Author: Kalantarian Kevo

Armenia Searching for Donors of Renewable Energy

16:13 January 26, 2015
EcoLur

The World Future Energy Summit by International Renewable Energy
Agency was held in Abu Dhabi from 17 to 18 January. The summit was
participated by the representatives of 150 countries and 115
international organizations. The aim of this summit is to accelerate
the expansion of the renewable energy directing it to the solution to
such problems such as climate change, energy accessibility and energy
safety.

Armenia, which is a member of IRENA, participated in the summit with
the delegation headed by Deputy Energy and Natural Resources Minister
Hayk Harutyunyan. Under the official website of the Energy and Natural
Resources Ministry, the members of the Armenian delegation had
meetings with the director of IRENA Adnan Z. Amin, the representatives
of the different delegations and international financial institutions.
The fifth summit is very suitable for negotiating with the
representatives of donor countries and investing companies and to
attract funds for developing renewable energy projects in Armenia.

“The material was developed in the frames of “Supporting reforms in
the sector of small hydro power plants through enabling a dialogue
between civil society and the Ministry of Nature Protection for
sustainable use of river ecosystems” supported by UNDP/GEF Small
Grants Programme”.

Henry Theriault to Discuss Issue of Genocide Reparations at NAASR

By Contributor on January 26, 2015

BELMONT, Mass.–Prof. Henry Theriault of Worcester State University
will present a talk entitled, “‘Resolution with Justice’: Reparations
for the Armenian Genocide Considered,” on Thurs., Feb. 12, at the
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center
in Belmont.

Henry Theriault

In recent years, the issue of reparations for the Armenian Genocide
has gone from being a marginal concern to a central focus in popular
and academic circles. Most of the efforts to date have been in the
form of piecemeal individual reparation cases. But what are the
possibilities and limitations of pursuing broader reparations?

Theriault chaired the Armenian Genocide Reparations Study Group that
in fall 2014 published its report, “Resolution with Justice:
Reparations for the Armenian Genocide.” The report attempts to provide
an analysis and recommendations that would lead to a larger process of
reparations for the extensive outstanding damages of the genocide than
has previously been undertaken. At the Centenary of the Armenian
Genocide, with a gradual increase in genuine, non-denialist engagement
with the genocide in Turkey, and with the emergence of a global
reparations movement involving numerous human rights violations and
victim groups, it is an appropriate time to take a serious look at a
long-neglected topic.

Henry Theriault is professor in and chair of the Philosophy Department
at Worcester State. His research focuses on reparations,
victim-perpetrator relations, genocide denial, genocide prevention,
and mass violence against women and girls. He has published numerous
journal articles and chapters in the area of genocide studies, and was
recently named co-editor of Transaction Publishers’ Genocide: A
Critical Bibliographic Review book series. From 2007-12, he served as
co-editor of Genocide Studies and Prevention, and was guest editor of
the International Criminal Law Review special issue on “Armenian
Genocide Reparations” (2014), and the Armenian Reviewspecial issue on
the “New Global Reparations Movement” (2012). His autobiographical
article, “Out of the Shadow of War and Genocide,” is one of 15
featured in the forthcoming Scholars of Genocide Studies: New
Generations.

The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. at NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., in
Belmont. Copies of the report”Resolution with Justice: Reparations for
the Armenian Genocide” will be available. For more information about
Theriault’s talk, contact NAASR by calling (617) 489-1610 or e-mailing
[email protected].

ARMENIE
Controverse sur le droit fiscal en Arménie

Un groupe de petits commerçants s’est rassemblé près du btiment du
gouvernement pour reprendre leurs protestations contre la prochaine
exécution d’une loi fiscale controversée qu’ils disent est contre
leurs intérêts.

La loi qui prévoit la réduction de la taxe sur les ventes pour les
petites entreprises de 3,5 à 1 pour cent, mais implique des règles
plus strictes pour la soumission de la documentation relatives aux
ventes aux autorités fiscales devait à l’origine entrer en vigueur le
1er Novembre 2014.

Cependant, après une série de manifestations organisées par les
propriétaires de petites entreprises, y compris des centaines de
travailleurs des foires d’Erevan, le gouvernement a décidé de reporter
l’application de la loi jusqu’au 1er Février 2015.

Les petits commerçants affirment qu’ils veulent continuer à travailler
selon les règles actuelles alors que le gouvernement insiste sur le
fait que la nouvelle loi sera bénéfique pour les petites entreprises.

Ils affirment également que la loi utilise les petites entreprises
comme un outil dans la lutte du gouvernement contre l’évasion fiscale
par les grandes entreprises – une pratique inacceptable, à leur avis.

En vertu des nouveaux changements, les autorités fiscales doivent
mettre en garde une petite entreprise la première fois si elle omet de
présenter les documents relatifs à ses ventes ; la deuxième fois la
société sera sanctionnée d’une mande de 20 000 drams (plus de 40 $),
la troisième fois l’amende sera égal à cinq pour cent de la taxe des
ventes de l’entreprise.

mardi 27 janvier 2015,
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Shirkhanyan connects tension with the 100th anniversary of Genocide

14:10 | January 27,2015 | Politics

“The biggest achievement of independent Armenia is our army,”- ahead
of the 23rdanniversary of Armed Forced notes Vahan Shirkhanyan, RA
state defense committee president during 1991-1992.

He thinks that today Armenian army fully ensures the security of the
country and we can be peaceful for the future.

Mr. Shirkhanyan connects tension on the border with the 100th
anniversary of Armenian Genocide, “External powers have a big role.
The 100th anniversary of the Genocide and Armenia’s membership in the
EEU are beneficial neither for Azerbaijan nor for Turkey.”

Mr. Shirkhanyan doesn’t exclude a new war scenario but he thinks that
we haven’t used the most important weapon, “Our power is in our unity
and the rival knows it. We must prove that if they try to start a war,
they will lose.”

Interfax, Russia
Jan 26 2015

Three Azeri soldiers killed, two wounded in a day – Nagorno-Karabakh
defense ministry

YEREVAN. Jan 26

The defense ministry of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
said on Monday that the Azeri armed forces violated the ceasefire
about 800 times on January 24 and 25.

The Azeri forces used weapons of various caliber, including mortars
and grenade launchers, firing over 14,000 shots at Armenian positions
on these days, the defense ministry’s press service told Interfax.

“The forward combat units of the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh
retaliated, inflicting losses on the enemy: three servicemen were
killed and two others wounded. The Armenian side did not sustain
losses,” the defense ministry said.

No comments on this report from the Azeri side are available to Interfax.

Prisoner Starts a Hunger Strike: No Doctors in Vanadzor Prison, Says
Prisoner’s Mother

01.27.2015 15:06 epress.am

Prisoner Armen Hakobyan has announced an indefinite hunger strike at
the Vanadzor prison, said the prisoner’s mother Lusabek Hakobyan to
Epress.am. The reason behind the hunger strike, is because Hakobyan is
suffering from meningoencephalitis which he obtained in prison.
According to Hakobyan’s mother, they conducted surgery on him,
however, hey transferred him back to the Vanadzor prison before the
treatment was complete. “The thing is that the Vanadzor Penitentiary
Facility does not have doctors, it only has paramedics,” said
Hakobyan.

The prisoner has a doctor in Yerevan, however, the latter refuses to
go to Vanadzor so frequently to inspect the patient. After having a
surgery on his head, Hakobyan has to submit various blood samples and
has to undergo Magnetic Resonance Imaging, which technically is
impossible in the Vanadzor prison.

The RA Ministry of Justice Penitentiary Department`s Public relations
division head Gor Ghlechyan told Epress.am that Armen Hakobyan
underwent surgery and was under the doctors’ supervision for a long
time. However, based on the information about his condition, the
commission decided that he could continue his treatment with
medication in prison.

Armenia’s EEU membership to open up new opportunities for
Yerevan-Tehran relations – Iran’s FM

YEREVAN, January 27. /ARKA/. Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian
Economic Union (EEU) will create good chances for further development
of relations between Yerevan and Tehran, Iran’s foreign minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif said today in Yerevan.

Iran is willing to develop its relations with Armenia in every
possible field, and one of the opportunities is the EEU, Zarif said at
a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Edward
Nalbandyan on Tuesday, according to Novosti-Armenia.

The minister also said trilateral cooperation has been already
established, involving Armenia, Iran and Russia, in communications
sector.

Armenia’s FM Edward Nalbandyan, in his turn, said his country has
recently become an EEU member and is currently looking into new
opportunities for cooperation with both EEU-member and neighboring
countries, including Iran.

Armenia became a full-fledged EEU member on January 2, 2015. -0–

Trade and economic cooperation between Armenia and Iran needs further
development

YEREVAN, January 27. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan
and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif rated
Armenian-Iranian relations highly as met Tuesday in Yerevan, the press
office of Armenia’s government reports.

Abrahamyan and Zarif discussed a wide range of issues related to
cooperation between the two countries.

In particular, they discussed the programs being implemented now and
outlined new projects that would spur trade and economic relations
between the countries.

They stressed the importance of the activity of the Armenian-Iranian
intergovernmental commission saying that the arrangements made in
December 2014 at its session will be put into practice.

Speaking about Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union, the
Iranian foreign minister said that Armenia’s membership in the union
will be favorable for Armenian-Iranian economic ties. Regional and
global issues were discussed at the meeting as well. —0—–

Karabakh FM thanks Uruguayan counterpart for resolute stance

16:30, 27.01.2015

STEPANAKERT. – Foreign Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Karen
Mirzoyan sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Oriental
Republic of Uruguay Luis Leonardo Almagro Lemes.

In his letter Karen Mirzoyan thanked Luis Leonardo Almagro Lemes for
his resolute stance on the future of the people of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic.

“Your efforts towards bringing peace and stability in our region based
on the recognition of Artsakh people’s right to self-determination are
highly appreciated, encouraging us to move forward on our chosen path
to live in peace and security, in free and democratic state”, – the
letter reads.

The NKR Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed confidence that the
visit of NKR President Bako Sahakyan to Uruguay in 2011 and that of
the parliamentary delegation led by President of the House of
Representatives Jorge Omar Orrico Miraldi to the NKR in 2012 have
significantly contributed to the enhancement of the friendship between
two countries. Karen Mirzoyan also invited his colleague to visit
Artsakh.

Armenia News – NEWS.am

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His Holiness Aram I joins the opening prayers of the Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity

Antelias – 19 January 2015. On Sunday 18 January the opening service of
the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was held at the Syriac Orthodox
Church in Beirut. His Holiness Aram I, accompanied by Archbishop Shahe
Panossian, Prelate of Lebanon, and other members of the brotherhood,
attended the service.

The Catholicosate of Cilicia announces the forthcoming ceremony of the
blessing of the Holy Muron (Chrism) by His Holiness Aram I to be held
on:

Saturday 18 July 2015 in the evening

At the St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral

In Antelias Lebanon

His Holiness Aram I leaves for Armenia

Antelias – 24 January 2014. On Saturday, His Holiness Aram I left for
Armenia. During his stay in St. Etchmiadzin, he will take part in two
meetings. He will join the meeting of the Executive Group of the 100th
Anniversary Commemorations Committee of the Genocide, and, he will
co-chair the meeting of the committee dealing with the canonization of
the Genocide Martyrs with His Holiness Karekin II.

His Holiness Aram I reassures Armenians in Syria of his continuing
prayers and support

Antelias – 22 January 2015. On Thursday his Holiness Aram I met with
the two Armenian Primates in Syria, Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, from
the Catholicosate of Cilicia and Archbishop Bedros Miriatian, from the
Armenian Catholic Church. They briefed the Catholicos on their joint
activities in responding to the material needs of the Armenian community
and discussed their concerns.

After hearing their reports, His Holiness thanked them and expressed his
appreciation for their efforts in gathering the community around their
churches and providing spiritual and humanitarian support. He also asked
them to transmit his blessings to the members of the Committee assisting
them. He then suggested that they keep the wider Armenian community
informed of their humanitarian activities, whenever possible, and spoke
of the historical importance of the presence of Armenians in Syria,
promising the support of the Catholicosate of Cilicia in its revival and
reorganization.

His Holiness Aram I and the Maronite Patriarch Boutros Rai meet

20 January 2015. On Monday, Catholicos Aram I and Patriarch Rai held a
private meeting, and discussed the delayed presidential elections in
Lebanon. They called upon all parties to overcome their differences and
hold immediate elections.

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