Exhibition Of Posters Dedicated To The 20 Th Anniversary Of Shoushi

EXHIBITION OF POSTERS DEDICATED TO THE 20 TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHOUSHI LIBERATION WAS OPENED

ARMENPRESS
8 May, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 8, ARMENPRESS: Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts’
exhibition hall after ” Albert and Tove Boyajyan” hosted the exhibition
dedicated to Shoushi Liberation on May 8.

” We are organizing numerous exhibitions; we could not help covering
the theme of Shoushi Liberation 20 th anniversary” Professor Gagik
Gevorgyan the head of the Design Department of Yerevan State Academy
of Fine Arts informed Armenpress reporter.

In the words of the interlocutor the students worked with great
enthusiasm for the establishment of the exhibition.

” It was my initiative, whereas the students participated very
actively; the works of 1-3 year students are demonstrated in the
exhibition hall ” Gevorgyan highlighted.

Zaven Manukyan student from the Design Department in his poster
depicted NKR map and Shoushi in the form of medal.” I depicted Shoushi
in the form of medal as for each and every fighter Shoushi was the
award for all their efforts made, I want the people watch and get
proud of Shoushi’s victory” the student explained.

Over 50 posters were showed off in the exhibition dedicated to the
20 th anniversary of Shoushi Liberation.

Sociologist Claims USD2-2.5 Mln Spent As Electoral Bribes

SOCIOLOGIST CLAIMS USD2-2.5 MLN SPENT AS ELECTORAL BRIBES

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 8, 2012 – 13:53 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – 2/3 of voters participated in the May 6 parliamentary
election for honest motives, and only one third of citizens had
material expectations from the voting, sociologist Aharon Adibekyan
said on May 8.

Electoral bribes were mostly offered for supporting candidates
running by majority system, head of Sociometer sociological center
told the journalists.

As to proportional system nominees, the parties did not have large
resources for bribery, according to Adibekyan.

“USD 2-2.5 mln was distributed as electoral bribes, mostly by
candidates of the Republican Party of Armenia and Prosperous Armenia
nominated by majority system,” the sociologist said.

Amb. Chitechyan Presents Credentials To Pope Benedict XVI

AMB. CHITECHYAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO POPE BENEDICT XVI

armradio.am
08.05.2012 13:40

Armenian Ambassador to the Holy See Vigen Chitechyan presented his
credentials to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

Within the framework of the visit to Vatican Ambassador Chitechyan
had meetings with the Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the
Congregation for Eastern Churches, Secretary for Relations with States
is Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Interior Minister Angelo Becciu,
as well as Foreign Minister, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.

During the meetings the parties stressed that the historic bilateral
ties, the rich cultural and spiritual heritage, as well as the
high-level dialogue between the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the
Holy See create good preconditions and a firm basis for the further
development of cooperation.

Bako Sahakyan: The Great May Victories Proved To The Whole World The

BAKO SAHAKYAN: THE GREAT MAY VICTORIES PROVED TO THE WHOLE WORLD THE ABILITY OF THE ARMENIAN NATION TO PROTECT ITS MOTHERLAND

News from Armenia and Diaspora – Noyan Tapan
07-05-2012

On 7 May in connection with the Victory Holiday, the Day of the NKR
Defense Army and the Liberation of Shoushi President Bako Sahakyan
held a solemn ceremony of awarding.

As informs Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh
Republic President, the Head of the State congratulated the attendees
on the Triple holiday and handed in awards to a group of people. The
President underlined in his speech that the great May victories proved
to the whole world the ability of the Armenian nation to protect
its motherland, create an independent statehood and continuously
strengthen it.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, chairman of the National Assembly Ashot
Ghoulyan, premier Ara Haroutyunyan, members of political parties and
non-governmental organizations, veterans of the Great Patriotic and
Artsakh Liberation Wars, other officials, guests arrived from the
Republic of Armenia and the Diaspora partook at the ceremony.

Yerkir: Orinats Yerkir Wants Mobile Phones Back

YERKIR: ORINATS YERKIR WANTS MOBILE PHONES BACK

Panorama.am
08/05/2012

According to Yerkir, Orinats Yerkir Party wants back the Motorola
phones and 20 percent discount cards for Hayasi Group which the party
distributed as electoral bribe during its campaign.

According to preliminary information, Orinats Yerkir has received 82
690 votes (5.49 percent) in the parliamentary election.

Money Leads According To Yerkir Media TV Company’s Exit-Poll Results

MONEY LEADS ACCORDING TO YERKIR MEDIA TV COMPANY’S EXIT-POLL RESULTS: THERE IS NO ARMENIAN CITIZEN FOR THEM, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SELL THEIR VOTES

17:21 . 07/05

The talks continuing over the whole day of the parliamentary elections
finally crystallized after the results were summed up. One question is
“hanging in the air”: How did our compatriots sell their votes? One
should look into the eyes of the person asking the question and the
fear for our country’s future will be seen, the fear the reason of
which is the moral decline of our public.

How did our compatriots sell their votes? Of course, there will be
people who will say no election bribe was distributed. Consequently,
if people voted at their free will, with belief and conviction then
one important fact should be stated: there is no injustice in our
country, the public is sure of it and supports the authority. In our
country the ordinary guys, the rich, the officials, the judges, the
customs officers, any local official are just and all are satisfied
with them, if half of the public supports the authority. In our
country there is no economic injustice, no one exercises pressure on
the small and medium entrepreneurship, no booths are closed because
of the supermarkets of the rich which add day by day. In our country
there is no monopoly and there is no overgeneralization of capital and
money. Otherwise, the majority of the public wouldn’t have supported
the authority. It is not true that in our country the pensioners
aren’t able to meet their elementary needs, to make the utility
payments and perhaps that is why those amassed before the polling
stations on May 6 included many pensioners and they even didn’t
hide they were going to cast a vote for the authority. The social
situation in our country is fine, salaries are high, prices are low,
everyone lives a careless life and believes in tomorrow. Otherwise,
the majority of the public wouldn’t have voted for the authority. There
is no emigration in Armenia, and those who emigrated by mistake dream
of returning to their prosperous homeland and live there well. The
opinions heard at any step and at any moment that the emigration has
reached a dangerous rate are a lie. Otherwise, the majority of the
public wouldn’t have voted for the authority. Destroying the forests
of Teghut is correct, leaving hundreds of people homeless explaining
that with meeting state needs is correct. The youth who complained
against it were wrong. Otherwise, the majority of the public wouldn’t
have voted for the authority. There is no justice in our country,
pensioners aren’t able to live, the owners of booths aren’t able to
survive, the fathers of families aren’t able to afford the future of
their children and the youth are thinking about leaving the country.

This is the reality, which was once again painted in colours, for one
simple reason: the majority of the Armenian voters sold their votes.

People went to the polls and not being ashamed, sold their votes
publicly, knowing very well it would back-fire. They sold their
votes because of their social situation, in order to be able to buy
medicine, to afford their home for at least one day or with a hope
to buy a toy for their child.

And the voters who sold their votes know very well that tomorrow when
it is proposed in the parliament to raise pensions and salaries,
to decide the minimal subsistence level, the next government will
reject it, in order to be able to distribute election bribe during
the next elections instead of providing adequate pensions and salaries.

P.S. Waking up on May 7, those who have become blind because of their
aspiration for leadership don’t even think over the fact that young
mothers walking in a park with their children, the teacher giving an
examination, the villager selling several cabbages in the market to
earn a living, the drivers, the secretaries, their neighbours and
relatives are no more citizens of Armenia for them but are people
who sell their votes.

Yesterday RPA member, Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan
wrote in “Facebook” social network that Yerkir Media TV Company has
also conducted an exit poll and proposed to guess who will be the
leader in that list. I will answer, we had added the nine parties
which participated in the elections with the word “money”. And
“money” was the leader, the money which was distributed in Armenia
unsparingly. Only money and election bribe won in the May 6 elections.

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Four Presidential Candidates

FOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

Karabakh-open.info
Sunday, 06 May 2012 20:47

At 18.00, May 5, the NKR presidential candidates’ nomination process
was completed. Four citizens have expressed their will to participate
in the struggle for the President’s post.

As Karabakh-open.info was informed at the Central Election Commission,
NKR incumbent President Bako Sahakyan, NA deputy Vitali Balasanyan,
deputy director on educational part of the Stepanakert branch of the
Armenian Agrarian University Arkadi Soghomonyan and former head of
the NA General Service Valeri Khachatryan, unemployed at the moment,
have been nominated as independent non-party candidates.

Unclear Whether Prosperous Armenia Will Join Opposition – Analyst

UNCLEAR WHETHER PROSPEROUS ARMENIA WILL JOIN OPPOSITION – ANALYST

news.am
May 07, 2012 | 13:35

YEREVAN.- It is still unclear whether the Prosperous Armenia Party
will join the opposition ranks, political analyst Alexander Markarov
said on Monday.

Markarov, head of Armenian branch of the Institute of CIS States,
said the single headquarters set to monitor the elections – ARF
Dashnaktsutyun, Prosperous Armenia and Armenian National Congress –
will hardly continue cooperation in the new parliament.

The Republican Party of Armenia which polled the majority of votes
would make all decisions on its own. Everything depends on its good
will, he added.

Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission has issued the preliminary
results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections.

The figures are as follows: Republican Party of Armenia – 44.05%
(663,066 votes), Prosperous Armenia Party – 30.20% (454,684 votes),
Armenian National Congress – 7.10% (106,910 votes), Heritage Party
– 5.79% (87,095 votes), ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party – 5.73% (86, 296
votes), Orinats Yerkir Party – 5.49% (82,690 votes), Communist Party
of Armenia – 1.06% (15,933 votes), Democratic Party of Armenia – 0.37%
(5,633 votes), United Armenians Party – 0.20% (3, 080 votes).

For entering the 131-seat National Assembly (Parliament), the parties
must poll over 5% of votes, while blocs – over 7%.

Agos " Il Est Temps De Comprendre Pour La Turquie "

AGOS ” IL EST TEMPS DE COMPRENDRE POUR LA TURQUIE ”
Stephane

armenews.com
lundi 7 mai 2012

A l’occasion du 97ème anniversaire du genocide armenien, l’hebdomadaire
turco-armenien Agos a souligne l’importance pour la Turquie de se
confronter avec 1915 en placant cette semaine en une un article de
redaction ayant comme titre ” il est temps de comprendre pour la
Turquie “.

” La Turquie ne peut pas changer en ” une Nouvelle Turquie ”
complètement avant qu’elle ne fasse face et se confronte a 1915 ”
affirme l’article.

Le journal ecrit que la Turquie ne sera jamais capable de comprendre
la mentalite des victimes musulmanes, du peuple kurde, des Turcs et
des Alevis a moins qu’elle ne se confronte et se rappelle 1915.

” Nous ne discutons plus de ce qui est arrive en 1915 en Turquie. Des
centaines de milliers de personnes ont ete disloquees et ils n’ont pû
revenir. Aujourd’hui, la plupart d’entre eux sont morts dans la terre
d’Anatolie ou dans les deserts de la Syrie sans meme avoir une pierre
tombale. Ces faits sont connus par toute personne parlant de cette
question. Les gens ont ete forces de changer de religions pour etre
capables de survivre ; ils ont dû trouver refuge dans les maisons de
familles musulmanes “.

” Tout ceci sont des faits et ils se defendent juste en disant juste
” Personne ne peut dire que nous avons effectue un genocide ! “. Comme
si une autre sorte de denomination changerait ces faits … ”

” Il a ete souligne que les personnes responsables des choses qui
sont arrives en 1915 ne sont pas des musulmans, le peuple turc ou
Kurde parce que le genocide est effectue par des mentalites, pas par
les gens “.

” 2015 est proche et nous sommes temoins d’un grand effort pour
fournir un terreau plus nationaliste pour la Turquie et cela nous
concerne. Le meurtre de Sevag Balikci, la haine naissante lors de la
commemoration de Hocali, les conferences sur le ” mensonge de 1915
” donnees dans les ecoles, les preparatifs en terme de propagande en
vue de 2015, tout cela sont des indicateurs de cette tendance. ”

” L’action de se debarrasser des gens de ces terres d’Anatolie est a
la base de cette ideologie meme si ces gens ont vecu sur ces terres
depuis des milliers d’annees. C’est pourquoi 1915 est plus qu’un simple
” problème de conscience “, c’est un problème de choix politique. 1915
est le choix du silence qui fournit une base pour l’histoire recente de
la Turquie avec laquelle la Turquie essaye d’arranger les comptes. Si
on ne se rappelle pas de 1915 correctement, il est impossible de
comprendre la mentalite des victimes musulmanes, du peuple kurde,
des Turcs et des Alevis. C’est pourquoi la question armenienne
est la question de la ” Nouvelle ” Turquie. Tant que les faits qui
sont arrives en 1915 ne se comprennent pas, la Turquie pourrait se
rapprocher du concept d’une ” nouvelle ” Turquie cependant elle ne
pourra pas changer en une nouvelle Turquie complètement “.

Babayan: Military parade to display military potential of Artsakh

Babayan: Military parade to display military potential of Artsakh

15:11 05/05/2012 » Politics

20th anniversary of Artsakh Defense Army and Shushi liberation will
be marked magnificently. `We have a strong and organized army and the
parade will be of symbolic notion,’ head of Artsakh President’s public
relations department said.

Davit Babayan told Panorama.am that first of all the parade will
display the potential of Artsakh.

`We have a strong and capable army ready to implement any kind of
military task. Armenians all over the world are proud of the powerful
army of Artsakh. It is of great importance in terms of political,
psychological and ideological aspects,’ said Mr Babayan.

Source: Panorama.am