Author: Kalantarian Kevo

CINQ MORTS DANS DES INONDATIONS A TBILISSI
Stephane

armenews.com
lundi 21 mai 2012

Cinq personnes, dont deux enfants, ont ete tuees dans la nuit de samedi
a dimanche dans des inondations a Tbilissi, les plus destructrices
en 40 ans, selon le ministère georgien des Situations d’urgence.

A la suite de fortes pluies, des torrents d’eau boueuse ont inonde le
quartier d’Ortlatchala de la capitale georgienne, près du centre-ville,
causant des degâts importants.

Les televisions georgiennes ont montre des maisons partiellement
detruites ou inondees et des voitures renversees, pendant que des
secouristes evacuaient des personnes piegees par la montee des eaux.

Des dizaines de milliers d’habitants de la Tbilissi ont ete prives
d’electricite dans la nuit et la matinee.

Une operation de nettoyage a ete entamee tôt dimanche matin. Les
autorites n’etaient pas en mesure dans l’immediat d’evaluer l’ampleur
des degâts.

“AZDAK” NEWSPAPER CELEBRATES ITS 85 ANNIVERSARY

ARMENPRESS
21 May, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 21, ARMENPRESS: Lebanon-based “Azdak” newspaper
is celebrating its 85 th anniversary. Initially it was
eight-page-newspaper; currently the newspaper comprises 10 pages;
since 2002 website has been launched.

Kiro Manoyan, Responsible of the Office of Armenian National Committee
of America told a press conference on the framework of the 85 th
anniversary of the newspaper, presented the history and the road of
the newspaper, Armenpress reports.

The newspaper was founded on the private basis; whereas from the very
first day ( 1927 March 5), it was under the responsibility of the ARF.

” “Azdak” covers the issues of the entire Armenian community of
Lebanon” introduced the Manoyan.

Tatul Hakobyan “Azdak” ‘s Yerevan Office worker noted that though
the newspaper belongs to the party, the issues are not partial,
and cover the activities of different parties.

LITHUANIAN DIRECTOR IS SHOOTING A FILM ABOUT THE ARMENIAN COMMEMORATIVE STONES /KHACHQARER/

Karabakh-open.info
Monday, 21 May 2012 10:19

The Lithuanian painter, stage director and cameraman Avidas Barisas is
shooting a documentary film about the commemorative stones of Armenia,
Artsakh and Lithuania /in contrast to the Armenian ones the Lithuanian
commemorative stones are made of wood/.

“Everything is interesting in Artsakh, each mountain, river and tree
is of special interest. There are so many historical and cultural
monuments here that it is impossible to shoot them all during one
visit. The shooting process will take a year and during this period we
will visit Armenia and Artsakh several times with a larger film crew.

The exhibition of the commemorative stones in the film will be
accompanied by old national songs and music,” A. Barisas said.

As a result we will have three variants of one film with the first
around an hour and a half in duration, the second being a 45-minute
film made for festivals, and the third shot as a 15-minute commercial
film.

The director is going to present the film in three festivals at
once such as the Lithuanian documentary films festival, the Armenian
“Golden Apricot” and Berlin film festivals.

The idea of shooting the film belongs to the Armenian residents of
Lithuania Vahan and Olga Arzumanyans. O. Arzumanyan is a well-known
pianist and the organizer of the “Tnjre” international classical
music festival of young musicians.

Besides the film about commemorative stones A. Barisas is also shooting
a documentary play about an Armenian whose name is George.

“George served in Lithuania during the years of the Soviet Union and
settled in there. I got acquainted with him by chance and gave him
my visiting card. Some time later he called and asked me to help him
in the operation of his eyes. I shot the whole operation process /I
have such practice/ and it was then that the idea of shooting a film
about him came to my mind. The film is entitled “Eye, Carriage and
Kite” which will be presented in the Armenian “Golden Apricot” and
the Lithuanian film festivals as soon as the shooting is completed,”
the director noted in his interview to Karabakh-open.info.

CHICAGO FINAL DECLARATION IS MORE BALANCED

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 17:05:20 – 22/05/2012

The final declaration of the summit of NATO stresses that it supports
territorial integrity of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova and
continues to assist efforts for the settlement of these conflicts in
accordance with the international law and the final act of Helsinki.

Vladimir Karapetyan, member of the foreign affairs committee of the
Armenian National Congress, told Lragir that this final declaration
is not unilateral, unlike the final declaration of the summit of 2010.

The Lisbon declaration refers to territorial integrity only, while
this year’s final declaration refers to Helsinki Final Act which
incorporates the principle of self-determination.

In regard to criticism by FM Eduard Nalbandyan and Serzh Sargsyan’s
boycott, he says he is amazed by the illiteracy of such statements
because the final declaration states the conflicts must be settled
on the basis of several principles, including those of the final act
of Helsinki. This is a more balanced document compared with the final
declaration of 2010.

WHAT DID HIS IN-LAW ADVISE TO PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY LEADER? – NEWSPAPER

news.am
May 22, 2012 | 07:14

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and Prosperous
Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan met and had telephone
conversations on the weekend, Zhoghovurd daily writes.

“According to the news, Kocharyan advised Tsarukyan not to hurry,
to be patient, [and] to play well so as not to lose face.

According to our sources, Tsarukyan informed of this private
conversation to his in-law, [Republican Party of Armenia] RPA Campaign
Headquarters Chief, Hovik Abrahamyan. Abrahamyan told Tsarukyan that
he started a wrong and a perilous game, [that] it would be correct
to form a coalition [with the RPA] forthwith and end [the game]. And
this is why a final decision on a coalition has not yet been made.

We tried to verify this information from Gagik Tsarukyan’s
spokesperson Khachik Galstyan, but his phone is inaccessible in the
recent times. And Kocharyan’s spokesperson Victor Soghomonyan, on the
other hand, sharply declined responding to our questions. And Hovik
Abrahamyan is not responding to our telephone calls for several days,”
Zhoghovurd writes.

FAAE: ARMENIAN MEDIA DOWNPLAYS GENOCIDE LAW IN SLOVAKIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 22, 2012 – 16:06 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian media pays little attention to the law
criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial in Slovakia, head of the
Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) said.

“The scandal involving the Slovakian envoy is also worthy of broad
coverage. Everyone to deliberately negate Armenian Genocide in Slovakia
will get five years in jail and three years in case of unintentional
denial. Given the law, Slovakian ambassador to Armenia and Azerbaijan
Josef Migash must be kept accountable for Genocide denial,” Ashot
Grigoryan said.

He further noted that Chairman of the Supreme Court Stefan Harabin
invited Turkish Minister Egemen BagıÅ~_, who already denied Armenian
Genocide in Switzerland, to do the same in Slovakia.

In September, 2009, a law criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial
was adopted in Slovakia.

COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS DEDICATED TO CLARA BARTON, A GREAT HUMANITARIAN, TO TAKE PLACE AT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM-INSTITUTE

hetq
14:59, May 22, 2012

On May 23, on the initiative of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
and with the support of the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Armenia
commemorative events dedicated to Clara Barton, the founder of the
American Red Cross and a great humanitarian will take place at the
Armenian Genocide Museum.

Hayk Demoyan, the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute,
John Heffern, the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, and Kevin Patti,
American historian representing Clara Barton National Historic Site
will make remarks during the event.

The commemoration event includes the presentation of the English and
Armenian editions of Clara Barton’s “American Relief Expedition to Asia
Minor under the Red Cross” report. The translation and publication
of the Armenian edition of the report was made possible through the
support of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia.

The AGMI Scientific Council decided to issue a Clara Barton Golden
Medal under the “Gratitude” nomination to award individuals and
organizations for their humanitarian support and for strengthening
Armenian-American friendship.

The AGMI will also house a temporary exhibition in honor of Clara
Barton. Guests will receive memorial postcards issued on the occasion
of Clara Barton’s 190th anniversary.

The event will conclude with ceremonial burial of the soil from
the Clara Barton’s grave and placing of the memorial plaque at the
Memorial Wall of Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.

Clara Barton, Founder and Chairperson of the American Red Cross, was
born in 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Clara Barton became known as
the “Angel of the Battlefield” for her humanitarian activities during
the American Civil War.

Learning about the extensive massacres of Armenians in 1895-1896 in
the Ottoman Empire, in 1896 Clara Barton arrives in Constantinople
and coordinates the relief aid distribution to the survivors of the
massacres and homeless people for about a year.

Thanks to Clara Barton’s efforts Armenian survivors of the massacres
were provided with shelter, food, medicine and clothing. Due to many
obstacles created by the Ottoman authorities Clara Barton was forced
to leave the Ottoman Empire and return to the U.S.

At the end of 1896 Clara Barton together with her colleagues published
a report of their humanitarian activities in the Ottoman Empire.

ARMENIAN MP GETS $18 MLN ANNUAL PROFIT FROM SUGAR IMPORT – PAPER

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 22, 2012 – 14:46 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – An interesting fact has been recorded in the
Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) report on “Refinancing rate in May,
2012, Haykakan Zhamank paper reports.

Sugar price dropped by 7% in world market in April 2012, compared with
the same period of 2011. However, according to statistical data, 1
kg sugar cost AMD 455 in Armenia, against last year’s AMD 388 in April.

Hence, were prices in Armenia conditioned by world market trends,
sugar would cost AMD 384 instead of AMD 455 in April. According
to official statistics, about 100 thous. tons of sugar is annually
consumed in Armenia, with MP Samvel Aleksanyan getting additional USD
18 mln. profit as the only businessman involved in import of sugar,
the paper says.

LE CROISSANT ROUGE TURC ACCORDE UNE AIDE ALIMENTAIRE AUX ECOLES ARMENIENNES
Stephane

armenews.com
mardi 22 mai 2012

Selon l’agence de presse Anatolie le Croissant Rouge Turc a accorde
une aide alimentaire a un jardin d’enfants et une ecole primaire
a Istanbul.

Ahmet Lutfi Akar president du Croissant Rouge Turc a visite le jardin
d’enfants Levon Vartuhyan et l’ecole primaire a Istanbul situe près
de Topkapi et accorde une aide consistant en 100 colis alimentaires.

” Le Croissant Rouge Turc est une organisation qui accorde son aide
sans faire de discrimination religieuse, linguistique et raciste. Nous
repondrons aux besoins du jardin d’enfants Levon Vartuhyan et de
l’ecole primaire periodiquement dorenavant ” a dit Ahmet Lutfi Akar.

Monik Ergan, presidente de la fondation de l’Eglise armenienne Surp
Nigogayos a laquelle son lies le jardin d’enfants et l’ecole primaire
a dit qu’ils souhaitent que l’ecole reste ouverte.

Elle a precise que presque 100 enfants etudiaient dans l’ecole.

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
May 20 2012

G8 leaders end summit

The 2012 G8 summit has ended in Camp David, world media report. The G8
leaders stressed in a joint Declaration their plans to combat the
crisis of the Eurozone and “deep concern over the provocative
actions” of North Korea that “threaten regional stability.”

The Karabakh problem was not mentioned in the document.

Unfavorable situations in the global economy are possible, but Russia
is ready to withstand them, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
said, RIA Novosti reports.

`On the whole, the situation for our [Russian] economy is normal,
since we had a budget surplus last year. Certainly, it will be more
difficult this year, but nevertheless we will manage,’ Medvedev told a
news conference at the summit of G8 leaders in the United States.

He said that in the case of a deterioration in the global economy,
Russia has a plan of action, which was tested several years ago during
the global financial crisis.

`If necessary, we will put this plan into action… I will reiterate,
however, I hope it will not come to this,’ Medvedev said.