Author: Kanayan Tamar

ARMENIA SAILING VESSEL LEAVES LEBANON FOR CYPRUS

Noyan Tapan

11.08.2011

(Noyan Tapan – 11.08.2011) On August 10, the Armenia sailing vessel
which had arrived in Lebanon from Egypt on August 6, having completed
its round the world cruise has left for Cyprus.

The Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan, the head of the
Armenian Diocese of Lebanon, Archbishop Gegham Khacheryan, heads of
Armenian organizations, participants of pan-Armenian games, hundreds
of Lebanese-Armenians saw off the crew of the Armenia sailing vessel.

The Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan and the head of
Armenian Diocese Gegham Khacheryan noted in their speeches that
the vessel carried out its historical mission by conveying the
symbols of Armenian people’s history to our compatriots in different
continents around the world. They wished the crew members success
and new victories.

VIC DARCHINYAN “I’M DEDICATING THIS VICTORY TO THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE OF ARMENIA”

armradio.am
11.08.2011

There are many difficulties of organizing such a meeting fight. First
of all, there are financial difficulties, but still there are people
who contributed to the professional box.

Vic Darchinyan said month ago he told about the idea of organizing such
a fight to the Presidential apparatus of Armenia and received approval.

Athletes from different countries of the world will be present on
the day of fight. Vic Darchinyan doesn’t underestimate his opponent
Evans Mbambo. Darchinyan said that it would be wrong to underestimate
his opponent, because it may interfere the fight. Vakhtangn also said
that psychologically it does not matter where the fight is held. Gone
are the times when the location of the ring had a psychological
impact of the fight. So, psychologically, it does not matter for a
professional boxer.

He is provided by Victory and will do everything to ensure the
victory. I’m dedicating this victory to the 20th anniversary of
Independence of Armenia”, – concluded the famous boxer.

ARMENIA MIGRATION EXODUS CREATES WOMEN-ONLY VILLAGES

Huffington Post

Aug 10, 2011

An estimated 60,000 Armenians are leaving their country each year in
search of a better life, and the mass exodus has caused a startling
new trend: whole villages populated almost entirely by women.

While many men are leaving the former Soviet nation to go to Russia
to earn enough money to support their families, women and children
are usually left behind to work in the fields, the BBC is reporting.

One mother-of-two said that many women fear their husbands will set
up second families in Russia, which has happened often. As Milena
Kazaryan, a resident of Dzoragyugh, tells the BBC:

“All of the women are really scared. We phone every morning and
every evening, to find out what our husbands are up to. It’s always
really stressful wondering whether he’ll come back or not. A lot of
the women here worry because they think that in Russia all the girls
are beautiful. And the problem is that the men work very hard so of
course they also want to relax. That’s why they’re scared.

It’s really tough because the whole family is just waiting and
waiting for the men to come back. All we want is jobs in Armenia
so that our families can stay together and so that fathers can see
their children grow up. A family is more than just the mum. We need
the dads here too.”

As one human rights activist writes, the lack of men is starting to
be felt throughout Armenian society, and the birthrate is already
starting to be affected. “There’s a new generation of girls growing up
who have no chance of getting married because all the boys are leaving
the country,” Karine Danelyan wrote in a letter to the government,
according to the BBC. “So birthrates here in Armenia are now too low
to keep the population stable.”

Meanwhile, Armenia’s prime minister recently tried to downplay
speculations about the mass exodus, and said the government has
had success in promoting the nation’s birthrate. “Today we have 3
million permanent residents in Armenia, and twice as many Armenians
living outside the country,” Tigran Sarkisian is quoted by the Arka
News Agency as saying. Noting that migration was not as large as
has been previously claimed by the media, he added, “This reflects
the mobility of our nation, that is, our citizens can move freely,
since there are favorable conditions for it.”

Many of those migrants, Sarkisian said, were seasonal workers who
eventually return home, according to Radio Free Europe. When the
Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Armenia had an estimated 4 million
residents, at least one-quarter of which have since emigrated for
employment abroad.

ARMENIAN SOLDIERS EXPECT MOD’S VISIT TO HAVE DECENT FOOD – NEWSPAPER

news.am
Aug 10, 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Conditions in the military units after Vazgen Sargsyan
in Ararat region are very poor. The permanent lack of water creates
anti-sanitary conditions, Armenian Hraparak newspaper writes on
Wednesday.

“The food served is also terrible, which has negative impact on
psychological condition of servicemen. They count days when they will
finally get rid of inhuman conditions. According to the soldiers,
they have decent food only when the Armenian MOD arrives at the
military unit,” the newspaper reports.

ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN CONCERNED OVER DISMANTLING KIOSKS

news.am
Aug 10, 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Karen Andreasyan
is concerned over the issue of dismantling kiosks in Yerevan. Currently
the office studies the issue and plans to ask for clarifications all
responsible bodies.

Employees of the ombudsman office arrived at Papazyan-Komitas crossroad
in Yerevan, where dismantling works have been implementing.

Later they reported every detail to Andreasyan, who will estimate the
issue on August 16, press service of the ombudsman informs Armenia
News-NEWS.am.

KARABAKH TALKS SHOULD CONTINUE – AZERBAIJANI OFFICIAL

news.am
Aug 10, 2011
Armenia

Baku stands for continuation of talks on resolution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

“The presidents’ position can be expressed as follows: the
approximation in the parties’ positions on some issues in accordance
with the basic Madrid principles has become possible at the meetings
and negotiations held recently upon the President Dmitry Medvedev’s
initiative and participation,” Trend agency quotes Azerbaijani top
official Novruz Mammadov.

“Therefore, it is necessary to further continue the negotiations,”
he added.

After the talks Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said the Armenian
leadership repeatedly demonstrated “insincerity, shifting the failure
of negotiations on Azerbaijan, using the opportunities of circles
and Diaspora close to the Armenian leadership”.

According to Mammadov, official from Azerbaijani Presidential
Administration, Aliyev presented to Dmitry Medvedev Baku’s position
on resolution of the Karabakh conflict.

ARMENIAN POLITICIAN URGES POLITICAL FORCES TO UNITE

news.am
Aug 10, 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Leader of Union for National Self-Determination Paruyr
Hayrikyan called on all political forces to form a united bloc to
take part in impending either regular or snap parliamentary elections.

Hayrikyan explained his proposal by lack of democracy in Armenia.

“If the political forces fail to follow our advice, we will make
moves by ourselves,” he told reporters in Yerevan on Wednesday. He
stressed they will wait for the answer till September 20.

The politician stressed they appealed to the oppositional Armenian
National Congress (ANC). However, the ANC did not respond, proving
democracy is not essential for them, added Hayrikyan.

SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES NEEDED, NOT MERE REGIME CHANGE

hetq
August 11, 2011

Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan stated today that it was time
to focus on implementing systematic changes in the way government
operates rather than regime change, which also replaces individuals
in positions of power.

He said that this assumes the drafting of a new constitution and
reforming the rules that govern political life in Armenia.

As regards the call of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) for
snap parliamentary elections, MP Martirosyan argues that the current
government would only agree if it felt it would win an overwhelming
majority of seats.

BAKU SPEAKS OF “APPROXIMATION OF POSITIONS” AFTER FAILING KAZAN MEETING ON KARABAKH

PanARMENIAN.Net
August 10, 2011

PanARMENIAN.Net – The head of the foreign affairs department at
Azerbaijan’s Presidential Administration Novruz Mamedov commented on
Sochi-hosted meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and
his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev.

As Mamedov stated, during the meeting and negotiations initiated by
Russian President, the parties to Karabakh conflict approximated their
positions on a number of issues in accordance with Madrid Principles.

As the official noted, negotiations on Karabakh settlement must be
continued, Aze.az reported.

The meeting between Russian President and his Azerbaijani counterpart
was held on August 9 in Sochi.

As the Russian leader noted, Karabakh settlement was the main issue
on agenda. “I’d like to have a sincere conversation to determine
further steps, based on results of trilateral meeting in Kazan,
as well as previous talks,” Medvedev said.

Azerbaijan President, in turn, thanked the Russian leader for efforts
towards Karabakh conflict settlement and providing regional security.

“Previous talks on Karabakh considerably approximated the conflicting
sides’ positions. Azerbaijan takes major interest in conflict
settlement,” Aliyev said.

The Russian leader is expected to meet Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan on the sidelines of August 12 informal OSCE summit.

During the June 24 meeting in Kazan, the Presidents of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Russia failed to sign an agreement on basic principles
of Karabakh conflict settlement.

As Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian noted later, despite
the OSCE MG co-chairs’ efforts, Azerbaijan was not ready to accept
the final version of basic principles, presenting ten new amendments
at the last moment.

On July 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handed over a
personal message and proposals of RF President Dmitry Medvedev to
Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders, who have already offered replies.

HRANT MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TRIES TO BRING AZERBAIJAN TO NEGOTIATION FIELD

ARMENPRESS
August 10, 2011
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS: The invitation of Ilham Alyev to
Sochi by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev means that Azerbaijan
is the party, which calls forth issues in the negotiation process,
political specialist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said today at a meeting
with journalists, referring to yesterday’s meeting of Russian and
Azerbaijani Presidents in Sochi. “Today international community,
including Russia, tries to bring Azerbaijan to negotiations field,”
Hrant Meliq-Shahnazaryan stressed.

The political specialist is of the opinion that it is early to give
assessments about the results of Sochi meeting, and they can be summed
up only after the CSTO non-official summit, which will be summoned
in near future in Astana. According to him, if within the frameworks
of the summit after the meeting of Armenian and Russian Presidents
there is a speech about organization of new trilateral meetings of
negotiations over NK conflict settlement, we can say that Dmitry
Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev have succeeded to come to an agreement
in Sochi.

Military expert Artsrun Hovhannisyan expressed an opinion that the
Russian President invited Aliyev to Sochi, as it was very Azerbaijan
that failed the Kazan meeting. According to him, the Kazan meeting
showed that Azerbaijan has unspecified issues and positions. “The
Russian President has tired of organizing meetings, when there is
no confidence that any development will be registered during those
meetings,” Mr. Hovhannisyan added.