Author: Kalantarian Kevo

Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia hosted ambassador of Greece

16:17, 15 October, 2012

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. Catholicos of the Great House of
Cilicia Aram I hosted ambassador of Greece in Lebanon Catrin Boura. As
Press Service of Antelias informed “Armenpress” during the visit
Ambassador Catrin Boura and His Holiness discussed current situation
in Middle East and challenges of Christian communities in that
respect.

Aram I represented present state of Syrian-Armenians adding that in
the Middle East the Armenians always were beside Arabian people in
frames of concepts of democracy, justice, liberty and Christian-Muslim
cooperation.

Ambassador of Greece and Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram
I talked about ancient friendship of Armenian and Greek nations,
issues regarding present situation in Lebanon.

Mkhitaryan «Maybe one day I will play for Juve»

15:15, 15 October, 2012

The Armenian young star who scored Italy: “Now I
just want to go ahead and Shakhtar in the Champions League »

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 23, new star of Armenia and Shakhtar Donetsk, has
a beautiful reality that is very (“Shakhtar, and move forward in the
Champions League”) and a dream: “To play for Juve? It ‘a great team.
Who knows, one day. I’m still young. ”

Meanwhile, he sliced the defense of Italy, marking them a great goal
in Yerevan, having already embarrassed just Juventus in the Champions
League group. Still face Juve in Donetsk: “And on Dec. 5 could be very
cold.” Shy and polite, speak good English and good French, “learned
when my father, Hamlet, went to play in France.” Hamlet, in the late
’80s, he was one of the best players Armenians, but went just 33 years
for a tumor, Henrikh when he was seven. Ten years later, the boy is
already an important part of Pyunik Yerevan, with whom he won four
championships Armenians. He takes the Metallurg Donetsk, “because I
always choose the team where I can play.” It’s good, if in 2010 the
citizens take the cousins, far richer, Shakhtar for 7.5 million. The
rest is history, as the 15 goals in 11 matches the beginning of the
Ukrainian league. Until the network against Italy, which is the Juve
defense.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, as has been scoring Italy?

“Beautiful, great joy. Even if it was not enough to give a joy to all
our fans who came to the stage for this great game. Too bad, I’m
sorry. But Italy is a great team. ”

I taly, Juventus, the Champions League, the now familiar throughout
Europe: What’s it like?

“Plan. I’m not a star. ”

Would you like to play in Italy?

(Smile). “Well, there are big clubs, and is a great league. However,
if one wants me to have to talk with Shakhtar at the end of the
season. ”

And in Juve?

“Great team, I’ve seen well in the Champions League. Although we had a
great game. ”

We would play?

“Who knows, maybe one day, I’m still young. But now in my head I just
want to go ahead and Shakhtar in the Champions League. ”

Who goes there in the group?

“Sorry, but Juventus and Chelsea do not care. Just go ahead Shakhtar “.

What counts when it comes to choose the future?

“It ‘s always been a dilemma, but I always choose the team in which
they are certain to be the owner.”

Lucescu said: “This looks like Kaka.” What do you think?

“That’s not a bad comparison. Seriously, Kaka is a fantastic player.
But he has his own characteristics, I do my own. ”

Half point or striker declines his job.

“Forward, forward: I like to play near the door.”

But you see it appear almost everywhere: why?

“Before Lucescu made me play back. And now I repeat: “You have to help
out in midfield.” Not a problem, if this is the team. ”

The player of Juve, who do you like most?

“Pirlo. But Vidal and Vucinic. Very good. ”

But put them in a crisis.

“We played a good game of Turin: Lucescu had prepared us very well.
And just not won. ”

The idol when you were a child?

“Zidane. A big “.

He knows where he played?

“Yes, yes. Even in Juve. ”

Armenian airplane to continue the flight to Aleppo in a few hours

14:25, 15 October, 2012

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS: The staff of the Armenian plane,
undergoing technical examination, does the preparatory works, examine
the cargo and give appropriate laboratory tests. `Everything will be
ready after a few hours and the plane will continue its flight’ Arsen
Avetisyan the director of `Air Armenia’ informed Armenpress.

Initially it was decided to land the plane in Ayntap but Turkey
declared that there was no appropriate equipment for checking
humanitarian cargo. `There was an agreement with Turkey about the
plane to land in one of the airports, and the sides chose airport of
Erzurum’ Avetisyan said.

Turkish press tried to report that Turkey forced Armenian airplane to
land but Armenian NA deputy Vahan Hovhannisyan highlighted that the
plane flying Yerevan-Erzurum-Aleppo had not been forced landing. The
plane flying in the framework of `Help your Brother’ initiative, which
was sending a humanitarian cargo to Syrian nation hadn’t been forced
to land, as there was an initial agreement with Turkey’ informed Vahan
Hovhannisyan.

The plane transferring humanitarian aid for Syria landed in Erzurum by
preliminary agreement for regular examinations on October 15.

“Grounding of the Armenian airplane in Turkey was in accord with
preliminary agreement”: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Armenia

13:21, 15 October, 2012

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. Grounding of the Armenian airplane,
caring humanitarian aid for Syria, in Turkey was preplanned and in
accord with preliminary agreement. This was said by Press Secretary of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Tigran
Balayan in a conversation with `Armenpress’.

The airplane was caring humanitarian aid of food weighting 15 tons
from public organization `Help Your Brother’. The flight was realized
by `Air Armenia’ company of air transportations.

Turkish television NTV announced that the Armenian airplane caring
humanitarian aid to Syria was forced to descend in Erzurum airport.
Authorities searched the airplane in the airport. Meanwhile Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Turkey announced that the reason of the descend
the Armenian airplane to Aleppo was a search.

Interviews by Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Roman Berezovskiy are placed in
UEFA website

09:52, 15 October, 2012

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS. Interviews by Henrikh Mkhitaryan and
Roman Berezovskiy were placed in UEFA official website and the video
of the interviews was given to Football Federation of Armenia. As
Football Federation of Armenia informed “Armepress”, as a result of
cooperation of UEFA and Football Federation of Armenia UEFA Media Day
pictured and made a video record of players of Armenian National Team
in Malta on September 8. Media group also taped training of Armenian
National Teal.

Interviews by Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Roman Berezovskiy are available here.

Armenia duo Henrik Mkhitaryan and Roman Berezovski spoke to UEFA.com
to express their admiration for Sargis Hovsepyan after the defender
recently won the last of his 131 caps. This is a brave new era for
Armenia as the national team grapples with life after Sargis
Hovsepyan, the side’s captain and ever-present figurehead who called
time on his professional career aged 39 last month. Modest and
unassuming, Armenia’s most-capped player made 131 appearances for his
country. His final outing came in September’s 1-0 loss to Bulgaria in
FIFA World Cup qualifying, and he was typically understated about his
career as he stepped away from the limelight. “I don’t think I’m a
legend,” he said. “I simply did my job.” After making his debut in
Armenia’s first international against Moldova in 1992, and
establishing himself among the favourites at FC Pyunik and FC Zenit St
Petersburg, the central defender was a key figure in some of the
national team’s proudest moments. “There were periods when no one
believed in our national team,” goalkeeper Roman Berezovski told
UEFA.com, having first played alongside Hovsepyan for Armenia in 1996.
“People believe in us now and have great expectations. Everyone has
high expectations.” Those raised expectations are a testament to
Hovsepyan’s career, influence and legacy, and Henrik Mkhitaryan holds
his retired skipper in similarly high regard. For the exciting young
FC Shakhtar Donetsk schemer, Hovsepyan remains nothing short of
Armenia’s “eternal leader”.

Small greenhouses to be promoted in Armenia

armradio.am
11:29 15.10.2012

Armenian Harvest Promotion Center (AHPC) has initiated the small
greenhouses development process, which aims to enable individual
farmers and farmer households to construct and operate high tech,
energy saving and high yield film (plastic) greenhouses.

For this purpose AHPC works with French, Dutch, and Israeli greenhouse
construction companies. AHPC has already received construction
proposals for several types of greenhouses of 400 and more square
meters. Depending on the size and type of the greenhouse, the price
for 1 square meter will vary from $12- $30.

Works are also carried out for installment of drip irrigation, heating
as well as alternative heating systems, which will reduce heating,
irrigation and fertilizer usage costs thus increasing greenhouses’
effectiveness and competitiveness. The mentioned systems can also be
installed in earlier built greenhouses.

The CEO of AHPC, Aleksan Arakelyan mentioned that `We are ready to
support farmers to construct new plastic greenhouses and install drip
irrigation and heating systems in existing ones.’

Coopération
Réunion préparatoire des Assises Franco-arméniennes de Valence (septembre 2013)

Dans une semaine un déplacement officiel du Groupe-Pays en Arménie de
Cités Unies France, composé de plus d’une vingtaine d’acteurs
représentants les régions PACA, Hauts-de Seine-Rhône-Alpes, Drôme et
Isère, se rendra en Arménie.

Son objet s’inscrit dans la volonté de contribuer à l’identification
et à la reconnaissance de la coopération décentralisée
franco-arménienne auprès des partenaires bilatéraux et des acteurs
institutionnels arméniens. Il facilitera sa mise en `uvre.

Ce déplacement permettra également de préparer les Assises de la
coopération décentralisée franco-arménienne à Valence avec le groupe
France constitué au sein de l’Association des Communes d’Arménie.

La délégation sera conduite par Patrick Devedjian, Président du
Conseil général des Hauts-de-Seine, Président du Groupe-Pays en
Arménie.

Des rencontres bilatérales sont prévues avec les autorités nationales
arméniennes : le Président de la République, M.Serge Sarkissian – le
Vice-premier Ministre / Ministre de l’Aménagement territorial M.Armen
Guevorguian – le Ministre des Affaires étrangères, M.Edward Nalbandian
– l’Ambassadeur de France en Arménie, Henri Reynaud et Nelson
Voskanyan, maire de Goris et Président du groupe France au sein de
l’Association des Communes d’Arménie.

Le Maire de Valence, Alain Maurice, Président du comité de pilotage
des Assises de 2013 qui se dérouleront à Valence, sera accompagné par
Grégoire-Robert Tafankedjian, Président de la COADA (Coordination des
Organisations Arménienne Drôme Ardèche) et de Baba Sada SOW, chargé de
mission de la ville de Valence pour les Relations Internationales
(photo).

lundi 15 octobre 2012,
Jean Eckian ©armenews.com

Director of Khosrov Reserve sacked

tert.am
21:54 – 10.10.12

The director and several employees of the Khosrov Reserve (Ararat
region) have been over criminal charges of illegal hunt.

According to a press release by the Ministry of Nature Protection,
several other employees incur disciplinary measures.

A special meeting held by Minister Aram Harutyunyan late in September
addressed measures for preventing illegal hunt across the country. The
Ministry’s corresponding subdivisions were asked to elaborate
procedures for ensuring NGOs’ involvement in the maintenance of
special protection areas. Under the minister’s instruction, a rapid
reaction group was set up to prevent unlawful activities in the above
sites.

Associated Press Worldstream
October 12, 2012 Friday 7:54 PM GMT

Italy labors to 3-1 win in Armenia in qualifier

YEREVAN Armenia

Italy veteran Andrea Pirlo scored one goal and created another as the
Azzurri labored to a 3-1 win over Armenia in World Cup qualifying
Friday.

Pirlo fired Italy ahead in the 11th minute from the penalty spot
following Hrayr Mkoyan’s handball. But Armenia leveled in the 28th
through Shakhtar Donetsk’s impressive Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Daniele De Rossi headed Italy back in front shortly after the hour
mark before Pablo Osvaldo sealed the result with his third goal in as
many qualifying matches.

“We suffered a bit with a few of their counterattacks and we had a
couple of individual problems, but I’m happy,” Italy coach Cesare
Prandelli said. “I won’t stop saying it, this is a particularly tricky
group, we had a great game and played with a lot of character.”

It is Italy’s 33rd match without defeat in World Cup and European
Championship qualifying matches.

Italy was without Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, who
although initially included in the starting lineup Thursday had not
recovered from flu in time. He was replaced by Juventus forward
Sebastian Giovinco.

Italy started brightly and could have been ahead in the fifth minute
but Armenia goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky did brilliantly at full
stretch to keep out Pirlo’s free kick, which seemed destined for the
top right corner.

Riccardo Montolivo did well minutes later to carve out some space and
cross in towards Claudio Marchisio but the ball was marginally too far
away for the Juventus midfielder.

Italy was ahead shortly afterwards when it was awarded a penalty.

Domenico Criscito back in the squad for the first time since being
questioned over a match-fixing scandal raced down the left flank
before putting in a cross that Montolivo sidefooted straight at the
goalkeeper. The rebound fell back to Montolivo, whose effort was
blocked by Hrayr Mkoyan’s arm.

Pirlo stepped up and sent Berezovsky the wrong way, firing low into
the bottom left corner.

Armenia leveled almost immediately but Gianluigi Buffon did well to
tip Aras Ozbiliz’s free kick over the bar.

It was back on level terms when Mkhitaryan collected the ball near the
halfway line, evaded Andrea Barzagli and raced away from Italy
defender Leonardo Bonucci before firing into the bottom right corner.

The in-form Mkhitaryan is currently the leading scorer in the
Ukrainian league, with 14 goals in 11 matches.

The Italy players were furious because they wanted the game to have
been stopped just before Mkhitaryan got the ball because of a clash of
heads between Armenia midfielder Davit Manoyan and Italy defender
Christian Maggio.

“When two players clash heads, you have to stop the game. The referee
didn’t do that and that’s why I protested,” Prandelli said.

Armenia could have taken the lead seconds after halftime but Artur
Edigaryan’s fierce effort flew over the bar after a lucky deflection
from Criscito.

It went even closer moments later when Giovinco turned in the area to
carve out some space for himself but fired over.

Italy could have had a penalty when Karlen Lazarian appeared to
handle in the area but the referee waved play on.

Armenia almost took the lead when Mkhitaryan raced down the right
flank and crossed towards an unmarked Yura Movsisyan whose volley was
brilliantly saved by Buffon.

Italy restored its advantage shortly afterwards when De Rossi headed
in Pirlo’s cross off the underside of the crossbar.

Armenia battled hard for the equalizer and Movsisyan would have had an
almost certain goal after a mistake by Bonucci but for a sliding,
last-ditch tackle by Maggio.

Italy sealed the result when Osvaldo headed in De Rossi’s free kick.

Khaleej Times, UAE
Oct 12 2012

Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem dies at 93

(AFP) / 12 October 2012

JERUSALEM – The Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem, Torkom Manoogian,
one of the custodians of Christianity’s holiest sites, died on Friday
at the age of 93, Armenian sources said.

A respected figure among Christians of the Holy Land, Manoogian had
been in a coma since January after a stroke. He headed the Armenian
Orthodox communities in Israel, the Palestinian territories and
Jordan.

Manoogian was born on February 16, 1919 in a refugee camp for
survivors of the Armenian genocide located near Baquba in the Iraqi
desert.

He studied theology at the seminary of the Armenian patriarchate of
Saint-Jacques in Jerusalem and was ordained in 1939.

In 1946, he was transferred to the United States, where he served as
New York’s Armenian bishop and then primate of the Eastern Diocese of
the Armenian Church of America.

He was known in Jerusalem for his passion for music.

The Armenian Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, a monastic order, is one of
the custodians of the Holy Places, along with the Greek Orthodox and
Roman Catholic churches as well as the smaller Syriac and Coptic
churches.

There are currently an estimated 2,000 Armenians living in Jerusalem,
compared to 16,000 in 1948 when the state of Israel was founded.

With a presence in the Holy Land dating back to the 5th century AD,
the community is active in commerce, trading and pottery in the
Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

The patriarch’s funeral is to be held on October 22 at the Armenian
cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. His successor will be elected in
40 days, an appointment which needs the approval of Israel and the
king of Jordan.