Author: Jagharian Tania

United Press International UPI
Nov 14 2009

Armenians urged to reject peace deal

ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 14 (UPI) — The leader of an Armenian-American
group is urging Armenians worldwide to reject a reconciliation process
with Turkey.

The process would hinder efforts to win formal U.S. recognition of
World War I-era killings of Armenians as genocide, said Ken Hachikian,
head of the Armenian National Committee of America.

After decades of hostile relations, Turkey and Armenia last month
agreed to establish normal diplomatic relations and reopen their
border lands. The deal still must be ratified by the parliaments of
each country.

More than 1 million Armenians died in forced marches and massacres
during and just after World War I in conflicts with armies of the
Ottoman Empire, Hachikian told an audience in Pasadena, Calif.,
Thursday.

Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire, long has denied
genocide is an accurate description of the conflict, Hurriyet Daily
News reported Saturday.

The agreement reached last month would "reduce the Armenian genocide
from a crime against all humanity" to a simple, and unacceptable,
bilateral dispute, Hachikian said.

THE COURT DISMISSED THE CASE AGAINST DENO GOLD MINING COMPANY

ArmInfo
2009-11-13 12:34:00

ArmInfo. The Court of General Jurisdiction of Syunik Marz dismissed
the case against Deno Gold Mining Company, EcoLur public organization
told told ArmInfo.

According to the source, Judge Anahit Tumanyan substantiated the
dismissal of the case by the fact that the case materials don’t
include evidence proving threats to human life and health. In the
interview with EcoLur, Artur Ghazaryan who is the Legal Consultant
of "For Ensuring Ecological Security and Developing Democracy" NGO
expressed his opinion about this decision to be legally incorrect. "A
week before the dismissal the court suspended the company’s activity
in Shahumyan Region on the basis of threat to people’s life and health
and evidence submitted in the case," he said.

Reminder: "For Ensuring Ecological Security and Developing Democracy"
NGO protects the rights of the owners in Kapan Town, Shahumyan Region.

The problem is that Shahumyan Community is located on the surface of
Shahumyan gold-polymetallic deposit which is currently being developed
by Deno Gold Mining Company. In the course of years the deposit has
been developed with gross violations of development rules. The upper
layer of soil under galleries is practically dug through, and so
craters have formed (see photos). "Here you may find yourself buried
alive under a 30- meter-deep layer of the ground. Be careful! If you
fall, no one will dig you out," said Vladik Martirosyan, the President
of "Khoustoup" NGO who accompanied EcoLur Group during the visit to
Shahumyan Region.

To recall, the company promised to give compensations to the
inhabitants for resettlement, but only several owners received
compensations. At present the company has stopped giving compensations
explaining this by decrease in world prices for nonferrous materials.

As it is known, the prices have gone up again, but the company still
refuses to give compensations.

CONSUELO VIDAL: I AM LEAVING ARMENIA WITH GREAT MEMORIES AND AS A FRIEND FOREVER

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
12.11.2009 18:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received today
the Resident Coordinator of the UN headquarters in Armenia Consuelo
Vidal , who is completing her diplomatic mission in Armenia.

The President thanked Consuelo Vidal for her four years of productive
work and support programs aimed at Armenia’s development. "It is not
just about funding, experience, involvement and the possibility of
comparison are much more important for us," President Sargsyan said.

In turn, Consuelo Vidal, thanked the President for the excellent
cooperation of the UN Development Programs and Armenia.

The two sides also exchanged views on the balanced development of
all regions of Armenia and next year’s census to be organized. UN
Resident Coordinator called the example of Armenia as remarkable,
since despite the strong influence of the global economic crisis on
its economy, Armenia has managed to keep its social programs.

HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATIONS OF CIS, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE PRESENTED IN ARMENIA.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
12.11.2009 18:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Handbook of organizations in Central and Eastern
Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States will be useful not
only for informing the public, but also help to establish links between
non-governmental organizations," Head of International Organizations
department of Foreign Affairs Ministry Dziunik Aghajanyan told a
meeting on November 12 in Yerevan office of UN.

The Government of Germany has made large donations for publishing
the new handbook.

DANTE ALIGHIERI CENTER EXPANDS ACTIVITIES IN ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.11.2009 15:31 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Italian Ambassador to Armenia Bruno Scapini will
meet with students and teaching staff of Yerevan Linguistic University
on November 13. The Ambassador will dwell on possibilities to improve
teaching of the Italian language and to strengthen Armenian-Italian
ties.

A memorandum on expansion of activities of Dante Alighieri center
will also be signed.

NEW ARMENIAN FONTS AS A RESULT OF 2009 GRANSHAN INTERNATIONAL TYPE DESIGN COMPETITION

Tert
Nov 11 2009
Armenia

>From October 15-19, the 2009 Granshan International Type Design
Competition jury reviewed entries submitted to the competition,
which was held for the second time.

The aims of the competition are the development of electronic type
design and further international recognition. According to the
competition’s website, 54 works were submitted from 12 countries in
such categories as Armenian text fonts, Armenian school textbook and
children’s book fonts, and Armenian traditional text fonts, to name
a few.

Head of the Department for Creating and Keeping Armenian Fonts of
the National Book Chamber Edik Ghabuzyan was among the five prize
winners out of 6 nominations.

"The fonts we used before the start of Granshan competition, Arial,
Times and others, were the Armenian variants of the Latin fonts with
the same names, but they couldn’t be considered Armenian fonts. With
this competition, we began [to compile] a large stock of pure
Armenian fonts," said one of the winners of the 2009 competition,
Head of Chair of Graphics of the State Academy of Art Ara Baghdasaryan.

MEETING IN THE NA STANDING COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

National Assembly
Nov 10 2009
Armenia

On November 9 the Chairperson of the NA Standing Committee on European
Integration Ms. Naira Zohrabyan received the General Secretary of
the European International Movement Mr. Diogo Pinto.

Mr. Zohrabyan highly assessed the contribution of the European
International Movement, which was still created in 1948 for building
united Europe. In her conviction, the circumstance that Armenia was the
first to become part of the European International Movement among the
6 countries of the Eastern Partnership proves that the European values
form an important part of the Armenian value system. In the format of
the Eastern Partnership Ms. Zohrabyan highlighted the creation of the
civil forum, as in parallel with state diplomacy it will be possible
to solve many problems between the societies through dialogue. The
Committee Chairperson said that Armenia is ready for multilateral
relations with the partners, which is consistently hindered because
of Azerbaijan’s non-constructive position. Touching upon the NK issue
Ms. Naira Zohrabyan said that the NKR independence and international
recognition have no alternative. According to her, the normalization of
Armenia-Turkey relations is a separate process, which has no relation
with the process of the settlement of the NK issue.

The General Secretary of the European International Movement
highlighted the circumstance that Armenia is the only country in
the region having RA European Movement. He is convinced that the
Eastern Partnership will give opportunity for more facilitating the
integration to the European Union.

SPECIALISTS SUSPECT THAT A SWINE FLU CASE DISCOVERED IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Nov 9, 2009

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. A flu case was discovered in
Armenia, which is suspected to be the A/H1N1 flu (swine flu). As NT
correspondent was informed by Liana Torosian, Chief Specialist of RA
Ministry of Health State Hygienic Anti-epidemiological Inspection, the
patient is a foreign citizen, he has been hospitalized and currently
is at Nork Infectious Hospital.

According to L. Torosian, the patient has been examined, the analyses
have been sent to London referent laboratory for a more detailed
examination. In her words, the results of the examination will become
clear only in a month.

"We call the population for not falling into panic, the situation is
stable at present, there is no need to worry. The patient has received
all necessary vaccinations and now feels well," L. Torosian said.

Meanwhile she said that the foreigner had entered Armenia by the
land border.

L. Torosian said that seasonal flu cases are recorded every year and
as always this year also proper preventive and anti-epidemiological
measures are undertaken. For avoiding the flu virus she advised to
often wash the hands, to stay at home when having symptoms of flu,
to avoid communicating with people and to go to doctor.

L. Torosian also said that strict control is also exercised at
Zvartnots airport. Two termometers placed there fix even 36.6-37 degree
temperature. In her words, there were people having high temperature
among passengers arriving in Armenia but after the laboratory
examination it was found out that they are not cases of A/H1N1 flu.

ONE SWINE FLUE DIAGNOSIS CONFIRMED IN ARMENIA

news.am
Nov 9 2009
Armenia

Preliminary test results have confirmed one swine flue diagnosis in
Armenia. An Iranian woman was diagnosed with the disease, a source
at the RA Ministry of Health told NEWS.am.

We remind our readers that Liana Torosyan, Senior Specialist of the
Epidemiological Department, RA Ministry of Health, reported earlier
that the woman had been cured and left the hospital.

The tests of two patients — Armenian citizens who have just arrived
from Moscow -have been sent to London.

Our sources at the RA Ministry of Health reported that the fourth
patient, a German citizen, came to hospital to have a test and asked
for it to be sent to examination. Later he left Armenia.

PEOPLE’S PARTY NOT SEE ANYBODY ABLE TO INTRODUCE NEW IDEAS IN ARMENIA’S POLITICAL FIELD

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.11.2009 17:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Only with Nicol Pashinyan’s participation, the
latter is not yet registered as a candidate, the upcoming National
Assembly elections at the polling station N 10 in Yerevan can involve
a real pre-election contest," Tigran Karapetyan , the chairman of
the People’s Party told a joint press conference in Yerevan, attended
with the Republican Party of Armenia’s faction MP Lernik Aleksanyan.

According to Tigran Karapetyan, the People’s Party will not support
anyone in the upcoming National Assembly elections since the party
does not see anybody able to introduce new ideas in Armenia’s
political field.

According to Tigran Karapetyan, elections are rigged at all levels
and the ruling elite, directly or indirectly contribute to it,
without taking measures to remedy the situation.

The representative of RPA Lernik Alexanyan said, that elections in
Armenia are normal in general, despite some fraud, not affecting the
outcome significantly.

The Republican Party of Armenia has not yet decided which candidate
to support at the upcoming National Assembly elections at the polling
station N 10 in Yerevan.