Author: Kajoyan Gevork

REVUE DE PRESSE
Des os dans le caviar

Il (ou elle) était bien peinard à dormir d’un éternel sommeil en
bordure de Charente, du côté de Bourg-Charente. Enfoui sous une
épaisse couche de terre depuis près de deux mille ans, il ne demandait
qu’une chose. Qu’on le laisse en paix.

Et voilà t’y pas que des Arméniens fortunés et avides d’en gagner
encore un peu plus se sont mis dans la tête d’installer pile-poil sur
le site de sa sépulture, en pleine campagne, au lieu dit Les
Étangs-de-Monsieur-de-Jarnac, une pisciculture. Pas n’importe laquelle
: elle accueillera les esturgeons qu’on estourbit – du moins pour les
femelles -, à un certain moment de leur vie, pour en récupérer les
`ufs. Avec lesquels on fabrique un aliment très branchouille coûtant
les yeux de la tête : le caviar.

La facture gonfle Aussitôt connu le projet de cet élevage de poissons,
ont débuté des sondages destinés à voir si le sous-sol ne cachait pas
des trésors archéologiques. Les concepteurs du projet croisaient les
doigts pour qu’il n’en soit rien ; ils ont été déçus.

Au contraire, les spécialistes ont vite compris que le secteur avait
été fort fréquenté au fil des siècles… Et c’est ainsi qu’ont
commencé fin juillet, sur 2 hectares, des fouilles sérieuses devant se
poursuivre jusqu’en novembre. Les découvertes ont été considérées
comme suffisamment exceptionnelles pour qu’il soit décidé de les
présenter à une foule de personnalités, hier matin. La préfète, le
sous-préfet de Cognac, le président du Conseil général, une armada
d’élus et de fonctionnaires avaient donc rendez-vous quasiment aux
aurores avec Jean Mardikian, le représentant charentais des
investisseurs poissonniers, pour une vaste séance de patinage dans la
gadoue.

Ce qu’on leur a expliqué et montré est tout simplement passionnant
puisque, sur 2 hectares, les archéologues ont retrouvé la trace de
l’homme – et nombre de sépultures -, sur trois périodes. Le
paléolithique (ici, 9 000 ans avant notre ère), l’antique (les quatre
premiers siècles de notre ère) et le Moyen ge, sur deux sites, dont
un espace funéraire du XIe siècle, une datation effectuée au carbone
14.

À noter que sur cet ancien lit de la Charente comblé par des sédiments
et des dépôts de versant, les traces du temps et de la vie
d’avant-avant-hier ont été très bien conservées, scellées,
fossilisées. Ne serait-ce que l’ensemble des btiments antiques qui
n’ont pas encore livré tous leurs secrets, mais peuvent laisser penser
avoir eu une vocation viticole.

Autant de détails auxquels Jean Mardikian s’intéresse, certes, tout en
regardant, effaré, gonfler la facture qui est pour ses pieds. Le
chiffre de 700 000 euros a été cité hier matin. Pas par lui, mais par
quelqu’un connaissant fort bien le dossier. On comprend donc que le
seul véritable souci de M. Mardikian concerne la mise en eau des
bassins en 2014, avant de goûter les premiers grains de caviar trois
ans plus tard.

dimanche 21 octobre 2012,
Stéphane ©armenews.com

AZERBAÏDJAN
L’Azerbaïdjan continue sa course à l’armement

L’Azerbaïdjan continue sa course à l’armement. En 2013 Bakou prévoit
d’investir 2,919 milliards de manats (3,707 milliards de dollars) dans
le budget de sa Défense. D’après l’agence de presse officielle APA,
parmi cette somme 1,528 milliard de manats seront à destination des
forces armées et de la sécurité. 1,416 milliard de manats seront à
destination de la Défense, près de 112 millions seront consacrés aux
forces de la défense frontalière et 106 millions à la Sécurité
nationale. Par ailleurs l’Azerbaïdjan consacrera 1,172 milliards pour
l’amélioration des moyens de défense. Bakou est ainsi engagée dans une
surenchère de son armement sur fond de conflit du Haut Karabagh. Mais
dans ce budget consacré à l’armement et à l’armée, ont trouve
également des navires militaires (de la Caspienne) et des sous-marins
qui sont destinés à contrer l’Iran et le Turkémistan en cas de
conflit.

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 21 octobre 2012,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

The Daily Star (Lebanon)
October 19, 2012 Friday

Heritage site in Tripoli under threat

by Misbah al-Ali

The architecture in Tripoli’s dense old city tells of its past: Mamluk
and Ottoman structures sit next to each other, some on top of Roman
ruins.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon: The architecture in Tripoli’s dense old city tells
of its past: Mamluk and Ottoman structures sit next to each other,
some on top of Roman ruins. And inside one of these buildings is a
hidden, but no less significant historic gem: the now endangered
Traveler’s Library.

Taking up some 1,000 square meters of a building that is likely from
the Ottoman era, the Traveler’s Library holds tens of thousands of
books and archives, meticulously collected by one man. Father Ibrahim
Sarouj opened the library in 1972, and moved to his current location
10 years later. He is now the historic structure’s only tenant, and it
seems that developers are attempting to evict him and take over the
valuable space his collection occupies.

Sarouj, whose family once lived in Jerusalem but has been in Lebanon
for generations, said that he has at least 80,000 titles, including
rare tomes in languages such as Greek, Dutch, Turkish, Armenian and
Aramaic. His is one of the city’s largest libraries, and it is
meticulously organized.

The Traveler’s Library includes archives documenting Tripoli’s
history, among its treasures are the inaugural issues of the first
Tripoli-based magazine, “Trablous al-Sham,” (Tripoli of Syria).

To Sarouj, the importance of the library is in “a romantic idea of
Tripoli as a city of knowledge, culture, books, newspapers and
beautiful buildings … today this idea is being destroyed by
consumption and a loss of cultural identity, both the result of
materialism.”

He called the Traveler’s Library “a rare case in the city and country
… that people need to preserve,” noting he “doesn’t make a penny”
out of the place.

Although the building has been all but abandoned, it has no visible
cracks. There are reports that the property’s owner has inked a deal
with a real estate developer that would entail demolition, and Sarouj
said he has rejected a demand by the owner that he leave.

As it is listed as a heritage site with the Culture Ministry, severe
damage and desertion could help the case for eventually tearing it
down. Neighbors told The Daily Star that they witnessed a group of
workers enter the upper floors and begin on what they assumed was a
construction project. Instead, they found that the men were
deliberately damaging the building’s stone.

Tripoli’s mayor Nader Ghazal said that as part of old Tripoli, the
building is under threat from general negligence and acts of
vandalism. “We have informed Father Ibrahim Sarouj of the recent
damage to the building, and that it was done to force the complete
abandonment of the building to make way for its demolition,” he said.

Ghazal added that municipality has sent personnel to “carry out
necessary maintenance work, and refuses to give up on the building.”

It has been reported that the building was once the city’s Serail, and
that it sits on the site of an old American school. Clearly, it is
valuable in itself.

For Sarouj and those who love the library, the knowledge kept inside
the ground floor is equally important both for its cultural value and
the information it can offer future generations. But if the sabotage
continues, he may have no choice but to take his books elsewhere.

CIVILITAS STAFF MEMBERS TO MARCH TO ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE

news.am
October 19, 2012 | 11:37

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s The Civilitas Foundation employees will start
a march, on Friday at 12:30pm and from The Civilitas office to the
Prosecutor General’s Office, to submit a letter of petition and the
results of a signature campaign demanding an end to the political
persecutions against Civilitas and its founder, former FM, and
Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian.

More than 13,000 people from 65 countries, including dozens of cities
and villages of Armenia, joined The Civilitas staff member’s signature
campaign that was held from October 7 to Wednesday. The signature
campaign has ended, the foundation’s press service informs.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the National Security
Service (NSS) Department of Investigation brought formal charges
against Vartan Oskanian.

To note, on October 2 the National Assembly voted in favor of
Prosecutor General’s petition to include Vartan Oskanian as a defendant
in a criminal lawsuit.

On May 25 NSS Department of Investigation had filed a criminal
lawsuit on charges of money laundering with respect to The Civilitas
Foundation.

The NSS Press Center had informed that an investigation is underway
in connection with selling the 100-percent shares of the Huntsman
Building Products Company for around $2 million, but not informing
Armenia’s tax authorities about this business deal; not using for
charitable purposes $1,135,000 of that amount envisioned for charity;
transferring this amount to the bank accounts opened under the names
of The Civilitas Foundation’s founder Vartan Oskanian, and of the
Foundation’s Board of Trustees member Tigran Karapetyan; and using
some of this amount for private purposes.

In addition, and as per the NSS Press Center, The Civilitas Foundation
had not presented a report on the $2 million allocated for charitable
purposes. In his turn, Vartan Oskanian considers the charges to be
politically motivated.

The Civilitas Foundation was founded in 2008 by Vartan Oskanian. After
joining Prosperous Armenia Party ahead of the May 6 parliamentary
elections, however, Oskanian gave up his post as the Foundation
Chairman.

THE THIRTY BEST STUDENT COMPANIES FROM ALL REGIONS OF ARMENIA AND YEREVAN PRESENTED THEIR PRODUCTS TO CONSUMERS

News from Armenia and Diaspora – Noyan Tapan
18-10-2012 18:28:50 | | Social

Etchmiadzin, Armavir – On October 18, Junior Achievement of Armenia
and the municipality of Etchmiadzin (Armavir province) held a Student
Trade Fair within the framework of the USAID-funded “Entrepreneurial
and Civic Activism of Young People of Armenia” program.

The thirty best student companies from all regions of Armenia and
Yerevan presented their products to consumers.

The Student Trade Fair is an annual educational activity which
allows the students to showcase their student company products and
to demonstrate the entrepreneurial skills which they have attained
during their studies.

Karen Grigoryan, the Mayor of Etchmiadzin, Armine Hovannisian,
Executive Director of Junior Achievement, andAnahit Bakhshyan, deputy
director of the Educational Reform Institute and a board member of JAA,
welcomed the participants of the trade fair.

The aim of the Entrepreneurial and Civic Activism of Young People of
Armenia program is to teach young people the basics of free market
economics and to instill in them a sense of civic activism and pride.

In this connection, throughout the year, the students form student
business companies, conduct marketing research, sell stock to raise
money and market their products or services. An important part of
the program is for the students to learn to work in teams and to plan
their activities by writing a business plan. The students also learn
about corporate social responsibility and set aside a part of their
profits to that end.

“I participated in this program last year. As an alumnus of the
program, I feel a sense of responsibility to be present here today. I
learned a lot from last year’s trade fair, and I want to share my
experience and be helpful to other students,” said Levon Harutyunyan,
student ofSchool #8 in Gyumri, Shirak.

The event was part of the celebrations, dedicated tothe
2697thanniversary of the city of Etchmaitzin and the 20 years of
service of Junior Achievement in Armenia. The students will direct
part of their profits to public projects as part of their corporate
social responsibility policies.

For more information on the work of Junior Achievement, please refer
to

HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS TIME FROM EUROPEAN COURT

tert.am
19.10.12

The Armenian Government is said to have been unable to answer the
European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) questions regarding the March
1, 2008 post-electoral turmoil.

According to the paper, the Court particularly asked the Government
to provide details on first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s house
arrest and the subsequent attempts to quell a demonstration. Citing
Ter-Petrosyan’s lawyer at the ECtHR, the paper says that the Court
sent the questions back in May, setting a deadline until September 11.

But the Government later asked for additional time. The Court
reportedly met the request half-way, extending the deadline until
November 5. The paper says further that Military Prosecutor Gevorg
Kostanyan, who represents the Armenian Government in the case, has
been engaged in finding answers to the above questions in the past
four months together with a group of lawyers assisting him. But there
seems to be no success so far, comments the paper.

MKHITARYAN E LA PASSIONE PER ZIDANE:

La Stampa
15 ottobre 2012
Italy

“Magari un giorno giocherò nella Juve”

La giovane stella armena che ha segnato all’Italia: “Adesso penso
solo allo Shakhtar e voglio andare avanti in Champions League”

MASSIMILIANO NEROZZI

INVIATO A YEREVAN

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 23 anni, nuova stella dell’Armenia e dello Shakhtar
Donetsk, ha gia una bella realta cui tiene molto (“Lo Shakhtar,
e andare avanti in Champions League”) e un sogno: “Giocare nella
Juve? E’ una grande squadra. Chissa, un giorno. Sono ancora giovane”.

Nel frattempo ha affettato la difesa dell’Italia, segnandole un gran
gol a Yerevan, dopo aver gia messo in difficolta proprio i bianconeri,
nel girone di Champions. Affrontera ancora la Juve, a Donetsk:
“E il 5 dicembre potrebbe fare molto freddo”. Timido ed educato,
parla un buon inglese e un ottimo francese, “imparato quando mio
papa, Hamlet, andò a giocare in Francia”. Hamlet, a fine anni ’80,
era uno dei migliori giocatori armeni, ma se ne andò a soli 33 anni,
per un tumore, quando Henrikh ne aveva sette. Dieci anni dopo,
il ragazzo è gia un pezzo importante dello Pyunik Yerevan, con il
quale vince 4 campionati armeni. Lo prende il Metallurg Donetsk,
“perche scelgo sempre la squadra dove posso giocare”. Fa bene, se nel
2010 lo prendono i cugini cittadini, ben più ricchi, dello Shakhtar,
per 7,5 milioni di euro. Il resto è storia recente, come i 15 gol
in 11 partite di questo inizio di campionato ucraino. Fino alla rete
contro l’Italia, che è poi la difesa Juve.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, com’è stato fare gol all’Italia?

“Bello, una grande gioia. Anche se non è bastato per dare una gioia a
tutti i nostri tifosi che erano venuti alla stadio per questa grande
partita. Peccato, mi dispiace. Però l’Italia è una grande squadra”.

Italia, la Juve, la Champions, ormai la conoscono in tutta Europa:
che effetto fa?

“Piano. Non sono una star”.

Le piacerebbe giocare in Italia?

(sorriso). “Beh, ci sono dei grandi club, ed è un grande campionato.

In ogni caso se uno mi vuole dovra parlare con lo Shakhtar, a fine
stagione”.

E nella Juve?

“Grande squadra, l’ho vista bene in Champions. Anche se noi abbiamo
fatto una gran partita”.

Ci giocherebbe?

“Chissa, magari un giorno, sono ancora giovane. Ma ora in testa ho
solo lo Shakhtar e voglio andare avanti in Champions”.

Chi passa nel girone?

“Scusate, ma Juve e Chelsea non mi interessa. Basta che vada avanti
lo Shakhtar”.

Che cosa conta quando deve scegliersi il futuro?

“E’ stato sempre un dilemma: ma scelgo sempre la squadra nella quale
sono certo di essere titolare”.

Lucescu ha detto: “questo somiglia a Kaka”. Che ne pensa?

“Mica male come paragone. Scherzi a parte, Kaka è un giocatore
fantastico. Ma lui ha le sue caratteristiche, io le mie”.

Mezza punta o attaccante: declini il suo mestiere.

“Attaccante, attaccante: mi piace giocare vicino alla porta”.

Però la si vede spuntare quasi ovunque: perche?

“Prima Lucescu mi faceva giocare più indietro. E anche adesso mi
ripete: “Devi dare una mano a centrocampo”. Non è un problema, se
questo serve alla squadra”.

Il giocatore della Juve che le piace di più?

“Pirlo. Ma anche Vidal e Vucinic. Molto bravi”.

Però li ha messi in crisi.

“Abbiamo giocato una bella partita a Torino: Lucescu ci aveva preparato
benissimo. E per poco non vincevamo”.

L’idolo quando era bambino?

“Zidane. Un grandissimo”.

Sa dove ha giocato?

“Sì, sì. Anche nella Juve”.

ARMENIANS HACK WEBSITE OF TV CHANNEL IN AZERBAIJAN – FOTO

APA
Oct 18 2012
Azerbaijan

Baku. Parvin Abbasov – APA. The official website of the regional
Turkel television (turkeltv.az) in Azerbaijan has been hacked.

Producer of News department of Turkel television Shafiga Fazil told
APA that they suspect Armenians hacked the website. Insulting words
about Azerbaijan, the photos of Gurgen Markaryan, who was killed by
Ramil Safarov as he insulted Azerbaijan’s flag, have been posted on
the website.

Hackers introduced themselves as ARMENIAN CYBER ARMY.

ARMENIA FACING POULTRY PRODUCTION CRISIS

WorldPoultry.net
Oct 18 2012

Poultry production in Armenia has steadily reduced in recent years
a local member of parliament warned during a special meeting of the
parliamentary committee.

“We have a serious need for increasing the production of local
(poultry) meat. Once we were an exporting country, but now we are
importing. Even with an unaided eye we could see that there is a
decline in the production numbers,” Vahram Baghdasaryan stated.

According to official statistics, over the past few years Armenia
managed to stabilise poultry production at the level of 37,000 tonnes
per year. Imports currently amount to 40,000 tonnes per year. Until
2009 the country was producing about 55,000 tonnes of poultry meat
per year, but in 2010 a serious crisis in production occurred. By that
time import supplies had a share of about 40% on the domestic market,
and now it has grown to 55%.

Baghdasaryan was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture Sego
Karapetan, who confirmed that the poultry production sector is
currently experiencing difficult times.

“Prior to 2010 we had a recession in the livestock industry, especially
in poultry production, and in 2010, birds were removed from the list
of animals to be vaccinated, and as a result we have lost about 30%
of the poultry stock in the farms of the country,” Karapetan said.

However, he also added that a special program for the development of
livestock and poultry production industries in the country has been
designed, which will be presented for approval by the government in
the coming months.

Armenia Embassy in Lebanon confirms news on the death of an Armenian
woman in Beirut

17:25, 20 October, 2012

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Embassy in Lebanon confirmed
the news on the death of Armenian Georgette Sarkisian . Tigran
Balayan, Foreign Affair Ministry spokesman stated in the briefing with
Armenpress .

Earlier Avo Kitanyan, ARF Lebanon based central office representative
, “Voice of Van” radio director told in the briefing with Armenpress
two Armenians were injured namely Kilis Derchakyan and nine-year old
Noy Dodelyan in the course of October 19 explosion orchestrated in
Lebanon capital Beirut .

A mined machine was shelled in Beirut Ashrafie Christian district
drawing panic among the population. 8 people were killed and 94 were
injured due to the explosion. Before this Secretary-General of the
United Nations Ban Ki-moon expressed his anxiety about the effects of
the Syrian crisis on Lebanon. According to him the situation in
Syrian-Lebanese border is very tense. Large numbers of Syrian
emigrants leave to Lebanon to avoid the clashes in their country. Ban
Ki-moon is uncertain about settlement of the Syrian emigrants in
Lebanon as the clashes between Alevi and Sunni Muslims can destabilize
the situation. Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy also expressed concern over the situation
in Lebanon.