Armenia celebrating State Symbols Day
June 15, 2013 – 13:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenia is celebrating State Symbols Day on June 15.
The laws `On the Flag of the Republic of Armenia’ and `On the State
Emblem of the Republic of Armenia’ were adopted on June 15, 2006. For
the first time, the State Symbols Day was celebrated in 2010, on the
initiative of WE state values preservation foundation with assistance
of Armenian Youth Foundation.
Syunik Region villagers send open letter to Armenian PM
June 15, 2013 | 12:17
YEREVAN. – Armenian farmers from Syunik Region addressed Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan with an open letter, complaining about local
authorities.
In a letter, farmers said they had information that the government
intended to help the villagers and provide fertilizers and diesel for
lower prices. However, the head of local agriculture department
supplied his relatives and friends with cheap diesel.
As to farmers, they had to buy diesel at a higher price. Moreover,
head of the department sold diesel to the local petrol stations and
earned money at the expense of the villagers.
The farmers urged Premier to interfere and stop misuse of resources
and provide the diesel and fertilizers at low price as it was decided
by the government.
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Around 600 Syrian Armenians have registered for receiving flats
12:46, 15 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 15, ARMENPRESS: Around 600 Syrian Armenians living in
Armenia have already registered to receive flats in the
house built by `Help your brother’ charitable foundation. About this
`Armenpress’ was informed from representative of `Help your
brother’ charitable foundation Vahan Vardanyan.
`So much people were registered when `Help your brother’ was only a
civil initiative and registrations as already a foundation will
begin since Monday after which the number of registered people will be
more clear,’ said Vardanyan.
He also mentioned that it is not clear yet by what principles the
flats will be given. That principle will be decided by the trustees of
the
foundation.
Reverberating to 35 Syrian Armenian families in Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic Vardanyan mentioned that they are going to visit Artsakh
in June again for taking food and medication.
`The families in Artsakh are great conditions. We have transferred
money three times and their flats have been repaired. Besides the
flats
they also have lands,’ said Vardanyan. He reconfirmed that `Help your
brother’ charitable foundation will continue supporting Syrian
Armenian
in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
`Help your brother’ charitable foundation will built a dwelling house
in Davtashen administrative district of Yerevan for Syrian Armenians.
The management of the foundation according to the applications of
Syrian Armenians has applied to Government and gained preliminary
arrangement on building a house which will be recognized by the
government as a charitable program. At the same time according to the
preliminary arrangement with mayor of Yerevan municipality expressed
readiness to provide land for the house Davtashen administrative
district of Yerevan. The works have already begun and all Syrian
Armenian who want to receive flats during coming days can visit the
office of `Help your brother’ charitable foundation for registration
and getting information of further works.
A Group Photo Exhibition “India Through the Armenian Lens” to Open in Gyumri
10:09, June 15, 2013
On June 15 the photo exhibition “India through the Armenian lens” will
open in KASA Gyumri Community and Training Center. The exhibition is
organized by Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO in collaboration with KASA
Gyumri Center.
The goal of this photo exhibition is to represent the cultural and
historical marvels of India shot by common travelers from Armenia.
There are many travelers from Armenia to India every year in different
capacity, be it as tourists, as students or as businessmen. They visit
India and bring memories back to Armenia. It’s their view of India
which they see through their camera lens and share with their loved
ones.
Apparently this event will bring together all those who like the
Indian culture and don’t want to miss the opportunity to communicate
with it. Besides, there will be another reason for all Indo-Armenian
community in Armenia to gather and share common thoughts and
interests.
Dr. Suresh Babu, Hon. Ambassador of India to Armenia will honour the
event as the chief guest.
The exhibition will be open till June 22.
In January 2012, the group photo exhibition “India through the
Armenian lens” was organized in Yerevan.
LE FORUM DES ASSOCIATIONS ARMENIENNES D’EUROPE EN SLOVAQUIE LE 6 ET 7 SEPTEMBRE
Ashot Grigorian, le president du Forum des Associations Armeniennes
d’Europe (FAAE) base a Bratislava (Slovaquie) etait de passage debut
juin a Valence et Marseille. En compagnie de quelques personnalites
armeniennes il a soumis les modalites du prochain meeting du Forum
des Associations Armeniennes d’Europe qui se deroulera su 6 au 7
septembre prochain a Bratislava (Slovaquie) et Vienne (Autriche) a
une cinquantaine de kilomètres de la capitale slovaque, en presence
de près de 200 invites venus d’Armenie, et d’Europe occidentale.
Le soir de la première journee du Forum, un concert sera donne
a l’Opera de Bratislava avec le pianiste Tigrane Hamasyan et le
violoniste Sergueï Khatchatryan.
Les participants du Forum viendront de France, d’Espagne, d’Allemagne,
de Belgique, des pays Scandinaves, d’Italie, d’Autriche et bien
evidemment d’Armenie. Ashot Grigorian a presente son projet. Le Forum
des Associations Armeniennes d’Europe abordera essentiellement quatre
thèmes. Le premier sera la preparation dans les villes et capitales
europeennes des manifestations liees au 100eanniversaire du genocide
armenien. Le second thème de la conference sera autour du ” genocide
culturel ” avec la destruction des eglises armeniennes et khatchkars
(croix de pierre aux motifs armeniens) en Turquie mais egalement au
Nakhitchevan, ex-territoire armenien aujourd’hui situe en Azerbaïdjan.
Le FAAE avait d’ailleurs vivement denonce la destruction en 2006 par
l’Azerbaïdjan des centaines de khatchkars armeniens dans le cimetière
de Julfa (Nakhitchevan). ” C’est ce genocide culturel qui fait suite au
genocide physique que denonceront les participants de la reunion de la
FAAE qui informeront et alerteront l’opinion publique internationale
sur ces crimes contre le patrimoine mondial de l’humanite ” dit le
president de la FAAE.
Le troisième thème du Forum portera sur cas Ramil Safarov, l’assassin
azeri de l’officier armenien Kourken Markarian tue sauvagement a coup
de hache a Budapest (Hongrie) alors que les militaires suivaient des
cours, dans le cadre de l’OTAN. R. Safarov ete condamne a 30 ans de
prison par la Hongrie avait ete libere l’ete dernier pour purger sa
peine en Azerbaïdjan. Mais a peine arrive a Bakou, il etait aussitôt
libere et declare ” heros national ” pour ses ” faits heroïques
” d’avoir tue un homme a coup de hache dans son sommeil. ” Nous
demanderons aux autorites armeniennes de saisir le Tribunal de La Haye
ainsi que de la Cour europeenne des Droits de l’Homme a Strasbourg.
Cette dernière devant etre saisie par la famille de Kourken
Markarian et soutenue par la FAAE ” dit Ashot Grigorian et ajoute ”
le gouvernement armenien peut poursuivre l’Azerbaïdjan devant ces
juridictions internationales pour terrorisme d’Etat, nous avons
suffisamment de preuves pour cela. Le president azeri Aliev aurait
meme prepare le terroriste Ramil Safarov dans un camp d’entrainement
dans la zone de Chypre du Nord occupee par la Turquie “.
Enfin le quatrième thème de la rencontre de la FAAE sera la creation
d’un Centre permanent d’exposition-vente des produits et technologies
d’Armenie pour encourager leur exportation vers les marches europeens.
L’homme d’affaire Gaguik Dzaroukian leader du parti ” Armenie Prospère
” (Parkavadj Hayastan) etant partenaire de cette operation d’ouverture
du Centre a Bratislava (Slovaquie).
Contacts : Forum of the Armenian Associations of the Europe
(President Ashot Grigorian), Stara Vajnorska 21, 831 04 Bratislava
(Slovak Republic) Tel. bureau +421 2 4959 1092, port +421 907 755
530, e-mail : [email protected], [email protected], sites :
facebook : Forum ofArmenian Associations of Europe
Ashot Grigorian- Ashot Grigoran est ne le 30 novembre 1950 a Erevan.
De nationalite armenienne, marie et père de deux filles juristes,
il est un homme d’affaire international, specialise dans de nombreux
domaines dont l’energie. Depuis 2008 il est le president du Forum des
Associations Armeniennes d’Europe (FAAE), en remplacement de Toros
Sagherian, fondateur et actuel Secretaire general de l’organisation.
Installe en Slovaquie depuis 1993, il est le representant de la
communaute armenienne de Slovaquie evaluee a seulement quelques
centaines de membres. Outre l’armenien, Ashot Grigorian parle le russe,
le slovaque, l’allemand, l’anglais et le tchèque. Depuis 1998 il est
le responsable du bureau europeen de l’agence d’information Noyan
Tapan. Specialiste du Sud Caucase, il a participe a de nombreux
congrès et rencontres. Ashot Grigorian a publie des dizaines
d’articles dans des revues scientifiques liees a la pollution de
l’atmosphère terrestre. Il a egalement defendu un doctorat sur ”
les problèmes geo-ecologiques de l’Armenie ” en 1992. Très actif
egalement en Armenie, il a organise de 2000 a 2007 plusieurs business
forums a Erevan. Il a egalement coordonne la visite de nombreuses
personnalites politiques slovaques en Armenie, dont le ministre des
Affaires etrangères E. Kukan, le ministre de l’Economie L. Harach et
son homologue de la Justice J. Carnogursky. Entre 1999 et 2004 grâce
a un travail actif, le Conseil national de Slovaquie a adopte le 30
novembre 2004 une resolution de reconnaissance du genocide armenien.
La meme annee, un accord entre les ministres de la Defense d’Armenie
et de Slovaquie une dizaine d’avions de chasse de l’armee slovaque
et du materiel militaire furent livres a l’Armenie. A ce jour, la
Slovaquie reste le premier et seul pays de l’Union europeenne a avoir
adopte en 2001 une loi qui penaliste la negation des genocides dont
le genocide armenien.
Krikor Amirzayan
vendredi 14 juin 2013, Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com
BONJOUR LE MONDE
L’exposition du photographe turco-armenien Ara Guler a ouvert a
la Galerie Nationale a Erevan le 4 Juin, intitule “Barev dzez”
(Bonjour), avec plus de 100 photographies prises en Armenie, en
Turquie et ailleurs dans le monde.
Parmi les personnes celèbres qui figurent dans une categorie distincte
se trouvent Winston Churchill, Indira Gandhi, Salvador Dali, Sergueï
Paradjanov, Aram Khatchatourian, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren,
Brigitte Bardot et d’autres.
Toutes les ~uvres resteront en Armenie.
vendredi 14 juin 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com
L’ARMENIE DOIT TABLER SUR UNE CROISSANCE DE 5% EN 2013-2015
L’Armenie enregistrera un taux de croissance de 5% GDP en 2013 et
sera en mesure de maintenir ce taux sur les annees 2014-2015, si
l’en en croit le rapport de la Banque mondiale sur les perspectives
economiques mondiales en 2013, publie le jeudi 13 juin. Les auteurs
de ce rapport precisent que la croissance de l’economie armenienne
sera moins forte sur la periode 2013-2015 qu’elle ne le fut en 2012,
annee maquee par une reprise nette de la croissance. Le pays devra
poursuivre sur la voie de politiques fiscale, budgetaire et monetaire
prudentes, pour eviter une ” surchauffe ” de l’economie, poursuit
le rapport. La croissance est diverse selon les pays de la CEI : la
Russie, 2,3%, en 2013, 3,5% en 2014 et 3,9% en 2015, la Georgie, 4%
en 2013, 6,3% en 2014 et 6% en 2015, l’Azerbaïdjan, 4,8% en 2013-2014
et 2,9% en 2015. La croissance affichee par l’Armenie etait de 7,2%
en 2012 et le budget 2013 tablait sur des previsions de croissance
de 6,2%, soit superieure a celle de la Banque mondiale. Le president
armenien Serge Sarkissian a demande au gouvernement de faire en sorte
que la croissance soit de 7% en 2013.
Le rapport de la Banque mondiale, s’il ne satisfait pas complètement
les autorites armeniennes, est accueilli avec Circonspection par
l’opposition, qui se montrait très critique la veille au Parlement
armenien concernant le bilan economique du gouvernement.L’opposition,
très minoritaire au Parlement armenien, n’a pas menage le gouvernement
lors de la seance du 13 juin, designant comme un immense echec sa
politique economique. Les deputes ont balaye du revers de la main les
previsions de croissance optimistes affichees par le gouvernement, qui
presentait son rapport sur l’exercice du budget 2012. “Ils pretendent
que la croissance a ete de 7,2 % alors que les revenus reels n’ont
augmente que de 2,5 % et les investissements ont chute”, a declare
Hrant Bagratian, ancien premier ministre, au nom du Congrès national
armenien (HAK), parti d’opposition dirige par Levon Ter Petrossian
en ajoutant sur le mode de l’ironie : “Il ne peut y avoir qu’une
seule explication, forcement incroyable, a tout cela. Les Armeniens
prennent de l’argent et font des affaires a l’etranger, tandis que
les etrangers font des affaires en Armenie et mettent leur argent a
l’etranger”… “Ce gouvernement est en train de tuer la confiance du
people dans l’Etat”, a declare de son côte Artsvik Minasian, de la
Federation revolutionnaire armenienne (Dachnaktsoutioun).
Les deputes du Parti Armenie prospère (BHK), anciennement membre
de la coalition gouvernementale ayant bascule dans l’opposition,
ont joint leurs voix a ce concert de critiques. L’un de ces deputes,
Tigrane Urikhanian, a accuse le gouvernement de torpiller la securite
nationale avec sa politique economique. Il a affirme que le reel revenu
par habitant dans le pays continuait a chuter. Pourtant, les indices
macroeconomiques affiches par le gouvernement indiquent la tendance
inverse. En particulier, ils montrent que la pauvrete a recule dans
le pays après avoir gagne du terrain en raison de la recession de
2009. Le programme sur cinq ans du gouvernement recemment remanie du
president Sarkissian, qui avait ete approuve par le Parlement en mai,
prevoit une croissance annuelle de 5% de l’economie armenienne. Une
croissance qui se traduirait par la creation de plus de 100 000
emplois nouveaux et un recul constant de la pauvrete.
Certains deputes de l’opposition ont mis a profit ce debat sur le bilan
economique du gouvernement pour attirer l’attention des media sur les
allegations de fraude visant le premier ministre Tigrane Sarkissian,
dont la rumeur dit qu’il aurait des parts dans une obscure societe
basee a Chypre. Le chef du gouvernement a une fois encore nie de
telles allegations.
vendredi 14 juin 2013, Gari ©armenews.com
PARLIAMENT PREZ: “THE LOOTERS MUST BE BOOTED OUT OF OFFICE”
Grisha Balasanyan
At today’s parliament session, RA Control Chamber President Ishkhan
Zakaryan presented an accounting of his department’s 2012 activities,
noting that widespread abuses still exist in the sectors of state
purchases and construction.
Zakaryan confessed that purchases of certain goods and services are
often made at above market prices.
When Zakaryan began to list the inflated prices paid for construction
materials for the building of new courthouses, Justice Minister Hrayr
Tovmasyan got up and left the session, giving the impression that
such revelations were of no concern to him.
In his expose, Zakaryan noted that the government had paid 1,007 AMD
for one meter of cable that can be bought in any store for a mere
130 AMD. He even showed the MPs a store receipt to that effect.
270 million AMD in over payments were found just in the court
construction sector. Zakaryan said that he would be sending some of
these cases to the prosecutor’s office.
Parliament President Hovik Abrahamyan seemed astonished that such
abuse was going on and that those responsible, the “looters” as he
called them, were still in office.
Abrahamyan said he hoped hat Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan would
see to it that such officials were booted out.
DENMARK REELS AFTER HUMILIATING HOME DEFEAT TO ARMENIA
Deutsche Presse Agunter – dpa-AFX International ProFeed June 12 2013
COPENHAGEN (dpa-AFX) – A humiliating 4-0 home defeat to Armenia has
triggered calls for a new Denmark coach Wednesday as hopes of a World
Cup berth were badly eroded. Morten Olsen who has been at the helm of
Denmark since 2000 said he took full responsibility for the washout,
but sports commentators suggested the veteran had ‘reached the end of
the line.’ Tabloid BT on Wednesday headlined its first page ‘Resign,
Olsen’ while rival Ekstra Bladet’s headline read ‘Finished’ along
with a photo of the coach.
‘Farewell Copacabana. Farewell to the World Cup. Farewell Morten
Olsen,’ Copenhagen daily Politiken summed up. Politiken’s football
columnist Soren Olsen said he doubted Denmark could catch up with
Bulgaria or the Czech Republic for second place – and a possible
playoff spot – behind Italy in Group B. ‘The result and the
performance was a stain on Denmark’s national team,’ the Politiken
columnist wrote. ‘What an enormous fiasco, this will really be
painful for a long time – for Olsen and the players.’ ‘It was the
worst evening in my life in football. It is incomprehensible that
we couldn’t do better, but the responsibility is fully mine,’ Olsen
told broadcaster TV2 after the match. His contract runs until the
2014 World Cup in Brazil. Denmark’s next World Cup qualifier is in
September against Malta. Speculation on a possible successor to Olsen
included former Denmark international Michael Laudrup although his
fate is still linked to Swansea or another club. Others include FC
Nordsjaelland coach Kasper Hjulmand or Swansea’s deputy coach Morten
Wieghorst. Ekstra Bladet commentator Jan Jensen said he hoped the
Danish Football Association would opt for a Dutch or a German coach,
citing that Denmark needed fresh impulses. Daily Jyllands-Posten
labelled the match as a ‘total and unprecedented collapse,’ and the
culmination of a down period that began a year and a half ago. Fans
booed and whistled at the team. Sampdoria defender Simon Poulsen told
news agency Ritzau the players were even ‘more disappointed’ than the
spectators or fans who watched the match on television. Goalkeeper
Stephan Andersen hoped the transfer to a new club, Betis, would help
him get over the defeat. Defender Simon Kjaer was one of the players
who had a poor evening. He missed a pass that allowed Armenia’s Yura
Movsisyan to score after 27 seconds. The shock opener was nine seconds
faster than when Italy’s Filippo Inzaghi scored against Denmark
in 1999. The defeat leaves the Danes fifth with six points in the
six-team group – four points behind the second-placed Bulgarians and
three behind the Czech Republic. Armenia, who also have six points,
are fourth on goal difference. All teams have four matches remaining.
/lsm/adh/DP: Lennart Simonsson
EU OR EURASIAN UNION? CHOICE BETWEEN ‘PARADISE’ AND ‘HELL’ – OPINION
21:43 ~U 13.06.13
The cliches used to characterize a political or economic security
regime are artificial concepts invented by their proponents or
opponents, says Ashot Manucharyan, an Armenian oppositionist.
Speaking at a debate devoted to Armenia’s integration processes, the
politician said that the terms my signify a ‘happy future’, ‘paradise’
or ‘hell’ for different people, depending on the political camp they
take sides with.
“Let us speak of real problems, not the declared ones. When the say ‘a
happy future’ [that’s like] a picture reminding one of paradise. But as
a matter of fact, those countries resolve very specific issues; so we
have to wait and see how those solutions will reflect our problems,”
he said.
The debate, addressing Armenia’s choice between the EU Association
Agreement and the Eurasian Union (and the Customs Union) was attended
by such public and political figures as Andrias Ghukasyan (former
presidential candidatge), Aram Karapetyan (New Times party leader),
Khachatur Kokobelyan (Free Democrats party), Ruben Mehrabyan, and
the Polish ambassador to Armenia, Zdzislaw Raczynski.
Manucharyan cited Libya’s example, noting that the country appeared
in a dead-end, after ignoring the EU’s significance for its political
interests.
“Let us try and understand the consequences of the choice we are now
offered – the European Union, for instance. Suppose it is a paradise;
so we are trying to tear away from Russia which has been described
as a piece of hell. Will this not cause Armenia to suffer the blows
of the hell?” he asked.
The politician said that the situation reminded him of the remote
past, particularly the period when the concepts of Bolshevism and the
British Empire were in conflict with one another in Armenia, posing
themselves as the ‘good’ and ‘evil’. “But we found ourselves in a
specific situation, with our neighbors accepting the Bolshevism’s
arguments more seriously than we did and leaving us in the position
of the ‘progressive mankind islet’ in this region and this causing
us to lose half of the republic,” he noted.
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