Giovedì 13 Dicembre 2018 di Elena Panarella e Rossella Fabiani
Author: George Mamian
Sports: UEFA charges Armenia national team with crowd disturbances during Nations League group stage match
The European football association, UEFA, on Friday charged the Armenian national football team with crowd disturbances at the Nations League group stage match between Armenia and Gibraltar played on 13 October in Yerevan.
The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body has decided to fine the Football Federation of Armenia €18,000.
To remind, the incident involving members of two Armenian fan groups Red Eagles and FAF in the final minutes of the match after a flag of Gibraltar was raised in the Red Eagles section.
Aside from that, the home team were charged for throwing of objects by fans toward the visiting team players.
Cuando Madrid fue la capital de Armenia… y Cartagena quiso unirse a EEUU
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Cartagena quiso ser un estado de Estados Unidos en 1873, Texas pudo venderse a Gran Bretaña y hay un movimiento en Puerto Rico que promueve el regreso a España… Estos son algunos de los intentos de anexión territorial más locos de la Historia
La geopolítica es como un motel de carretera con extraños huéspedes que entran y salen. De estancias esporádicas y de pasado oscuro que se oculta por vergüenza o desmemoria. Las anexiones pacíficas de territorios no son muy comunes y en el mundo existen algunas muy curiosas, presas de intereses o de visiones locas. Tanto que resulta que un día Madrid fue capital de Armenia. No sólo eso, lo fue antes que de España.
En 1375 el rey de Armenia León V de Lusignan cayó preso de los mamelucos. Sufrió cautiverio en el Cairo durante varios años. Su caso fue muy mediático en la época ya que se negó a abjurar del cristianismo, lo que lo convirtió en un símbolo de la fe. El rey Juan I de Castilla intermedió en su liberación y no sólo eso, le entregó el señorío de Madrid, Andújar y Villarreal con 150.000 maravedíes de pensión.
El historiador Carlos Fisas (1919-2010) cuenta en uno de sus célebres libros anecdotarios que León V trasladó su corte a Madrid, que por entonces debía ser sólo una pequeña villa. Prometió a los madrileños mantener sus privilegios, pero enseguida olvidó sus compromisos generando gran malestar entre sus súbditos. Ante las quejas, el rey de Castilla prometió que estas poblaciones regresarían a su dominio a la muerte de León V. Sin embargo, su sucesor Enrique III no quiso esperar tanto y revocó la donación dos años antes de la muerte del armenio, que había abandonado su mini reino camino de Francia.
En el protocolo de la geoestrategia, al igual que en el de la cortesía, para entrar antes hay que dejar salir. En la era del Brexit y el procés, hay algunos movimientos muchos más desconocidos y que por su escaso apoyo son bastante peregrinos. Hablamos de los ‘exit’ (salida) americanos.
Por ejemplo, están los ‘Texit’ en Texas, un estado que ha formado parte de la historia de México y Estados Unidos y que entre papá y mamá ha querido varias veces independizarse. Lo que apenas se sabe es que un abogado llamado Stephen Pearl Andrews intento vender Texas a Gran Bretaña.
Se trataba de un plan para abolir la esclavitud en este territorio jugando la baza de la intervención extranjera (en Inglaterra la Ley de abolición es de 1833). Los texanos no estaban muy por la labor, incluso terminaron formando parte de los Estados Confederados de América que perderían la guerra de Secesión (1861-1865) que puso fin a la esclavitud en EEUU.
Un líder del Cantón de Cartagena pidió por carta a la Casa Blanca ondear la bandera de EEUU en la ciudad murciana
En el ámbito nacional, y pocos años después a lo sucedido en Texas, se dio otro caso muy particular. Durante la rebelión del cantón de Cartagena contra el gobierno de la Primera República, Roque Barcia, líder destacado de la sublevación, envió una carta el 16 de diciembre de 1873 al presidente de Estados Unidos, Ulysses S. Grant (el general nordista vencedor de la guerra de Secesión), a través de su embajador en Madrid, Daniel E. Sickles. La misiva solicitaba izar la bandera estadounidense para detener los bombardeos que sufría la ciudad por parte de las fuerzas gubernamentales. Su intención final era adherirse a Estados Unidos como estado de pleno derecho. Un proyecto que, de haberse consumado, habría llevado a la hoy ciudad murciana a ser una estrella de la bandera de Estados Unidos. La Casa Blanca nunca contestó.
Mientras unos se querían marchar, otros están nostálgicos. En Puerto Rico hay un partido que cada vez cuenta con más adeptos. Se trata del Movimiento para la Reunificación con España , un fenómeno muy curioso si tenemos en cuenta que en la política puertorriqueña antes sólo existían partidos independentistas y favorables a convertirse en estado de pleno derecho de Estados Unidos. Sus reivindicaciones se basan en la presunta indiferencia de los estadounidenses. Primero durante la crisis de 2008 y, sobre todo, por la pobre respuesta del gobierno de EEUU tras el paso del huracán María, que dañó aún más la economía de este estado libre asociado
“Queremos recuperar la igualdad política que perdimos en 1898 [año en que dejó de ser colonia española tras la guerra con EEUU]. Somos ciudadanos de segunda. No votamos al presidente, no tenemos senadores o representantes en Washington”, reivindicó hace unos meses José Nieves Seise, líder del movimiento.
Una cosa está clara. En 2018 Ereván no es Madrid ni Cartagena, Kansas
I expect a vote of confidence from the people. Pashinyan started the campaign from Tallinn
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If I were to say now that I am not a candidate for the Prime Minister and I am not running and will not be the Prime Minister, that would be an escape, it would be betraying the people halfway. I will be prime minister only if you decide. Nikol Pashinyan, acting Prime Minister of RA, leader of the “My Step” alliance, announced this in Tallinn, starting the “My Step” alliance campaign.
He mentioned that he became the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia because the people decided so.
“How long will I remain the Prime Minister of Armenia?” As long as you decide I should carry that status,” he said, adding that things have changed now.
“Before, the votes of RA citizens were stolen, the votes of citizens were manipulated. Let’s record the biggest result of the revolution: we eliminated the need for revolutions from Armenia, because in all cases when you decide to make a revolution, you can make your revolution through your one ballot. The revolution took place because the people were deprived of the opportunity to form a government through elections, because you voted for one, another was elected,” he emphasized.
Nikol Pashinyan announced that he expects a vote of confidence from the people.
The time has come to implement an economic revolution in Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, leader of the “My Step” alliance, announced in Tallinn.
“We should raise Armenia to a completely new political and economic level in the coming period,” he said.
Nikol Pashinyan said that there will be several changes in 2019.
Moving on to the pre-election promises, Pashinyan announced that his government will completely exempt micro-business from taxes and, for example, all establishments working in Tallinn, including trade stands, whose annual turnover will not exceed 24 million drams, will be exempt from taxes. According to him, this is the result of their policy of encouraging work. In addition to this, continued the Acting Prime Minister who came to Tal following the citizens’ vote, individual taxi drivers will be exempted from all kinds of taxes. Also, the maximum amount of the fine will be changed, the maximum amount of the fine for violating the traffic rules will be limited to 29 thousand drams.
“In the past, the policy was carried out in RA that the citizen should be as poor as possible, always standing with his neck bowed in front of officials, regional governors, and deputies. We say no to that policy, we must create an opportunity for our citizens to work and support their families with their sweat. The neck of an RA citizen should not be crooked,” added Nikol Pashinyan.
Armen Sarkissian attends discussion on global security in Berlin
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, who is in Berlin on an official visit, participated today in a discussion in Berlin organized by the Munich International Security Conference, the Presidential Office reports.
The event was attended by chairman of the conference Wolfgang Ischinger, representatives of German defense and foreign ministries, Bundestag lawmakers, MEPs, security experts, as well as heads of research centers.
The discussions focused on global security, ongoing changes, current challenges and treats, as well as the opportunities to overcome them.
In his remarks President Sarkissian said Armenia is open for cooperation and ready to become a platform for different discussions.
Prosecutor General Insists Kocharian be Remanded
Armenia’s Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Armenia’s courts must allow law-enforcement authorities to again arrest former President Robert Kocharian in connection with the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan, Prosecutor-General Artur Davtyan insisted on Wednesday.
Kocharian was arrested in July on charges stemming from the deadly breakup of opposition demonstrations during the final weeks of his 1998-2008 rule. He strongly denies the accusations, saying that the current Armenian government is waging a political “vendetta” against him.
The Court of Appeals freed the 64-year-old in August, saying that the Armenian constitution gives him immunity from prosecution. Both state prosecutors and Kocharian appealed against that ruling. The latter claimed that there were also other legal grounds for his release.
Earlier this month, the Court of Cassation, the country’s highest body of criminal justice, ordered the Court of Appeals to examine the case anew. The latter began hearings on the matter on Tuesday.
Davtyan is personally attending the hearings along with several other prosecutors. “Our position is that [Kocharian] must stay under arrest,” he told reporters.
“We are making arguments substantiating the need for the second president’s arrest at this stage of the investigation,” added the chief prosecutor.
Kocharian is specifically accused of illegally using the armed forces against opposition supporters who protested against alleged fraud in a disputed presidential election held in February 2008. Law-enforcement authorities say that amounted to an overthrow of the constitutional order.
Eight protesters and two police personnel were killed when security forces quelled those protests on March 1-2, 2008.
The Court of Appeals assigned the case to one of its judges, Ruben Mkhitaryan, by a draw, prompting strong objections from Kocharian’s lawyers. They claimed that this is a violation of Armenian law and demanded Mkhitaryan’s replacement. The judge rejected the demand on Wednesday.
One of the defense lawyers, Hayk Alumyan, said they will file other court petitions on Thursday. In particular, he said, they will demand that Mkhitaryan ask Armenia’s Constitutional Court to rule on an article of the Criminal Code used against the ex-president. The lawyers believe that the article is unconstitutional, said Alumyan.
Kocharian announced his return to active politics just days after his release from prison. He has repeatedly accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government of endangering the country’s national security, undermining its relations with Russia and lacking economic programs. Still, he decided not run in snap parliamentary elections slated for December 9.
Pashinyan, who played a key role in the 2008 protests and spent nearly two years in prison because of that, has strongly defended the criminal case against Kocharian. “All murderers will go to prison,” he declared on August 17.
Chess: Armenia’s Aronian to take part in London Chess Classic
Leading Armenian chess players will take part in a number of international tournaments in December.
GM Levon Aronian will participate at London Chess Classic to be played from 11 to 17 December, Panorama.am reports, citing the Chess Federation official website.
Armenian GM Hrant Melkumyan, WIM Siranush Ghukasyan and FM Davit Mirzoyan are set to perform at the FIDE Open tournament held on the sidelines of London Chess Classic.
Meantime, three other Armenian players will compete at the Rome international chess championship on 2-9 December and later in another prestigious tournament in Sitges, Spain.
Armenian champion, GM Haik Martirosyan will take part in Zurich open tournament on 26-30 December, while GMs Zaven Andriasian and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan will join an international tournament scheduled for 27-31 December in Montebello, Italy.
Azerbaijani press: OSCE MG should maximally use all tools for pressure on Armenia – Azerbaijani MP
Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 17
By Matanat Nasibova – Trend:
Armenia’s illegal activity in the occupied Azerbaijani territories is one of the main problems, and this issue should not only be discussed as part of events organized inside the country, but also abroad, Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament’s committee on international relations and inter-parliamentary ties Samad Seyidov said.
He made the remarks Nov. 17 at an international conference entitled “Illegal activity in the occupied Azerbaijani territories and the responsibility of third parties” in Baku.
He noted that periodically the Azerbaijani delegation raises this issue at the level of international structures in order to draw attention to the situation in the occupied territories.
“This issue has been submitted for discussion to the Council of Europe, and I think that it is necessary to hold conferences of the current level in international structures, in Europe and, possibly, with the participation of Azerbaijani MPs,” he said. “I consider it very important to hold a conference of such content in a multilateral format. This would be the most effective way to find mechanisms for solving this global problem, which is of great importance for Azerbaijan. In the current situation, it is necessary to provide detailed information based on real facts related to the illegal use of the occupied Azerbaijani territories by Armenia for enrichment purposes.”
He noted that the OSCE Minsk Group should pay special attention to this problem, the mission of which shouldn’t consist of idleness that it has shown all these years, but the maximum use of all instruments of pressure on the occupier country – Armenia.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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Robert Hovhannisyan leads Bavarian Chess Championship
Robert Hovhannisyan, a member of the Armenian Men’s Chess Team, is currently performing successfully at the Bavarian Open Championship in Germany.
Our chess player has had five victories in the first 5 rounds and now shares the 1-2th places with Spanish Grandmaster Heim Santos. In the 6th round today, these two players will meet each other. Robert Hovhannisyan will play with white pieces.
Our other chess player, GM Manuel Petrosyan, shares the 9-27th places with 4 points. His opponent is German international master Jonas Hacker.