Author: Kajoyan Gevork

POLISH SECURITY PRINTING WORKS TO PRINT BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS AND ID CARDS FOR ARMENIA

/ARKA/
August 10, 2011
YEREVAN

Polish Security Printing Works has signed a contract to supply and
distribute e-IDs and biometric passports in the Republic of Armenia,
as reported Third Factor, a popular Internet portal focused on
biometric technologies.

“First announced in November 2010, the project calls for some 300,000
blank biometric passports and a million e-IDs to be delivered to
Armenia over the next five years,” Third Factor reports. “As part of
the contract, the company will also supply the software as well as
the necessary equipment to operate the new technology.”

After delivery, the central personalization of the documents will
take place in Yerevan.

Polish Security Printing Works says it has also supplied biometric
passport systems for Lithuania and Bangladesh.

Polish Security Printing Works is considered one of the most modern
and advanced companies in the European security printing industry.

AHARON ADIBEKYAN: THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN COALITION AND ANC DEVELOPING A NEW CULTURE

ARMENPRESS
August 10, 2011
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: One of the most important points in
the dialogue between the political coalition and Armenian National
Congress (ANC) is that a civilized variant is developing, Director of
“Sociometer” independent research center Aharon Adibekyan said, adding
that a new culture is developing through dialogue of such a format,
which is very important for the country.

“Up today the leadership and opposition had not gone to dialogue, it is
the first precedent in our country. It must be fixed and continued in
the way of finding methods of mutual concessions,” Mr. Adibekyan said.

According to Mr. Adibekyan, it is not right that the ANC speaks on
behalf of people. He said that only the president can speak on behalf
of people. The sociologist noted that it is not right to consider the
entire opposition party members of the ANC, as both the Heritage and
ARF have their role in the political field.

ARMENIA’S 1,000 LARGEST TAXPAYERS PAY MORE TO STATE BUDGET

Tert.am
09.08.11

The Armenian State Revenue Committee has released a list of Armenia’s
major taxpayers for the first half of 2011.

The Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine tops the list. The stable
international copper and molybdenum prices enabled the enterprise
to transfer over AMD 15 billion to Armenia’s state budget in the
first half of 2011 – a 3.5-fold (251%) increase as compared with the
corresponding period last year.

This year, the company has paid seven times as much as direct taxes
as in the corresponding period last year, which is evidence of higher
profitability as compared with last year. The Armrusgasprom company
ranks 2nd in the list with its AMD 12.7 billion – a 26.7% annual
increase despite a 3.3% decrease in direct taxes. The Alex Grig
company, owned by the Armenian businessman and Parliament member
Samvel Aleksanyan, ranks third, with its AMD 8.1 billion – a 4.6%
decrease as compared with last year. On the other hand, the company’s
direct taxes showed a 55% increase.

The ArmenTel company ranks 4th – AMD 6.8 billion (a 5.8% decrease).

The Electric Network of Armenia company ranks 5th – AMD 4.97 billion.

In the first half of 2011, Armenia’s 1,000 largest taxpayers
transferred a total of AMD 232.5 billion to the state budget – an 11.2%
increase as compared with the corresponding period last year.

LES ORIGINES ARMENIENNES DE LA PRINCESSE DIANA CONFIRMEES PAR LE ” SUNDAY TIMES ”
Krikor Amirzayan

armenews.com
mardi 9 aout 2011

Le quotidien britannique ” Sunday Times ” qui vient de consacrer un
long article sur l’Armenie revient sur les origines armeniennes de
la princesse de Galles Lady Diana. ” Quel est le point commune entre
Diana, Kasparov, Kardashian, Aïvazovski, Aznavour, Abraham et Hasmik
Babian ? Toutes ces celebrites sont unies par une meme racine, celle de
leur origine armenienne. Il est etonnant que l’origine armenienne cree
autant de miracles. Sans doute l’Armenie est le seul exemple dont la
diaspora depasse en nombre celui de sa population. L’Armenie compte
3 millions d’habitants, la diaspora près de 7 millions ” ecrit le
” Sunday Times “. Selon certaines informations, la princesse Diana
compte dans sa famille une arrière grand-mère armenienne qui vivait
en Inde, Elisa Kiurak (Kevorkian). Les Armeniens qui trouvent presque
toujours des origines armeniennes aux celebrites mondiales ont ainsi
parfois raison !

En 1998 la Poste armenienne avait procede a une emission philatelique
a la memoire de la princesse Diana.

WORLD FAMOUS YANNI TO PERFORM SOLO CONCERT IN YEREVAN

Panorama
Aug 8 2011
Armenia

World famous musician, composer and pianist Yanni will perform a solo
concert at Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex of Yerevan
on September 23. Armenian violinist Samvel Yervinyan is also included
in Yanni’s band.

In September, the band will also perform on tours in Eastern European
countries, in Istanbul, Bucharest, Korea, etc.

The tickets for Yanni’s Yerevan concert are not yet on sale. Some
sources say they are likely to cost from AMD 7 000 to 60 000.

ACTIVE GENERALS CALLED TO COURT IN COUP CASE IN TURKEY

Hurriyet
Aug 8 2011
Turkey

Retired Gen. Hasan Igsız, the former head of the First Army, is also
among the suspects.

An Istanbul court on Monday issued an order for seven active generals,
including the former Aegean Army commander, and admirals to be brought
to court in connection with an alleged plot to topple the government.

The suspects included Gen. Nusret Tasdeler, the former head of the
Aegean forces who was appointed as head of the army’s educational
command during the recent Supreme Military Council, or YAS, and Ismail
Hakki Pekin, the intelligence chief of the General Staff.

Retired Gen. Hasan Igsız, the former head of the First Army, is also
among the suspects, the Anatolia news agency reported.

The other military personnel ordered to be brought to court were Adm.

Mehmet Otuzbiroglu, Gen. Mehmet Eröz, Gen. Hıfzı Cubuklu,
Gen. Mustafa Bakıcı, Adm. Alaettin Sevim, Col. Sedat Ozuer and
Retired Col. Fuat Selvi.

The officers were among 22 suspects charged last month in the “Internet
Memorandum” investigation for attempting to oust the Justice and
Development Party, or AKP, government.

The Internet Memorandum is an alleged document by the General Staff
about setting up 42 Internet sites to distribute propaganda against
the AKP, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and Greeks
and Armenians.

Retired Col. Dursun Cicek, who is currently on trial in four different
alleged coup-plot cases, confirmed the existence of the memorandum
at a hearing earlier this month.

“The ‘Internet Memorandum’ is a real document,” Cicek said Aug. 1
at a hearing for the case regarding the Action Plan for the Fight
against Fundamentalism. “If this fake plan [the Action Plan] was real,
I would have said that.”

The court also ruled that the Internet Memorandum case be merged with
the Action Plan for the Fight against Fundamentalism case.

That plan allegedly includes strategies to end both AKP rule and
the activities of the Fethullah Gulen community, a religious group
believed to have links to the government.

Prosecutor Cihan Kansız is expected to seek the arrest of the suspects
pending trial once they are brought before the court.

ARMENIAN MP CALLS AUTHORITIES-OPPOSITION DIALOGUE “SOAP OPERA”

Trend
Aug 9, 2011
Azerbaijan

The Heritage Party is always ready to cooperate with any political
force, party’s MP Armen Martirosyan told journalists on Tuesday,
News.am reported.

Commenting on a possibility to cooperate with the opposition Armenian
National Congress (ANC), he stressed the party is ready to discuss
a specific problem but nor personalities, posts and resources.

“If there is a concrete problem demanding discussion, then cooperation
is possible,” he said adding that they are ready to discuss the issues
related to the fields of politics, economy, social and legal aspects.

Asked to comment on the current dialogue between the ruling coalition
and ANC, Martirosyan said he “does not watch soap operas”.

Heritage is an opposition political party in Armenia which was
established in 2002. The party has 7 seats in the Armenian National
Assembly. It is headed by former Armenian Foreign Minister Raffi
Hovannisian.

AZERBAIJANI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS DISCUSS EXPANDING THE BILATERAL RELATIONS AND THE PROBLEMS WITH NAGORNO-KARABAKH SETTLEMENT – UPDATE

Today.Az
Aug 9, 2011
Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry
Medvedev discuss expanding the bilateral relations, the problems
with Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, as well as international issues,
with emphasis on world economic problems, RIA Novosti reported.

“Of course, one of the most important topics is the Nagorno-Karabakh
settlement,” President Medvedev said at a meeting with President
Aliyev. “I would like to conduct a sincere conversation what to do
and how the events will develop in the light of the last trilateral
Kazan meeting and all the previous meetings.”

The Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents regularly meet during the
trilateral talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement with the Armenian
President.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has headed to Sochi, Russia,
for a working visit. At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport,
the Head of State was seen off by Prime Minister Artur Rasizade and
Baku Mayor Hajibala Abutalybov.

The Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry
Medvedev will discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and the
legal status of the Caspian Sea at the talks in Sochi on Tuesday,
RIA Novosti reported.

The press-service of the Russian President told journalists that
President Aliyev will pay a working visit to Russia at the invitation
of Russian counterpart.

“The extensive exchange of views on key aspects of Russian-Azerbaijani
relations, as well as on the urgent issues of regional agenda,
especially the negotiation process on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement is planned to be held during the meeting of the two
leaders,” a statement said.

The Kremlin recalled that the Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents
regularly meet during the trilateral talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh
settlement with the Armenian President.

Presidents Medvedev and Aliyev will also discuss the Caspian theme
in Sochi in the context of the ongoing negotiations on the legal
status of the Caspian Sea and in light of the decisions of the Third
Summit of Heads of Caspian littoral states in Baku in November 2010,”
the Kremlin press-service said.

/Trend/

6288 PEDESTRIANS FINED FOR BREAKING TRAFFIC RULES

Mediamax
Aug 9, 2011
Armenia

Yerevan/Mediamax/. Norik Sargsyan, the Traffic Police Road Patrol
Service Division Chief of Armenia, said today that 6288 pedestrians
were fined for breaking traffic rules as of August 8, 2011.

During today’s press conference, Norik Sargsyan said that most
pedestrian accidents are caused by pedestrians’ fault when they cross
the street in the wrong places, Mediamax reports.

He also noted that as of seven months of 2011, 170 drivers were fined
AMD 20 000 for not giving way to pedestrians.

According to this year’s statistics provided by the Road Police,
417 457 cases of violation have been registered against 412 685 cases
of 2010.

“As the drivers especially appeal for red- light violation, 10 video
cameras and 15 speedometers will be placed on the capital’s major
crossroads”, said the Traffic Police Road Patrol Service Division
Chief.

AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ALIYEV’S SOCHI VISIT

Journal of Turkish Weekly
Aug 9, 2011

The President of Azerbaijan is off to Sochi, Russia for a working
visit. The Azerbaijani and Russian presidents will discuss a
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and the legal status of the
Caspian Sea during the talks in Sochi on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported.

The two statesmen will discuss the relations between their two
countries, and particular attention will be paid to the negotiation
process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The last trilateral talks
between Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russia were held in Kazan.

Medvedev and Aliyev will also discuss the legal status of the Caspian
Sea in the context of the decisions made during the third summit of
Caspian heads of state which took place in Baku in November, 2010.

The International Humanitarian Forum is also planned to be held in Baku
in order to exchange views on cooperation in the humanitarian sphere.

In addition, the presidents will discuss existing agreements regarding
trade, economics, energy, and investment banking which were signed
during the Russian president’s official visit to Baku in 2010.