Author: Kanayan Tamar

Canada Liberal Party deplores destruction of Armenian Genocide
Memorial Church by ISIL

11:03 * 27.09.14

The Liberal Party of Canada has expressed outrage at the news of the
destruction of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church by ISIL fighters.

The church, located in Eastern Syria, was dedicated to the victims of
the Armenian Genocide and contained the remains of many its victims,
reads a statement posted on the party’s official website.

“ISIL’s destruction of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church is
utterly deplorable,” said Liberal Foreign Affairs critic Marc Garneau.

“In addition to this latest crime, ISIL has destroyed many other
churches, mosques, shrines and culturally significant sites. These are
holy sites that had been protected – in many cases for centuries – by
adherents of many different faiths. ISIL continues to show that they
have no respect for international norms or for cultures and religions
different than their own narrow, twisted ideology.”

“The loss of this site will not only be felt by the Armenian people
but by the entire world,” said Liberal Critic for Multiculturalism
Hon. John McCallum. “It is shameful that ISIL would target a site that
was dedicated to remembrance and reconciliation.”

“The Liberal Party stands in solidarity with the Armenian people and
condemns this horrid attack on this holy site,” said Liberal MP Arnold
Chan. “The world has been shocked by the continuing brutality of ISIL
and this is just the latest in the long list of shocking horrors
committed by this group.”

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FUNDAÇÃO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN
Armenian Communities Department РService des Communaut̩s Arm̩niennes
Av. de Berna, 45 A, PT-1067-001, Lisboa, Portugal
Tel: +351 21 782 3658
E-mail: [email protected]

Serviço das Comunidades Arménias
FUNDAÇÃO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN

Armenian Culture Week to be Held at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
12-19 October

The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation is bringing Armenian Culture to Lisbon during a week of
concerts, lectures, exhibitions, film, book presentation and more.

Events include a display of hitherto unseen letters that will shine a
light on the enigmatic early life of Calouste Gulbenkian.

To take a look at what’s on offer, read full programme on

For more information please contact [email protected]

Game is coming to its end, Armenia beating Turkey all ends up – Eduard
Sharmazanov

16:15 * 28.09.14

Vice-Speaker of Armenia’s Parliament and Spokesman for the ruling
Republican Party of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov commented on the part
on the Armenian-Turkish relations in Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan’s speech at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.

According to him, the game is coming to its end, with Armenia beating
Turkey all ends up.

“Yes, years ago, the then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said
the ball was in Turkey’s court. Moreover, later Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan said that the reasonable timeframe had a deadline. And
you could see that by mentioning recall of the Armenian-Turkish
protocols he suggested that the deadline is gradually approaching.”

With respect to the phrase “to hell with your ratification” the
Armenian president used during his speech, Mr Sharmazanov said:

“We do not say ‘to hell with it,’ but we say that if Turkey keeps on
disregarding the positions of not only Armenia, but also the
international community, it shows its disrespect not only for
Armenia’s position, but also for the positions of the mediators at the
signing of the protocols in Zurich. It, first of all, disregards its
own political decision by setting preconditions. Moreover, the
Armenian president clearly stated in New York that any bargaining over
our Homeland was out of the question. The Turkish political elite are
gravely mistaken if they think one fine day may come and we link the
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process with the Armenian-Turkish protocols.”

As regard the possibility of Armenia recalling the protocols in the
foreseeable future, Mr Sharmazanov said.

“I think the Armenian president’s speech in New York was a conceptual
speech of a national figure and statesman. He spoke not only as an
Armenian national leader, but also as president if all the citizens of
Armenia because he raised the issues of not only the Armenian Genocide
or Nagorno-Karabakh. He not only called Nagorno-Karabakh free and
independent at that high-level venue, suggesting that there is no
alternative to Artsakh’s freedom and independence, but also raised the
problem of Yezidis in northern Iraq. We remember well that Armenia’s
Yezidi community appealed to the Armenian president a month and a half
ago, and by his step he showed he is ready to listen to each citizen’s
opinion and express the Yezidi minority’s opinion at the high-level UN
venue.”

With respect to the statement on the return of the Sis (modern-day
Kozan) catholicosate to the Armenian Apostolic Church at the
Armenia-Diaspora conference too suggested that an entirely different
policy was being pursued in the Armenia-Turkey relations. Commenting
on the relevant discussions in Armenia, Mr Sharmazanov said:

“Armenia has over recent years been for a peaceful dialogue with
Turkey. Turkey’s political elite and, after being elected Turkey’s
president, Recep Erdogan have shown they have not such a political
will. We once more state any preconditions are unacceptable to us. And
President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement is evidence that Armenia and
Armenia’s authorities are masters of the Homeland and claims.

Armenia has invited Turkey to take part in the commemoration of the
centennial of the Armenian Genocide. As to whether the latest
statements and the invitation are in conflict with each other, Mr
Sharmazanov said:

“No, the invitation has nothing in common with Serzh Sargsyan’s latest
statement. If Turkey’s leaders come and visit the Memorial to Armenian
Genocide victims, Tsitsernakaberd, it means they acknowledge the
heinous crime of Genocide. That is, they do not consider the butchers
and their victims equal. If they do not come, we re-state that Turkey
is continuing its denial policy.”

As to the Armenian side’s further steps if Turkey continues its
policy, Mr Sharmazanov said:

“This is under the Armenian president’s jurisdiction. Armenia’s
president has proved that he is a national figure and statesman. All
his political biography is evidence thereof. He will make a decision
in the interests of Armenians and of the state.”

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Cinéma
L’hommage de la Cinémathèque française à Jacques Kébadian

Vendredi soir, la Cinémathèque française a rendu un bel hommage au
cinéaste Jacques Kébadian, où trois courts métrages et un long métrage
ont été présenté à une salle comble.

Arménie 1900 : À travers une figure d’enfant imaginaire, portrait de
l’Arménie avant le génocide de 1915 à partir d’une iconographie de
cartes-postales anciennes issues de la collection du CRDA (1981).

Buvard : Où le monde d’Aïda. Comme toujours de petits personnages
graves et doux, arrêtés dans une immobilité rêveuse, saisis dans une
espèce d’éternité hantée par la quotidienneté la plus ordinaire. >>
(Michel Nurisdany) – 1979.

Les Cinq soeurs : Telle une moderne Shéhérazade, la mère du
réalisateur peignant à profusion, pour vaincre l’ennui, a su captiver
avec ses couleurs et raconter son histoire faite de tendresse et
d’humour. >> (1984).

Vingt ans après (vidéo) : De 1983 à 2003, de l’Arménie aux
États-Unis, entre guerre et tremblement de terre, Jacques Kebadian
rend compte du trajet de la famille Hovanessian (avec Serge Avédikian)
qui quitte le pays vers un autre espoir (2003).

Entre chaque projection, de son regard poétique, Jacques Kébadian,
dont la famille est originaire de Yozgat, a rendu compte de certains
détails de ce parcours atypique et des conditions de tournage.

Biographie par Nicole Brenez

> Goethe (1827),cité par Pierre Kropotkine
in L’Entraide, un facteur de l’évolution (1902).

C’est l’une des plus belles et gratifiantes biographies de cinéaste :
un tract en trois feuillets ronéotypés, daté du 15 novembre 1970. > En octobre, Jacques Kebadian est condamné à 2 mois de prison
avec sursis. Vingt ans après, en mars 2000, il se voit condamné pour > contre la police. Tout cinéphile ayant rencontré le
très élégant et doux Jacques Kebadian ne peut manquer de sourire. Tout
spectateur du Remords (1973), malicieuse parabole de René Vautier sur
la lcheté des cinéastes français face à la guerre d’Algérie et au
racisme, appréciera les circonstances de l’interpellation : >

Le 5 septembre présentation de :

Albertine, le souvenir parfumé de Marie Rose – France/1972/25’/35mm

de Jacques Kebadian et Collectif Eugène Varlin

(Franssou Prenant)

Cérémonie pour une victoire – France/1966/10’/35mm

(Michel Butel)

Apsaras 2 – France/1989/45’/16mm

> (JK)

dimanche 28 septembre 2014,
Jean Eckian (c)armenews.com

MOSCOW INTERESTED IN SPEEDY SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Sept 26 2014

26 September 2014, 18:07 (GMT+05:00)

Moscow is interested in the settlement of this conflict in the shortest
possible time.

Chairman of Russian Liberal-Democratic Party, member of the State
Council, deputy of State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky made the remark
while speaking before the students of the Baku Slavic University on
September 26.

He said the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved at the level
of the heads of states, adding that the settlement of the conflict
will be beneficial both for Azerbaijanis and Armenians.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in
1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a
result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.

The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently
holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.

The Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a very painful
issue and Russia.

STONE AGE WEAPONS-MAKING TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERED IN ARMENIA

Capital OTC
Sept 26 2014

Thousands of tools from the Paleolithic era have been discovered from
a site in Armenia.

The latest discovery gives scientists a better insight into how
technological developments evolved and spread in the world. The
research teams which included scientists from across the world and a
team from Royal Holloway, University of London believe that they have
unearthed evidence that the ancient technique of Levallois which is
used for making hunting weapons was actually invented in Africa and
later spread across the world. Details of the study was published in
the journal Science

The Paleolithic era is a period of human history which is characterized
by the development of primitive stone tools which was developed for
hunting. The period covers a major portion of human pre historic
technology.

The levallois technique is type of stone knapping which was developed
by the ancestors of modern humans for making hunting tools. It is
a more sophisticated method for making hunting tools. Levallois
technique has been named after the discovery of flint tools in the
French province of Levallois-Perret

The evidence of the theory that these tools originated in Africa
and spread to other parts is available at a site in Armenia. The
archaeologist believes that the technology was a part of these Armenian
communities which thrived 325,000 to 335,000 years ago.

This technique is also known in these parts of the world as biface
that can be described as something similar to Levallois. After careful
analysis and research, the archaeologists concluded volcanic material
was used in the tools which have discovered in Nor Geghi in Kotayk
Province, Armenia.

The discovery of these Paleolithic tools is giving new insight into

FAMED PIANIST KARINE POGHASYAN OPENS THE GRAND MONTGOMERY CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

Times Herald-Record, NY
Sept 26 2014

>From the world’s most prestigious music stages and across America,
Karine Poghasyan, a young Armenian pianist of virtuoso talent,
is no stranger to standing ovations. Terms like “extraordinary,”
“larger-than-life” and “jaw-dropping” are often used to describe
her talent.

She has won some of music’s most prestigious awards, made her
orchestral debut at 14, performing Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 1,”
going on to her solo Carnegie Hall debut at 23. Currently based in NYC,
she teaches at her alma mater, the Manhattan School of Music.

Her incredible ability to coax deep feeling out of the works she
performs, coupled with a flair for dramatic technique, has drawn her
many loyal fans. She will open the 27th season of the Grand Montgomery
Chamber Music Series at 3 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Senior Center in
Montgomery. In this concert, Poghasyan will showcase different forms
of Spanish music, including works by Liszt and Scarlatti.

— Mimi Estes

What: Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series opens its 27th season
with a piano recital featuring Karine Poghasyan When: 3 p.m. Sept. 28
Where: Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge St., Montgomery Price:
Free Information: 457-9867, villageofmontgomery.org

CHINA’S CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE DAY CELEBRATED IN ARMENIA

Global Post
Sept 26 2014

Yerevan, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — The Confucius Institute at Yerevan
State Linguistic University on Friday held an event to celebrate the
Confucius Institute Day.

“We are very glad that we present Chinese culture in Armenia. Recently
we opened four classes of Chinese language in different educational
institutions of the country,” said Chinese director of Confucius
Institute Yang Meihua.

“We are very proud that Confucius Institute works in Armenia. After
all, it gives a fine opportunity to learn Chinese and to get acquainted
with rich culture of the East,” said Naira Grigoryan, Armenian director
of Confucius Institute of the university.

The Confucius Institute in Armenia was founded in 2009. It helped to
lift the level of knowledge of Chinese language and Chinese culture in
general and to promote the Armenian-Chinese relations and connections.

UN HOMME D’AFFAIRE PRO-OPPOSITION DEFAITISTE SUR L’ECONOMIE

ARMENIE

Un homme d’affaires armenien de premier plan proche de l’opposition
a offert jeudi une evaluation sombre de la situation economique en
Armenie et a dit qu’elle ne va pas s’ameliorer sans un >.

Khachatur Sukiasian a affirme que le système actuel empeche une rupture
des monopoles economiques de fait ce qui selon lui est necessaire
pour le developpement economique durable du pays.

>, a-t-il dit.

Sukiasian, qui contrôle diverses entreprises par le biais de sa holding
SIL Groupe, est connu comme un fervent partisan de l’ancien president
Levon Ter-Petrossian, ayant fait fortune au cours de la dernière
mandature de 1991 a 1998. Il a ouvertement soutenu Ter-Petrossian a
l’election presidentielle de fevrier 2008, dans laquelle l’ex-president
etait le principal candidat de l’opposition.

L’affiliation politique de Sukiasian a ete largement liee a la
repression de ses entreprises lancees par les autorites fiscales a
la fin de 2007, une de ces entreprises, une usine d’embouteillage
d’eau minerale, a ete confisquee par le gouvernement, officiellement
en raison de l’evasion fiscale.

Sukiasian etait parmi les associes de Ter-Petrossian qui ont fui
l’Armenie en Mars 2008 pour echapper a une arrestation suite des
affrontements post-electoraux meurtriers entre les forces de securite
et les manifestants de l’opposition. Il est revenu au pays en 2009
pour faire face a des accusations criminelles decoulant de l’agitation.

Bien que les accusations aient ete abandonnees en 2011 Sukiasian a
ete empeche de se presenter aux elections legislatives sur la liste
du Congrès national armenien de Ter-Petrossian mai 2012. Il a garde
un profil bas depuis lors.

vendredi 26 septembre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

RULING PARTY: ARMENIA WILL NOT ACCEPT TURKEY’S PRECONDITIONS

17:12, 25.09.2014

YEREVAN. – The message of Armenian president was that official Yerevan
will not accept any of the preconditions put forward by Ankara and
will not open the border or establish diplomatic relations with
preconditions, MP from ruling party said.

Hovhannes Sahakyan, MP from the Republican Party of Armenia, said once
international community was committed to guarantee implementation
of Armenia-Turkey protocols and opening of the border, the first
precondition was not to do it at the expense of recognition or
non-recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

“Our primary task was to make international community notice that
we are open to contacts with our neighbors, primarily with Turkey,
in case when we had to put forward preconditions but have not done it.

Secondly, we know that Turkey maintains blockade of Armenia since
1993 to make us economically weaker,” Sahakyan noted.

Speaking during the UN General Assembly session, President Sargsyan
said Armenia is holding discussions on withdrawing Armenia-Turkey
protocols from the parliament.

Sahakyan stressed this remark proved that Armenia is honest with
international community and can fulfill the tasks.

“We will not let them forget about the most terrible crime of the
last century. I think that president’s message was addressed to
international community and called for consistency,” Sargsyan added.

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