Author: Ekmekjian Janet

DEFENSE MINISTRY OF ARMENIA CLARIFIES CIRCUMSTANCES OF SCANDAL WITH EGGS

ArmInfo
2010-02-10 11:48:00

ArmInfo. Defense Ministry of Armenia clarifies the circumstances of
the incident related to the sale of eggs of Arax poultry farm with
the stamp of Armenia’s Defense Ministry. To note, Arax poultry plant
has won the tender for supply of hen’s eggs to the Ministry.

As spokesman of Armenia’s DM, Colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan told
ArmInfo, the eggs with DM stamp were actually received by some Yerevan
stores. "The eggs with such a stamp were found out in the stores.

These eggs do not meet the GOST (All-Union State Standard) of the
Army by their weight. According to the standard, the eggs for the Army
should be no less than 50-60 grams of weight, however, the mentioned
ones were smaller", Shahsuvaryan said. According to him, the product
was found out in the stores by one of the employees of Armenia’s AF
General Headquarters, and investigation started according to the order
of Armenia’s AF General Headquarters Yuri Khachaturov. The eggs have
been currently withdrawn from the stores. According to S.

Shahsuvaryan, the eggs were delivered to the stores directly by
Arax poultry farm, and the Defense Ministry is not art and part in
appearance of the indicated eggs in Yerevan stores.

ARMENIA IS PREPARING FOR INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION ‘KANGAROO-2010’

ArmInfo
2010-02-10 15:32:00

ArmInfo. The international mathematical competition "Kangaroo-2010"
will start in Armenia on March 18.

The press-service of the "Ayb" educational fund told ArmInfo that the
deadline for applications from Armenian schools is February 24. The
competition participants are to do logical and amusing sums. This
year the sums will be in both Armenian and Russian. A total of 5 mln
pupils from 50 countries participate in the "Kangaroo" annually. It is
noteworthy that the competition starts in all countries simultaneously.

The general partner of the competition is VTB Bank (Armenia).

ARMENIA AND IRAN SIGN THREE-YEAR PROGRAM OF COOPERATION IN CULTURE

ArmInfo
2010-02-10 14:58:00

ArmInfo. Armenia and Iran signed a cultural cooperation program
for 2010-2012 on Wednesday. Hasmik Poghosyan, Armenian Minister
of Culture and Mahdi Mostafavi, President of Islamic Culture and
Relations Organization signed the document.

As part of the program, the given structures will focus on publishing,
filmmaking, museum and library services, preservation and restoration
of cultural and art monuments. Culture Days, various festivals and
expositions will be organized in the two countries to promote ties
between cultural workers and artists of the two countries. Mahdi
Mostafavi said the bilateral commission to be set up shortly
will coordinate the above events. "Armenian-Iranian relations are
traditionally friendly. We successfully cooperate in various spheres
and the document signed today will make it possible for us to extend
and boost cooperation in the culture sector," he said.

ON PROTOCOLS AND GENOCIDE RECOGNITION: EUROPEAN ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS RESPOND

Tert.am
14:32 ~U 10.02.10

If Turkey doesn’t ratify the Armenian-Turkish protocols in the next
few weeks, European Armenian organizations will increase their efforts
in the fight for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reads an open
letter dated February 5 to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
sent by Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) President
Ashot Grigorian.

"What is more, the FAAE will review its position on Turkey’s accession
to the EU and will take a firm decision against it," writes Grigorian
from Bratislava.

Continuing, Grigorian, on behalf of FAAE, adds, "Whilst we are aware
that an open border is much more favourable to Turkey than it is to
Armenia, we nonetheless welcome the steps taken by the presidents of
the two neighbouring countries and we ask of you not to impair but
to aid the process."

MARIA TITIZIAN SPOTLIGHTS "REPAT WARRIORS" IN ARMENIA

Asbarez
/maria-titizian-spotlights-repat-warriors-in-armen ia/
Feb 9th, 2010

Horizon’s Paul Chaderjian speaks with journalist, editor and Socialist
International Vice-President Maria Titizian on her decision to
repatriate with her family to Armenia almost 10 years ago. Titizian,
now a columnist for Asbarez honored, repatriot compatriots in an
article titled "Repat Warriors" – now amongst the most popular
Asbarez articles.

First broadcast on Monday, February 9, 2010 at Horizon Armenian
Television –

ARMECONOMBANK IS NEGOTIATING WITH YEREVAN CITY HALL ON FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION OF TEENCARD PROJECT

ArmInfo
14:04 08.02.2010

ArmInfo. Armeconombank is negotiating with Yerevan City Hall on
further implementation of the TeenCard project, Head of Armeconombank
Department for Plastic Card Operations Vardan Yeghiazaryan told
ArmInfo.

According to him, the bank has already issued 2300 registered
plastic cards for schoolchildren and students of Yerevan educational
establishments within the frames of the TeenCard project. V.

Yeghiazaryan thinks that number of these cards will considerably
increase upon the results of negotiations. "It is not ruled out that
funds may be allocated from the City Hall’s funds on financing of
the socially unsecured children for the children from poor families",
he said.

To recall, Armeconombank started implementing the TeenCard project at
late 2009 jointly with Armenia’s Ministry of Science and Education,
Ministry of Culture and Ministry on Labour and Social Issues. The
project is intended for cashless operations of schoolchildren and
students in cultural establishments.

NIKOLAY BORDYUZHA: MILITARY DOCTRINE CONFIRMS RUSSIA’S ADHERENCE TO ALLIED OBLIGATIONS WITHIN CSTO

ArmInfo
2010-02-08 19:21:00

ArmInfo. The new Military Doctrine confirms Russia’s adherence to
the allied obligations within CSTO, said Secretary General of CSTO
Nikolay Bordyuzha.

The National Representation of the CSTO International Public Center
of Information Support quotes Bordyuzha as saying: "We welcome
this strategic document reflecting the new realities in the sphere
of ensuring military security. It is extremely important for CSTO
that consolidation of the collective security system within the
Organization and the growth of its potential are Russia’s priority
tasks on maintaining and preventing conflicts".

He also positively estimated the thesis that Russia qualifies an armed
attack on a CSTO member state as aggression against all member states
of CSTO and in this case will take measures in compliance with the
Collective Security Treaty. "Thus, the new Military Doctrine confirms
Russia’s adherence to the allied obligations within CSTO",- stressed
Bordyuzha. He pointed out that unlike the previous doctrines, Russia
unambiguously announced for the first time that in response to the
use of nuclear and other types of mass destruction weapon against
Russia or its allies, Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapon.

"The Military Doctrine also envisages Russia’s participation in
all components of CSTO collective security system: Rapid Response
Collective Forces, Rapid Deployment Collective Forces and Peacekeeping
Forces",- said Bordyuzha. The members of CSTO founded in May 1992
are seven states – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Russia,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

US DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES B. STEINBERG: "WE THINK IT’S POSSIBLE TO APPLY MIXED MODEL OF NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IN SOLUTION TO NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT"

APA
Feb 8 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. The US State Department thinks about the possibility of
applying the mixed model of national self-determination and territorial
integrity in solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

US Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg told Armenian Public
Television in his interview, APA reports citing Armenia Today. Noting
that Washington pays special attention to solution of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, Steinberg stated that current format of negotiations is the
right one: "The Minsk process is also effective and it would be more
expedient to continue this way. As a Minsk Group Co-chairing country,
the US is committed to its obligation on finding solution to the
conflict. There are many issues waiting for the solution. It mainly
concerns the formation of the atmosphere of confidence between the two
countries and future format of the process. Washington considers that
both sides must pay attention to own arming programs and its results.

Both sides have defence and security rights, but while ensuring it,
the security of the opposite side should be taken into consideration.

Social Media translated into Armenian
06.02.2010 17:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Currently Facebook is translated in the Armenian
language, and some 85 per cent of the work has already been done,
chairman of Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and
promotion (ARMACAD) Khachik Gevorgyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter,
more than 100 activists are involved in the translation process.

According to Khachik Gevorgyan, beta testing of the Armenian version
of Facebook will start soon and then the social network will become
fully available in Armenian.

The translation of articles of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia
in Armenian language has also intensified recently. As Aleksey
Chalabyan , an editor of the Armenian version of the encyclopedia told
a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, 30 per cent of Wikipedia content has been
localized, while the user interface is fully translated. "Today, there
are 7290 articles in the Armenian language in Wikipedia. However, ther
are only 1500 articles of full value, " Aleksey Chalabyan said.
Armenian Wikipedia has been available since 2006
(), it is edited by 10 active editors.

Aysor, Armenia
Feb 6 2010

Akira Kurosawa’s films to be screened in Armenia

30 films by legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa will be
screened in Armenia’s National Gallery, Yerevan, from February 6 to
March 28, Gallery’s film program’s director Melik Karapetian told
Aysor’s correspondent.

`We are organizing the screening as this year marks the 100th
anniversary of Akira Kurosawa’s birth,’ said Melik Karapetian adding
that in the absence of sponsors and supporters, the organizers
couldn’t publish project’s programme.

Today in the framework of the project, there will be shown two films:
`Kurosawa’ ` telling about the great director, and the 1944 `The Most
Beautiful’.