Author: Kalantarian Kevo

ARMENIA TOURIST MONUMENTS SHOULD INCREASE VILLAGERS’ INCOMES – EXPERT

July 16, 2014 | 16:12

YEREVAN. – The tourist sites in Armenia need to increase the incomes
of the communities, including the rural communities.

ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)/Armenia
organization director Gagik Gyurjyan stated the aforesaid at a press
conference on Wednesday.

Gyurjyan pointed to the Garni Temple–a first century Hellenic temple
near Garni village in Armenia–as an example of the distribution of
income from tourist visits.

Accordingly, the tour operators get money for the trip, the Ministry
of Culture gets revenue from the visits to the monuments, and the
traditional sweets and souvenir sales on location get livelier.

As per the expert, however, the distribution of income from tourist
visits must be made automatically, and not be decision-based.

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UKRAINE CONCERNED BY ARMENIA’S EURASEC ACCESSION

July 16, 2014 | 14:38

Ukraine plans to propose to Russia about the possible risks of the
Eurasian Economic Union’s activities starting from January 1, 2015.

Ukraine MFA official Vassily Zvarich stated the aforementioned,
the UNIAN news agency reported.

And during the next ministerial meeting, which is slated for September
12, “Ukraine also plans to propose to Russia the start of the EurAsEC’s
[Eurasian Economic Community] activities as of January 1, 2015, and
the matter of including new member states–specifically Armenia–in
this community,” Zvarich added.

He explained that official Kyiv is concerned by the following
matter: “Once joining this union, will Armenia have to review the
customs tariffs in trade with other WTO [World Trade Organization]
countries–including Ukraine–, since Armenia likewise is a WTO
member?”

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LES PRESIDENTS DES PARLEMENTS ARMENIEN ET RUSSE SALUENT L’ADHESION DE L’ARMENIE A L’UEE

RUSSIE

Le President de la Douma russe Sergey Narychkine estime l’adhesion
de l’Armenie dans l’Union economique eurasienne (UEE) donnera un
nouvel elan au developpement et a l’expansion du commerce et des
liens economiques entre l’Armenie et la Russie. Il a dit cela lors
d’une reunion avec le president du Parlement armenien Galust Sahakian,
qui etait en visite officielle a Moscou.

Selon le site officiel du Parlement armenien, le responsable russe
a egalement salue le developpement des relations interparlementaires
avec l’Armenie et a souligne l’importance de l’approfondissement de
la cooperation dans l’arène internationale.

> a declare pour sa part Galust Sahakian.

Selon lui l’adhesion du pays a l’UEE offrira de nouvelles possibilites
mutuellement benefiques pour tous les membres de l’Union qui regroupe
actuellement la Russie, la Bielorussie et le Kazakhstan.

Lors de sa visite a Moscou Galust Sahakian a egalement rencontre la
presidente du Conseil de l’Assemblee federale de la Federation de
Russie Valentina Matvienko.

Plus tôt, Galust Sahakian avait rencontre des representants de la
communaute armenienne de Russie.

mercredi 16 juillet 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

LE JEUNE SEMPAD YEGHANIAN (17 ANS) RETROUVE MORT, SANS DOUTE TUE PAR LE COMMANDO AZERI DANS LA REGION DE KARVADJAR (HAUT KARABAGH)

HAUT KARABAGH

Une triste nouvelle. Le jeun Sempad Yaghanian (17 ans) porte disparu le
10 juillet dans la region de Karvadjar (Haut Karabagh) où sevissaient
des membres du commando azeri infiltres sur le territoire armenien,
a ete retrouve mort. Son corps portant plusieurs coups de couteau au
thorax a ete retrouve près du > dans la region
de Karvadjar. Depuis plusieurs jours, ses proches qui pressentaient
le drame et affirmaient que les Azeris l’avaient enleve appelaient
les autorites armeniennes a accelerer les recherches.

Krikor Amirzayan

mercredi 16 juillet 2014, Krikor Amirzayan (c)armenews.com

SCEPTICISME VIS-A-VIS DE LA CAMPAGNE DU GOUVERNEMENT CONTRE L’EVASION FISCALE

Fiscalite

Des membres de l’opposition et des experts economiques ont designe
comme un nouveau > le recent rapport du gouvernement
demandant a des dizaines de societes de > concernant
d’eventuelle evasion fiscale.

Lors d’une reunion avec des chefs d’entreprise en mai dernier, un
mois après avoir pris ses fonctions de Premier ministre, Abrahamian
s’est engage a creer un champ de concurrence equitable pour toutes les
entreprises. Dans le meme temps, il a averti de grandes entreprises
qu’elles doivent cesser de se soustraire a l’impôt et d’abuser de
leur position sur le marche dès le 1er juillet, sous peine d’une
repression plus sevère. Il a egalement promis de publier les resultats
de la campagne contre l’evasion fiscale tous les 10 jours après cette
date limite.

Cette semaine, l’administration fiscale a publie les noms des 98
entreprises qui avaient “specifiees” leurs obligations fiscales le
1er juillet. Ces entreprises auraient augmente leurs attentes de
benefices pour 2014, en s’engageant a payer un total de 391 millions
de drams en plus en taxes au cours de l’annee.

Pendant ce temps, les sceptiques ont note qu’il n’y a pas de societes
appartenant a la page > ou a des familles de hauts
fonctionnaires dans la liste publiee. Certains experts economiques et
des membres de l’opposition en deduisent que le processus est juste une
> et qu’il ne fera aucune difference sur le long terme.

Le depute du Congrès National Aram Manoukian a parle avec scepticisme
quant a la capacite du Premier ministre, ou de tout autre chef du
gouvernement, de faire une > en Armenie.

mercredi 16 juillet 2014, Claire (c)armenews.com

OHANYAN: DIVERSIONISTS MAY BE CONNECTED TO 17-YEAR-OLD’S DISAPPEARANCE

Wednesday,
July
16

Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan did not rule out the
possibility that the Azerbaijani commando group whose members were
captured or neutralized in Karvachar at the end of last week may be
connected to the disappearance of citizen of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic Smbat Tsakanyan, 17.

“It is likely that during the investigation of the criminal case it
will turn out that the commando group of Azerbaijani armed forces
was connected to the NKR citizen’s disappearance,” the minister said
during a briefing today.

As for rumors that the diversionists killed the young man, Ohanyan
said he did not receive such information. “Investigators will clarify
the details,” he noted.

Search for Smbat Tsakanyan is underway. The press service of the NKR
police reported earlier that around 9:00 pm on July 7, 52-year-old
resident of Nor Erkedj village in Shahumyan region Mekhak Tsakanyan
informed the regional police station that his son Smbat Tsakanyan,
17, went missing. The young man left their house at 9:00 pm on July
4 and never returned. Prior to that, the mass media said that Smbat
might have been captured by members of an Azerbaijani commando unit.

15.07.2014, 19:45

Aysor.am

LE PRESIDENT SARKISSIAN EXALTE L’AMITIE FRANCO-ARMENIENNE A L’OCCASION DE LA FETE DU 14 JUILLET

ARMENIE

Le president armenien Serge Sarkissian a exalte les liens d’amitie
et la relation de confiance unissant l’Armenie et la France dans
un message adresse a son homologue francais Francois Hollande a
l’occasion de la fete nationale francaise le 14 juillet. L’Armenie
devait figurer au nombre des 80 pays representes lors du traditionnel
defile militaire sur les Champs-Elysees, qui accordait une large
place a la première guerre mondiale, dont on marque cette annee le
centenaire. Trois militaires armeniens, en grand uniforme, defilaient
a cette occasion avec les representants des autres nations associees
a cette manifestation.

En gage de son amitie pour la France, le president armenien s’est rendu
le 14 juillet a l’ambassade de France a Erevan, où il a personnellement
adresse ses felicitations a l’ambassadeur francais Henri Reynaud, ainsi
qu’aux membres du corps diplomatique francais en poste en Armenie,
a l’occasion de la fete nationale celebrant le 225e anniversaire de
la prise de la Bastille.

Le service de presse de a presidence armenienne indique que dans
son message adresse au president francais, M. Sarkissian avait mis
l’accent sur la visite officielle effectuee en mai dernier en Armenie
par M. Hollande, qui “a donne un nouvel elan au dialogue politique
au plus haut niveau entre l’Armenie et la France >> et illustre le
>. Aussi, “il serait inacceptable pour la France
de vendre des armes aux parties en conflit”, a ajoute l’ambassadeur
Reynaud, qui s’est toutefois garde de commenter les informations
relatives a une augmentation massive de ventes d’armes russes a
l’Azerbaïdjan et sur ses incidences eventuelles sur le processus de
règlement du conflit. “Je ne suis pas autorise a faire des commentaires
sur les relations armeno-russes”, a indique le diplomate, qui a conclu
en exprimant l’espoir que les presidents armenien et azeri repondront
le plus vite possible a l’invitation lancee par le president Hollande.

mardi 15 juillet 2014, Gari (c)armenews.com

THREE ARMENIAN REPORTERS GET PRIZES FROM AMERIABANK

YEREVAN, July 15. /ARKA/. Three Armenian reporters received prizes
from Ameriabank as part of the training course on economics, finance
and international economic ties theory, the press office of Ameria
Group reported.

The special training course for economics reporters was held by the
Caucasus Institute, initiated by Ameria CJSC consulting service on
management and JTI Armenia office.

The aim of the course was to provide theoretical knowledge and develop
analytical skills in reporters, along with practical skills. The
training participants received certificates of completion and corporate
gifts from Ameriabank.

Three best reporters received VISA Classic with a line of credit of
500,000 drams and professional bestsellers. The three winners will
also visit one of JTI factories to improve their knowledge about
tobacco industry and the manufacturing process.

The report says the course initiators consider it a must to hold
similar events on a regular basis to promote development of economics
reporters in Armenia.

The Caucasus Institute is a Yerevan-based research center aiming at
broader involvement of the society in political decision making.

JTI is the international division of Japan Tobacco, Inc. operating
in more than 120 countries.

Ameria CJSC is a leading consulting company on Armenian market
actively engaged in the fields of corporate restructuring, merging
and absorption, legal consulting, direct and portfolio investments,
business planning, strategic and tax planning, financial consulting,
state administration and reforms. -0–

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WHO SAYS THAT YEREVAN IS 2796 YEARS OLD? (VIDEO)

10:52 | July 15,2014 | Social

Which of Yerevan buildings buried in construction dust and debris is
more than 200 years old?

Sedrak Baghdasaryan, Head of the Victims of State Needs NGO, addresses
the question to the city officials who are decorating the city with
balloons and artificial butterflies.

For example, the House of Officers built in 1839 ‘saw’ Armenia’s
sovietization and independence, hosted great enlighter Khachatur
Abovyan, became theatre and cinema and later served as a military dorm,
but the building was destroyed during the years of independence.

In 2005, the city authorities decided to replace the 175-year-old
monument with a pizzeria. It was this very building that Khachatur
Abovyan left one morning and was never seen again. There was an oak
tree in the yard which had been planted by the famous writer.

The famous Gilanyan lemonade factory, another historical and cultural
monument in Armenia, stood in the other part of the city, just opposite
Vazgen Sargsyan street.

“Our organization addressed a letter to the Ministry of Culture
alarming that the factory and the House of Officers had been destroyed
without the consent of the Ministry,” Mr Baghdasaryan recalls.

However, the Ministry neglected their alarms.

Karo Ayvazyan, Head of the Department of Historical and Cultural
Monument Preservationat the Ministry of Culture, says the remains of
the two buildings are currently in the territory of Renco Company. The
city authorities intend to restore the buildings on Arami and Byuzand
streets within the framework of Old Yerevan project. The project was
to have been implemented in 2007. The Old Yerevan project envisages
moving the buildings dating back to late XIX – early XX centuries to
one of the main sections of the capital. Today the authorities remind
about the project every time a new monument is destroyed in Yerevan
but they never build another in its place.

ARMENIAN REELECTED GEORGIAN CITY REGIONAL ASSEMBLY HEAD

July 15, 2014 | 01:45

The elections for the heads of Georgia’s regional councils are held.

As a result, Georgian-Armenian Hamlet Movsisyan was reelected head
of the Akhalkalaki Regional Council.

Artak Gabrielyan, who is coordinator of the Armenian NGOs’ Council
of Javakheti–which is a predominantly-Armenian-populated part of
Georgia’s southeastern Samtskhe-Javakheti Province–told the aforesaid
to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

In his words, however, there was no general run-off in the local
government elections.

“The Regional Council, or the Regional Board appoints the mayor of
Akhalkalaki. And in the first round, the authorities’ representative
Eduard Aghaseryan was elected Regional Board director,” Gabrielyan
added.

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