Author: Kanayan Tamar

ROW OVER YSLU RECTOR WILL COST RPA 30-40 THOUSAND VOTES – EXPERT

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 26, 2012 – 14:19 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The row over the dismissal of Yerevan State
Linguistic University (YSLU) rector Suren Zolyan from position may
seriously affect the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) during
the forthcoming parliamentary elections, political analyst said.

As Stepan Grigoryan told a press conference, the conflict between Mr.

Zolyan and Armenian Education Minister Armen Ashotyan may cost RPA
minimum 30-40 thousand votes.

“Though the conflict didn’t bear political character, it will seriously
affect RPA in the eyes of public,” the expert said.

On April 17, Armenian Minister Ashotyan signed a decree to dismiss
YSLU rector Suren Zolyan; following it, the university’s students
waged a protest action to oppose the decision.

AZERBAIJAN’S ACTIONS REPRESENT A PURPOSEFUL AGGRESSION AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, EXPERT SAYS
Lilit Muradyan

“Radiolur”
26.04.2012 15:50

Military expert David Jamalyan spoke about the cases of ceasefire
violation by Azerbaijan registered on April 25. “It was a demonstration
of purposeful aggression against the republic of Armenian and our
civilian population,” David Jamalyan said.

“The Azerbaijani army purposefully opened fire in the direction of
a civilian settlement, particularly a kinderkarten. I would like to
stress that the civilian objects and especially kindergartens cannot
be military targets. There has been a change in the actions of the
Azerbaijani state, of their army. There are signs of aggression against
the civilian population, and this is worrisome,” David Jamalyan added.

According to the Press Service of the Ministry of Defense, violation
of the ceasefire regime was registered at the northeastern part of
the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on April 25. The Azerbaijani side
opened fire in the direction of Dovegh village in Tavush marz from
weapons of different caliber. The kindergarten of the village and
the Gaz 53 vehicle parked next to the building were damaged.

Press and Propaganda Department of the NKR Defense Army reported
today that servicemen of the Andranik Madoyan and Ernest Sargsyan
were wounded as a result of firing on April 24.

ASSUMING UN SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMANSHIP IN MAY AZERBAIJAN WILL FAIL TO DISHARMONIZE SECURITY COUNCIL AND OSCE MG

arminfo
Thursday, April 26, 15:05

Baku will fail to use the UN Security Council tribune against the OSCE
Minsk Group that is in charge of the Karabakh conflict’s resolution
and resolve the conflict within its own interests. Richard Giragosian,
Head of the Center for Regional Studies, made such statement in an
interview with ArmInfo.

Azerbaijan, a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, will
assume the chairmanship of the Security Council in May. Chairs of the
Security Council are changed every month in the alphabetical order. A
chair-country’s activity is often carried out behind-the-scenes in
consultations with 15 member-countries, particularly, five permanent
member-states: Great Britain, China, France, Russia and the USA.

These countries have a right to veto any suggestions or initiatives.

Baku will, indeed, try to use the UN Security Council tribune to
resolve the Karabakh conflict, but it will fail to disharmonize the
OSCE MG and Security Council because other members of the Security
Council will prevent such developments, undoubtedly, Giragosian said.

The analyst said that the Armenian authorities must be extremely
autious as Baku will preside over the Security Council starting May
1 and will use it as a place to make diplomatic attacks on Yerevan
and Stepanakert.

It is not yet clear how far Azerbaijan will go in its ideas related
to Nagorno-Karabakh. The UN Security Council chairmanship will, sure,
give it certain opportunities to influence the agenda of the Security
Council. The countries that previously tried to use their month-long
chairmanship of the Security Council to promote their own interests
not only suffered failures but also became quite unpopular at the
Council, which later affected their post-chairmanship operation at
the UN either.

JAVAKHK SCHOOLCHILDREN BANNED FROM GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION EVENTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 26, 2012 – 11:54 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – On the eve of April 24, commemoration day of the
Armenian Genocide, all directors of Armenian schools in Georgia’s
Armenian region of Javakhk were invited to Akhaltskha’s Resource
Center and pressed to abstain from participation in mournful events
on April 24.

“Following the memorial liturgy in St. Gregory Illuminator Church,
the mournful procession headed for Khachkar memorial erected to
commemorate millions of the Armenian Genocide victims. On its way,
the participants approached the Armenian school which hosted young
people scanning anti-Turkish slogans,” press center of National
Council of Javakhk Armenians said in its statement.

“Doors of the schools were immediately blocked, and children were not
allowed to go out. The teachers assumed the role of police inspectors,
while the kids were jumping out of the windows to visit the Khachkar
after the commemoration ceremony was over.

It is worth noting that the Armenian school hosted no events dedicated
to the Genocide commemoration, while all other state events are
largely celebrated in this very school.

In many cases, much depends on the school management, which now opted
for such approach, damaging the young generation and enrooting blind
obedience and servility in them,” the Armenian community said.

Under current circumstances, activities of the government, as well
as the school management and teacher staff are extremely immoral.

Georgian authorities infringed upon Javakhk’s indigenous people’s
expression of their national identity, and this cannot remain
unpunished, the statement concluded.

YOU CANNOT JUST GATHER EXPERTS, ORDER FOR ARMENIA’S BRAND – SPECIALIST

April 26, 2012 | 08:01

YEREVAN. – A country’s brand must serve as a symbol of that idea which
reflects and characterizes the residents of the given country. This
was told to Armenian News-NEWS.am by Alexander Grand, Chairman and Head
of Strategy at INSTID branding agency, who is in Armenia to attend the
“Brands and Business” international conference.

Speaking about the brands of a variety of countries, the expert
stressed that brands should not be created artificially.

“You cannot just gather experts who will think about and ultimately
invent a brand. You need to look among the people as to what
characterizes them, to see what symbol is connected with that, and
to build a brand based on it,” Grand noted.

“It is necessary that they must have the correct ‘sensation’ in the
direction we need when hearing the word ‘Armenia.’ You must create
your country’s brand in order to receive that direction. In the case
of correct brand, the country will truly implement its capacity,”
said Alexander Grand.

OVER 20,000 BUILDINGS REQUIRE SEISMIC STRENGTHENING IN ARMENIA

news.am
April 26, 2012 | 04:15

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Ministry of Urban Development offers technologies
to raise seismic reliability of the building according to the budget
means, ministerial press service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Taken into account the Spitak city quake of late 1980s, the seismic
criteria were significantly raised. Moreover, the new standards
require seismic strengthening for over 20,000 buildings.

ARMENIA’S FIRST PRESIDENT IS INFURIATED – NEWSPAPER

NEWS.AM
April 27, 2012 | 06:16

YEREVAN. – The Republic Party Chairman Aram Sargsyan-whose
party is member of the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress
(ANC)-Fact-Finding Group’s former representative Andranik Kocharyan,
and MFA’s NATO Department’s former Chief Marta Ayvazyan-who, by the
order of former FM Vartan Oskanian, was dismissed after the rigged
elections in 2008-are in Brussels these days on a business trip,
Aravot daily writes.

“Our sources assure that this ‘voyage’ by the opposition figures has
very much angered ANC leader [and Armenia’s First President] Levon
Ter-Petrosyan, which makes us assume that he was uninformed of this
visit,” Aravot writes.

RUSSIAN DELEGATES VISIT GENOCIDE MEMORIAL IN TSITSERNAKABERD

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 27, 2012 – 12:49 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Delegation from Russian city of Saint Petersburg is
currently in Yerevan within the “Days of Saint Petersburg” framework.

Delegates headed by St.Petersburg deputy governor Olga Kazanksaya
and Yerevan deputy mayor Vano Vardanyan visited the Tsitsernakaberd
Memorial to honour the memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Information and PR department of Yerevan city administration told
PanARMENIAN.Net that the officials also visited the Armenian Genocide
Museum to see documents and evidences of the 1915 atrocities.

Head of the Russian delegation Olga Kazanskaya left a note in the
Museum’s register.

OBAMA NOMINATES RICHARD MORNINGSTAR AS US AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN

news.am
April 27, 2012 | 10:32

US President Barack Obama has submitted to the Congress his nomination
of Richard Morningstar-Special Envoy of the US Secretary of State
for Eurasian Energy-as US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani
media inform, referring to the Press Service of the US Embassy in Baku.

In 1999-2001, Morningstar served as US Ambassador to the European
Union. And in April 2009, he was appointed Special Envoy of the US
Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy, RIA Novosti News Agency of
Russia reports.

FORTE MOBILISATION LORS DE LA COMMEMORATION DU GENOCIDE ARMENIEN A BRUXELLES
Stephane

armenews.com
vendredi 27 avril 2012

A Bruxelles, près de 300 personnes se sont rassemblees ce mardi
24 avril a 14h, devant l’ambassade de Turquie, pour demander la
reconnaissance du Genocide des Armeniens. Le cortège s’est ensuite
dirige vers le Parlement europeen, en empruntant la rue Belliard,
puis s’est arrete au rond point Schuman, en face de la Commission et
du Conseil europeen pour soutenir une penalisation paneuropeenne de
la negation du genocide des Armeniens.

Le 24 avril 1915, les autorites ottomanes arretaient 800 notables et
intellectuels armeniens a Constantinople. Une rafle geante qui marqua
le debut du genocide des Armeniens. 97 ans après, la Turquie continue
a nier son histoire. Pire, elle en honore les bourreaux, elle traîne
en justice et jette en prison tous ceux qui osent parler de ce tabou,
elle assassine Hrant Dink, journaliste et ecrivain turc d’origine
armenienne, fervent defenseur de la paix entre les deux peuples.

Ce negationnisme d’Etat se deverse aujourd’hui en Europe, et
particulièrement a Bruxelles où s’organisent chaque annee des
manifestations ultranationalistes turques, des conferences a la gloire
des genocidaires turcs. Desormais, on fait campagne en turc lors
des elections locales belges, où l’on nie publiquement le genocide
des Armeniens.

A l’appel du Comite de Defense de la Cause Armenienne (CDCA), de
l’Association des Armeniens Democrates de Belgique (AADB), et de la
FRA Dachnaktsoutioun, des centaines de personnes ont manifeste dans les
rues de Bruxelles, sous les slogans ” Justice pour le peuple armenien
“, ” aucune negociation sans reparation ” ou encore ” 97 ans de deni,
ca suffit ! ”

Le CDCA rappelle qu’une proposition de loi visant a penaliser la
negation du genocide des Armeniens et celui des Tutsi du Rwanda a
ete presentee au Senat en 2005, et enterree aussitôt par les grands
partis politiques francophones.

A l’instar des principaux candidats a la presidence francaise, qui ont
non seulement pris part a la journee de commemoration des victimes
du genocide armenien a Paris, mais se sont egalement exprimes sur
la necessite de penaliser le negationnisme dans leur pays, le CDCA
deplore que les representants politiques belges ne se soient pas
egalement manifeste lors des evènements du 24 avril a Bruxelles.