Author: Kanayan Tamar

LIVRES
Les Commandos de L’Affiche rouge

Les Commandos de L’Affiche rouge est un essai écrit par Arsène
Tchakarian et Hélène Kosséian-Bairamian, édité en mai 2012 aux
éditions Du Rocher.

Fin 1942. Dans Paris occupé par les Allemands, l’ouvrier poète Missak
Manouchian prend la tête d’un groupe de jeunes Juifs, Hongrois,
Polonais, Roumains, Espagnols, Italiens, Arméniens, tous déterminés à
combattre pour libérer la France.

Dans la clandestinité et au péril de leur vie, les membres de ce
groupe vont devenir des héros. Leurs actions : harceler l’occupant,
dérailler les chemins de fer, arrêter les dénonciateurs.

Mais la police française va finir par les arrêter. Le 21 février 1944,
après trois jours de procès, le verdict tombe. Les membres du groupe
de Manouchian sont condamnés à mort. Les nazis vont faire de cette
arrestation une propagande outrageuse et placarder des affiches de ces
vingt-deux hommes et de cette femme, transformés en criminels, sur les
murs du Tout-Paris et dans la France entière : « l’armée du crime ».
Le jour même, à 15 heures, au mont Valérien, des salves de balles vont
cribler les corps de ces résistants.

La police n’aurait pas retrouvé leur trace sans l’aide d’un
dénonciateur. Qui a vendu le groupe ? Après soixante ans de recherches
et de questionnements, Arsène Tchakarian, dernier survivant de ces
clandestins, continue à faire vivre la mémoire de la Résistance et
pose la question sans détours. Il donne le nom du coupable, celui qui
a sonné la mort de ses compagnons de l’ombre.

Hélène Kosséian-Bairamian est journaliste et écrivain. Elle est
coauteur du documentaire Arménie, La Renaissance, réalisé par Robert
Kéchichian.

ISBN-13 : 9782268074061

dimanche 15 avril 2012,
Jean Eckian ©armenews.com

APA, Azerbaijan
April 13 2012

Bayram Safarov: Ban of Azerbaijani film festival in Armenia is the
demonstration of Armenian culture

[ 13 Apr 2012 13:58 ]

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva – APA. `Ban of Azerbaijani film festival in
Armenia is the demonstration of Armenian culture. People from all over
the world come to Azerbaijan. A lot of national minorities live in
Azerbaijan. Why shouldn’t the films be demonstrated?’ head of Shusha
region executive office, chairman of Public Union `Azerbaijani
Community of Nagorno Karabakh’ Bayram Safarov said while commenting on
the ban of Azerbaijani film festival in Gyumri, Armenia, APA reports.

Mentioning that there is an Armenian library, Armenian church in
Azerbaijan, Armenians are living in the country, Bayram Safarov said
Azerbaijan is a democratic and a civil state.

, Turkey
April 14 2012

“Turkey acquitted of 1915 incidents in Malta”

Turkish EU minister said on Saturday that Turkey was acquitted of
Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.

Turkey’s European Union Minister and Chief Negotiator for accession
talks Egemen Bagis paid a visit to governor’s office in the
northwestern province of Canakkale.
In 1919, Ottoman officials were exiled to Malta, facing charges in
regard to tragedy that happened in 1915, he said.

“The then ministers, commanders and high-level officials were among
them who had faced trial there. The court in Malta acquitted all of
them. The ruling was made by a British judge. In other words, Turkey
was acquitted of 1915 incidents in Malta,” he said.

Recently Bagis paid a visit to Malta and attended a conference on
“Creating a Common Future: Need for a Visionary Europe” at the
University of Malta.
AA

Xinhua General News Service, China
April 12, 2012 Thursday 6:55 AM EST

Armenia, Russia to sign treaty on military cooperation: official

YEREVAN Armenia, April 12

Armenia and Russia will sign a treaty on military and technical
cooperation, an Armenian official said on Thursday.

Secretary of the National Security Council of Armenia, Artur
Baghdasaryan, made the announcement after a meeting with a Russian
delegation.

The official, however, did not disclose exactly when they would sign the treaty.

Baghdasaryan highlighted the level of participation from both sides,
saying it reflected the content of strategic cooperation between
Armenia and Russia.

He also said a number of joint enterprises were already in the
formation process as a result of negotiations.

US State News
April12, 2012 Thursday 4:32 PM EST

ARMENIAN COMMUNITY, CITY TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PASADENA, Calif., April 12 — The city of Pasadena issued the following news:

On the 97th anniversary of the beginning of what became known as the
ArmenianGenocide, the localArmeniancommunity will join with
Pasadena officials to mark the occasion with ceremonies at city hall.

Tuesday, April 24, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., residents from areaArmenian
organizations, churches and schools will gather to remember the
systematic killing of as many as 1.5 millionArmeniansfrom 1915
through 1923 in what was then the Ottoman Empire. The United States
Marine Corps will perform the official salute and about 40 elected
public leaders and representatives are expected to attend. The city
hall commemoration is an annual event.

“It’s a time of remembrance of all the lives lost,” saidArmenian
Community Coalition Chairman Khatchik Chris Chahinian, “and it’s a
call for the official recognition of this terrible suffering.”

While 43 American states, including California, and more than 20
countries officially recognize the deaths as an act of genocide, the
United States has not officially done so. The Republic of Turkey, the
successor government to the Ottoman Empire, does not accept the term
“genocide” in reference to theArmeniandeaths.

Pasadena City Hall is located at 100 N. Garfield. For more information
about this year’s event call 626-399-1799 or visit theArmenian
Community Coalition of Pasadena at

Interfax, Russia
April 13 2012

Armeniaslams Azerbaijan’s “anti-Armenian and racist rhetoric”

YEREVAN. April 13

Armeniaslammed Azerbaijan for “anti-Armenianand racist rhetoric”
that is an obstacle in talks to settle the two countries’ two-decade
conflict over Azerbaijan’s disputedArmenian-speaking enclave of
Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmenianForeign Minister Edvard Nalbandian said during a meeting in
Warsaw with the co-chairmen of the Minsk Group, an Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe body mediating in the conflict,
that “the anti-Armenianand racist rhetoric of the Azeri government
impedes building a positive atmosphere necessary for the negotiation
process,”Armenia’sForeign Ministry told Interfax.

Azerbaijan has been making statements and pursuing activities running
against agreements reached by the two countries at the Russia-brokered
Armenian-Azeri summit in Sochi, Russia, Nalbandian said.

Economic News (Information Agency Oreanda), Russia
April 13, 2012 Friday

Serzh Sargsyan Received Delegation of PACE

Yerevan. OREANDA-NEWS . April 13, 2012. The President of Armenia,
Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan today
received delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) headed by Baroness Emma Nicholson, which is conducting a
pre-election monitoring for the RA parliamentary elections.

The parties praised Armenias cooperation with the CE structures and
our countrys active participation in the framework of the Organization
in the discussions of the multiple issues present on the pan-European
agenda.

President Serzh Sargsyan stressed the importance of the Council in the
protection of human rights and democracy, adherence to the rule of law
and development, noting at the same time that Armenias membership to
the CE is an important factor for the implementation of the reforms in
our country. Serzh Sargsyan noted that considerable work of conducting
reforms has already been done in different areas which will allow to
hold the forthcoming elections in compliance with the democratic
standards. According to the President, it will in turn enhance
deepening and strengthening of democracy in Armenia.

The President of Armenia, Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan and members of the PACE monitoring mission discussed
issues pertinent to the organization and monitoring of the upcoming
parliamentary elections.

Dangerous microbes were found in `Remedia’ baby food

16:41 . 14/04

Rospotrebnadzor excluded Israeli baby food `Remedia’ from circulation.
Dangerous microbes were found in the food, ArmenPress informs.

`We have carried out checks around the world. Presently there is no
any production of this series in the commercial networks’, the head
of Rospotrebnadzor, Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian
Federation Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax.

At the end of March Rospotrebnadzor informed that during the check on
the border of Cyprus microbes were found in the rice baby food of
Israeli production, which cause food infection-contamination among
babies.

As it was found in the result of the checks, the dangerous baby food
was supplied to Moscow and Moscow region, the regions of Tyumen,
Tatarstan, Amur, Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Rostov, Tula and Vladimir,
Bashkiria, North Ossetia and Perm.

Onishchenko said Rospotrebnadzor has worked with commercial networks
and buyers and the dangerous production was excluded from circulation
in an operative way.

Armenian President awards ranks, medals to several police officers

news.am
April 14, 2012 | 14:26

Marking Police Day in Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan awarded the
country’s highest ranks and medals to a group of Police staff.

Specifically, Deputy Police Chief Sashik Afyan received the rank of
Police Lieutenant General, and Police Headquarters Chief Vardan
Yeghiazaryan was given the rank of Police Major General, the
President’s Press Office informs.

The President congratulated all those who were presented the high
state awards, and stressed that these awards are the state’s
evaluation of their service and they are invaluable for the police
officers who are devoted to their title and mission.

Serzh Sargsyan assured that especially the citizens of Armenia detect
and assess each and every positive change in police activities.

`Become modern Police, and you yourselves will be proud of your
accomplishments. You have a historic opportunity to fundamentally
change the public perception of the police,’ Armenia’s Head of State
stressed.

German Minister of State to visit Armenia

armradio.am
14.04.2012 14:36

Cornelia Pieper, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of
Germany will arrive in Armenia on April 16, Press Service of the
German Embassy in Armenia reported.

Cornelia Pieper will meet with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian and Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan on April 16. German
Minister of State’s meeting with Education Minister Armen Ashotyan is
scheduled for April 17.

On April 16, Cornelia Pieper will open an exhibition titled `Call out
Art – Gobelins from Halle (Saale)’ in Yerevan to launch a new stage in
the long-term close relationship between Armenia and the German
Province of Saxony-Anhalt.

On April 17, the German Minister of State along with the Armenian
Education Minister will open a German Language Center in Yerevan.