Author: Kajoyan Gevork

“STOP BEATING, HE’S DEAD”
Karine Ionesyan

Thursday, 01 Novmber 2012, 11:40

Yesterday, during the hearing of the Harsnakar case, one of the injured
Artak Bayadyan who saw all the defendants at the crime scene said when
he saw Vahe Avetyan, the military doctor who died in the hospital
after being beaten up at Harsnakar Restaurant, he was unconscious
and hardly breathing.

Artak Bayadyan said when Vahe Avetyan was told about the dress code
at the restaurant, he decided to go home, change his clothes and come
back. Inside the hall the waiter answered very rudely Vahe’s question
whether he could stay in the hall with his hat on. Then the waiter
asked Vahe out.

According to Bayadyan, there was another person in the hall, a short
man who is not among the defendants but who had an important role that
day. When Vahe went out, Vahe’s friends followed him and found him
with a bleeding nose. According to Bayadyan, the restaurant staff,
the aforementioned short man, was asking who had insulted the waiter.

They went to the parking space where 15-20 people surrounded them,
started insulting and beating them. Bayadyan said he fell and they
continued to beat him. He heard someone a little far from him say
“stop beating, he’s dead”.

Bayadyan lost consciousness and when his friend Edgar helped him and
he regained consciousness, he saw Vahe lying 5-10 meters from him.

They took Vahe to hospital. On the way to hospital they did everything
to keep Vahe alive and in the hospital everyone and everything was
ready to meet them. He underwent surgery but his injuries were severe.

Bayadyan said he didn’t see who beat up Vahe. He mentioned that the
incident didn’t seem to have occurred spontaneously. The feeling was
that we were taken to the parking space on purpose, concluded Bayadyan.

ELINA DANIELYAN AND LILIT MKRTCHYAN ARE INCLUDED IN FIDE RANKING LIST

ARMENPRESS
1 November, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. FIDE has published the new
international ranking list of the strongest chess players of the
world for November 1, 2012. As the Chess Federation of the Republic
of Armenia informed “Armenpress” Armenian women chess players Elina
Danielyan and Lilit Lazarian are involved in the list of top 100
women chess players of the world. Elina Danielyan has 2476 points
and occupies the 25th place. As to Lilit Lazarian she has scored
2457 points and occupies the 34th place of the list. Hungarian Chess
Grandmaster tops the list with 2705 points. Humpy Koneru from India
with 2610 points and Hou Yifan from China, who scored 2606 points,
occupy the second and the third places respectively.

Elina Danielyan and Lilit Lazarian will represent Armenia in the
Women’s World Chess Championship. 64 chess players from 33 different
countries will participate in the championship. The Championship has
a total prize fund of USD 450,000.

OUTSTANDING ASTRONOMERS TO LECTURE IN ARMENIAN SCHOOLS

ARMENPRESS
1 November, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian Astronomical Society
(ArAS) jointly with the Ministry of Education and Science of the
Republic of Armenia is scheduled to launch school astronomical
lectures by the participation of outstanding astronomers. Areg
Mikayelyan, Armenian Astronomical Society co-chair stated Yervant
Terzian, Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University had initiated
the project, Armenpress reports.

In the words of Mikayelyan, astronomical contemporary issues and its
developments, the history of Armenian Astronomy, current problems of
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory of the Armenian Academy of Science,
reports about great scientist Victor Hambartsumian and other prominent
astrologers will be envisaged in the course of the scheduled lectures.

The lectures are set to kick off in November, covering all
provinces of Armenia, as well as capital Yerevan districts and
several specialized schools. Hayk Harutyunyan, director of Byurakan
Astrophysical Observatory, Elena Nikoghosyan, scientific secretary,
Areg Mikayelyan, Armenian Astronomical Society co-chair and other
famous astrologers are among the lecturers.

ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTRY WARNS ABOUT INADMISSIBILITY TO VISIT NAGORNO KARABAKH

Azeri-Press news agency
October 30, 2012 Tuesday

Anakhanim Hidayatova-APA. Israeli Foreign Ministry posted
an information on its official website in Russian about the
inadmissibility of Israeli citizens’ visiting Nagorno Karabakh, said
Deputy Director of the Second Eurasian Department of the Central Asia
and Caucasus Alex Goldman-Shaiman, APA reports. The diplomat noted
that Israeli citizens are warned that visiting these territories may
create a problem if they want to enter Azerbaijan.

TOP AZERBAIJANI OFFICIAL: MINSK GROUP SHOULD BE MORE ACTIVE IN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

Trend
Oct 31 2012
Azerbaijan

The position of Baku in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is that the
OSCE Minsk Group should be more active in the conflict settlement,
Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Political Analysis and
Information Provision Department head Elnur Aslanov told journalists.

He noted that the OSCE should encourage Armenia to liberate the
Azerbaijani lands from occupation.

“Not only the Minsk Group, but also the countries belonging to it,
should be active. We repeatedly address to the world community
with this. It is necessary to put an end to the violation of the
territorial integrity, to steps, contradicting to international law,
and to aggression of one state against another,” Aslanov said.

He added that many states are passive in the settlement of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. –
are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.

MINISTER: ANKARA DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CLOSURE OF METSAMOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Trend
Oct 31 2012
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, October 31 /Trend A.Tagiyeva/

Ankara is demanding the immediate closure of the Metsamor nuclear
power plant which is a threat to all countries in the region, Turkish
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz was quoted
today by TRT Haber TV channel as saying.

The minister said that the Metsamor nuclear power plant has been
operating for over 40 years and old plants are a great threat.

Earlier, Turkish media reported that the Armenian government has
decided to extend the work of Metsamor until 2023.

Metsamor NPP was built in 1970. After the devastating earthquake
in Spitak in 1988 it was closed, but in 1995 despite international
protests, the activities of the station were resumed and a second
reactor was launched.

Given the large number of minor earthquakes in the past 10 years in
this area, as well as the intensification of seismic processes as
indicated by research of seismologists, in the event of a serious
accident at the Metsamor NPP not only Armenia, but also all the
countries of South Caucasus and the Middle East will seriously suffer.

LAND BLESSING HELD IN DETROIT

October 31, 2012

DETROIT, Mich.-On Oct. 21, the Armenian Community Center of Greater
Detroit (ACC) held a land blessing ceremony in Novi Michigan. The
ACC had acquired this 10-acre land in December. The newly acquired
property will be the future home of the new Armenian Community Center.

A preliminary conceptual plan was also distributed to the attendees.

An estimated 250 people were present at the event.

A scene from the event.

Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy, presided
over the land blessing services. Angele Manoogian represented the ARF
Central Committee. The guest speaker for the event was Sen. Debbie
Stabenow (D-Mich.). Senator Stabenow, a strong supporter of the
Armenian Genocide Resolution bill, talked about the contributions
Armenians have made in Metro Detroit and all across the world.

“I was honored to join church leaders and members of our Armenian
American community for this land blessing ceremony,” Stabenow said.

“Novi will be a wonderful new home for the community center’s important
educational and cultural events that are part of Michigan’s rich and
diverse cultural heritage.”

Details to follow.

ARMENIAN COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE IN BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR

news.am
October 31, 2012 | 18:53

YEREVAN.- Armenian companies will participate in the Baghdad
International Trade Fair to be held on November 1-10 in the capital
of Iraq.

The organizers are confident that participation in the event will
provide private sector with an opportunity to establish contacts with
the representatives of state agencies and colleagues from other states.

As informed by the Armenian Development Agency, Vedishin
(construction), Eurostan-Uyut (construction), Vella (trade),
Karolina Group (food industry), Eurotherm (juice), Hayasy (brandy),
ArmRusgasprom, International Masis Tabak “(tobacco), Bamo Group
“(construction), Artfood (food industry) will participate in the
exhibition.

HARSNAKAR CASE: LEGAL SUCCESSOR NOT READY TO ATTEND TRIAL

06:19 pm | Today | Social

Hardly had the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan’s Avan and
Nor Nork districts resumed the hearing of the notorious Harsnakar
case when it was interrupted.

This came after Artak Bayadyan, one of the military doctors injured
in a June 17 brawl in the “Harsnakar” restaurant complex, said he
wanted to sit during questioning.

This angered the lawyers of the defendants, who said Bayadyan’s
attorneys, Lusine Hakobyan and Tigran Yegoryan, could help him with
answers.

Judge David Harutyunyan ordered to displace chairs.

Garnik Avetyan, the legal successor of the aggrieved party, and his
representative Vahe Grigoryan did not show up at today’s session.

Garnik Avetyan was not psychologically prepared to attend the trial,
said Tigran Yegoryan As a result of a June 17 brawl at the Harsnakar
Restaurant owned by former Republican MP Ruben Hayrapetyan, military
doctor Vahe Avetisyan and his three friends were hospitalized with
serious injuries.

Avetyan, 35, died in hospital 12 days later without regaining
consciousness. The uproar following the death of the military doctor
made Hayrapetyan renounce his mandate.

Six people, including Ruben Hayrapetyan’s bodyguard, were later
arrested on charges of beating military physicians at the restaurant.

Garik Margaryan, Arman Baghdasaryan, David Adamyan, Arman Khachatryan,
Norayr Hayrapetyan and Arthur Babloyan are charged with Article 112,
Part 1 of the Armenian Criminal Code (causing life-threatening bodily
injuries to two and more persons).

NO NEW ANTHRAX ALARM IN ARMENIA

news.am
October 31, 2012 | 12:40

YEREVAN. – Anthrax has not become an epidemic in Armenia, First Deputy
Agriculture Minister Grisha Baghyan stated during a pres conference
on Wednesday.

Reflecting on the recent emergence of anthrax in Vardenis district of
the Gegharkunik Region, he noted that one of the suspected cases was
confirmed, as a person with the symptoms of anthrax was hospitalized.

“The skin form [of anthrax] was noticed among the [hospitalized]
people, which [that is, the skin form] is not perilous and is subject
to rapid treatment. The Agriculture Ministry carries out vaccination of
animals every year. Such vaccination was conducted this year [as well],
but the animals had caught two viruses, [and] therefore, and due to
a weakening immune system, some animals were infected with anthrax,”
Baghyan said.

He noted that everything is normal, at present. “A criminal case
has been filed and the guilty will be punished with respect to the
shortcomings during vaccinations,” the Deputy Minister assured.

Grisha Baghyan added that the meat is inspected on a daily basis at
all locations in Armenia where it is sold, and the suspicious meat
is tested at laboratories.