BRAZIL’S DIEGO LOMBA JOINS ARMENIAN TEAM
14:34 15.08.13
Brazilian soccer player Diego Lomba has signed a contract with the
Armenian football club Alashkert, Armsport.am reported, citing the
club’s press service.
The sportsman has a previous experience in Armenia. He has successfully
played with the Gandzasar football club which he left earlier this
year.
Diego may make his debut at Alashkert at an August 18 match with
FC Shirak.
Armenian News – Tert.am
LOSING ARTSAKH, WE WILL LOSE ARMENIA AND ENDANGER EUROPE’S FUTURE: SLOVAKIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL FIRST PRESIDENT
13:05, 15 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 15, ARMENPRESS: The Azerbaijan’s blacklist includes
from Slovakia the President of the Forum of Armenian Associations of
Europe (FAAE) and the President of the Armenian community of Slovakia
Ashot Grigoryan, as well as the First President of the Slovakian
National Council František Mikloško. As reported by Armenpress,
the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe touched upon this issue,
the press release of which says in particular:
“Years ago Ashot Grigoryan paid an official visit to Baku with high
ranking officials of Slovakia. Grigoryan has not planned the second
visit to Baku and considers it to be a loss of time. Today we would
like to talk about the book of FrantiÅ¡ek MikloÅ¡ko “Signs of the Time”
published in May 2013 in Bratislava.
František Mikloško included in the book two articles about Armenia
and Artsakh, where he expressed his admiration towards the Armenians
and especially those, who live in Nagorno Karabakh.
MikloÅ¡ko evaluates Armenia and the Armenian Church as the “lungs” of
the Eastern Europe, without which Europe would not have been Europe and
concentrates on the fact that the base of the 20th century’s genocides
was the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The author emphasizes clearly that
the Armenian Cause is considered to be the entire Europe’s issue,
as well as Slovakia’s.
According to FrantiÅ¡ek MikloÅ¡ko, the Europe’s Christian and cultural
values are seriously endangered and Europe is obliged to protect them
and the protection should be started from Artsakh. “Losing Artsakh,
we will lose Armenia and endanger the Europe’s future”, – this is the
credo of František Mikloško, which is expressed in his activities
of the latest years”.
As there are more than two million Armenians in Europe, forming
significant local communities in 26 different countries, the Forum of
Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) was founded in Geneva in 1998.
Its goal is to facilitate co-operation and solidarity among Armenian
communities in Europe in order to meet the changing needs of the
European Diaspora and to promote the interests of Armenia and
Karabakh. FAAE membership is open to any Armenian association in
Europe that has democratically elected representatives and which
agrees to adhere to the FAAE charter.
Included in the FAAE today are Armenian communities and organizations
from 18 countries of Eastern and Western Europe. The Forum is
pluralistic and deals with all issues of interest to its member
organizations, including international relations, human rights issues,
economic co-operation and cultural matters.
The Armenian Business Forum of Europe is organised in such a way
to respond to the needs of Armenian businessmen in Europe to meet,
discuss their common interests and create the necessary network of
contacts to their respective businesses. Representatives of the US
and Russian business communities are also present at these meetings.
(THE FULL ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN)
ASBAREZ TURNS 105 TODAY
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
by Ara Khachatourian
The first issue of Asbarez published on Aug. 14, 1908 in Fresno
Asbarez newspaper marks its 105th anniversary today, Wednesday August
14, 2013. We wish our readers a happy anniversary. Without you our
newspaper would not have survived for more than a century. Pictured
is the front page of our first edition published on Aug. 14, 1908
in Fresno
>From our Archives Read a first-person account of how Asbarez was
founded (Published, August 14, 2008)
Read a retrospective of the newspaper by Paul Chaderjian (Published
August, 2003)
NEW HEAD OF UN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IS INVITED TO ARMENIA
August 15, 2013 | 10:58
YEREVAN. – Ambassador Arman Kirakosyan, Armenia’s permanent
representative to the international organizations in Vienna,
on Wednesday met with Li Yong, new Director-General of the United
Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Kirakosyan presented to Li Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan’s letter
of congratulations for being elected UNIDO Director-General and,
on behalf of the Government of Armenia, invited him for a visit to
Armenia, the Armenian MFA press service informs.
Giving a high evaluation to Armenia’s cooperation with UNIDO,
Ambassador Kirakosyan reflected on the respective programs and
pointed to their vital importance for the industrial development of
the country.
In turn Li Yong noted with satisfaction the implementation of the
Armenian government’s commitments before the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization.
News from Armenia – NEWS.am
SONDAGE : 78,5% DES JEUNES QUITTERAIENT L’ARMENIE S’ILS EN AVAIENT LA POSSIBILITE
ARMENIE
Un sondage sur la jeunesse indique que 78,5 pour cent des sondes
quitteraient l’Armenie a diverses fins s’ils en avaient la possibilite
tandis que 36,8 pour cent d’entre eux quitteraient definitivement
le pays.
Ce thème de la migration des jeunes a ete discute a la Maison des
Nations Unies a Erevan en Armenie.
jeudi 15 août 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com
HAUT-KARABAKH : UN SOLDAT ARMENIEN ENLEVE PAR LES AZERIS
Publie le : 14-08-2013
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propose une information reecrite a partir de depeches d’agences.
Le 8 août, les forces de l’armee azerbaïdjanaise ont enleve un soldat
armenien dans la region du Haut-Karabakh, republique autonome peuplee
d’Armeniens, a annonce le ministère de la Defense de la Republique.
Le communique du ministère de la Defense indique que le jeune
soldat Hakob Indjigoulian, âge de 22 ans, s’est perdu et a franchi
la frontière entre le territoire autonome et l’Azerbaïdjan, où les
forces ennemies l’ont capture.
Des tirs reguliers opposent les forces armees armeniennes et
azerbaïdjanaises. Ils alimentent la polemique entre Bakou et Erevan.
Le Haut-Karabakh fait l’objet d’un conflit entre l’Armenie et
l’Azerbaïdjan depuis 1988.
A l’epoque sovietique, les Armeniens formaient la majorite de la
population du Karabakh. Cette region a pourtant ete rattachee a
l’Azerbaïdjan par Staline. La population armenienne du Haut-Karabagh
a vote l’union avec l’Armenie lors d’un referendum en 1988. La
communaute armenienne du Haut-Karabagh ne voulait plus supporter les
limitations imposees par les autorites sovietiques et azerbaïdjanaises
concernant les libertes culturelle et religieuse. Cette demande
d’union du Haut-Karabagh avec l’Armenie, ayant debute pacifiquement
vers la fin des annees 1980, s’est convertie en un conflit violent
entre les deux groupes ethniques. A partir de 1988, les Azeris ont
commence des pogroms anti-Armeniens a Soumgaït, Kirovabad et Bakou,
où habitaient les Armeniens. Les appartements des Armeniens ont ete
saccages. Des dizaines, voire des centaines d’Armeniens d’Azerbaïdjan
ont ete attaques, tortures, brûles vifs.
La guerre pour la possession de la region du Haut-Karabagh s’est
deroulee de 1988 a 1994. Elle a fait des milliers de morts et des
centaines de milliers de refugies de part et d’autre.
En 1994, un cessez-le-feu a ete signe entre l’Armenie et l’Azerbaïdjan,
mais les deux pays ne peuvent toujours pas trouver de solution
pacifique au conflit. Cette question reste toujours un objet de
discorde et la cause d’une situation tendue dans la region. La
mediation internationale de plusieurs groupes comme l’OSCE n’a
jusqu’a present pas debouche sur une resolution satisfaisante pour
les deux parties.
Info Collectif VAN – D’après depeches.
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LA TURQUIE EXHORTE L’ONU A STOPPER LE MASSACRE EN EGYPTE
turquie
Le Premier ministre turc, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a exhorte mercredi le
Conseil de securite des Nations unies et la Ligue arabe a intervenir
pour mettre fin au “massacre” en Egypte.
“La communaute internationale, notamment le Conseil de securite des
Nations unies et la Ligue arabe, doit agir immediatement pour faire
cesser ce massacre”, a-t-il dit dans un communique.
Erdogan, chef du gouvernement islamo-conservateur turc, assure
egalement que le silence de la communaute internationale depuis le
renversement de Mohamed Morsi par l’armee egyptienne, le 3 juillet
dernier, a ouvert la voie a la violente repression en cours.
Le president turc Abdullah Gul a estime pour sa part que l’intervention
des forces egyptiennes de securite contre les rassemblements
des partisans du president destitue Mohamed Morsi au Caire etait
“absolument inacceptable”.
“Une intervention armee contre des civils, contre des gens qui
manifestent : c’est absolument inacceptable”, a-t-il dit a la presse
a Ankara.
jeudi 15 août 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com
UN ORGANISME SPECIAL MIS EN PLACE POUR AIDER LES ETUDIANTS ARMENIENS DE SYRIE
ARMENIE
Les Etudiants syro-armeniens sont confrontes a des problèmes lies au
logement et aux frais de scolarite. Environ 250 sur les 4000 etudiants
de la diaspora proviennent de la Syrie.
Un organisme special a ete mis en place dans le cadre du Conseil des
etudiants de la Diaspora qui est charge de faire face aux problèmes
des etudiants armeniens de Syrie.
Le Fonds Armenien a alloue 40 millions de drams pour le remboursement
de leurs frais de scolarite.
” 200 etudiants ont recu une aide complète ou partielle pour les
frais de scolarite du Fonds Armenien “, a explique Samvel Mkoyan,
president du conseil etudiant de la Diaspora.
En outre, des enquetes ont ete menees dans sept universites qui ont
revele que 60% des etudiants armeniens etait arrive en Armenie en
2013 a la suite du conflit arme en cours en Syrie.
jeudi 15 août 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com
LE PREMIER JETOVATOR SUR LE LA SEVAN
ARMENIE-SEVAN
Pleine saison touristique pour le lac Sevan dont les eaux offrent
une meilleure temperature en ce mois d’août. Parmi les milliers de
visiteurs et touristes qui profitent du lac Sevan, des dizaines de
planches a voile et jet skis. Les vacanciers du bord du lac Sevan ont
egalement vu un engin bizarre avec un homme flottant au dessus des
eaux, relie a un jet ski avec un long tuyau d’air qui le maintenait
hors de l’eau. L’engin, appele Jetovator a fait sensation. Dikran S.
le premier utilisateur de ce Jetovator en Armenie est fier de son
appareil qui permet de profiter des eaux du Sevan et de son espace. ”
C’est un plaisir immense, on ne peut oublier les sensations qu’offrent
cet appareil ” dit-il. Il compte en cas de succès, monter un club de
fans du Jetovator.
Krikor Amirzayan
jeudi 15 août 2013, Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com
AZERBAIJANI EXPERTS ASSESS OUTCOMES OF PUTIN’S VISIT TO BAKU NEGATIVELY
20:04 14/08/2013 ” REGION
The boom created before Putin’s arrival quickly vanished by the
end of the visit, says Azerbaijani political analyst Gabil Huseynli,
reports Azerbaijani news agency APA. Huseynli believes that Azerbaijan
had certain hopes with Russia in return for Azerbaijan’s promise to
certain compromises.
Political scientist Vafa Guluzade assumes that Russia could offer
Eurasian and Customs Union to Azerbaijan, however, “that decision
can cost too much for Azerbaijan.”
“Any union with Russia is designed for elections only. The government
wants Russia and its supporters to recognize the results of the past
elections. Russia wants us to let her put a rope around our neck for
that. It’s a tough choice,” the analyst notes and adds, “In any case,
it seems that no such decisions were made during Putin’s visit to
Azerbaijan,” reports the Minval.az.
The chairman of an opposition party “Musavat” Isa Gambar also thinks
that neither of the parties reached the desired outcomes at Putin’s
and Aliev’s meeting.
“Kremlin tries to engage Azerbaijan into its Eurasian projects,
while Baku seeks Moscow’s support for the pre-election period. I
think these were the questions discussed behind the closed doors,”
says the leader of Musavat party, Turan reports.
To the question whether Aliyev received Moscow’s support before
the elections or not, Gambar responded that “complete support is
impossible, as Ilham Aliyev doesn’t fulfill all demands of Moscow.”
Head of Petroleum Research Center of Azerbaijan Ilham Shaban commented
on the signing of the framework agreement between the parties for
a period of five years. The agreement supposes cooperation between
Rosneft and SOCAR in different directions.
Shaban explains that if foreign companies want to purchase assets
in Azerbaijan, they sign a framework agreement with SOCAR. “In
the meantime, parties prepare further commercial points for the
future agreement. If the points are negotiated among each other,
the contract is signed. The framework agreement loses its legal power
by the expiration of the term. To be brief, framework agreements are
legally not binding, there are no concrete agreements about specific
projects,” adds Shaban.
According to Turan agency, the head of Azerbaijani research center
“East-West” Arastun Orujlu believes that Putin didn’t achieve his
goals during the visit. “It can be supposed that the main aim was to
engage Azerbaijan into Eurasian and Customs Union, however the big
share of Azerbaijan’s foreign trade takes place with other countries
of the world. That’s why the given Union is unreal,” he said.
Source: Panorama.am