Author: Kalantarian Kevo

THE SOUNDS OF THE ORIENT COME TO VANUATU

Radio Australia
Nov 13 2012

Composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Abaji shares his thoughts
on music and multiculturalism

Abaji’s music embraces several cultures and languages.

Born in Lebanon, from a Greek-Armenian father and a Syrian-Armenian
mother, Abaji grew up in France where his family migrated in the late
seventies. French, he says, is the language of freedom but watching
him perform live in our Melbourne studio, there’s no doubt music is
the language of joy!

Abaji travels with a large case filled with instruments including
a Greek boozooki and a Oud-sounding defretted guitar on which he
played the song ‘Farache’, the butterfly in Arabic, before flying
off to Brisbane on his way to Vanuatu for a concert at the Alliance
Francaise in Port Vila.

Abaji will then take the mesmerizing sounds of the Orient to New
Zealand,with shows is Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch later
this month.

THE FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING IN PARIS DIDN’T GIVE NEW HOPES, ARMENIAN PRESIDENT STATES

Mediamax
Nov 13 2012
Armenia

Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated that the
meeting of Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Paris was
far from new hopes on the settlement of NK conflict.

In his interview to Le Figaro, the Armenian President who is on an
official visit in France, noted that it was agreed to continue talks
in the current format at the meeting.

“Baku refuses to accept the principles proposed by the international
mediators as a basis for holding of talks supposing that they can
directly reach a peaceful agreement without agreeing on the basic
principles. But the peaceful agreement may be viable only if it
is based on clear principles acceptable for everybody”, said Serzh
Sargsyan.

He also noted that despite the actions taken by Baku which pardoned
the killer of the sleeping Armenian officer, Armenia will keep doing
its best to reach a peaceful settlement.

VICTORIOUS END OF SARGIS HOVSEPYAN’S CAREER

21:07, 14 November, 2012

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS: Armenia scored a beautiful 4:2
win in Armenia-Lithuania friendly match. As reports Armenpress for
Sargis Hovsepyan, who has captained Armenian national team for ages,
it was the last game in career and he left the field under stormy
applause in the first half of the match. Our team showed a beautiful
and combinative football. Edgar Manucharyan has scored the first goal
on the 7th minute of the game receiving the ball from Aras Ozbiliz,
Turkish born Armenian footballer. The second goal belongs to Karlen
Lazarian. The third goal was again initiated by Aras Ozbiliz and
scored by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Armenian success was followed by Lithuanian goal. On the 78th
minute of the match Aras Ozbiliz brought the forth impressive goal
to Armenian team. Lithuanians managed to reduce the score thanks to
11-meter strike. So the legendary footballer Sargis Hovsepyan ended
his career with a beautiful victory.

ARMENIA FOOTBALL TEAM BEATS LITHUANIA 4:2

November 14, 2012 – 21:22 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian national football team continued playing
with the same vigor in the second half of friendly match against
Lithuania, with Karlen Lazarian scoring the second goal.

Armenia and Shakhtar Donetsk FC midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored
the third goal, to be followed by Lithuania’s reply by ArtÅ”ras
RimkeviÄ~Mius.

Further advancement of Aras Ozbiliz ended with Armenia’s fourth goal,
with RimkeviÄ~Mius closing the score with a penalty.

This was Armenia 2nd victory in 3 friendly matches against Lithuania.

23 CONSULTANTS FROM ARMENIA RECEIVED CERTIFICATE IN THE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING ESSENTIALS WITH EU SUPPORT

20:10, 14 November, 2012

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS: With the EU support 23 individual
consultants in Armenia have received Certificates in Management
Consulting Essentials (CMCE). The event was attended by Traian Hristea,
Head of EU Delegation to Armenia, Mr. Jaap Sprey, Head of Regional
Program, EBRD Small Business Support Team, Mr. Valeriu Razlog, Head
of EBRD Yerevan RO and Marina Poghosyan Chairman of Armenian Institute
of Management Consulting.

“I am impressed with the dynamic start of the Institute of Management
Consulting of Armenia and the quality of the course they delivered.

This and the fact that today 23 Armenian consultants obtained CMCE will
undoubtedly contribute to the further development and consolidation
of the Armenian consultancy sector” said Jaap Sprey, Head of Regional
Program, EBRD Small Business Support Team. According to Traian Hristea,
Head of EU Delegation to Armenia, EU aims at improving the business
and economic environment in Armenia. This is a concrete example of
our joint efforts.

The overall objective of the course was to introduce internationally
recognized standards and best practices to local consultancy profession
and to raise the consultants’ capacity to design, manage and implement
projects of high professional and ethical standards. The certificate
marks the successful completion of the Core Consultancy Skills and
Professional Ethics training course that took place end March in the
basis of which in participants prepared a written assignment of review
on basis of criteria set by the UK Institute of Consulting.

Traian Hristea, Head of EU Delegation to Armenia EU noted that through
this project they were providing grants for local organizations to
be able to hire local consultants.

Marina Poghosyan highly estimated the program and the support with
the help of which their organization had been formed.

HAYASTAN FUND TO LAUNCH EUROPEAN PHONETON ON NOVEMBER 15

YEREVAN, November 14. / ARKA /. Hayastan (Armenia) pan-Armenian Fund
said it will launch European phonethon on November 15 to raise funds
for financing projects in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

It said over 700 Armenian and foreign volunteers from France, Germany,
Switzerland and Belgium will be calling to Armenian families for
three days from Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice and Toulouse to urge
them to make donations.

The Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Brazil and Argentina will also
join the campaign. The funds raised during the phoneton will be
dedicated to building community centers in Nagorno-Karabakh rural
communities, implementation of agricultural programs in the Tavush
region of Armenia, as well as address the pressing problems of the
Syrian Armenians.

The event will feature famous French Armenian footballer Youri
Djorkaeff and director of sports programs on France Television Daniel
Bilalyan who will call on Armenians to make donations.

Funds raised in 2011 phoneton were used to improve water supply systems
in ten communities in Tavush region of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh,
to refurbish the audio-visual center of Yerevan Music School after
Tchaikovsky, to equip the Gyumri orphanage, built water supply system
for the village of Karin-Tak in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Phonethons in Europe have been conducted since 2000. During this
period 411.285 telephone calls were made with about 21000 people
donating 9,938,000 euros.

The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund was founded in 1992. It is a unique
institution whose mission is to unite Armenians in Armenia and
overseas to overcome the country’s difficulties and to help establish
sustainable development in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. The Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund implements its projects through a global network
of 25 affiliates, which operate in the United States (Los Angeles
and New York), Canada (Toronto and Montreal), France, Great Britain,
Germany, Austria, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Brazil,
Lebanon, Argentina (Buenos Aires and Cordoba), Greece, Cyprus, Syria,
Uruguay, Romania, Russia, Iran, Italy and Kuwait. The mentioned last
10 affiliates have been opened in 2009-2012. -0-

32 PEOPLE DIED FROM AIDS IN ARMENIA THIS YEAR

Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 14:57

Arshak Papoyan, Head of Epidemiological Control Department of the
National Center for AIDS Prevention, told Lragir.am that 32 people
died from AIDS in Armenia in the past 10 months, 182 new HIV cases
were reported in the same period.

1335 cases have been reported in Armenia since 1988. According to
Papoyan, 70.4% of people diagnosed with AIDS are men, 29.6% – women,
and 1.8% children.

56.2% of the patients are 25-39 years old. AIDS is mainly transmitted
sexually (56.4%) and via drug injections (34.9%) in Armenia.

The highest HIV rate is in Yerevan ” 39%, the second is Shirak
marz 10.4%.

The HIV/AIDS assessment proves there are 3500 people with HIV in
Armenia.

FRANCE ET ARMENIE VEULENT APPROFONDIR LEURS RELATIONS ECONOMIQUES

Challenges.fr
12 nov 2012
France

PARIS (Sipa) — Francois Hollande s’est entretenu lundi avec le
president armenien Serge Sarkissian a l’Elysee. Les deux hommes ont
souhaite approfondir les echanges economiques entre les deux pays, et
se sont montres en parfait accord sur la question de la penalisation
de la negation du genocide armenien.

“Nous pouvons aller beaucoup plus loin encore pour les echanges
economiques”, a declare Francois Hollande devant la presse, a l’issue
de l’entretien. “Certes, la France est deuxième investisseur en
Armenie”, et une “centaine” d’entreprises francaises sont presentes
dans ce pays, a-t-il precise, “mais nous pourrions faire encore
davantage”.

“J’ai indique que l’Agence francaise de developpement pourrait
multiplier ses activites et ses soutiens, de facon a ce que,
notamment dans les domaines de l’agroalimentaire ou des transports,
nous puissions aller dans les meilleures directions”, a-t-il ajoute.

De son côte, Serge Sarkissian s’est dit “tout a fait d’accord” pour
“elargir”, “renforcer” et “approfondir” les relations entre les deux
pays, en particulier la “cooperation economique”.

Les deux hommes sont aussi revenus sur la penalisation de la negation
du genocide armenien. Le president armenien a remercie son homologue
francais pour sa “position claire et nette” sur la question. En retour,
Francois Hollande s’est felicite de ces mots, et a precise avoir
accepte l’invitation a se rendre en Armenie au cours de l’annee 2013.

Une loi destinee a penaliser la negation des genocides reconnus par
la France -visant notamment le genocide armenien- avait ete censuree
par le Conseil constitutionnel en fevrier dernier, après avoir ete
votee par le Parlement francais. Le texte, largement soutenu par
Nicolas Sarkozy, avait suscite de vives tensions entre Paris et Ankara.

Pendant sa campagne, Francois Hollande avait promis de reprendre le
dossier afin de faire passer une nouvelle loi. L’Elysee avait fait
savoir en juillet dernier que le president tiendrait ses engagements
en la matière, mais a ce jour, aucun processus legislatif n’a ete
enclenche sur le sujet.

La France reconnaît officiellement le genocide armenien depuis la loi
du 29 janvier 2001. Les historiens estiment que jusqu’a 1,5 million
d’Armeniens ont ete tues par les Turcs en 1915, mais Ankara rejette
le terme de genocide, affirmant que le chiffre a ete gonfle et que
les morts ont touche les deux parties.

AP-sc/ir

A L’HEURE DE LA RETRAITE, MARC GIRARD SORT SON PREMIER ROMAN

Ouest-France
mardi 6 novembre 2012
prebotte Edition

Trois questions a…

Marc Girard,

auteur du roman Armenouhie.

Comment vous est venu ce goût pour l’ecriture ?

Juriste de formation, ma carrière de cadre dans les collectivites
territoriales m’a amene a beaucoup ecrire, mais c’etait une ecriture
administrative. Pour m’evader de ce langage, je me suis essaye a
plus de litterature en ecrivant, il y a une quinzaine d’annees,
un recueil de poesie. Mais c’est vraiment ces dernières annees,
a l’heure de la retraite, que j’ai ressenti le besoin d’ecrire,
pour transmettre a mes enfants aussi.

Pourquoi un livre sur l’Armenie ?

À l’occasion d’un voyage en septembre 2009, avec Josiane ma compagne,
nous sommes tombes sous le charme de ce pays aux paysages sublimes, au
peuple encore marque par les massacres de 1915, mais très attache aux
traditions d’hospitalite et de convivialite. Un pays fragile aussi,
face a un avenir incertain, coince entre de grandes puissances qui
lorgnent sur ce territoire. Au retour, les membres du groupe m’ont
sollicite pour relater notre sejour dans un carnet de voyage.

Ce carnet intituleChaleureuse Armenie, nous l’avons redige a deux
mains, avec Zahourie, notre jeune guide interprète armenienne,
qui nous a vraiment fait aimer son pays. À la suite de ce premier
exercice d’ecriture m’est venue l’idee d’un roman.

Vous pouvez nous devoiler un peu Armenouhie ?

L’histoire commence en juin 1981, a la naissance d’Armenouhie, le
condense d’Armenie et Zahourie. Jeune adolescente, elle manifeste
beaucoup d’interet pour la France, jusqu’a apprendre notre langue,
rencontrer Matthieu un jeune ingenieur francais, quitter son pays natal
pour la France… Mais des evèments vont l’amener a revenir auprès
des siens dans ce petit pays du Caucase, avec ou sans Matthieu ?… À
travers les aventures de cette jeune femme aux fortes convictions,
c’est bien evidemment une invitation a la decouverte de l’Armenie et
d’un peuple qui oscille entre craintes et espoirs.

Armenouhie.Le livre publie aux editions L’Harmattan est en vente
23,50 ¤ sur le site , ou en librairie.

ALI HASANOV: “SERZH SARGSYAN’S STATEMENT AIMS TO MASK ARMENIA’S MILITARISTIC POLICY”

APA
Nov 12 2012
Azerbaijan

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov -APA. “Against the background of the European
integration of Azerbaijan and Georgia, Armenia is arming from day
to day and threatens the neighboring states with its weapons,” chief
of socio-political department of the Presidential Administration Ali
Hasanov said, APA reports.

Commenting on Armenian President’s statement that Azerbaijan is
preparing for the war, Ali Hasanov said Serzh Sargsyan’s statement
has two goals:

“First, scaring the people before the elections he plans to come to
power again. On the other hand, his statement aims to mask Armenia
militaristic policy in the region. You know that first of all Armenia
is pursuing militaristic policy in the South Caucasus. Having occupied
Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia is pursuing the policy of mass arming in
the region beyond the control of the world law and international
organizations. For years we have been stating at the UN that there is
a fact of mass arming, illegal drug trafficking and militarization
in Nagorno Karabakh’s territory, which is beyond the international
control.

Moreover, Armenian state is becoming militarized and aggressive. They
are pursuing policy through the military hardware deployed in the
occupied territories,” he said.