Author: Kanayan Tamar

HOLY MARTYRS ARMENIAN DAY SCHOOL IN NY TO HOST AUTHOR LUCINE KASBARIAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 1, 2011 – 11:00 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – In observance of Armenian Literary Month, the
Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School (HMADS) PTA and students invite the
community to an afternoon with author Lucine Kasbarian on October 12.

According to The Armenian Reporter, Kasbarian will discuss “How
Armenian cultural immersion was the catalyst for my new book, The
Greedy Sparrow: An Armenian Tale.” The presentation will take place
at the HMADS, Oakland Gardens (Bayside), New York.

Admission is free. A book sale and signing will follow.

FEATURE FILM BY ARMENIAN DIRECTOR AT BUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Panorama, Armenia
Sept 30 2011

A feature film by Mikayel Vatinyan titled JOAN AND THE VOICES,
supported by Golden Apricot Fund for Cinema Development, will have
a World Premiere at Busan International Film Festival.

The feature film by Mikayel Vatinyan, a participant of DAB 2007,
is selected to have a World Premiere at Busan International Film
Festival, in Flash Forward world cinema competition.

It’s a film debut by director Mikayel Vatinyan, produced by his
co-writer and lead actress of the film, Armine Anda. In October 2007
after the participation in DAB, JOAN AND THE VOICES was selected by
Asian Project Market (former PPP) to be the 1st Armenian project
to be presented in APM. The project received the GIFFF&PPP AWARD
there. The film is completed now, produced by Hoshkee Film and
supported by Armenian National Cinema Center, Golden Apricot Fund
for Cinema Development, Goteborg International Film Festival Fund,
developed within EAVE, where it was again the first Armenian project.

The key team includes DoP Tammam Hamza (Syria), the production designer
Ivana Krcadinac (Serbia), composer Arthur Manukyan, who also was the
author of the music in the director’s previous short animated film
BOJO. In October 2011, selected among 10 other 1st or 2nd feature
films representing world cinema, JOAN AND THE VOICES has a world
premiere in this years edition of Busan International Film Festival,
in one of the world’s most important festivals.

PROTEST FORCES CANCELLATION OF TURKISH PARADE

San Francisco Chronicle, CA
Sept 30 2011

Associated Press September 30, 2011 06:16 AM Copyright Associated
Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Armenian community objections have forced organizers to cancel next
week’s Turkish parade event in Hollywood.

The Armenian Youth Federation and Armenian National Committee called
Monday’s planned Hollywood Boulevard parade by an Ottoman military
marching bank an affront to victims of Turkey’s 1915-1918 genocide
of Armenians.

The parade was designed to generate interest in the Anatolian Cultures
Festival in Costa Mesa starting Oct. 6. It celebrates all cultures
that have at one time lived in what is now Turkey, including Armenians.

The Los Angeles Times ( ) says the Hollywood
parade permit was pulled Wednesday by the Pacifica Institute, which
organized the event.

Institute spokeswoman Hafsa Raied says the group promotes intercultural
dialogue and the uproar took the organization by surprise.

US OTTOMAN PARADE CANCELED DUE TO ARMENIAN PRESSURE

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Sept 30 2011

A parade of the Ottoman military marching band (Mehter Takımı)
at a Turkish fetsival in Chicago in 2009. (Photo: Cihan)

A parade of the Ottoman military marching band (Mehter Takımı),
originally scheduled to take place on Monday in Hollywood, has been
cancelled by organizers due to pressure from US Armenian groups,
who found the event “offensive” for the victims of the World War
I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.

Quoting remarks from an official at the Los Angeles Police Commission,
the Los Angeles-based English-language Armenian newspaper Asbarez
said the permit for the parade, scheduled for Oct. 3 on Hollywood
Boulevard between Highland and La Brea avenues, was pulled Wednesday.

Hafsa Rai, a spokeswoman for the Pacifica Institute, which organized
the event, told the Los Angeles Times that the uproar took the
organization by surprise and that its mission is to promote
intercultural dialogue.

“We are not here to offend anyone. That was never our intention,”
she said.

The march was meant to generate interest in the Anatolian Cultures
Festival in Costa Mesa starting Oct. 6, which celebrates all cultures
that have at one time lived in what is now Turkey, including Armenians,
Rai said.

Since its announcement, the planned parade drew strong reaction from
Armenian groups, including the Armenian Youth Federation and Armenian
National Committee, which called the march “tantamount to hate speech
and harassment.” The federation had planned to protest the parade,
organized via a Facebook page where the reaction among users was a
mix of surprise and outrage.

In an announcement issued earlier this week, the influential US-based
Armenian diaspora organization the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA) also protested the event, saying “the nature and
planned performance of the band are not only insulting but wholly
unacceptable to the Armenian American community.”

Asbarez said on Thursday that the Armenian Youth Federation welcomed
the cancellation of the event, and their planned protest was cancelled.

Armenian groups say up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed during
World War I in a systematic genocide campaign perpetrated by the
Ottoman Empire. Turkey categorically rejects the charges, saying the
death toll is inflated and that Turks were also killed as Armenians
revolted against the Ottoman Empire in collaboration with Russian
forces for an independent state in eastern Anatolia.

HURRIYET: SARKOZY AIMED AT MENDING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIANS OF DIASPORA

Panorama, Armenia
Sept 30 2011

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has spoiled relations with
Armenian Diaspora, when banned the draft of law on criminalizing
the denying of Armenian Genocide, is putting forth efforts to mend
the relations without strengthening ties with Turkey, writes Turkish
“Huriyet” daily.

The Turkish daily refers to renowned French Armenian chansonnier
Charles Aznavour’s concert performed in Paris and being attended by
the Presidents of Armenia ad France. The concert was dedicated to
the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s Independence.

“Hurriyet” highlights that there are about 500.000 Armenians having
the right to vote, and that socialist candidate Francois Hollande
has promised to support the Armenian Genocide bill.

The Turkish paper underlines that on October 6-7 French President
Nicolas Sarkozy will arrive in Armenia.

SOUTHERN CORRIDOR SHOULD NOT BECOME A SOURCE FOR NOURISHING NEW WAR – ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

news.am, Armenia
Sept 30 2011

YEREVAN. – The Southern Corridor should not be allowed to become a
source for nourishing a new war, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan
on Friday stated during his address at EU Eastern Partnership Summit
being held in Warsaw, Poland. In his address, Sargsyan specifically
reflected on energy projects.

“Armenia understands the need for energy safety and securing diversity
in energy supply sources for EU countries, but Armenia similarly has
the right to expect such understanding with respect to its security,
regional stability, and equal development. I believe the policy
of EU – the champion of security and peace in South Caucasus-must
contribute to equal regional development and, consequently, to
maintaining balance. We definitely want for the region to be involved
in all-European projects, which in its turn would strengthen existing
relations between South Caucasus and EU. Implementation of such
projects shall not create conditions which would make any country
find itself in more favorable positions, especially when that capital
is used against regional security. I believe EU knows the region’s
current fragile condition, all too well. The Southern Corridor should
not be allowed to become a source for nourishing a new war,” reads
President Sargsyan’s message, Presidential Press Service informed
Armenian News-NEWS.am.

MEDVEDEV RULES OUT CONFRONTATION WITH PUTIN

Tert.am
22:34 ~U 30.09.11

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday there would never
be any disputes between him and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the
RIA Novosti reported.

Speaking with the heads of three Russian state-run TV channels,
Medvedev said that some political experts and opposition figures
frequently anticipated open confrontation between the two.

“It is often expected of us that we will at some moment begin to
quarrel and compete with each other in the political arena,” he said.

“But I want to say that this will not happen.”

“Can you imagine a situation where, for example, [US President] Barack
Obama began to compete with [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton?” he
went on. “But I recall they were both in the race for the presidency.”

Medvedev on Saturday ended months of speculation that he might run
for a second term when he proposed to delegates at a United Russian
party congress that they back Putin to return to the Kremlin.

Putin accepted, and Medvedev is now likely to head the government
after next March’s presidential elections.

Russian president to travel to Baku

16:11 – 27.09.11

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is planning a visit to Baku,
according to the Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia.

Anspress has quoted Polad Bulbiuloglu as saying that Medvedev is to
take part in the Russia-Azerbaijan Humanitarian Forum between October
10 and 11.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is also expected to attend the event.

Tert.am

news.az, Azerbaijan
Oct 1 2011

‘Karabakh conflict settlement to promote other ethnic disputes resolution’
Sat 01 October 2011 04:47 GMT | 0:47 Local Time

The world powers must be interested in resolution of ethnic conflicts
in the Caucasus.
The statement came from member of the Danish Parliament from the
Social Democratic Party Huseyn Arac while commenting on a statement by
the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.

‘Russia must be more active in Karabakh issue since an ethnic conflict
can pose a danger for Russia itself. The recent past showed how Russia
suffered from ethnic conflicts. Therefore, resolution of the Karabakh
conflict can encourage resolution of other ethnic conflicts, too,’ the
Danish MP said.

Arac said the world powers need to take action towards resolution of
the conflict as a prolonged conflict raises chances of a new war in
the region.

‘The war benefits no one. But how long should Azerbaijan tolerate
this? Everyone should ponder over this question. Otherwise, the entire
region may face a possibility of a new war and it may be difficult to
prevent suffering,’ Arac added.

Gun.Az

ARMENIE-AGRICULTURE
La région d’Armavir s’attend à une production record de raisins

Les vendanges se poursuivent en Arménie dont la production de raisin
atteindra sans doute un chiffre record. Rien que dans la région
d’Armavir (plaine de l’Ararat) 40 000 tonnes de raisin furent déjà
récoltées. « Nous dépasserons les chiffres de l’an passé » affirme à
Armavir (chef-lieu de la région d’Armavir) Serko Garabédian, le
ministre arménien de l’Agriculture qui a rappelé que l’an dernier, 134
000 tonnes de raisin furent récoltées dans la région d’Armavir. La
ville nouvelle d’Armavir établie lors de la période soviétique fête
ses 80 ans. Le ministre a salué cet anniversaire et affirmé que la
région est « la plus grande productrice d’Arménie en fruits et légumes
» et assuré que la totalité de la production agricole sera achetée aux
producteurs par les coopératives ou entreprises vinicoles ainsi que
les conserveries.

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 2 octobre 2011,
Krikor [email protected]