Author: Kalantarian Kevo

Charles Aznavour is 87

May 22, 2011 – 13:55 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net –

May 22 marks 87th birth anniversary of Armenian French singer Charles
Aznavour. He is the author of around 1,000 songs. Besides, he starred
in 60 films and sold around 100mln discs. According to a joint poll
conducted by TIME and CNN (1998), Aznavour is recognized as the best
pop singer of the 20th century. Since May 5, 2009, Aznavour has been
Armenia’s Ambassador to Switzerland and permanent representatives to
the UN headquarters.

Musicians, artists and community leaders from across the globe
gathered to pay tribute to one of the world’s greatest musicians and
entertainers – Charles Aznavour – in a star-studded event in New York
on May 20.

The evening served as an opportunity to highlight not only Aznavour’s
talents, but his decades-long service to Armenia on the eve of the
republic’s 20th anniversary of independence.

Presenting the award to Aznavour was famous actress and singer Liza
Minnelli. Seeing Aznavour perform on stage for the first time was
`magnetic’ for Minnelli. `The minute he walked onstage, I stopped
breathing,’ she said.

The event featured guest of honor, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian. The evening’s proceeds will benefit the disadvantaged
elderly people of Armenia, including the Vanadzor Old Age Home in
Armenia.

FOOTBALL
Les sélections nationales d’Arménie en préparation

Du 17 au 18 mai les joueurs de la sélection nationale d’Arménie ainsi
que les juniors étaient en préparation à l’Académie du Football à
Erévan. Les entrainements se poursuivront jusqu’aux prochaines
rencontres nationales. L’équipe d’Arménie devant affronter le samedi 4
juin la Russie pour les qualifications de l’Euro 2012. Tandis que
l’équipe junior de l’Arménie sera opposée au Montenegro le 7 juin pour
le compte des qualifications de l’Euro 2013. Pour la sélection
nationale, l’entraîneur Vartan Minassian a appelé les joueurs suivants
: gardiens : Stepan Ghazarian (« Panants » Erévan), défenseurs :
Sarkis Hovsepian (« Piunig » Erévan), Hraïr Mkhoyan (« Mika »
Achdarak), Valéri Alexanian (« Oulis » Erévan), Arthur Youzbachian («
Piunig » Erévan), Aghvan Mkrdtchian (« Mika » Achdarak), Ardak
Yedigarian (« Piunig » Erévan), milieu de terrain : Zaven Bodoyan («
Impulse » Dilidjan), Ardak Dachian (« Panants » Erévan), Aradak
Krikorian (« Oulis » Erévan), attaquants : Edgar Manoutcharian («
Piunig » Erévan), Kevork Ghazarian (« Piunig » Erévan), Marcos Piselli
(« Piunig » Erévan). D’autres interna taux arménien jouant dans les
clubs étrangers tels que Roman Berezovski, Henrikh Mekhitarian ou
Youra Movsissian se joindront à la sélection nationale arménienne.

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 22 mai 2011,
Krikor [email protected]

ARMENIE-SOCIAL
Plus de 25 milliards de drams en 2010 pour Gumri et la région du séisme

En 2010 l’Arménie a consacré de son budget la somme de 31,4 milliards
de drams au financement de constructions. Un montant en augmentation
de 7,6 milliards par rapport à 2009 et qui finança ainsi 22 projets.
Selon le ministre Vartan Vartanian 25,55 milliards furent investis en
2010 dans les travaux de la région touchée par le séisme de 1988.
Ainsi 1056 appartements furent construits à Gumri, 303 dans la région
du Lori et 520 a Spitak. Par ailleurs près de 2000 nouveaux
appartements furent mis en chantier de construction.

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 22 mai 2011,
Krikor [email protected]

KIRO MANOYAN SAYS POSSIBILITY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION INCREASES IN KNESSET

ARMENPRESS
MAY 20, 2011
YEREVAN

The possibility of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide increases
in the Israeli Knesset, according to Kiro Manoyan, head of the ARF
Armenian Cause and Political Affairs Office. Today in an interview
with Armenpress he commented on the Knesset Education and Culture
Committee’s claim to discuss the issue of the Armenian Genocide at
the parliament.

The issue was presented to the committee by Meretz left-wing party,
which was supported by Likud party, the leader of which is Prime
Minister Netanyahu.

Kiro Manoyan said he hopes that after such a decision the issue of
the Armenian Genocide recognition will get a positive settlement,
as “the Knesset’s coalition parties were for the issue and confirmed
that it is time for the recognition of the Genocide”.

Kiro Manoyan says the number of the Israeli society representatives,
who are for the recognition, increases and this is mainly connected
with the fact that Israel’s relations with Turkey are not on a
good state.

LEGAL, POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL BASES OF THE NKR’S FORMATION DISCUSSED IN STEPANAKERT

armradio.am
20.05.2011 14:30

Address of Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan to participants
of the “Legal, political and historical bases of the NKR’s formation”
international conference

“Respected participants of the conference,

I welcome all of you on the Artsakh soil and congratulate on the
beginning of the “Legal, political and historical bases of the NKR
formation” international conference.

Holding such representative events in our republic has become
a tradition, which is welcomed and shows continuous interest of
different countries and highly influential scientific-analytical
centers towards Artsakh.

The fact that this conference has been organized by the state
commission on organizing and coordinating celebrations dedicated
to the 20th anniversary of the NKR’s formation and Artsakh’s
Alma Mater demonstrates the interest of our authorities and the
scientific-educational sector in establishing constant ties with
corresponding Armenian and foreign institutions dealing with the
Karabakh issue.

The topics to be discussed during the conference have both scientific
and political significance encompassing different issues related to the
Artsakh statehood, Karabagh conflict settlement and processes taking
place on the regional and global arenas. Looking to the problems
from this viewpoint will enable to have a more profound view of the
situation and predict possible developments more precisely.

I am sure that the conference will carry out its mission successfully
and will further strengthen and widen cooperation between political
and analytical circles.”

S. SARKISSIAN, D. MEDVEDEV ET I. ALIEV VONT SE RENCONTRER EN JUIN
Krikor Amirzayan

armenews.com
samedi 21 mai 2011

Le ministère azeri des Affaires etrangères vient d’informer que
les presidents de l’Armenie, de la Russie et de l’Azerbaïdjan se
rencontreront en juin prochain en Russie. La dernière rencontre entre
Serge Sarkissian, Dimitri Medvedev et Ilham Aliev s’est deroule le
5 mars dernier a Sotchi (Russie). Le principal sujet de la reunion
etant le règlement pacifique du conflit du Haut Karabagh.

LE CRIF HORRIFIE PAR LES PROPOS ANTISEMITES DE LARS VON TRIER

CRIF
Publie le : 20-05-2011

Info Collectif VAN – – Le Collectif VAN vous
invite a lire ce Communique de presse publie sur le site du CRIF
(Conseil Representatif des Institutions juives de France) le 19
mai 2011.

Le CRIF est horrifie par les declarations de Lars Von Trier.

Elles traduisent dans leur ignominie les tendances les plus
inquietantes de la banalisation actuelle du nazisme.

Elles conduisent a l’idee que, malgre quelques defauts, Hitler
n’etait pas si mauvais que cela et que son bilan doit etre juge
avec ponderation.

Si le fait d’etre obsede par la volonte d’exterminer des populations
est une option parmi d’autres qui ne merite pas un rejet absolu, cela
signifie que l’horrible lecon de la Shoah n’a nullement ete comprise
et que sous pretexte de liberte d’expression, notre societe est en
train de jeter par dessus bord les garde-fous elementaires de la vie
en commun.

Lars Von Trier n’a rien a faire dans un festival de Cannes dont une
partie des participants auraient ete envoyes en camp d’extermination
par Hitler, cet homme pour qui il eprouve tant de sympathie.

Lire aussi :

Cannes: Lars Von Trier exclu du Festival, pas son film

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ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY SUED FOR “DERELICTION OF DUTY”

hetq
11:44, May 18, 2011

A legal suit brought against the RA Ministry of the Environment by
a civic organization charging the government body with “dereliction
of duty” continues today at the Yerevan Administrative Court.

The group “Ecological Safety and Democracy Development” has charged the
Ministry with no taking any steps against Armenian Water and Sewage for
not cleaning up sewage and mining wastes flowing into the River Voghji.

QUAKE SHAKES NORTHWEST TURKEY, ONE DEAD

Reuters
19 May 2011 22:09

A border tower on Turkish territory is seen from the Armenian side
of the Armenian Turkish border near Getk, some 130 km (80miles)
northwest of Yerevan, November 1, 2009. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
(Adds one person dead, reports of damage)

ISTANBUL, May 19 (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0
shook northwest Turkey on Thursday evening, causing some damage,
and one person died jumping from a building as the quake struck,
the local governor said.

The epicentre of the quake was 50 miles (80 km) west-southwest of
the town of Kutahya, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The tremor also
shook buildings further north in Turkey's largest city Istanbul.

“A citizen panicked and died after jumping from the window,” Kutahya
Governor Kenan Ciftci told broadcaster NTV.

An empty university building collapsed in the quake, which also
shattered windows in some buildings, state-run Anatolian news agency
reported.

Turkey's Kandilli earthquake observatory said the quake, which
struck at 11:15 pm (2015 GMT), had a magnitude of 5.9 and that its
epicentre was the district of Simav in Kutahya province. There was
a series of aftershocks.

Residents of Kutahya waited nervously in the town's streets
after the quake, television pictures showed. Ambulances were sent
out in the affected area as a precaution.

Major geological faultines cross Turkey and small earthquakes are
a near daily occurrence. Two large quakes in 1999 killed more than
20,000 people in northwest Turkey. (Writing by Daren Butler; Editing
by Jon Hemming

ALTERNATE FM XENOGIANNAKOPOULOU ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT ON PONTIAN GENOCIDE DAY (19 MAY 2011)

Athens , 19 May 2011

Alternate Foreign Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou stressed
the following in Parliament in reply to a question from Popular
Orthodox Rally MP Alexandros Chrysanthopoulos on Pontian Genocide
Remembrance Day:

“Today, 19 May, we honour, with respect and deep emotion, the memory
of the victims of the genocide of Black Sea Hellenism. As in other
years, we fulfil a moral, historical and national duty regarding
this genocide, which, from 1916 to 1923, led to the extermination
of over 353,000 officially registered Greeks of the Black Sea. The
Hellenic Parliament, under Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, decided
unanimously on 24 February 1994 to officially recognized 19 May as a
day of national remembrance for the victims of the genocide of Black
Sea Greeks, with the Greek state and global Hellenism honouring them
and pointing up this historical truth. Black Sea Hellenism – despite
the great tragedy it suffered, despite the trials it underwent as
refugees and the dramatic memories, whether here in Greece or abroad
– has been and is a creative force for development and progress,
concurrently keeping alive its traditions and proud history.

Historical memory is critical to our national consciousness,
self-knowledge and the education of the younger generation here in our
homeland. Our country, without any fear syndrome, is systematically
pursuing the recognition and promotion of historical truth. The
building of relations based on the principles of peace, international
law and good neighbourliness has always been a main point of reference
in the shaping of our foreign policy. This is feasible only if
historical truth prevails, along with the maintaining of historical
awareness of the major events and turning points in our history.

Within this framework, I want to assure you that the government is
not passing up on any political or diplomatic option. It is developing
initiatives and supporting anything that points up historical truth.

As you also referred to the European Parliament, I want to relate
to you a personal experience of mine: During my tenure as an MEP,
the Greek MEPs of all the parties fought together to have the Pontian
and Armenian genocides set down in the resolutions of the European
Parliament.”