Author: Kalantarian Kevo

ARTHUR ABRAHAM TO FIGHT WITH EX CHAMPION

Tert.am
22.02.12

The Germany based professional Armenian boxing champion Arthur Abraham
is returning to the ring on March 31 to fight at the Sparkassen-Arena
in the town of Kiel.

The IBF Middleweight will face Poland’s Piotr Wilczewski, a former
EBU champion, his spokesperson has said.

Abraham says his fighting spirit is high as he is preparing himself
to celebrate yet another victory.

On January 14, the sportsman won the European Champion’s title after
knocking out Argentina’s Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias at the Baden-Arena
in Offenburg, Germany.

NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO ISSUE STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF BRUSOV UNIVERSITY: STATEMENT

epress.am
02.22.2012

The Yerevan State Linguistic University named after Valery Brusov in
a statement issued today said it finds that expressing an opinion on
the protests in Mashtots Park is outside of its powers.

“Neither the university nor the self-governing body the Student Council
has the authority to disseminate statements on the aforementioned issue
in the university’s name. Lecturers and students at the university
can express only their own personal opinions,” reads the statement.

Recall, earlier, YSLU Student Council President Hasmik Apyan had
said that the issue is “not a worrying problem for the linguistic
university”. Then yesterday, a group of YSLU students paid a visit to
Mashtots Park and issued a statement in support of the environmental
and civic activists who have been protesting shop construction in
the park for the second week in a row.

The YSLU students criticized Apyan’s statement and said they launched
a petition at their university which was signed by both students
and faculty.

“This proves that the Student Council president abused her authority
and spoke on behalf of the entire university,” read the students’
statement.

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS UNDER CRITICISM OVER ITS RELATIONS WITH UNDEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS

arminfo
Wednesday, February 22, 12:30

ArmInfo-TURAN. Washington-DC based global think-tank Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, has criticized the Obama Administration’s
democracy policy, due to its relations with the undemocratic
governments of Central Asia and Caucasus.

According to Turan’s Washington DC correspondent, in his recent
report on “Democracy Policy Under Obama Revitalization or Retreat?”,
Carnegie’s vice president Thomas Carothers, mentioned that in Central
Asia and the Caucasus, the Obama administration “maintains friendly or
at least mutually productive relations with undemocratic governments
in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan. It is
for the sake of various benefits, especially logistical cooperation
relating to the war in Afghanistan and access to oil and gas”.

Does this larger reality of Obama’s foreign policy-democracy being only
a secondary emphasis overall and downplayed in many places for the sake
of other interests-represent a relative retreat to US democracy policy
of the last several decades? He said, “answering this question requires
stepping very carefully through the confusing thicket of rhetoric
and reality that perennially surrounds US democracy promotion”.

At the same time, he adds, the administration downplays democracy
and human rights in a number of non-democratic countries for the sake
of other interests. This inconsistency represents a familiar pattern
rather than a change in US policy.

L’OTSC INTERVIENDRA POUR FAIRE RETABLIR L’ORDRE
Laetitia

armenews.com
mercredi 22 fevrier 2012

Le secretaire general de la Russie qui dirige l’alliance des sept
ex-Etats sovietiques a confirme mardi 21 fevrier que l’Organisation
du traite de securite collective (OTSC) va intervenir pour retablir ”
la loi et l’ordre ” si l’un de ses membres, y compris l’Armenie, est
en proie a des troubles graves. ” C’est un accord qui a ete signe par
les presidents lors de leur sommet informel a Astana en août dernier
“, a declare Nikolay Bordyuzha aux journalistes lors d’un entretien
audiovisuel en direct de Moscou.

” Nous avons discute des mecanismes qui sont necessaires dans le cas où
les autorites, les organes de repression d’un pays donne ne peuvent
pas contrôler la situation, notamment lorsqu’il y a des troubles
de masse, des pillages et lorsqu’ il est difficile de contrôler la
situation au niveau national “, a-t-il dit.

N. Bordyuzha a explique qu’une telle intervention ne devrait pas
necessairement prendre la forme d’une action militaire. L’OTSC se
fonde principalement sur son potentiel politique et le maintien de
la paix, a-t-il affirme sans plus de precisions.

Aleksandr Loukachenko, le president du Belarus membre de l’OTSC, a
aborde la question avec Bordyuzha l’an dernier. Loukachenko tolère
très peu les mouvements de dissidence dans son pays. Bordyuzha a
insiste a cet egard que l’OTSC n’a pas pour fonction d’aider les
regimes au pouvoir a sevir contre l’opposition.

LAW ENFORCERS’ REPORT AGAINST MPS DISCUSSED IN ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT

news.am
February 21, 2012 | 18:26

YEREVAN. – During the Armenian parliament seating on Tuesday the
charges presented by Special Investigative Service (SIS) against the
MPs from ruling Republican Party of Armenia were discussed. The MPs
are charged for illegally voting on behalf of other MPs.

During the discussion, Armenia’s parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan
decided to apply to the parliament groups calling them to undertake
works towards preventing such incidents in the future.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the SIS had presented a
report in which Armenian MPs from Armenia’s Republican Party were
charged for voting on behalf of other MPs.

MAJOR COMPANIES REDUCE IMPORT VOLUME AHEAD OF 2012

news.am
February 20, 2012 | 19:05

YEREVAN. – Over 440 Armenian major companies exported goods amounting
to $82.5 million and imported amounting to $219 million over last
year, State Revenue Committee at the Government informs Armenian
News-NEWS.am.

A total of 67% of the entire export and 54.5 % of the import fell on
440 major companies last December.

According to the Committee’s report, import volume of major companies
decreased by 6.5% last December as compared to the same period in
2010, which may be conditioned by increase in the share of medium
and small-sized business.

RESULTS OF SURVEY OF ARMENIA~RS MEDICINE MARKET TO BE PUBLISHED

ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, ARMENPRESS: Armenian State Commission for the
Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) will hold a sitting February
21 and publish the results of studies conducted in the medicine market.

An official from the Commission told Armenpress the activities of 134
health establishments engaged in the state purchasing sphere and 314
companies dealing with sale of medicine have been studied.

MPS TO VISIT ARMENIA

News.Az
Mon 20 February 2012 15:20 GMT | 15:20 Local Time

Azerbaijani deputies will attend the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
Committee.

According to the official website for Milli Majlis, MPs Rovshan Rzayev,
Faraj Guliyev and Azay Guliyev will be visiting Armenia from 21 until
23 February to take part in the meeting of the social committee of
the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.

The meeting participants are to discuss the development of civil
society in partner countries, poverty reduction strategy, raising
role of women and youth in the civil society and other issues.

S. NIKOYAN: “MEXICO SHOULD NOT BECOME A MEASURE OF INFORMATION WAR”

20.02.12, 18:16

20th anniversary of Khojalu (Ivanyan) liberation will be marked on
February 26. Azerbaijani side makes noise on the theme and spreads
disinformation. As it is know on the end of 2011 two palaces of Mexican
chief legal body accepted resolutions about “Armenian-Azerbaijani
conflict over Nagorno Karabakh” and the second obviously has
anti-Armenian character. Some days ago speaker of Armenian National
Assembly Samvel Nikoyan sent a letter to the leaders of two palaces.

Here is the letter:

“Respected Mr. Narankho, respected Mr. Morphin. We have learnt
recently that two Mexican palaces Senate (on November 4, 2011)
and Deputies Palace (December 5, 2011), accepted resolutions about
“Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno Karabakh” and the second
obviously has anti-Armenian character.

Armenian side considers it is unacceptable that Mexican lawyers
who expressed their ability to see the depths of the issues before,
this time are led only by false information presented by Azerbaijani
Embassy in Mexico and did not even try to know Armenian attitude just
to make a image of objectivity. And as a result now documents are
created which present Armenians as the only responsibility for the
victims and violations and Azerbaijani side is just an innocent victim.

Unfortunately the resolution reminds about so called “Khojalu Genocide”
and there is no word about the mass massacres of Armenians which took
place on Sumgayit, Kirovabad, Baku and other towns of Azerbaijan,
which there the first expressions of wild xenophobia in the whole
Eastern Europe. Speaking about the Azerbaijani refugees the authors
of the resolution “accidentally” forgot about the hundred thousands
of Armenian refugees. I would like You to pay attention on the fact
that Azerbaijan could settle the issue of refugees easily but its
continues keeping them in terrible conditions and uses it as a measure
against Armenia.

We are sure that such country as Mexico is with its high authority in
the international society, should now let itself become a victim of
the information war of the conflicting side. Moreover, it should not
let itself become a measure of the war and repeat the disinformation
and propaganda expressions.

In the end I am unable not to note that the document presents just the
opposite description of the conflict which is presented by the OSCE MG
co-chairs for many times. At the same time Mexican United States calls
on peace solution of the issue and announces that supports OSCE MG.

Respected Mr. President, we continue believing that friendly relations
between our countries will not suffer because of this resolution and
will continue developing.

Accept, please, my best regards.”

‘GRANDMA’S TATTOOS’ DISTURBS TURKISH COMMUNITY IN SWEDEN

Panorama.am
20/02/2012

“Grandma’s Tattoos” by Suzan Khartalyan has been shown on Swedish
public TV making local Turkish community to get alerted. According to
“Haberler.com” news site thousands of protest letters have been sent
to the Swedish public TV company.

The presentation of the film took place in Stockholm in September. The
film unveils the fate of Armenian women who survived the nightmare
of genocide.