Author: Kalantarian Kevo

ARMENIAN-SWISS MODERN MUSIC TO BE PERFORMED AT “1900+” CONCERT SERIES

ARMENPRESS
27 June, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS: Komitas Chamber Music Hall will host
concert series dedicated to Armenian -Swiss 20 century music on June
28. ” Twenty century modern composers works, Armenian composers’
works, living in Swede inclusive are scheduled to be performed at
the course of the event “Hayk Melikyan stated at the briefing with
the journalists on June 27 , Armenpress reports.

The interlocutor noted that Armenian audience is more priggish,
demanding and is inclined to listen something new from the performer.

Swiss Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Konstantin Obolensky
stated that a few ago when hosting Hayk Melkonyan in Embassy, he
approved and agreed to implement the program submitted by the pianist.

“The concert is very interesting, it is exclusive in its nature ”
Obolensky noted. In the words of the top diplomat the concert list
does not comprise pop music but modern classic works .Surely it
has targeted audience. Yerevan is considered music tradition place,
where similar concerts are welcomed” Ambassador underscored.

OFFICER OF AZERBAIJANI ARMY DIES

News.Az
Wed 27 June 2012 07:14 GMT | 8:14 Local Time

An officer of Azerbaijani army died.

The incident was recorded at the Central Military Clinical Hospital
of Armed Forces.

Major Aliyev Ehtiram Seyfaddin died from heart and lung failure at
the hospital the day before. The officer, born in 1968, was drafted
from Zardab region.

Press service of the Defense Ministry confirmed the fact to APA.

ARMENIA FUND TORONTO WILL BUILD TWO VILLAGE LIFE CENTERS IN ARTSAKH

ARMENPRESS
27 June, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS: On Sunday, June 24, Mr. Vahe Jazmadarian,
the General Controller and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Board, as the key-note speaker at the
annual banquet of Armenia Fund Toronto, kicked off the fundraising
for the construction of two “village life centre”s in Artsakh.

Armenpress was informed from the fund that The MC of the evening
was Tenny Nighogossian, who conducted the proceedings in front of a
capacity audience, in a very charming and professional manner.The
entire program was dedicated to the 20th Anniversaries of the
liberation of Shushi as well as of the Armenia Fund.In his remarks,
H.E. Armen Yeganian, the Ambassador of Armenia, in Canada, emphasized
the key role that Armenia Fund had played during its 20 years of work,
both in Armenia and Artsakh, in general, and Toronto Chapter’s projects
during the same period, in particular.

Migirdic Migirdician, the Chairman of Toronto Chapter, started his
presentation with major good-news stories from Artsakh and Armenia,
including the growing birthrate in Artsakh as well as the Tumo Centre
and Fruitful-Armenia, in Armenia. Then continued his presentation
with the five different projects that were realized by the Toronto
Chapter over the last 12 months.

Vahe Jazmadarian, the key-note speaker of the banquet, who had come
specifically for this event from Cannes, France, gave a very eloquent
and all encompassing speech about All-Armenia Fund’s work over the
last 20 years. Mr. Jazmadarian, being the general Controller and the
chair of the Audit Committee of the Board, emphasized the absolute
transparency of the Fund’s finances as well as of the projects,
by having two separate audits one for the finances and the other
for the physical aspects of the projects during the many phases of
the construction. Mr. Jazmadarian ended his presentation with the
formidable statistics of the very large number of projects realized
over the 20 years by the Fund’s chapters worldwide, which was welcomed
by an standing ovation of the audience.

The fund raising drive, which included the lighting of the 20th
Anniversary candles, the donation of the Toronto students and the
auctioning of a tuxedo by a world-famous tailor, was run by Giro
Chahinian, in a very energetic manner.

The banquet ended at a very high note with $135,000 raised from
all the activities of the day, plus a single donation of $180,000,
a total of $315,000 was raised, towards two “Village Life Centre”s,
in Artsakh. One of those centres will be in the village of Drakhtig,
in Artsakh, which will be financed by a single anonymous donor. These
centres will include a medical and maternity room, a computer centre,
a library, a small auditorium and the mayor’s office.

MOODY’S RELEVE LA NOTE DE LA TURQUIE
Stephane

armenews.com
mercredi 27 juin 2012

L’agence de notation financière Moody’s relève d’un cran, a “Ba1”
contre “Ba2” precedemment, la note de solidite financière de la
Turquie, et pourrait la remonter encore a court terme. Moody’s a en
effet maintenu la perspective de cette note a “positive”, estimant
que les deux facteurs qui l’ont conduite a la relever – la volonte
politique et la solidite des indicateurs economiques -vont continuer
a s’ameliorer.

L’agence insiste sur la volonte du gouvernement islamo-conservateur
turc d’assainir les finances publiques et sur la capacite de l’economie
turque a absorber les “chocs”, notamment les consequences de la
crise de la dette de la zone euro. “La Turquie dispose de puissances
economiques considerables, telle sa taille, son dynamisme et son
influence economique aussi bien en Europe qu’au Moyen-Orient”,
explique l’agence, encourageant Ankara a continuer d’avancer vers
une equilibre de son deficit des comptes courants.

La Turquie, 17e economie mondiale, a effectue un retablissement
spectaculaire après la crise economique et financière mondiale, avec
une croissance de 8,9% en 2010 et 8,5% en 2011. Mais la croissance
attendue cette annee n’est que de 4%, du fait notamment de la crise
en Europe qui affecte les exportations turques.

MEHMET BORA PERINCEK ADMET SES LIENS AVEC VELI KUCUK
Stephane

armenews.com
jeudi 28 juin 2012

Mehmet Bora Perincek, le fils du president du parti des Ouvriers (IP)
Dogu Perincek suspecte d’appartenir au gang Ergenekon, a admis dans
une audience qu’il connaissait le general a la retraite Veli Kucuk,
un des personnages-cles dans le procès Ergenekon.

Mehmet Bora Perincek fait face aux charges d’inciter l’organisation
terroriste en employant les medias.

Il a admis qu’il avait rencontre le general Kucuk avant une
manifestation qui avait ete conjointement organisee par le parti
IP et le parti du Mouvement Nationaliste (MHP) pour discuter de la
question de Chypre en 2003.

” Je lui ai donne un fichier qui comprenait mon travail sur la
question armenienne. Je lui ai donne le document de 18 pages, qui
a ete plus tard saisi par la police dans la maison de Kucuk dans le
cadre de l’enquete Ergenekon ” a dit Mehmet Bora Perincek aux juges
de la 13ème Haute Cour Criminelle d’Istanbul pour sa defense.

En août d’annee dernière, les unites du contreterrorisme ont fait
une incursion dans les bureaux du parti IP et dans les locaux de la
chaîne de television Ulusal Kanal dans le cadre d’une enquete contre
le gang Ergenekon. Quatorze suspects, dont Mehmet Bora Perincek,
ont ete arretes lors de l’operation.

L’ARMEE ARMENIENNE MET FIN A TROIS JOURS D’EXERCICES MILITAIRES
Laetitia

armenews.com
jeudi 28 juin 2012

Les forces armees armeniennes ont mis fin mercredi 27 juin 2012 a
trois jours d’exercices militaires. ” Le but de ces exercices est
de se preparer a des conditions reelles de guerre “, a declare le
ministère armenien de la defense.

La securite nationale a aussi fait une demande officielle a
l’Organisation du traite de securite collective (OTSC) dirigee par
la Russie pour une assistance militaire.

Le ministre de la defense, Seyran Ohanian, a dit plus tôt ce mois-ci
que les autorites militaires et civiles auront une conduite de
mobilisation et de resistance face a une eventuelle agression. ”
Nous allons placer l’Armenie en etat d’alerte militaire “, a-t-il
dit. Un porte-parole du ministère de la defense a dementi mercredi
tout lien entre ces excercies militaires et les recentes violations du
cessez-le-feu dans la zone de conflit du Haut-Karabakh. S’adressant a
RFE / RL (Azatutyun.am), le fonctionnaire les a lies avec des exercices
militaires de l’OTSC qui auront lieu en Armenie en septembre.

Le secretaire general de l’OTSC, Nikolay Bordyuzha, a discute des
preparatifs pour septembre avec Sarkissian et Ohanian a Erevan en
debut de semaine.

DAVIT HARUTYUNYAN MET WITH PACE PRESIDENT

ARMENPRESS
27 June, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS: President of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Jean-Claude Mignon met with
Davit Harutyunyan, the head of the Armenian delegation to PACE. Mr
Harutyunyan reported to Armenpress from Strasburg that Jean-Claude
Mignon held a separate meeting with head of the Azerbaijani delegation
to PACE Samed Seyidov, whereas there was no meeting in trilateral
format. “A number of issues on how we should move forward in general
were discussed,” noted Mr Harutyunyan. According to him, a number of
issues on Nagorno Karabakh conflict were referred as well. In answer
to Armenpress’ question whether the activity of the Subcommittee on
Nagorno-Karabakh set up under PACE resolution was referred, Davit
Harutyunyan called on to remove the expression “Subcommittee on
Nagorno-Karabakh Issue” from the Armenian lexicon.

NAIRA ZOHRABYAN CALLS FOR PACE TO TAKE STEPS AGAINST SPREAD OF RACISM AND HATRED TOWARDS ARMENIANS IN AZERBAIJAN

ARMENPRESS
27 June, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS: Discussions were extended in the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe over the topics
of crisis of democracy in Europe, racism, xenophobia and growth of
extremism June 27. In that context member of the Armenian delegation
to PACE Naira Zohrabyan raised from the European chair some issues
exciting the Armenian party, Mrs Zohrabyan reported to Armenpress
from Strasburg. “I presented the report of the European Commission
on racism, xenophobia and intolerance. The report stated that the
Azerbaijani authorities and press consistently propagate hatred
towards Armenians in their country, which can actually have dangerous
consequences in very Azerbaijan in terms of upbringing of their
generations and development of democracy,” stressed Mrs Zohrabyan. The
reports on the issue also read that a high attention should be paid
to the textbooks used in the member states of the Council of Europe:
they must be of appropriate level and should not contain moods of
racism and xenophobia. Naira Zohrabyan presented to PACE a number of
Azerbaijani textbooks, which directly and explicitly spread hatred
towards Armenians, and called for international examination. The
reports also stated that the leaders of member states of the Council
of Europe should serve as an example of tolerance, be moderate and
accurate in their speeches and assessments. In that context Naira
Zohrabyan reminded the speech of the Azerbaijani president delivered
in Baku at the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly on April 2, when Ilham
Aliyev called Armenian people fascists in presence of the Armenian
delegation, saying that Armenians have contaminated the tombs of their
grandfathers. “If the president of the given country himself propagates
xenophobia and takes a leading role in that issue, then what can we
expect from that country and its citizens? Here the Council of Europe
has actual tasks to fulfill, if we do not want that structure to turn
into a chair of announcement of kind wishes,” Naira Zohrabyan stressed.

ARMENIAN PM, EU AMBASSADORS DISCUSS THE PERSPECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIA-EU RELATIONS

armradio.am
27.06.2012 16:53

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan participated in the working dinner
organized by the Head of the EU delegation to Armenia, Trian Hristea.

The Ambassadors of the EU member states accredited in Armenia were
also invited.

The interlocutors exchanged views on the priorities of the Government
program recently approved by the National Assembly, the domestic and
foreign policy of Armenia.

Reference was made to the perspectives of development of Armenia-EU
relations, the reforms implemented in our country.

PETROS MAKEYAN: “VARTAN OSKANIAN CANNOT BE OPPOSITION LEADER”

03:50 pm | Today | Politics

Vartan Oskanian, Armenia’s ex-foreign minister and an MP of the
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), cannot be the new leader of the
opposition, says Petros Makeyan, a senior representative of the
Armenian National Congress (HAK).

“Oskanian still has to be held accountable to the National Security
Council,” he said adding that a new political center is needed,
but not around Oskanian.

Makeyan says that Oskanian should bear responsibility for putting
hundreds of political prisoners to jail.

“If the HAK decides to support Oskanian, it will stop being the HAK,”
Makeyan stressed.

Asked whether in yesterday’s speech of HAK Leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan,
he felt some hidden support for the candidacy of Oskanian, Mr. Makeyan
said, “There was remark in the sub-context.”

Asked whether he saw any message addressed to Nikol Pashinyan who also
opposes the cooperation between the HAK and BHK, Mr. Makelyan said,
“Not only Pashinyan, but also our party is against the cooperation.”