Author: Kalantarian Kevo

EMBASSY: SLOVAKIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL DOES NOT ACCEPT DRAFT LAW ON PROSECUTION FOR DENIAL OF “ARMENIAN GENOCIDE”

Trend
Nov 25 2011
Azerbaijan

The Slovakian Embassy in Moscow officially refuted a report published
on Nov.24 by the Armenian media outlets (with reference to the
publication Nouvelles d’Armenie) and later by the Russian media outlets
(Regnum news agency and others) on the adoption of a draft law on
criminalizing denial of the “Armenian genocide” which was allegedly
said by the Slovakian Supreme Court Chairman Stefan Harabin.

“This draft law has been never submitted to the National Assembly
(parliament) of Slovakia, has been never approved and thus failed to
have the validity of law, as it was reported. Also Stefan Harabin’s
position as a deputy prime minister as reported is untrue,” the
Embassy’s statement sent to Trend on Friday says.

Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of Turkey –
Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu. The Armenians, willing the recognition of this
fact in the world, achieved recognition of the “Armenian Genocide”
by the parliaments of some countries.

ARMENIA’S FC PYUNIK HAS NEW HEAD COACH

news.am
Nov 25 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN.- Suren Chakhalyan is appointed to the post of head coach of
FC Pyunik. He will replace Vardan Minasyan, who is also head coach
of Armenian national squad.

Previously Chakhalyan was the coach of Armenian U-17 national team.

ARMENIA’S HEAD COACH DID NOT VOTE FOR BEST PLAYER

news.am
Nov 25 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN.- Head coach of the Armenian national team Vardan Minasyan did
not participate in the vote for Armenia’s 2011 best football player.

During the vote in the National Football Federation, Minasyan signed
the form but did not fill in the name, he told journalists on Friday.

He considers the there is no need to single out any of the players. He
does not doubt that the best player would be a member of the Armenian
national team.

As to the vote for the best world player, Minasyan voted for Messi,
Xavi and Ronaldo. According to him, Vicente del Bosque is the best
coach.

ARMENIA’S 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER GROUP IS STRONGER – HEAD COACH

news.am
Nov 25 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – 2014 World Cup qualifiers’ European Group B, which includes
the national teams of Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Armenia,
Bulgaria, and Malta, is much stronger than our Euro 2012 qualifier
group, Armenian national squad’s Head Coach Vardan Minasyan stated
during a press conference, on Friday.

“The World Cup qualifier group is stronger. The teams of Italy,
Czech Republic, and Denmark will start the qualifier round with a
great track-record. The qualifier round will be more complicated,”
Minasyan said.

ARMENIA’S PYUNIK FC NEEDS GOOD GOALIE AND GOAL SCORING PLAYERS – NATIONAL TEAM HEAD COACH

news.am
Nov 25 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – If the team aspires for success, it needs to have a good
goalie and goal scoring footballers, Armenian national league’s
second-place team and Super Cup winner Pyunik FC’s now former and
Armenian National Team’s present Head Coach Vardan Minasyan stated
during a press conference, on Friday.

Summing up the results of Armenia’s national league, Minasyan said
the competition was evenly balanced.

Now that Suren Chakhalyan will become Pyunik’s head coach, Vardan
Minasyan will work as a technical manager at Pyunik’s school.

And with respect to the national squad’s future plans, Minasyan noted
that a friendly game is scheduled for February, but the opponent is
yet unknown.

He also said the positive side to not being Pyunik’s head coach anymore
is that he now will have more time to check the Armenian footballers
who play abroad.

Also, Vardan Minasyan said he agrees with the decision to ban foreign
goalkeepers in Armenia’s national league.

ANC TO PRESENT “DECLARATION ON LEGAL AND POLITICAL REASONS FOR SERZH SARGSYAN’S IMPEACHMENT”

Mediamax
Nov 25 2011
Armenia

Yerevan/Mediamax /. Oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC)
will present “Declaration on Legal and Political Reasons for Serzh
Sargsyan’s Impeachment” during today’s rally.

The ANC statement reads this, Mediamax reports.

The statement reads that the policemen and representatives of national
security services have been hindering the work of the domestic
transport going to Yerevan in a number of regional centers of Armenia
since the morning. “Apart from this, at the entry to Yerevan, the
police officers are making the microbuses arriving from the regions
turn back”, the statement reads.

“The regime’s obvious fear is conditioned by the fact that ANC is
going to present the “Declaration on Legal and Political Reasons for
Serzh Sargsyan’s Impeachment” at today’s rally.

AUSTRALIAN MPS ASK FOR RECOGNITION OF GREEK, ARMENIAN, AND ASSYRIAN GENOCIDES

Greek Reporter

Nov 25 2011

Australian MPs and Senators ask for the recognition of Greek,
Armenian and Assyrian Genocides. Malcolm Turnbull, Federal Member
for Wentworth, Joe Hockey federal Member for North Sydney and the
Shadow Treasurer, Joel Fitzgibbon former Defence Minister, Paul
Fletcher and John Alexander have forwarded this proposal before the
Australian Parliament.

In particular, Turnbull emphasized that during 1914-1923 the Ottoman
Empire committed crimes against humanity, through Armenian, Greek,
and Assyrian Genocides.

Moreover, other MPs underlined the necessity of recognizing these
genocides and that such a recognition could not be against Turkey.

In addition, Senator Nick Xenophon and Scott Morrisson have recently
proposed the recognition of the genocides, too. Members of the
Greek-Australian Council of New South Wales and representatives of
the Armenians and Assyrians have visited Canberra in order to inform
Australian Parliament about their decisions.

ORANGE LAUNCHES PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITIES OF GORIS, KAPAN

AZG DAILY
26-11-2011

Orange launches a large-scale partnership project with the
universities of the biggest cities of Syunik region. In the frames
of the partnership agreements with Goris State University and Kapan
branch of the State Engineering University of Armenia, the students
of the mentioned two universities will be provided the chance to
pass their internship in Orange and participate in the training and
qualification courses organized for them by Orange employees, the press
service of Orange Armenia reported. Bruno Duthoit, the CEO of Orange
Armenia, said: “It is well-known that the hardest step in career is
to gain the first work experience. It is even harder when you live
far from the capital. We are happy to launch this partnership project
with these two universities, as Armenia is not limited by Yerevan
only. Armenia is also the regions, with big and small settlements,
and the students from regions should have the same opportunities as
those living in Yerevan. I hope for our long-lasting and effective
partnership”. The partnership with the two universities was not limited
by this. Orange Armenia, through its charity organization Orange
Foundation, transferred 1 million AMD to each of the universities as
a tuition fee for 18 students, already chosen on the proposal of the
universities based on two basic criteria, i.e., social situation of
the students’ families and their overall academic progress.

CSTO OFFERS MEMBER COUNTRIES TO JOIN EFFORTS IN PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE

/ARKA/
November 26, 2011
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, November 26. /ARKA/. Ara Badalyan, a deputy secretary general
of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), said today at
the first meeting of chief narcologists from CSTO member countries
that the organization has proposed to join forces to prevent drug
abuse, Novosti-Armenia news agency reported.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization was established on the
basis of the Collective Security Treaty (CST) agreement signed on May
15, 1992. The CSTO comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Drug abuse prevention has not been
raised yet within this organization.

According to Badalyan, the CSTO is active in the anti-drug direction;
more specifically it has been running anti-drug operation “Channel”
and fighting money laundering and the laundering of proceeds derived
from sale of drugs and is making efforts for political cooperation in
this field with other international and regional organizations.”At
the same time we are perfectly aware that our efforts lack a very
important element, which is the direction tackled by your structures
– it is prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts,'”
he said addressing chief narcologists from CSTO member states.

He expressed hope that following the discussions concrete agreements
will be reached and recommendations made aimed at cooperation and
coordination of drug agencies of CSTO member states.

THE EU EXPRESSES CONCERN AT THE INCREASING NUMBER OF INCIDENTS AT THE NK-AZERBAIJANI LINE OF CONTACT

ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 25, 2011
YEREVAN

The Cooperation Council between the European Union and the Republic of
Armenia held its twelfth meeting on Friday 25 November 2011. The EU was
represented by Mr Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, State Secretary for European
Affairs of Poland, acting on behalf of the High Representative of the
Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, and Mr
Ðtefan Fule, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood
Policy. The Armenian delegation was led by Mr Edward Nalbandian,
Minister of Foreign

Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, acting as chair of the Cooperation
Council meeting.

Press service of the External Relations of the European Parliament
reported that this meeting took place following the recent visit of
HRVP Ashton to Yerevan on 16-17 November which confirmed the EU’s
commitment to reinforcing links with the region. The Cooperation
Council reviewed progress on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. The EU reaffirmed that the status quo is unacceptable
and that the solution of this conflict remains a top priority. Both
sides reiterated their support to the efforts deployed by the OSCE
Minsk Group. The EU confirmed its determination to strengthen its
support to and co-operation with the Minsk Group, notably through
further confidence building measures. The EU expressed concern at the
increasing number of incidents at the line of contact and called on
all sides to reduce tension and abstain from strong rhetoric.

The Cooperation Council underlined the need to remain focussed on
and speed up the implementation of the European neighbourhood policy
action plan. The Cooperation Council provided a good opportunity to
take stock of latest developments in the South Caucasus, as well as
to review recent political and economic reforms in Armenia. In this
context the Cooperation Council took note of the new and ambitious
reform efforts of Armenia, bringing together important priorities
of EU-Armenia relations, including preparations for a Deep and
Comprehensive Free Trade Area, cooperation in the domain of justice,
liberty and security as well as democratic reforms. The EU confirmed
its readiness to engage with Armenia in an EU-Armenia partnership
for reform.