Sports: Armenia beat Cyprus in football friendly

The New Indian Express
Nov 14 2017


By IANS  |   Published: 14th November 2017 01:00 PM  |  

Last Updated: 14th November 2017 01:00 PM  |   A+A-   |  

Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan | AFP

YEREVAN: Armenia beat Cyprus 3-2 in a football friendly at the Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium here.

Armenia’s Haik Ishkhanyan on Monday scored the opener in the 17th minute for his first goal for the national squad in his only second appearance for Armenia, reports Xinhua news agency.

Varazadat Haroyan doubled the score with a spectacular header in the 38th minute before the Cypriots pulled one back on Konstantinos Laifis in the 50th minute.

Manchester United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a flawless penalty after Armenia’s Tigran Barseghyan was fouled in the 63rd minute to make it 3-1.

Cyprus managed to close it again but were not good enough to stop Armenia from nailing down another win after crushing Belarus 4-1 last Thursday.

Interview with Maestro Constantine Orbelian

Dear Editors,

Attached please find my interview with Maestro Constantine Orbelian with corresponding photos.  I will appreciate it very much if you could publish it in your newspaper.  Lots is happening in the cultural world in Armenia and the Maestro has taken a leading role.
Please let me know if you have questions.
Warm regards from Armenia,
~Sona


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Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Anna Netrebko and Constantine Orbedlian, on June 19,. 2013, Red Square.jpg

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With superstar tenor Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, soprano and CO in July 2017 in Jurmala, Latvia.jpg

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Culture: Discovering the Legacy of Zabel Yessayan in Artsakh

The Armenian Weekly
Nov 13 2017

Born in 1878 in Constantinople, Yessayan played an important role in the tumultuous events shaping Armenian history in the first part of the 20th century. The contests are organized by Artsakh Ombudsman (Human Rights Defender) Ruben Melikyan, TUMO Stepanakert’s Korioun Khatchadourian, and Judith Saryan from Cambridge, Mass.

On Nov. 8, TUMO Stepanakert announced the winner of the Graphic Design T-shirt Contest. The winning entry was designed by Astghik Simonyan of Stepanakert. She created a stylized image of Yessayan’s face on the front of the t-shirt. Below it, she printed Yessayan’s quote, “Literature is not an ornament, a pleasant pastime, a pretty flower. Literature is a weapon to struggle against Injustice.” Simonyan designed a geometric pomegranate symbolizing Artsakh to adorn the back of the shirt.

The winners of the Human Rights Essay Contest in honor of Zabel Yessayan will be announced on Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day.

Zabel Yessayan attracted a lot of attention during her lifetime, but she disappeared without a trace in a Soviet prison in the 1940s. Starting 15 years ago, her story resurfaced with the works of Lerna Ekmekcioglu and Melissa Bilal and the documentary, “Finding Zabel Yessayan.” Ever since, Yessayan’s books have been translated into English, French, Turkish, and Italian.

Earlier this year, the Mayor of Paris announced that a street was recently named after Yessayan, a group of women Turkey recently created a play about her life and works, and researchers are combing through her archives in Yerevan to learn more about this brilliant and courageous woman.

The Zabel Yessayan Human Rights Essay Contest is co-sponsored Tufenkian Foundation and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR).

A snake in Tumo’s building

On November 2, at 11:38, an alert was received that a snake was found at the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies at Halabyan 16Street, Yerevan, where the rescuers caught the Macrovipera lebetina snake and moved it to a safe place.

On November 2, at 14:48 an alert was received that a snake was found in the basement of one of the apartment building at Nansen 21/3, Yerevan, where the rescuers caught the coluber snake and transported a safe area.

The new intrigue of Ohanyan’s wife. which official looks like a pregnant woman with kardashian lips?

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Seyran Ohanyan’s wife Ruzanna Khachatryan, who recently became the author of a scandalous post, continues to intrigue the public by making a new post on the social network.


It is specifically stated in the post.


“Among the many analyzes related to my post, there was an analysis by which the author assumed that my post has a political connotation, and Seyran Ohanyan, not winning the elections, is preparing for a revolution in the spring.

The electoral process is the most common form of citizens’ participation in the political life of the state, a very important institution that ensures the legitimacy of the power coming to power.

Since 1995, the results of all elections in RA have been rightly questioned by all circles of our society, always blaming the involvement of administrative resources, the use of power structures, and abuse. The political elite were accused of fraud, and the opposition and the people were accused of inconsistency.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the electoral processes in our republic could not be particularly different from the elections in any of the post-Soviet states. After the collapse of the Soviet system, we all bear the consequences of chain collapses, the demoralization of social and political institutions, and the exclusion of the poor from political processes.

All political circles in our country, ruling or opposition, are concerned (I think rightfully so) about the government proving its legitimacy and the people seeing the government they want.


The election results cannot be doubted in a situation when the demographic data presented before the elections, the number of voters and their participation in the elections will be reliable, when every citizen will have the opportunity to receive unbiased information, when the central election commission will conduct an open, public policy, when the citizen under a heavy social burden will not sell his vote. Only in this way will we find the strength to develop our country, then we will talk about who are the winners. And until the factors that ensure the legitimacy of choice are complete and sufficient, we are all losers… and inglorious.

So, according to me, there are NO winners, but I believe that there are today wonderfully trained, patriotic figures in various political parties. we communicate with them personally, respect and love them all. And we believe that the incidents and events will make us all look each other straight in the eyes and move state-political functions from the level of the show to another level, where open, impartial and true discussions are born.

My approaches are not idealistic at all. there is reasoned concern for everyone. it is only necessary to show political will.

Seyran Ohanyan, being a military figure of a warring country, cannot but give an objective assessment of the reality and see the threats to the country’s statehood. He always has the courage to speak his mind in different political circles.

Seyran Ohanyan, whether or not he will be in politics, will speak about the future form of his struggle.

And the revolutions will be in spring or autumn… and in general, whether they will be or not, I cannot predict.

Finally, maybe about the most important thing. after all, who is the person I mean… The person being described, according to the factual data provided to us (including the recordings), is believed to be one of the participants of the information terror carried out against me and Seyran Ohanyan.

PS: Some external descriptive details of the sought official: with the size of her belly, she resembles a 7-8 month pregnant woman from the front, and her lips are similar to those of Kim Kardashian. I assume that the department referred to in my post will soon start conducting anthropometric measurements and will answer journalists’ questions that a person with such an appearance does not work for them, or the size of the belly corresponds to a 5-6 month pregnancy instead of 7-8″.


To remind, the spokesperson of the RA Ministry of Defense also responded to Ruzanna Khachatryan’s last post Artsrun Hovhannisyan, and a member of the National Assembly Nikol Pashinyan had urged a careful study of the facts presented therein. The Ministry of Defense reminded Seyran Ohanyan’s wife about the perjury article.

$134mn to be allocated to extend Armenia nuclear plant lifetime in 2018

News.am, Armenia
Oct 31 2017
$134mn to be allocated to extend Armenia nuclear plant lifetime in 2018 $134mn to be allocated to extend Armenia nuclear plant lifetime in 2018

16:18, 31.10.2017

YEREVAN. – A total of $134 million will be allocated in 2018, to extend the operation of the nuclear power plant of Armenia.

The aforesaid is noted in the draft of the 2018 State Budget, whose joint debates continue Tuesday at the standing committees of the National Assembly.

The plant accounts for up to 40 percent of the electricity produced in Armenia.

According to next year’s budget draft, about 57.6 billion drams ($120 million) will be provided within the framework of the respective loan program, and the grant funding will amount to close to 6.8 billion drams ($14 million):

To note, the Russian government has allocated a $270-million loan and a $30-million grant for this project.

The operation of this nuclear plant will be extended until 2027.

At present, the Armenian authorities are considering the prospect for building a new nuclear plant and extending the old plant’s lifetime for a second time.

Chain of drug circulation revealed (video)

Twenty-five years old man was detained in Charbakh district under suspicion of drug possession. It turned out that the yellowish-blue mass that was with him was marijuana. A man, selling him marijuana, was also found, who in his turn had bought it from a woman.

Details are available in the video

Film: Americana hosts private screening of Armenian Genocide documentary

PanArmenian, Armenia
Oct 28 2017
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Americana hosts private screening of Armenian Genocide documentary

Despite controversy over mall officials initially refusing to display an advertisement for the Armenian Genocide documentary “Architects of Denial”, local officials and others joined one of the film’s producers for a private screening at the Americana at Brand this week, Glendale News-Press reports.

The documentary uses expert testimony and survivor experiences to explore genocides throughout history and how continued denial of the Armenian Genocide contributes to future atrocities.

President Donald Trump and past U.S. presidents have failed to recognize the massacre — where roughly 1.5 million Armenians were killed more than a century ago by Ottoman Turks — as a genocide.

The screening was organized by the Glendale chapter of the Armenian National Committee of America, which in August, had a proposed billboard ad for the film rejected by Caruso management for being “too political,” based on subject matter.

After a backlash, Americana officials reversed their decision.

The film is produced by actor Dean Cain and television host Montel Williams, the latter of whom spoke before the film started to the more than 200 audience members packed into a screening room at Pacific Theatres.

Williams said he was “embarrassed” to admit that when he was asked to participate in the project, he had not heard of the Armenian Genocide, and the film should be used as an education tool in schools.

“The Armenian Genocide and its denial for over 100 years is, I think, solely the reason why the world ignores the other genocides that have continued to take place, [and] those that are taking place right now that we hear about and read about and we hear whispers of because the world’s not talking,” he said.

Williams said all the money generated from movie sales will be donated to “Armenian causes” such as the Armenian National Committee of America.

Also in attendance were members of the Glendale City Council, state Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) and state Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge).

Portantino, who joined the effort early to get the Americana to reverse its original rejection of the film’s advertisement, spoke briefly after the screening.

“It is tragic that we don’t have recognition when it’s appropriate,” Portantino said, according to a statement. “The role of the activist is to make government officials do better … so let’s continue to fight for recognition [of the Armenian Genocide] and to do the right thing.”

Press: relations between the Prime Minister and Tigran Sargsyan are strained, the reason is known

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VERELQ presents the most notable publications of the Armenian press.


“Publication” the newspaper writes. “The National Resistance Front preparers have high hopes that Seyran Ohanyan, the former Minister of Defense, head of the ORO Alliance, will possibly participate next week. Zhirayr Sefilyan with the proposal to prepare a national resistance front and a popular uprising. There are reports that one of the organizers of the resistance front called him the other day and told him about Sefilyan’s proposal. Seyran Ohanyan informed that he is not in the country, he will return in about a week. He said that it is not right to discuss such issues over the phone, he will come back and they will talk.”


“Publication” the newspaper writes. “Just the day before, we received information that the head of the “Vardashen” prison of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs Hovhannes Hakobjanyan dismissed from the position held. It became known to us that there is an unpleasant story behind Hakobjanyan’s release. The point is that one of the detainees was released in exchange for the payment of the sum stipulated in the civil lawsuit, and the sum, about 1 million drams, was given to Hakobjanyan to pay. And since there were non-working days, he did not pay it for several days. The above learned about it. it turned out that the person was released without paying the money. And since the matter had reached Divanbash, they could not cover up this story, they decided to release Hakobjanyan, formulating according to his application. It should be noted that Hovhannes Hakobjanyan is one of the old residents of the prison system, he has been working for about 20-30 years. Previously, he was the head of the operative department of “Nubarashen” prison.


“Publication” the newspaper writes. “The ambitions of the Abrahamyans not to put a “zadni” in the Artashat elections, to make their candidate the mayor by any means, were prevented by the presidency. Argam Abrahamyan was invited Serzh Sargsyan about, after which there is no more silence regarding the elections in Artashat. Despite the claim that Argam left the president very impressed, according to some sources, he said in a tight environment: “In those days, I was supposed to become a deputy instead of my father on the RPA list.” However, he did not come to the parliament at the last session. Moreover, he does not answer his friends’ phone calls. According to our RPA sources, “perhaps they are still calculating why Abrahamyan the elder was called to the president, but the younger one.” And why? In order to emphasize once again that Abrahamyan-Avag has nothing to do in the political field? “You should ask the accountants about that,” said our interlocutor.


“time” the newspaper writes. “Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan Yesterday, he reluctantly participated in the 6th International Eurasian Partnership Conference organized by Ara Abrahamyan, the President of the Union of Armenians of Russia. Those who know Karen Karapetyan know that she does not take herself very seriously Do it to Abrahamyan: It turns out, however, that the Prime Minister is in a tense relationship with the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, participating in that conference. Tigran Sargsyanwith Karen Karapetyan has learned that Tigran Sargsyan, who has a very warm relationship with the highest government circles of the Russian Federation, is lobbying against his plans in favor of Serzh Sargsyan, thus Surenich expresses his gratitude to Serzh Sargsyan for his current position, and also hopes that Serzh Sargsyan will not leave him unemployed in the future.


“time” the newspaper writes. Head of the “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund Ara Vardanyan announced that during the upcoming telethon, a businessman living in Russia Samvel Karapetyan promised a big surprise, without detailing what kind of surprise or how much money. It is no secret for anyone that Samvel Karapetyan is the main donor of Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan’s programs and the financier of his prime ministership. Samvel Karapetyan’s surprise next month is also within the framework of Karen Karapetyan’s prime ministerial ambitions. Let’s remind that S. Karapetyan also made a promise of 250 million dollars in 2008, responding to Serzh Sargsyan’s call and on the occasion of his 100 days in office.”


“time” the newspaper writes. “According to “Zhamanak”, the situation in YSU is becoming increasingly tense. Salaries of professors were reduced by 60 percent, which caused discontent among employees. Dozens of professors are going to be fired. They still haven’t received the salary for the month of September, whereas previously they received the salary for the previous month on the first day of the next month at the latest. It should be noted that despite YSU Rector Aram Simonyan’s repeated assurances that the significant reduction in the number of students will not affect the salary fund, the salaries of YSU professors have not only been reduced, but will continue to decrease.”


“Morning” the newspaper writes. “The government is considering banning the operation of right-hand drive cars. In a conversation with “Aravot”, a deputy of the “Yelk” faction Gevorg Gorgisyan said that he does not believe the statistics provided by the authorities, that most accidents happen with right-hand drive cars, therefore, thinking about people’s safety, they ban them. “I see another corruption deal here, someone from the RPA has put mud to change the steering wheel of the cars from right to left. They want to do someone a favor. What happened with the yellow numbers of taxis? They decided that fire extinguishers should be installed in all cars, people went and bought them, they brought that one batch, it ended, they said, it won’t happen, it will happen. I see a similar deal in this case. Maybe the minister or one of his relatives has such a business, wants to develop his personal business. Because I don’t see any serious justification.”


“People” the newspaper writes. “Still in 2013 former human rights defender in December Karen Andreasyan published a special report on the manifestations of corruption in the judicial system, presenting also the “price list” of bribes. According to that, in the courts of the first instance, a verdict is issued for 500-10,000 US dollars, in the appeal courts – for 2,000-15,000 US dollars, and in the highest instance – in the court of cassation – for 10,000-50,000 US dollars.


By an amazing coincidence, in the criminal cases of judges arrested on charges of taking bribes in the last year, it is these amounts that are “emphasized”. Judge Ishkhan Barseghyan of the court of general jurisdiction of Shengavit administrative district, according to the official accusation, took a bribe of 1000 US dollars. Judge Levon Arazyan of the Court of Common Jurisdiction of Ararat and Vayots Dzor Marz – 600 USD, President of the Court of Common Jurisdiction of Gegharkunik Marz Aghvan Petrosyan and Judge Vanik Vardanyan of the same court – 2 thousand dollars. And the surprising thing is that 4 years ago, the rates of bribes circulating in the court system presented by the former defense attorney have not changed: despite the inflation recorded in the country”.

3.7 thousand people seek for job in Syunik region

On September 25, in Kapan, the first job fair of this year took place on the initiative of the State Employment Agency of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia.

27 employers representing different spheres of the economy participated in the job fair, presenting 81 vacancies. Doctors, engineers, teachers, computer operators, video and photo operators, and other service providers are in demand in Kapan.

The labor market allows jobseekers to meet simultaneously with many employers who have lack of professionals, to get acquainted with the work and conditions offered by them.

During the event, the job seekers have also got acquainted with the existing and expecting vacancies in the labor market of Kapan, employment programs offered by the state, which also provide employment opportunities.

As of September 1, 2017, the number of job seekers in Syunik region is about 3.7 thousand, which is decreased by 15.6%, compared to the same period last year. The number of unemployed in the list of job seekers is 92.3% or 3.4 thousand job seekers. This indicator has decreased by 11.3% over the same period last year. The number of unemployed women remains high, which makes 68.5% of the unemployed or 2.3 thousand unemployed. 20.7% of those having a status of unemployed are young, and 5.3% are persons with disabilities. The main occupation in the region is in industry, wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

As of September 1, 2017, the number of job seekers in Kapan is 1464, the number of unemployed is 1356. 143 people have been employed by Kapan Regional Employment Center since the beginning of the year. RA Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs reports.