Author: Chatinian Lara

Aysor, Armenia
Jan 16 2010

Aslanyan, and not Shahnazaryan

Yesterday, based on the news release of the Armenian Football
Federation we had mentioned that by the order of the Armenian Football
Federation chairman Ruben Hayrapetyan the general trainer of the
Armenian women’s football team became Vagharshak Shahnazaryan. Today
the press office of the federation has touched upon the release again
stressing that by their fault they had mixed the surname of the
trainer.

So the trainer of the Armenian women’s team is Vagharshak Aslanyan. He
will also lead the 19 and 17 years old women’s football team. The
assistant of the general trainer will be Lianna Hayrapetyan.

HOURIG TOROSSIAN’S EXHIBITION TO BE OPENED IN CYPRUS

Noyan Tapan
Jan 15, 2010

NICOSIA, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. On January 13th
Hourig Torossian’s exhibition entitled "To Colour and Symmetry" will
be opened at Argo Gallery in Cyprus. According to gibrahayer.com the
exhibition will remain open until January 30 2010.

NAREGATSI ART CENTER TO HOST MEETING WITH FILM DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER DON ASKARIAN JAN. 21-25

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.01.2010 13:05 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On January 21, Naregatsi Art Center will launch
"Meeting with Film Director, Photographer Don Askarian" four-day
program which includes exhibitions, film screenings and master classes.

The meeting will enable young film directors to exhibit their works
for participation in master classes, Naregatsi Art Center’s press
office reported.

Don Askarian was born in Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh in 1949. In
1967, he moved to Moscow where he studied history and art. He worked
as an assistant-director and film critic for a year after his study.

In 1975-1977, Askarian was imprisoned. In 1978, he emigrated from the
USSR to West Berlin. For the last 25 years he has lived and worked
in Germany, The Netherlands and Armenia, where he founded his own
film companies. Askarian is a prize-winner at several international
film festivals.

MEDVEDEV HAILS ENERGY COOPERATION WITH TURKEY

RIA Novosti
January 13, 2010
Barvikha

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised energy cooperation with
Turkey on Wednesday and said he looked to joint efforts in addressing
regional disputes.

Meeting with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan at his
country residence near Moscow, Medvedev highlighted joint gas and
oil projects: "We are happy to maintain serious cooperation in this
sphere."

Russia and Turkey signed energy deals in August 2009, which will
support Turkey’s drive to become a regional hub for gas and oil
transits while helping Moscow diversify supply routes and potentially
maintain its monopoly on natural gas shipments from Asia to Europe.

Turkey allowed Russia’s Gazprom to use its sector of the Black Sea
for the South Stream pipeline to pump Russian and Central Asian gas
to Europe bypassing Ukraine. And Russia agreed to join a consortium
to build the Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline from the Black Sea to the
Mediterranean.

The two states also agreed to expand the existing Blue Stream gas
pipeline for possible shipments via Turkey to Cyprus and Israel.

Russia was also reported to be seeking to take part in the construction
of Turkey’s first nuclear power plants.

Echoing the Russian leader, Erdogan highlighted the importance of
energy ties and said their countries enjoy "an exemplary cooperation"
in the sector.

Medvedev said he hoped Erdogan’s current visit will promote "stronger
ties between our countries," which he said were important for
"addressing complicated regional problems."

Turkey upset its close ally Azerbaijan by agreeing to open diplomatic
relations with Armenia late last year.

The two bitter rivals have been locked in a dispute over Nagorny
Karabakh since before the breakup of the Soviet Union. Russia has
been driving efforts to reach a settlement in the conflict over
the ethnic-Armenian region in Azerbaijan, which has been de facto
independent since the 1990s.

Meeting with Erdogan later on Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin said global economic recession sent Russian-Turkish
trade down 40% last year, from its all-time high of $35 billion
in 2008, but Turkey remains one of Russia’s key trade partners,
outpacing the United States and Britain.

DESPITE PROTOCOLS FOUND CORRESPONDING WITH ARMENIAN CONSTITUTION, ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT IS UNLIKELY TO RATIFY THEM: EXPERT SVANTE CORNELL

Trend
Jan 12 2010
Azerbaijan

Despite the protocols have been found corresponding with the Armenian
Constitution today, the Armenian Parliament is unlikely to ratify
them, the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University
director Svante Cornell said.

"Despite Armenia’s Constitutional Court has confirmed today compliance
of the Armenian-Turkish protocols with the Constitution, the Armenian
parliament is unlikely to ratify these protocols," Cornell told Trend
News over phone from Sweden.

Armenia’s Constitutional Court found the Armenian-Turkish protocols
corresponding with the Constitution, "News-Armenia" agency reported.

Armenia’s Constitutional Court launched its consideration of the
protocols on Tuesday morning.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian spoke as official
representative of the Armenian President during consideration of
the case.

The case was considered in a written procedural order on the basis
of the documents submitted to the court.

Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward
Nalbandian signed the Ankara-Yerevan protocols on normalization
relations between two countries in Zurich on Oct. 10, 2009.

Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey were broken due
to Armenian claims of an alleged genocide and its occupation of
Azerbaijani lands. Their border closed in 1993.

Cornell said if you carefully observe the recent events, it becomes
clear that there is no political activity in the region.

He said much depends now on the actions of the Turkish Parliament.

"I think that Armenia will wait for Turkish actions in ratification
of the protocols in its Parliament," Cornell said.

Another factor of the development of events concerning the
Armenian-Turkish protocols will influence the position of Armenia,
Russia and the United States, the expert said.

RA CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSIDERS ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.01.2010 11:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia
started a hearing on conformity of the Armenian-Turkish protocols
with the Armenian Constitution.

As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reports from the scene, ARF
Dashnaktsutyun continues a rally launched on January 11 in front of
the CC premises. Some 100 people led by representative of the ARFD
Supreme Body Armen Rustamyan are protesting approval of protocols.

The hearing will not be secret while decision will be taken by the
majority of CC members behind closed doors. Judge Vladimir Hovhannisyan
will decide whether the protocols are in line with the RA Constitution.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will address the session
as the President’s representative.

The protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the common border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich
by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish
counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of
diplomatic talks held through Swiss mediation.

HILARY CLINTON TO CONSULT WITH ARMENIAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING THE PROTOCOLS

AZG DAILY
12-01-2010

Armenian-Turkish protocols

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with
Armenian-American organizations next month to consult on the protocols
between Armenia and Turkey, announced the Armenian Assembly of America
(Assembly), according to armradio.am. The Assembly requested a meeting
with Secretary Clinton to discuss issues of concern to the community.

"The Republic of Armenia through its President, has taken bold steps,
yet the Republic of Turkey continues its counterproductive actions
with respect to normalizing relations with Armenia," stated Assembly
Executive Director Bryan Ardouny. "As such, this meeting offers an
important opportunity to discuss the Administration’s efforts to hold
Turkey accountable," added Ardouny.

The Armenian General Benevolent Union, the Diocese of the Armenian
Church of America (Eastern), the Diocese of the Armenian Church of
America (Western), the Knights of Vartan, along with the Assembly
issued a joint statement in support of President Serzh Sargsyan’s
initiative "in taking a positive approach to the process of normalizing
relations…." The joint statement also made it clear that we will
continue "to stand firmly with the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to ensure
its freedom and security" and will also continue to lead the charge
with respect to "all those working for universal affirmation of the
Armenian Genocide."

While Armenia has taken a constructive approach, in direct
contradiction to the protocols signed in October of 2009, Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to link progress on
the protocols to a resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. In
addition, while in Washington, DC last month, Erdogan, when asked
about the Armenian Genocide on the Charlie Rose television program,
stated that "I can say very clearly that we do not accept genocide.

This is completely a lie."

"In the face of Turkey’s ongoing campaign of denial, we must redouble
our efforts to secure U.S. reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide and
urge swift passage of the Armenian Genocide resolution in Congress,"
stated Ardouny.

Invited to attend the meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
are: the Armenian Assembly of America, the Armenian General Benevolent
Union, the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern),
the Diocese of the Armenian Church (Western), the Knights of Vartan,
and the Armenian National Committee of America, the source reports.

ARMENIAN BOXERS KHOREN GEVOR AND ARTHUR BERNETSYAN BEGAN 2010 WITH VICTORIES.

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.01.2010 17:26 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According championat.ru, in Magdeburg (Germany),
Armenian boxer Khoren Gevor (Germany) in the middle weight met with
Jefferson Luis Gonzalo.

If the the battle of ten rounds the judges unanimously recognized
Gevor as the winner with the following score: 96-94, 98-94, 99-91.

The evening of professional boxing was held in Glendale (USA),
where lightweight boxer Arthur Bernetsyan made his debute. His rival
was Francisco Solis. If the the battle of tfour rounds the judges
unanimously recognized Bernetsyan as the winner with the following
score: 39-35.. in his favor.

Architecture Museum director David Sarkisyan dies
08.01.2010 12:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Director of Shchusev State Museum of Architecture in
Moscow, David Sarkisyan died at 62 in a Munich hospital after a
lingering illness.

David Sarkisyan campaigned against the destruction of dozens of Moscow
building, specifically the Central House of Artists.

David Sarkisyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1947. He was a man of
many talents, first working as a biologist and developing a drug to
treat Alzheimer’s, then in the 1980s turning his hand to film making
as a script writer and director of more than 20 documentaries. He
assumed the post of director of Shchusev State Museum of Architecture
in 2000. Recognizing that the walls of the grand old building on
Vozdvizhenka were the perfect backdrop for architectural exhibitions,
he transformed the obscure venue into an excellent exhibition center.

Contra Costa Times , CA
Jan 5 2010

Krekorian ready to take a seat in council

By Rick Orlov, Staff Writer

Assemblyman Paul Krekorian will become Councilman Paul Krekorian
today, nearly a a month after his election to succeed Wendy Greuel on
the 15-member Los Angeles City Council.

Krekorian will represent the city’s 2nd District that runs from Studio
City to Sunland-Tujunga.

Hosting a farewell party for his Sacramento staff on Monday, Krekorian
will take the oath of office after the City Council certifies the
election results today. But he is not expected to participate in
today’s council meeting, choosing instead to begin on Wednesday even
though it is the Armenian celebration of Christmas. Krekorian is
Armenian.

Plans are in the works for a public swearing-in ceremony in the
district to meet with supporters.

Krekorian already has made a number of hires of new staff members for
his office, and it was unclear if he will be keeping on any of those
who worked for Greuel.

Those he has hired for City Hall include his communications director,
Jeremy Oberstein, and several others either on his campaign team or
who worked for him as an assemblyman. Those hired so far include John
Hisserich, Areen Ibranossian, Matt Hale, Hrag Yedalian and Karo
Torossian.

Each City Council member has an office budget of $1.1 million. Council
members can decide how many aides they want and their salaries.

Oberstein said staffing decisions still need to be made, but
Krekorian’s office will be prepared to meet the needs of the district
beginning on Wednesday.

Krekorian defeated businesswoman Christine Essel in the election for
the seat, vacated by Greuel’s election as controller. He will have
about 18 months left on the term before he will face election to a
full four-year term.

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