Author: Kalantarian Kevo

“KARABAGH: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE”

By MassisPost

Updated: October 31, 2013

FRESNO – Dr. Arsen Saparov (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor) and Dr.

Ara Sanjian (University of Michigan-Dearborn), will speak on Karabagh
at 7:30 PM on Friday, November 15, 2013, in the University Business
Center, Alice Peters Auditorium, Room 191, on the Fresno State campus.

Dr. Saparov will speak on “Drawing Borders in the Caucasus the Early
1920’s” and Dr. Sanjian will speak on the topic of “Irredentism at
the Crossroads of Nationalism, Communism and Diverging Interpretations
of the Soviet Experience: The Armenian Diasporan Press on Mountainous
Karabagh, 1923-1985”

The lecture is part of the Armenian Studies Program Fall Lecture
Series and is co-sponsored by the Armenian Students Organization at
Fresno State and is supported by the Leon S. Peters Foundation.

The Soviet leadership often stands accused of deliberately drawing
internal frontiers in the Caucasus as to create leverage against union
republics. Violent conflicts that broke out in the 1990s in Abkhazia,
Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia seem to prove this perception. In
his presentation, Dr. Saparov will discuss the logic of the Bolshevik
boundary-making in the South Caucasus. Dr. Saparov was educated at
Central European University in Budapest and received his Ph.D in
International Relations from the London School of Economics.

The formation of the Mountainous Karabagh Autonomous Region within the
territory of Soviet Azerbaijan in 1923 coincided with the emergence
of the post-genocide Armenian Diaspora. The vast majority of political
organizations and political-minded activists in the Diaspora envisaged
a future Armenian state, which would encompass within its borders
not only Western Armenia but also the Armenian-inhabited regions
of Nagorno-Karabakh, Nakhichevan, and Akhalkalak, which had become
recently part of Soviet Azerbaijan and Soviet Georgia. In this
latter case, the political realities exacted that the demand should
be focused on their immediate annexation to Soviet Armenia.

However, because there was a sharp divergence among the Diasporans
in the attitude toward Communism as an ideology and in evaluating
the Soviet experience in Armenia, the demands for the annexation of
Mountainous Karabagh to Soviet Armenia raised in different Diasporan
periodicals were pursued at varying degrees of frequency and intensity,
and the arguments put forward by these periodicals were at times
different.

Dr. Sanjian, Director of the Armenian Research Center at the University
of Michigan-Dearborn, will discuss the differing approaches of the
news media to the Karabagh issue.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Free parking is available after 7:00PM in Lots A and J, near the
University Business Center. For more information on the lecture please
contact the Armenian Studies Program at 278-2669.

ARMENIAN WRESTLERS TO PARTICIPATE IN EUROPEAN NATIONS’ CUP

November 1, 2013

By Shushanik Hakobyan

Armenian national wrestling team will participate in European Nations’
Cup, an international tournament to be held on November 8-11 in
Moscow, Russia.

Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling teams will be represented by
young athletes, the managers of the teams toldNEWS.am Sport.

Freestyle wrestling team:Ohan Gikinyan (55 kg), Volodya Frangulyan (60
kg), Sergey Hovsepian (66 kg), Grigor Grigoryan (74kg), Vahe Tamrazyan
(84 kg), Victor Kazishvili (96 kg), Andranik Galstyan (120 kg).

Greco-Roman wrestling team: Ruben Lazarian (55 kg), Karen Aslanyan
(60 kg), Arthur Lazarian (66 kg) and Eduard Sargsyan (74 kg), Argishti
Abgaryan (84 kg), Sargis Tonoyan (96 kg), Vachik Yeghazaryan (120 kg).

NEWS.am Sport

YEREVAN RESIDENT THREATENS TO CUT VEINS FOR BEING REJECTED VISA

16:54 ~U 01.11.13

A resident of Yerevan’s Malatia-Sebastia administrative district was
reported Friday afternoon to be threatening to cut his veins because
of being rejected a visa.

The incident was reported to the district police department 3:45pm
local time.

The policemen who went to the scene found Gurgen H in the apartment,
whom they later invited to the precinct station for testimony

A subsequent probe revealed that the man had applied to the district
passport desk earlier in the day for having a residence permit in
Ukraine prolonged but was rejected on account of a torn page in the
identity document. He was asked to submit an application for a new
passport but didn’t do so and left discontented. He later again turned
to the passport desk several times with the same request, but was
rejected again. Later in the day, an employee of the Malatia-Sebastia
police department said the man was threatening to harm himself.

In a written explanation, Gurgen H said he had resorted to such a step
at a oment of anger, without having a serious intention to inflict
a physical harm on himself. He said that he had been notified of the
due procedures for changing the passport, adding that he did not have
any serious complaints and demands.

Armenian News – Tert.am

ARMENIAN OLIGARCHS MAKE BODYGUARDS WORK 24 HOURS BUT PAY LITTLE

November 01, 2013 | 15:16

YEREVAN. – Although bodyguards are entitled to work up to 12 hours
a day, they work up to 24 hours in Armenia, and with little pay.

Vahe Darbinyan, who heads a security agency, noted the aforesaid
during a press conference on Friday.

“They walk behind an oligarch every day, but they [i.e., their
employers] don’t comprehend that these guys are not robots; they are
human, and they get tired.

“And the oligarchs do not comprehend that a bodyguard has the right
to rest, eat, go home, see family members, [and] take [home] money.

“But no, and they give very little money to our bodyguards and security
guards, so they can just make ends meet,” Darbinyan added.

In his words, the security guards receive a monthly salary of 60,000
drams (approx. $147) in Armenia, $1,500 in Russia, and ~@1,500
in Europe.

As a result, the Armenian security guards and bodyguards likewise
wish to leave Armenia.

“I worked in Europe, and the minimum salary [there] was ~@3,000,”
Vahe Darbinyan noted.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

HUNGARIAN CHURCH REPRESENTATIVES CONDEMNED AUTHORITIES FOR SAFAROV’S EXTRADITION

13:25, 1 November, 2013

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS: In the framework of the 10th assembly
of the World Council of Churches held in Busan, South Korea, on October
31 His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians met with the representative of the Hungarian Catholic Church
and the secretary general of the Hungarian Council of Churches. The
Press Service of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin informed Armenpress
that during the meeting the parties discussed the issue related to
the extradition of the Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov by the
Hungarian authorities to Azerbaijan. His Holiness Karekin II stated
with pain that the incident put a shadow on the Armenian-Hungarian
relations, adding that such phenomena are unacceptable. In their turn
the representatives of the Hungarian churches condemned the step made
by the authorities.

During the meeting the delegation of the Hungarian churches expressed
their readiness to assist the events to be held by the Armenian Church
ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Earlier it was reported that His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All Armenians, extended his message to 4000 assembly
participants during the opening ceremony blessing of the 10th assembly
of the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea.

Before offering his message on the occasion of the assembly, His
Holiness greeted the WCC 10th assembly participants, conveying the
1700 year old blessings of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin for
their mission of illuminating each corner of the world with Christ’s
light. His Holiness Karekin II also extended his blessings to the
hospitable country of Korea and its people.

On February 19 2004 in Budapest the Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov,
who axe-murdered the Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan while sleeping
with 16 blows, when they were participating in NATO English Language
Courses in the capital of Hungary, was sentenced to life imprisonment
without right to be pardoned for 30 years. On August 31 2012 Safarov
was extradited from Hungary to Azerbaijan and was pardoned by the
President Ilham Aliyev. The murderer was advanced to major, provided
with an apartment and given “national hero” and compensated for the
8 years of the imprisonment in Hungary.

Armenia suspended diplomatic relations with Hungary. The extradition,
pardoning and release of Safarov were condemned by many countries
and authoritative organizations of the world

LEVON ARONYAN IS NUMBER TWO IN FIDE RANKING OF TOP 100 CHESS PLAYERS

by Nana Martirosyan

ARMINFO
Friday, November 1, 11:33

Levon Aronyan is number two in the FIDE ranking of top 100 chess
players.

Aronyan (rated 2801) is back to the Club 2800. Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
is number one (rated 2870).

Sergey Movsesyan (2700, number 49), Vladimir Hakobyan (2681, number
63), Gabriel Sargsyan (2676, number 71) and Tigran Petrosyan (2660,
number 89) are also among the top 100 chess players.

MEMBERSHIP TO CU IS A CORRECT DECISION, PROSPEROUS ARMENIA MP SAYS

14:42 01/11/2013 ” POLITICS

Armenia’s decision to join the Customs Union is a correct one. It will
be good for Armenia as Armenia has always had good relations with
Russia, member of Prosperous Armenia parliamentary faction Abraham
Manukyan told a press briefing in parliament.

Meanwhile, he said that Armenia should also consider the EU
integration. According to Manukyan, there are opportunities both in
the Customs Union and in the European Union.

Source: Panorama.am

ARMENIAN, GERMAN FMS DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS

12:31 01.11.2013

Within the framework of the visit to Berlin Armenian foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian met with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle.

Greeting the Armenian Minister, Guido Westerwelle said Armenia and
Germany enjoy brilliant relations and underlined that the bilateral
cooperation is on a high level thanks to effective joint work. “As a
true friend, Germany will continue to support Armenia’s development,”
he said.

Minister Nalbandian noted, in turn, that an active political dialogue
has been established between the two countries, cooperation in a
number of spheres has reinforced and depended over the past years.

The Ministers expressed confidence that the bilateral relations would
further develop thanks to consistent bilateral efforts.

Minister Nalbandian briefed his German counterpart on the latest
developments in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the
efforts of Armenia and the international community in that direction.

The parties referred to Armenia-EU relations, the cooperation within
the framework of Eastern Partnership Initiative and the upcoming
summit in Vilnius.

LE SECTEUR PRIVE ARMENIEN EVITE DES INVESTISSEMENTS A LONG TERME

ARMENIE

Le secteur prive armenien evite des investissements a long terme qui
porteront leurs fruits dans 10 a 15 ans, afin de ne pas investir dans
la science, selon Arthur Iskhanian, un membre de l’Academie nationale
des sciences.

S’exprimant lors d’une conference de presse il a dit que le
secteur prive de l’Armenie est incapable de comprendre la necessite
d’investissements a long terme.

” Ce qu’ils veulent, ce sont des transactions rapides : vendre
quelque chose et recuperer l’argent dans la meme journee, tandis que
l’investissement dans la science peut etre rembourse que dans 10 a
15 ans ” a-t-il dit.

Il a rappele que selon le financement gouvernemental pour la science –
0,25% du PIB l’Armenie est sur les positions les plus basses au monde.

” Il n’existe aucun pays qui permettrait de degager moins d’argent
a la science que l’Armenie ” a-t-il soutenu.

M. Ishkhanian est en desaccord avec les arguments qu’il n’y a pas
d’argent. ” Par exemple, les subventions a Erevan l’annee dernière
s’elève a environ 7 milliards de drams, soit plus de la moitie du
financement de la science. Ce montant est consacre a la refection
des routes et le remplacement des bordures. Je crois que notre pays
pourrait survivre un an sans bordures remplaces. Au lieu de cela,
nous pourrions avoir plusieurs institutions scientifiques modernes, ce
qui pourrait apporter des milliards de dollars de revenus ” a-t-il dit.

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LE RANG D’ARCHIMANDRITE DECERNE DANS L’EGLISE SAINT MESROP MASHTOTS A OCHAKAN

ARMENIE

Le 11 Octobre , avec les benedictions de Sa Saintete Karekine II,
Patriarche supreme et Catholicos de tous les Armeniens , Sa Grâce
Mgr Michael Ajapahyan a preside le service de conferer le grade
d’Archimandrite ( Vardapet ) dans l’eglise Saint Mesrop Mashtots a
Ochakan . Le Père Babken Salbiyan , vicaire general de la region du
Djavakhk du Diocèse Armenien de Georgie , le Père Narek Avagyan ;
le Père Tiran Petrossian , Legat par interim pour l’Europe centrale
, et le Père Maghakia Amiryan , du diocèse armenien d’Argentine ,
ont recu le grade d’archimandrite.

À la fin du service Monseigneur l’eveque Ajapahyan , a felicite
les Archimandrites nouvellement consacres et a note que l’effort de
servir et de precher la parole de Dieu n’est pas une prerogative ,
mais une responsabilite devant Dieu.

Son Excellence a egalement exhorte les pretres a entreprendre avidement
leur devoir de nourrir et d’eduquer les enfants fidèles de l’Armenie
avec les valeurs spirituelles.

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