Author: Kajoyan Gevork

GRADE 9 STUDENT IN YEREVAN STEALS ABOUT $2,470 FROM BANK THROUGH COMPUTER

October 01, 2013 | 12:03

YEREVAN. – It was found out that a Grade 9 student in Armenia’s
capital city Yerevan had stolen close to 1 million drams (approx.

$2,470) from someone’s bank account, and by using computer technology.

A woman had lost her visa card several months ago, but the next day
her bank had called and informed her that the card was returned to
the bank.

According to the woman’s calculations, her several months’ salary,
which was to total 1 million drams, should have accumulated on her
account. But it turned out that there was no money in her account.

As a result of months of investigation, it was found out that a
Grade 9 student had stolen the money in the account, and by the use
computer technology.

We ascertained from the Police, however, that a decision was reached
to drop the criminal case that was opened against the student, since
the latter was a minor at the time of committing this act.

IN RUN-UP TO MEETING WITH OSCE OBSERVERS AUTHORITIES OF NAKHICHEVAN THREATEN LOCAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS WITH PHYSICAL REPRISAL

14:57 30/09/2013 ” REGION

On 25 September 2013 the head of the OSCE observation mission Tana
de Zulueta and analyst on Legal Affairs Megan Fitzgerald paid a
one-day visit to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. They
met with the human rights activists and representatives of a number of
parties, including the opposition. Before the meeting the authorities
of Nakhichevan began to threaten defenders with physical reprisals,
the article published in an Azerbaijani newspaper “The Mirror” states.

As stated in the report, during their visit the OSCE representatives
met with Vasif Talibov, the Chairman of the Supreme Majlis of
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR). Then the guests visited IV
Nakhchivan city constituency in order to assess the pre-election
situation. The OSCE representatives also held a meeting with the local
representatives of “Musavat”, Popular Front, “Umid”, “Civil Solidarity”
and “Yeni Azerbaijan” parties.

The pre-election situation in Nakhichevan was also widely discussed
with human rights defenders Malahta Nasibova, Ilgar Nasibov,
Hakimeldostu Mehtiev. According to the newspaper Hakimeldostu Mehtiev,
the meeting with the OSCE representatives lasted about an hour.

“Basically, the pre-election situation in Azerbaijan was discussed,”
he said.

According to Mehtiev the participants of the meeting were telling
the OSCE representatives about the pressure exerted on them by the
Nakhichevani authorities. “We told them that the government of the
Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan is trying to impede Jamila Hasanly’s
election campaign,” he stated.

He noted, that before this meeting, the representatives of the
Nakhichevani authorities had threatened him with physical reprisal
and arrest. “We were threatened through our friends and relatives. But
they could not scare us,” Mehtiev said.

As another participant at the meeting, human rights activist Nasibova,
reported, during the meeting with the OSCE observers violations that
occurred in the territory of Nakhichevan have been discussed. Human
rights activists also spoke about the violations that may occur during
the presidential elections.

“At one time, forced by the economic hardships, many residents of
Nakhichevan were to leave the territory of the Autonomous Republic
and move to Turkey with their families. Thus, during each election,
their votes are used to ensure the victory of the ruling party
candidate,”said the human rights activist.

As Malahta Nasibova noted, she had told the OSCE representatives
about the threats faced by the authorized representatives of Jamila
Hasanly, the single candidate of the oppositionist National Council of
Democratic Forces Party. “We expressed our expectation to see a fair
report prepared by the OSCE representatives. The OSCE representatives
told us that Vasif Talybov had promised them that the authorities of
the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan will not create obstacles to
hinder the work of the OSCE observers,” Nasibova said.

According to Arzu Abdulaeva, the head of the National Committee of
Helsinki Civil Assembly, who recently visited Nakchichevan together
with the other human rights defenders, the city of Nachichevan seemed
to be dead, as there were no people in the streets.

According to the human rights defender, during the walks in the
city they encountered a group of men. “We approached them. During
the conversation it turned out that these were special agents, who
were ordered to follow us. In the mean-time, we need to be delighted
with the courage of the human rights defenders, who, even in these
difficult conditions, continue their job”, she stated.

Source: Panorama.am

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SENDS OFFICIALS TO ARMENIA

13:24 01.10.2013

A Wisconsin Department of Corrections team is spending two weeks in
Armenia to help improve that country’s prison system, AP reports.

The five-person delegation will participate in training, discussions
and field observations, including visits to institutions and a new
institution under construction in the Armavir province. The group
hopes to help develop activation plans and security policies for the
new facility.

The delegation departed on Sept. 27. The visit will run through
Oct. 12.

DOC hosted Armenian correctional officials in May and August. Those
officials visited Wisconsin prisons and attended a number of training
sessions.

ABOUT 87.2% OF ARMENIAN BUDGET DEFICIT TO BE COVERED FROM INTERNAL SOURCES: DRAFT BUDGET

YEREVAN, October 1. /ARKA/. About 87.2% of Armenia’s budget deficit
will be financed from internal sources, as per the draft state budget
for 2014, compared to 46.1% under the 2013 budget.

The budget deficit was planned at 110.5 billion drams in Armenia for
2014; financing from internal sources was 96.4 billion drams.

Under the 2013 government budget, the deficit was 119.7 billion drams,
55.2 billion of them to be covered from internal sources.

($1=405.29drams). -0–

11:28 01.10.2013

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ANCA HOLDS ROUNDTABLE ON EVE OF U.S.-ARMENIA ECONOMIC TALKS

12:00 01.10.2013

On the eve of the upcoming annual meeting of the U.S.-Armenia Economic
Task Force, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) hosted
a roundtable talk on the future of U.S.-Armenian relations.

The discussion, held in the ANCA’s Aramian Conference Room, featured a
far-ranging and constructive exchange among a broad cross-section of
stakeholders with a diverse set of experiences dealing with various
aspects of America’s relationship with Armenia, Artsakh, and her own
citizens among the Armenian American community.

“We were pleased to host an open exploration of the present state and
future direction of U.S.-Armenian relations that was characterized by
both a constructive exchange between those holding a diverse set of
viewpoints and also a core consensus on shared national and democratic
aspirations,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “We want
to thank each and every person who participated, not only for the
wisdom and vision they shared, but also for the very practical advice
and suggestions that they brought to the table.”

The U.S.-Armenia Economic Task Force meeting is set to address a
broad range of issues impacting this bilateral relationship, with a
special focus on growing the trade and investment levels between these
two nations. “This October, we’re looking to the U.S. leadership of
this bilateral platform to build on more than a decade of largely
aid-related discussions by bringing to the table a set of concrete
deliverables: increased trade, new investments, and good jobs that
will foster hope and opportunity in both nations,” added Hamparian,
following the roundtable.

The ANCA has, against the backdrop of the downward trend in overall
foreign aid levels, long advocated greater U.S. prioritization of
the growth of economic ties with Armenia, in order to create jobs,
reinforce the enduring friendship between the American and Armenian
peoples, help offset the crushing impact of dual Turkish-Azerbaijani
blockades, and – very significantly – provide Armenia with strategic
options in terms of its economic and security relations with regional
powers.

SOUDAN : BARBARISME ET CRUAUTE

Publie le : 01-10-2013

Info Collectif VAN – – Voici ici une collection
extraordinaire et horrible de photographies prises pendant l’actuel
soulèvement au Soudan ; les photographies montrees sur le site
proviennent de Khartoum, Omdurman et d’autres regions avoisinantes
(). Elles sont fortes, impitoyablement
irrefutables – et elles sont tout simplement penibles a regarder (le
texte qui les accompagne est en arabe). Mais ces images sont la verite
telle que la voient ceux qui sont sur le terrain ; oui, l’organisation
de ce materiel est necessairement une forme ” d’interpretation ” ;
mais les editoriaux ne sont pas seulement des opinions parce qu’ils
expriment simplement une opinion forte. Attention, les photos sur
le lien cite dans l’article sont dures : cadavres, enfants mutiles,
yeux creves… Le Collectif VAN, membre du Conseil d’Administration
du Collectif Urgence Darfour, vous propose la traduction d’un article
en anglais, paru sur le site SSNA le 29 septembre 2013.

SSNA

La cruaute et le barbarisme du regime de Khartoum sont clairement
visibles : un nouveau site fournit de grandes quantites de preuves
visuelles/photographiques des evenements.

Par Eric Reeves

29 septembre 2013 (SSNA) – Voici ici une collection extraordinaire et
horrible de photographies prises pendant l’actuel soulèvement
au Soudan ; les photographies montrees sur le site proviennent
de Khartoum, Omdurman et d’autres regions avoisinantes
(). Elles sont fortes, impitoyablement
irrefutables – et elles sont tout simplement penibles a regarder (le
texte qui les accompagne est en arabe). Mais ces images sont la verite
telle que la voient ceux qui sont sur le terrain ; oui, l’organisation
de ce materiel est necessairement une forme ” d’interpretation ” ;
mais les editoriaux ne sont pas seulement des opinions parce qu’ils
expriment simplement une opinion forte.

Le soulèvement au Soudan sera documente avec bien plus de ressources
photographiques et videographiques que celles disponibles pendant les
evenements du ” printemps arabe ” il y a deux ans. Les technologies
de communication numeriques seront deployees d’une manière plus
systematique et ingenieuse. Nous pouvons etre sûrs que pour les
evenements qui ont atteint leur paroxysme a Khartoum, il y aura un
rapport riche et d’une precision consternante sur ce qu’il s’est
passe pendant cette periode-la.

La communaute internationale semble se contenter d’enoncer des
platitudes informelles sur les evenements au Soudan, tandis que le
nombre des morts, des mourants et de ceux qui resistent bravement
continue d’augmenter. Ces declarations feutrees ne sont pas un reflet
d’un manque de connaissance du monde concernant la nature du regime,
qui, la semaine dernière, a orchestre une repression absolument
sanguinaire et impitoyable du soulèvement populaire. C’est le son du
silence de ceux qui etaient, avant, passionnement en faveur de la ”
responsabilite de proteger “. C’est le son d’un silence approbateur
face a une claire responsabilite morale. La reticence a agir sur les
evenements qui se deroulent, malgre les connaissances enormes que nous
avons – et que nous continuons a regarder augmenter quotidiennement
– reflète une couardise internationale qui se paiera cher a cette
periode de possible changement historique au Soudan.

29 septembre 2013

©Traduction de l’anglais C.Gardon pour le Collectif VAN – 1er octobre
2013 –

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PRESSE ARMENIENNE : REVUE DU 30 SEPTEMBRE 2013

Publie le : 01-10-2013

Info Collectif VAN – – Le Collectif VAN vous
presente cette Revue de Presse parue sur le site de l’Ambassade de
France en Armenie le 30 septembre 2013.

Ambassade de France en Armenie

Revue de la presse armenienne du 30 septembre 2013

I. France-Armenie

1. Le President Sarkissian effectuera une visite de travail en France/
Les agences de presse annoncent la visite de travail du President
Sarkissian en France, le 30 septembre. Le 1er octobre, il sera recu
par le President Hollande et le President du Senat, Jean-Pierre Bel.

Le 2 octobre, il se rendra a Strasbourg où il s’entretiendra avec le
President de l’APCE, Jean-Claude Mignon, le Secretaire general du CE,
Thorbiorn Jagland et le commissaire du CE pour les droits de l’Homme,
Nils Muiznieks. Le meme jour, il prononcera une allocution a l’APCE. /
Arminfo, Armenpress, Mediamax

II. Assemblee generale des Nations unies

1. Le chef de la diplomatie armenienne a l’AGNU/ Les medias
rendent abondamment compte des rencontres du Ministre des AE, Edward
Nalbandian, a New York en marge de la 68ème l’AGNU, dont celle du 27
septembre avec le Ministre azerbaïdjanais des AE, Elmar Mammediarov,
en presence des copresidents du Groupe de Minsk.

Selon le communique du MAE armenien, les copresidents du Groupe
de Minsk ont evoque la dernière declaration en date du 18 juin a
Enniskillen de leurs presidents, appelant les parties a s’abstenir de
toute action ou rhetorique susceptible de provoquer une recrudescence
de tensions. Les Ministres des AE d’Armenie et d’Azerbaïdjan ont
reaffirme leur determination a parvenir a un règlement pacifique du
conflit. Les copresidents du GDM ont fait part de leur intention de
se rendre dans la region en novembre afin de convenir des modalites
d’un sommet des Presidents des deux pays avant la fin de l’annee.

Le Ministre Nalbandian s’est entretenu avec le Secretaire general de
l’ONU, Ban Ki-moon, avec lequel il a discute de la crise syrienne,
de l’etat des negociations sur le conflit du HK, de la presidence
armenienne du Comite des Ministres du Conseil de l’Europe et des
reformes de l’ONU. Le Ministre armenien a rappele que l’Armenie
a accueilli plus de 10 000 Syriens d’origine armenienne et que la
situation de ceux restes en Syrie ne cesse d’empirer. Il a salue,
au nom de l’Armenie, la resolution adoptee par le Conseil de securite
le 27 septembre.

La presse mentionne egalement l’entretien avec le Ministre iranien
des AE, Mohammad Javad Zarif consacre au large eventail des relations
bilaterales, ainsi que ceux avec la Haute representante de l’UE pour
les affaires etrangères et la politique de securite, Catherine Ashton,
et le commissaire a l’elargissement, Stephan Fule.

Dans son discours a l’AGNU, M. Edward Nalbandian a accuse l’Azerbaïdjan
d’avoir intensifie la rhetorique anti-armenienne, les violations du
regime de cessez-le-feu et de rejeter les propositions des mediateurs :
” Contrairement a la partie azerbaïdjanaise, l’Armenie demeure attachee
au règlement du conflit sur la base des trois principes, a savoir le
non recours a la force ou a la menace de la force, l’autodetermination
des peuples et l’integrite territoriale sans en omettre aucun “.

III. Politique interieure

1. Amnistie a l’occasion du 22ème anniversaire de l’Independance/ Les
agences de presse relèvent que le 30 septembre, le President Sarkissian
a presente a l’AN une proposition d’amnistie. Selon les informations
de Mediamax, Tigran Arakelian, militant d’opposition condamne a 6 ans
de prison pour ” hooliganisme ” devrait beneficier de cette amnistie.

2. Nouveau post-frontière moderne sur la frontière armeno-georgienne/
L’ensemble de la presse rend compte du lancement des travaux de
construction d’un nouveau poste de contrôle sur la frontière avec la
Georgie dans le cadre d’un programme de modernisation de 60,6 millions
d’euros, principalement finance par l’Union europeenne. Le President
Sarkissian et les nombreux hauts fonctionnaires armeniens concernes par
ce projet interministeriel ont assiste a la ceremonie d’inauguration au
principal point de passage de la frontière armeno-georgienne, près du
village de Bagratachen. L’UE finance la construction par le biais de 15
millions d’euros de subventions, un pret de 30,3 millions d’euros de
la Banque europeenne d’investissement et un autre pret de 10 millions
d’euros alloue par la Banque europeenne pour la reconstruction et le
developpement. Haykakan Jamanak reproduit les propos du chef de la
delegation de l’UE en Armenie, l’Ambassadeur Traian Hristea, selon
lequel l’UE est prete a continuer la cooperation avec l’Armenie. Il
a toutefois ajoute que les autorites armeniennes doivent maintenant
proposer un cadre de cooperation assurant que les liens avec l’UE
ne contredisent pas les nouveaux engagements de l’Armenie vis-a-
vis de l’Union douanière.

3. Un haut responsable de la Justice, soupconne de corruption,
demissionne / L’ensemble de la presse relève que le chef du
Departement judiciaire de la RA, Missak Martirossian, a demissionne
après son audition la semaine dernière dans le cadre d’une affaire de
corruption a grande echelle. Soupconne d’avoir touche un pot-de-vin
pour l’embauche d’un agent, il n’est pas autorise a quitter le pays
dans l’attente de la poursuite de l’instruction et d’une eventuelle
inculpation.

IV. Questions regionales

1. Le President Poutine en visite en Armenie ?/ D’après les
informations de Hraparak, le President Poutine pourrait effectuer
une visite en Armenie fin octobre. Selon Hraparak, la partie russe
souhaiterait ainsi prevenir la signature de tout document, meme
symbolique, entre l’Armenie et l’UE lors du sommet de Vilnius.

Redaction : Meri Hakobian

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PRESS RELEASE
National Association for Armenian
Studies and Research (NAASR)
395 Concord Avenue
Belmont, MA 02478
Tel.: 617-489-1610
E-mail: [email protected]

AUTHOR RIFAT BALI TO SPEAK AT NAASR ON JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN MODERN TURKEY

Rifat Bali, author of Model Citizens of The State: The Jews of Turkey
during the Multi-Party Period (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,
2012), will give a lecture entitled “Forced Turkification,
Anti-Semitism, and Lobbying against Recognition of the Armenian
Genocide,” at the National Association for Armenian Studies and
Research (NAASR) Center, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA, on Thursday,
October 17, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will be co-sponsored by
the Zoryan Institute for Contemporary Armenian Research and
Documentation and NAASR.

Using archival material and first-hand accounts, Model Citizens of the
State exposes the treatment of the Jewish community in Turkey from
1950 to present, the struggle of Turkish Jews for their constitutional
rights, their fight against anti-Semitism and the indifferent attitude
of the Turkish establishment to these problems, and illustrates how
the Turkish establishment coerced the leaders of the Jewish
community-and through them Jewish organizations in the United
States-to thwart efforts to gain recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

Rifat N. Bali is an independent scholar specializing in the history of
Turkish Jews and an associate member of the Alberto-Benveniste Center
for Sephardic Studies and the Sociocultural History of the Jews (Ecole
Pratique des Hautes Etudes/CNRS/Université Paris-Sorbonne). He is the
winner of the Alberto Benveniste Research Award for 2009 for his
publications on Turkish Jewry.

The NAASR Bookstore will open at 7:00 p.m. the night of the lecture.
Model Citizens of The State: The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party
Period will be available for purchase the night of the lecture.

More information about this program may be had by calling
617-489-1610, faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing [email protected], or writing
to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.

Belmont, MA
September 27, 2013

Marxist hails Armenia’s accession to Customs Union

13:53 – 29.09.13

Chairman of the Marxist party of Armenia David Hakobyan believes that
Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union is the country’s greatest
victory `after 22 years of wandering and economic experiments.’

`It was a victory of the new alliance because some Armenian political
figures think that such phrases as `customs or economic area’ mean
trade or economy. But we are actually moving toward a new evolutionary
alliance with Russia’s hegemony, which is our country’s greatest
achievement during these years,’ Hakobyan told Tert.am.

`This new alliance will bring at least 50- 100-year-long peace to
world politics, because this new alliance is the only counterbalance
to pan-American hegemony, which poses a threat to world politics,’ he
said.

With respect to the opinion that by joining the Customs Union Armenia
yields part of its sovereignty, Hakobyan is sure that acceding to the
Customs Union does not pose any threat to Armenia’s sovereignty.

`I was the first of the severest critics of our president and
government to hail this final victory of pro-Russian orientation. We
must be proud of being part of this union,’ Hakobyan said.

Joining the Customs Union means prosperity for Armenian civilization.
The claims that joining the Customs Union is against Armenia’s
national interests are erroneous, he said.

Armenian News – Tert.am

Sos Sargsyan was example for many: Yerevan Mayor

13:18, 27 September, 2013

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS: The Mayor of Yerevan Taron
Margaryan wrote a message of condolences on the occasion of the death
of Sos Sargsyan. As reported by Armenpress, quoting the Facebook
profile of the Yerevan Mayor, the message says in particular: `Sos
Sargsyan was a living legend. So many generations of our nation have
been brought up by his embodied characters as a patriot, as a human
and a citizen. With his definite civil position Sos Sargsyan was an
example for many. Today with his loss something is missing in our
society. I regret and pass my condolences to the relatives, friends,
to the numerous fans of the great master, to all of us’.

On September 26 the outstanding Armenian actor, the People’s Artist of
the Republic of Armenia Sos Sargsyan passed away at the age of 84. On
the occasion of the death of the prominent Armenian actor, the
People’s Artist of Armenia Sos Artashes Sargsyan a funeral committee
will be established headed by the Prime Minister of the Republic of
Armenia Tigran Sargsyan.

Sos Sargsyan was born in Stepanavan on October 24, 1929. He graduated
from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre Institute in 1954. From 1954 he
performed at the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan. In 1992 he
established and headed “Hamazgain” Theatre. 1997-2005 he was the
rector of Yerevan Institute of Theatre and Cinema. Besides Armenian
films he starred in a number of Russian films, most notable of which
is Solaris (1972), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

Sos Sargsyan starred in a number of movies including The Musical Team
Boys as Artashes, Triangle as Master Mkrtich, Source of Heghnar as
Master Mkrtich, Solaris as Dr. Gibarian, Nahapet as Nahapet, Star Of
Hope as Movses, The Best Half of Life, Beyond the Seven Mountains as
Hovsep, Dzori Miro as Miro, Gikor as Hambo, Sans Famille (TV movie) as
Vitalis, Apple Garden as Martin, Yeghishe Charents – Known and Unknown
Sides (doc. film), Pharmacy on The Corner as Adamyan, Where Have You
Been, Man of God?, (doc. TV mini-series) as Stepham Yesayan, And There
Was Light, The Merry Bus as priest, etc.

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