Author: Kanayan Tamar

COMMUNAUTE-VALENCE
« Arménia » a présenté l’Annuaire Arménia des Arméniens de Drôme-Ardèche

Samedi 1er octobre, l’association culturelle « Arménia » a présenté
l’Annuaire des Arméniens de Drôme-Ardèche, millésimé 2012 au Centre
communautaire arménien de Valence. Le président d’« Arménia » Krikor
Amirzayan en compagnie des membres de son bureau -Alain Euksuzian,
Georges Eretzian, Vartkés Simonian et Christian Charrière- ont
remercié le public pour leur présence et leur soutien. Parmi eux, de
nombreux élus, dont le député de la Drôme et ex-Maire de Valence
Patrick Labaune, ainsi que des personnalités telles que le sculpteur
romanais Toros auteur de nombreuses `uvres sur le génocide et la
mémoire arménienne.

« Le dernier annuaire Arménia des Arméniens de Drôme-Ardèche étant
édité en 2005 était depuis longtemps épuisé. Nous avons décidé il y a
quelques mois d’entreprendre ce nouvel annuaire qui comprend près de 1
800 noms de l’annuaire public d’habitants d’origine arménienne de la
Drôme et de l’Ardèche » dit Krikor Amirzayan et d’ajouter « sur la
couverture nous voyons le kiosque de Peynet à Valence et au loin le
mont Ararat. Cette double passion, de l’Arménie et de la France nous
anime. Cet annuaire Arménia est le lien entre les Arméniens de ces
départements en même temps qu’un lien avec l’Arménie. Nous donnons
dans ce recueil de très nombreuses informations ou coordonnées liées à
l’Arménie, aux associations, à notre histoire et notre culture ».

Krikor Amirzayan a précisé « cet annuaire est à notre connaissance la
seule dans son genre en France et une vraie chance pour notre
communauté de Valence qui dispose ainsi d’un outil de communication
supplémentaire (…) de plus cet annuaire n’est pas communautariste.
Il cherche à donner à la communauté arménienne de communiquer
d’avantage afin de partager des valeurs communes, des richesses
culturelles, et ceci dans le développement même des relations
franco-arméniennes ».

« Arménia » offrit l’annuaire aux représentants des associations très
nombreux dans la salle. La rencontre s’est terminée autour d’un vin
d’honneur offert par « Arménia ».

Contact : Association culturelle « Arménia », 130 rue Marcel Paul
26500 Bourg-Lès-Valence. Tél. 04 75 83 80 58. « L’Annuaire Arménia des
Arméniens de Drôme-Ardèche » est vendu au prix de 5 auprès de
l’association. Envoi par courrier 8 .

dimanche 2 octobre 2011,
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Azerbaijan Business Center
Oct 1 2011

Azerbaijan discusses prospects of tourism development on border with Armenia

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. In spite of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
Nagorno-Garabagh conflict and Armenia’s occupation of 20% of
Azerbaijani territory Azerbaijan discusses prospects of tourism
development on border with Armenia.

Economic Development Ministry of Azerbaijan reports that Ganja
department of Baku Business Training Centre has held a seminar ”
Prospects of tourism development in Gedabey region”. It involved
entrepreneurs engaged in tourism sector. The seminar concerned
training of professional cadres for tourism, attraction of famous
tourism companies and employees trainee job in them, modern
requirements for food, development of agricultural tourism, marketing
organization and so on.

At present Gedabey region is chiefly known as the best potato growing
place in Azerbaijan.

DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
September 30, 2011 Friday

RUSSIA AND ARMENIA WILL ESTABLISH SOME JOINT VENTURES IN THE MILITARY
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Senior Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia David Tonoyan reports that
Russia and Armenia will establish joint ventures for repair and
technical maintenance of armament and military hardware. According to
him, first of all, this is applicable to armored vehicles, air defense
systems and helicopters made in Russia, as well as the fleet of UAZ
cars. The already established joint venture KAMAZ-Armenia will repair
and maintain the truck fleet of the Defense Ministry. The minister
adds that entrance of several companies of Armenia into
Russian-Belarusian financial industrial group Defense Systems is
discussed too.

Source: RIA Novosti, September 28, 2011

news.am, Armenia
Oct 1 2011

He will stand trial – Armenia’s first president about Armenia’s second president

October 01, 2011 | 20:12

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan is an ended
match for any reasonable person. He is not and has never been a
political figure, Armenia’s First President Levon Ter-Petrosyan on
Saturday said at round-day rally in the Liberty Square commenting on
the return issue of Armenia’s second President Robart Kocharyan into
politics.

`One of the most circulating themes recently is the possible return of
Kocharyan. This is an artificial theme, as Kocharyan is an ended match
for any reasonable person. He is not and has never been a political
figure. He has never struggled for an idea in politics and was always
adaptive to a system. And he came into power because of my fault.

Political statement is a figure to contact people and be liked by
them. He is an unhappy man. No one is as worried as he. No one has
ever committed such a crime and he will sure stand trial and carry
responsibility for his actions, after the system collapses.

He is not a problem for people. If he is a problem, he is only for the
current President Serzh Sargsyan.

According to rumors, ARF Dashnaktsutyun or Prosperous Armenia Party
can support him. I believe none of the parties will agree to share
that burden of blood responsibility with Kocharyan.

Only one person can support him, the former Armenian FM Vardan
Oskanyan. He shares the guilt with Kocharyan. And I close the theme of
Kocharyan.

Another frequent circulated theme is Prosperous Armenia Party.
Recently one of their core members’ stated that they will stand for
the elections alone. Besides, they recognize only Armenian Republican
Party as their rival. This is positive, as there will be political
competitiveness.

As a party, ANC should recognize Prosperous Armenia party. Regarding
the Republicans, it is a group of opportunists, who believe that they
should be in power forever,’ Ter-Petrosyan’s speech says.

People Will Summon Kocharyan

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 17:42:07 – 01/10/2011

`The Armenian people will summon Robert Kocharyan to court by all
meant’, Nikol Pashinyan said in regard to the second president’s
announcement that he will return to politics of there is `demand by
various layers of the society’ at the Freedom Square.

Nikol Pashinyan dwelt on the problem that people are not free to
attend the rally. People are taken to police stations, intimidated. He
says it is something to be condemned, of course, but on the other
hand, this is a problem because we deal with a dictatorship, and such
behavior characterizes a dictatorship.

`They will continue to behave that way, we need to prevent them from
behaving that way,’ Nikol Pashinyan announced, noting that it should
be the goal of the citizens.

ARMENIA HAS UNDISCOVERED TAX ASSEMBLABILITY POTENTIAL – WB EXPERT

PanARMENIAN.Net
September 30, 2011 – 12:56 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – World Bank Senior Public Sector Specialist named
low tax/GDP ratio among the key problems of Armenia’s tax sector.

As Munawer Sultan Khwaja told a news conference, “IMF studies for
tax assemblability prove Armenia has a vast undiscovered potential
in relevant sector. By concentrating efforts to discover negligent
taxpayers and implementing a system to promote fulfillment of tax
obligations, Armenia can realize its potential.”

In this context, the expert stressed the importance of development
of human resources and information technologies.

On September 30, Yerevan hosted a presentation of a book Risk-Based
Country Audits: Approaches and Country Experiences, authored and
edited by Munawer Sultan Khwaja, Rajul Awasthi and Jan Loeprick.

DR. JACK KEVORKIAN’S ART, BELONGINGS TO BE SOLD
By Jeff Karoub

Associated Press
30 Sept 2011

DETROIT (AP) – Paintings, writings and the iconic blue sweater of
the audacious assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian are going up
for auction, his attorney and close friend said Friday.

Lawyer Mayer Morganroth said the late pathologist’s artwork and items
will be sold in late October at the New York Institute of Technology.

Scheduled for auction are more than 20 paintings, Kevorkian’s art kit
and the sweaters he became known for donning during his high-profile
assistance in the suicides of dozens of people in the 1990s.

Many of the paintings depict death or dying, and are often intended to
provoke or disturb. One of those up for auction is entitled “Genocide,”
and features a bloody head being dangled by the hair and held by the
hands of two soldiers: One wears a German military uniform from World
War II and the other a Turkish uniform from World War I.

Morganroth said Kevorkian wanted to depict the mass killings of
Armenians and Jews during World I and World War II, respectively. The
doctor was of Armenian descent.

“Just looking at it, you can say (it’s) grotesque,” Morganroth said.

“They were to make a point, like any art.”

CBS Detroit first reported the auction plan.

Morganroth said he doesn’t know the value of the collection but most
of the proceeds will go to Kevorkian’s sole heir – a niece – and the
charity Kicking Cancer for Kids.

Suburban Detroit art gallery owner Anne Kuffler, who has twice
displayed Kevorkian’s work and sells signed and numbered lithographs
of six of his works for $500 apiece, said she was offered $100,000
for one of his original paintings during the first exhibit of his
work in 1994. Kuffler, owner of the Ariana Gallery in Royal Oak,
suspects that the value has only increased since then.

“I had several orders for his prints this morning,” she said.

Many of the paintings have been hanging at the Armenian Library
and Museum of America in Watertown, Mass. Kevorkian was also a keen
musician and composer.

The Associated Press left a message seeking comment with the New York
Institute of Technology.

FACTS TALK ON THEIR OWN

yerkir.am
21:13 – 29.09.2011

RA Police Chief Alik Sargsyan denied the news that we published in
our web-site, according to which he was the governor of Ararat region
where violations of land leasing took place.

“There should be at least one document confirming that news. You
can’t just write…..write whatever you like”, said he.

We present to you only one of the documents that we have. According
to that “Land Resources Development Company” LTD was provided with 10
acres of land to realize investigative operation. We wish to remind our
police Chief that at that time he was the governor of Ararat region.

TIGRAN SARGSYAN: ARMENIA HAS A HUGE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM

ARMENPRESS
19:28, 30 September, 2011

On the occasion of International Tourism Day, within the framework of
the 20th anniversary of Armenia, a number of representatives of the
sphere were awarded by RA Prime Minister and Economy Minister with
medals, certificates of appreciation and prizes for their notable
contribution to the area of tourism.

At the event Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan congratulated the guests on
International Tourism Day and noted that holiday is one more occasion
to consider the past 20 years of our country in the sphere of tourism,
as well as to discuss programs for future.

“In my opinion, all people gathered here are sure of one thing:
Armenia has a huge potential of development in the sphere of tourism,
and we are still not making a full use of it. New directions must be
involved in the sphere. The Armenian government still has a lot of
tasks to fulfill in this direction,” Tigran Sargsyan said.

The event was organized by the Armenian Ministry of Economy,
Armenian Hotels Union, “Preservation and Development of Armenian
Culinary Traditions” NGO, and other organizations. Representatives of
tourism industry, state and private establishments and international
organizations participated in the event.

AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY IN AUGUST REDUCED BY 6.5% TO 110 700 DRAMS IN ARMENIA

ARKA
Sep 30, 2011

YEREVAN, September 30. /ARKA/. Average monthly nominal salary in
August 2011, according to preliminary assessments, reached 110 700
drams ($302. 210 euro or 8689 rubles) which is by 6.5% less than July
indicator, Armenian National Statistic Service informs.

Salary in August 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 increased
by 4.5%.

In July 2011, average monthly nominal salary in Armenia was 118 395
drams which is by 2% more than the indicator in June 2011 and by 4.5%
more than in July 2010.

The highest average monthly nominal salary in July 2011 was registered
in Syunik region – about 146.3 thousand drams, and the lowest was
in Aragatsotn region – about 80.3 thousand drams. In Yerevan average
monthly nominal salary in July 2011 was over 130.5 thousand drams.

In total, the highest salaries in July were registered in financial
and insurance spheres (about 344.4 thousand drams), mining industry
(about 238.3 thousand drams), information and communication (about
231.1 thousand drams), electrical, gas and steam supply (about
156.3 thousand drams), construction (146 thousand drams) and state
administration (over 140.9 thousand drams).

The most low-paid spheres as of July 2011 in Armenia are cultural and
recreational spheres where the salaries were about 65.6 thousand drams,
agriculture and forestry, fishery – about 79.2 thousand drams.

In accommodation and catering sphere salaries of some employees
exceeded 79.5 thousand drams and education sphere – about 82 thousand
drams. ($1 – 371.35 drams).