Armenian
Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov spread an announcement where he answered
to Azerbaijani President.

“Azerbaijani leader continues his range of announcements which has no
connection with the reality. I consider it is worthy to underline that
it is not Azerbaijan’s affair to let Artsakh nation lead its destiny.

Artsakh nation gained that right both in the war field and confirmed
it by the referendum.”

Mr. Sharmazanov added that Azerbaijan can still situate Bulbul’s
monument in Shushi. “Azerbaijan can recognize NKR independence,
establish diplomatic relations with Artsak, open an embassy and then
put Bulbul’s monument in the embassy’s building”.

01.11.12, 15:51

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50.000 EUROS FOR THE LOST 4 TRIALS IN EUROPEAN COURT

2012-11-01 12:30:01

The European Court of Human Rights made the decision on 4th June
according to which the Government passed a decree to allocate
49.3 thousand euros to the Ministry of Justice. Today, during the
consecutive cession the government decided to allocate the means for
the damages caused by the activities of the governmental bodies from
the state reserve fund. The Government of the Republic of Armenia
lost the following cases: “Muradkhanyan vs. Armenia” – 6,227 euros,
“Poghosyan and Baghdasaryan vs. Armenia” – 30,500 euros, “Malkhasyan
vs. Armenia” – 4,543 euros and “Piruzyan vs. Armenia” – 8,018 euros.

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PRESIDENT ALIYEV: “WE WILL NEVER ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SECOND ARMENIAN STATE”

“we-will-never-allow-the-establishment-of-a-second-armenian-state”.html
11:44, November 1, 2012

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, during a ceremony unveiling a
statute of Azerbaijani opera singer in Baku, remarked that, “I am
sure that Azerbaijan will soon restore its territorial integrity.”

Aliyev made the remark at a ceremony unveiling a statute of the singer
Bulbul, a People’s Artsist of the USSR, who was born in Shoushi.

The Azerbaijani president, in his address, noted that, “Shusha has
been under Armenian occupation for twenty years.”

Aliyev continued the Bulbul reference by saying: “At the same time
we have undergone cultural genocide. Our religious, historical and
cultural monuments were destroyed. The bust of Bulbul was riddled
with Armenian bullets. Bulbul’s house in Shusha was destroyed.”

Azerbaijan’s president concluded by saying that: “We will never allow
a second Armenian state being established on historical Azerbaijani
lands, and we will restore our territorial integrity absolutely. The
monument of Bulbul will again be erected in Shusha. I am confident
that we will participate in the opening of this monument, and that
the national flag of Azerbaijan will wave in Khankendi and Shusha”.

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ARMENIAN NATIONALISTS PROTEST SATANIST’S ACTIVITIES

tert.am
01.11.12

Facebook has become a platform for offending and defaming the Armenian
Apostolic Church, Armenian nationalists have complained.

At a news conference on Thursday, Director of the Armenian Church
Youth Association Gevorg Lazarian and a person in charge for the
organization’s religious affairs, Archimandrite Yeghishe Avetisyan,
as well as a co-chair of the One Nation NGO, Gor Tamazyan, urged for
closing a Facebook page created by Bayandur Poghosyan, considering
him a Satanist.

“Perhaps everybody is well aware of our activities. They are
targeted against the religious sects; we also condemn homosexualism
and standards encouraging free manners. At the same time, we fight
pro-Western and pro-American political forces on the political arena,”
Tamazyan said, adding that their organization adheres to the principles
preached by Garegin Nzhdeh, a 19th-20th century Armenian statesman,
political thinker and a patriot.

The group said that Poghosyan has characterized their activities as
those of a killer, calling them fascists and racists.

Tamazyan added that the profile has another administrator, Sevak
Kirakosyan, who is affiliated with the gay and lesbian rights center
Pink.

“The post was left by Bayandur, but the page does not deny anything
or make a public apology,” he said.

One Nation conducts an active advocacy by disseminating leaflets,
as well as proposing legal initiatives. It has called for declaring
Echmiadzin a religious city state.

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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT REQUIRES OPERATIVE ACTIONS AGAINST THE FIGHT OF CORRUPTION: TIGRAN SARGSYAN

ARMENPRESS
1 November, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
demands determined and operative actions to target corruption problems
in our country. As Armenpress reports, Tigran Sargsyan, the PM of the
Republic of Armenia came forth in the course of Executive Body session.

” The current situation does not satisfy us. Armenian President
requires determined and operative actions in order we could implement
changes which will be visible to the public. I have convened meeting
against the fight of corruption. We have to essentially strengthen
partnership with civil society ” Tigran Sargsyan noted. PM commissioned
the relevant authorities to submit proposals for cooperation with
non-governmental organizations. In the words of the Executive Body
head it would be correct to also involve opposition parties.

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THE ARMENIAN PETROGLYPHS WILL BECOME THE NEW CREDIT CARD OF ARMENIA IN THE LIST OF UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE

ARMENPRESS
1 November, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. As a result of the cooperation
between the Armenian-German program of researches of the ancient
Armenian petrograths an internet website will be created dedicated
all the Armenian petroglyths. In a conversation with “Armenpress” the
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia Hasmik Poghosyan stated
that the Armenian petroglyths need a deep and serious observation.

Poghosyan said: “We must recruit all what we have by the assistance
of the experts from Germany. They encouraged us to crate a granary,
as the Armenian petroglyths are unique and will be included in the
list of UNESCO world heritage.”

She also added that the German experts have already introduced a huge
written document, where everything is recorded and a large amount of
information regarding the petroglyths is involved there. The minister
said: “The works will continue for another year, after which it will
become clear what we have done and what is still to be done. The
matter is not merely about the list of UNESCO world heritage, but
also the making it known to the world despite the inclusion in the
list of UNESCO world heritage.” The necessary mechanisms of their
preservation also will be developed.

The Armenian-German program of research of the petroglyths in Jermuk
and Sisian under the leadership of Professor Harold Miller and the
Director of the Institute of Archeology and Demography of the National
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Pavel Avetisyan kicked
off in 2011.

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