Author: Kanayan Tamar

ARMENIAN REGIONAL HALL EMPLOYEE COMMITS SUICIDE

July 30, 2013 | 17:35

A suicide occurred in Vanadzor city of Armenia’s Lori Region.

Anna A., 35, who was working at the Lori Regional Hall, committed
suicide by hanging herself in the bathroom of her apartment, informs
the Lori regional reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The Lori Regional Hall and the Lori Regional Investigation Division
of the Police have confirmed this information by the Lori regional
reporter of Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The woman was working the Lori Regional Hall as a leading specialist.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

2 ABDUCTED SYRIAN-ARMENIAN CHILDREN SET FREE

16:00 30/07/2013 ” SOCIETY

The two Syrian-Armenian children abducted on the border of Syria
and Turkey on Sunday have been set free, Eragoyn website reported,
citing its sources in Aleppo.

A bus carrying three Armenian families, 7 women and two children, was
forced to stop at the border. The rebels kidnapped the 12-year-old
and 14-year-old children and set the women free. The children are
now in Syria.

Source: Panorama.am

RICHARD HOVANNISIAN PARTICIPATES IN A SEMINAR ON THE FIRST GEORGIAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

By admin

Updated: July 29, 2013

TBILISI – Professor Richard Hovannisian was invited to Tbilisi
(Tiflis) by the Georgian National Archives to participate in a
week-long seminar, July 17-23, on the First Georgian Democratic
Republic. As a pioneering historian of the First Armenian Republic,
Hovannisian was seen as a model for the young Georgian, Armenian,
Azeri, Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Italian, French, British, and
American scholars in attendance.

During the presentations by Georgian lecturers on the historical,
constitutional and legislative, political, social, economic,
cultural, educational, religious, military, and interethnic aspects
of the Georgian Republic, Professor Hovannisian regularly offered
constructive comments and comparative insights. The seminar included
excursions to the old city of Tiflis, its former Armenian upper
class Solalaki quarter, Freedom (formerly Yerevan) Square, Rustaveli
(formerly Golovinsky) Prospect, with its government buildings and grand
former Armenian mansions, the Georgian National Library and Manuscript
Center, the Opera and State Museum, and the historic capital city
of Mtskheta. In addition, a day was spent on the heights of Kojori,
where the final battles took place before the Red Army advanced into
Tiflis in March, 1921 to end the Georgian Democratic Republic and
begin the period of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.

While in Georgia, Richard Hovannisian was invited by the Armenian
Prelate of the Georgian Diocese, Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan and head
of the Legal Division, Mr. Levon Isakulyan, to address Armenian youth
leaders at a summer training program at nearby Tserovani.

Representatives from throughout Georgia-Tbilisi, Batum, Tsalka,
Marnaul, Bolnis, Akhalkalak, and Akhaltsikh-heard Hovannisian speak
about the First Armenian Democratic Republic and issues relating to
the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in which the Georgian
Armenian youth showed great interest.

Hovannisian joined His Eminence and the youth group on a pilgrimage
to the Armenian Pantheon, a small part of the former vast Armenian
Khojavank cemetery in the Halvabar quarter of Tbilisi to plant a tree
near the monuments of Raffi, Sundukian, and other noted Armenian
writers and intellectuals. Much of Khojavank and its Church of
Holy Mother of God (Astvatsadzin) were demolished at the command of
Stalin’s henchman, Lavrenty Beria, in the 1930. Recently, the enormous
Georgian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity has been built on the
site of the cemetery, exposing numerous tombs, about which various
protests proved to be of no avail. Down the hill from the cathedral
is the Armenian “Etchmiadzin” Church and just across the Kura River,
the Armenian Cathedral of Saint Gevorg.

The week of conferences, talks, and excursions proved both interesting
and instructive for the seminar participants. It was apparent that
until recently the Georgian scholars and public had far less knowledge
and awareness of the First Georgian Republic than Armenians had about
their First Republic, perhaps because of the existence of a large
Armenian Diaspora during the Soviet years.

DESOBEISSANCE CIVILE CONTRE L’AUGMENTATION DU PRIX DES TRANSPORTS

ARMENIE

La presse du jour rend compte des actions de protestation, pour
la troisième journee consecutive, devant la mairie de Erevan, mais
aussi dans divers endroits de la capitale. Des dizaines de jeunes
militants ont arrete les bus et les minibus a Erevan, invitant les
voyageurs a refuser de payer le nouveau tarif. De nombreux bus ont
ete recouverts de tracts sur lesquels on pouvait lire qu’un trajet en
bus continue de coûter 100 drams. Plusieurs personnalites connues,
dont des presentateurs de television, des artistes etc., ont mis
gracieusement a disposition des habitants de la ville leurs voitures
afin de protester contre cette mesure ” impopulaire “. Selon RFE/RL,
plusieurs militants auraient ete brièvement interpelles par la police,
puis relâches. Joghovourd reproduit a la ” une ” les propos de l’actuel
maire de Erevan, Taron Margarian, lors de la campagne electorale,
avant qu’il ne soit elu a la tete de la capitale, affirmant qu’aucune
augmentation du prix des transports n’etait prevue et que les habitants
de Erevan pouvaient en etre sûrs.

Extrait de la revue de presse de l’Ambassade de France en Armenie en
date du 23 juillet 2013

mardi 30 juillet 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

RAGIP ZARAKOLU – L’ATTITUDE IRRESPONSABLE DE MCDONALD’S EST INCOMPREHENSIBLE

turquie

L’attitude irresponsable et l’indifference manifestee par le restaurant
McDonalds de Sultanahmet (Istanbul) persistent depuis le jour de son
installation ici. A la fin des annees 90, pendant la renovation de
son local actuel, McDonald’s a cause l’effondrement du mur du fond
de la zone de stockage de notre maison d’edition, et a aussi bouche
notre ventilation arrière, en faisant preuve d’une irresponsabilite
incomprehensible. Au cours de la meme periode, l’emplacement situe
sous la cage d’ascenseur s’est trouve scelle par une coulee de
beton au-dessus d’une colonne byzantine qui existait en ce lieu. Or
cette colonne a l’entree de notre club de lecture lui donnait un
sens different : elle montrait notre proximite avec ” l’histoire “,
puisqu’il se trouve la un passage menant a la citerne de Philoxène
(Binbirdirek Cistern).

Depuis, les compagnies d’assurance refusent de nous assurer. Puis, en
2000, Mc Donald’s a provoque une deuxième inondation. A cette epoque ma
femme etait en train de lutter contre le cancer et nous ne pouvions
pas nous battre avec eux pour obtenir un dedommagement. Ensuite,
ils ont provoque une troisième inondation en 2003 et cette fois ils
ont paye une compensation pour nos pertes, mais seulement partielle.

En 2011, alors que j’etais en prison pour des delits imaginaires,
ils ont provoque d’autres degâts dans notre entrepôt de livres, et
malgre leur promesse de regler le problème a l’amiable, ils n’ont
jamais rien paye pour les dommages.

Il nous a fallu engager un procès contre eux, et a ce moment-la,
comme pour nous punir davantage, ils se sont abtenus d’essayer de
reparer la fuite. Les livres detrempes n’etaient pas le seul problème,
il y avait aussi le fait que la totalite du stock de livres de Belge
etait touchee par l’humidite et le moisi et a commence a perdre sa
stabilite. Notre Club de lecture situe a la meme adresse a commence a
perdre des clients a cause de l’odeur de moisi et des livres mouilles.

L’expert avait evalue notre prejudice, avant le debut de la fuite
d’eau, a 150 000 lires turques. Etant donne que ce prejudice croissait
de jour en jour, nous avons decide de demenager. Mais du fait de la
crise economique a laquelle nous avons commence a etre confrontes,
nous avons ete contraints de repousser et d’etaler ce demenagement
dans le temps. Actuellement nous sommes dans l’impossibilite de
demenager nos livres. De plus, a cause de notre ventilation bouchee,
notre sante s’est elle aussi degradee.

Et c’est ainsi que nous avons appris qu’un Hamburger compte plus
qu’un Livre.

Que les gens, en haut, degustent leurs hamburgers et leurs sodas,
n’aurait pas dû se faire au prix de denigrer les Livres.

Nous voudrions informer le public de cet etat de choses. MC DONALD’S
EST-IL CONTRE LES LIVRES ET LA CULTURE ?

Ragip Zarakolu, fondateur de Belge International Publishing et militant
des Droits de l’homme.

mardi 30 juillet 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

FM: KARABAKH NEGOTIATING TABLE SHOULD BE ‘CLEANED OFF ISSUES’ HAMPERING PEACE

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
July 29 2013

29 July 2013, 12:11 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has said it is
necessary to clean the negotiating table on the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict settlement off issues which can hamper peace and stability
in the region.

In an interview with France 24 TV channel during his visit to France,
Mammadyarov said the most problematic issue for the conflict
resolution is the presence of Armenian troops in the occupied
Azerbaijani territories.

“No one recognizes the so-called ‘Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’, including
the Armenians themselves,” he said.

Mammadyarov pointed out that the UN Security Council, a major body
for international security, adopted four resolutions regarding the
conflict and all of them clearly indicate that Nagorno-Karabakh is
Azerbaijan’s territory.

“Azerbaijan considers Armenians who are still living in
Nagorno-Karabakh as citizens of Azerbaijan,” Mammadyarov said.

He underlined that withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from
the occupied Azerbaijani territories can create conditions to open
communications, return IDPs home and defuse the tension.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, adjacent regions and the regions bordering on
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh about 700,000 people were deprived
of their places of residence and turned into IDPs as a result of
occupation. They are temporarily settled in 62 cities and regions of
Azerbaijan in more than 1,600 densely populated areas.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against the neighboring country. Since a lengthy
war between the two South Caucasus countries that displaced over
a million Azerbaijanis and ended with the signing of a precarious
cease-fire in 1994, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent
of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territory, including the
Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The four UN Security Council resolutions, which urge Armenian pullout
from the occupied territories, have not been implemented to this day.

Peace talks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs representing the
United States, Russia and France have been largely fruitless so far.

The negotiations are underway on the basis of the peace outline dubbed
the Madrid Principles, also known as Basic Principles. The document
envisions a return of the territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh
to Azerbaijani control; determining the final legal status of
Nagorno-Karabakh; a corridor linking Armenia to the region; and the
right of all internally displaced persons to return home.

There are chances

July 27 2013

The success of the movement against the rise of public transport, at
least temporarily, even the so-called `landmark’, arises natural
question whether it is possible to develop this success in other
areas. In particular, it is possible to do this kind of pressure to
contribute more or less fair elections, which, agree, is the
foundation of many problems. Maybe 5 years ago, I would gave a
negative answer to this question, but in the last few days seeing our
wonderful young people, now I’m inclined to more optimistic mood. Of
course, 100 or 150 drams and fair elections are questions of different
`weights’, and those who manipulate the elections in the past 18 years
and intend to continue in the same way, are going to resist in the
fierce form. But, first, this issue should stir the interest of our
young activists, I do not know whether they understand the importance
of the issue, or not. But if they are interested, then the concept
should be, probably, the following: We do not care who want to become
a president (assuming we are talking about the presidential
elections), Communists, fascists, liberals, or homosexuals, we are not
interested in their programs, we are not concerned about what crimes
the candidates did 1, 10, 20, or, let’s say, 106 years ago. For us, it
is not important whether they have leadership experience, volitional
qualities, or not. We are interested in only one thing that the
president is elected by people’s voting. With such a concept, young
people have a chance to promote fair elections. They will find the
ways to achieve this goal, it was confirmed by the actions of last
week. But as soon as they say, we do not want Paul, but Peter, they
will be part of the party-team games, with their special paranoia. It
will be what has been since 1996, I am a `poghosyan’, you’re a
`petrosyan’, do you know that your Poghos is such-and-such, and Petros
was such-and-such. It is not a political movement, but a `youth wing’,
with all its consequences. Moreover, we need to fight for fair
elections now (if, I repeat, there is such a desire), and not after
fraudulent elections. The Central Election Commission shall announce
the name of truly elected president, just as Taron Margaryan has
officially suspended his decision. After CEC `wrong’ announcement,
shaking fists, as the experience shows, is useless. And why all this
can be done, especially by young people. Because, so far there are no
doubts in the purity of their intentions. They must not let impure
`uncles’ approaching them.

ARAM ABRAHAMYAN

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Russian-Armenian billionaire brothers invest in Karabakh

July 27, 2013 | 17:06

Russian-Armenian billionaire brothers, Sergei and Nikolai Sarkisov,
are investing in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, in a copper and gold
exploration project.

The brothers are interested in the copper mining areas of Zardanashen
and the gold mining areas in the uplands of Tutkhun River, a
well-informed source told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The mining area of Zardanashen is 3 square kilometers, and there are
concentrations of copper, lead, cobalt, and nickel there. Traces of
gold, titanium, and vanadium were discovered, too. And gold and silver
concentrations were found in the mining areas of Tutkhun.

To note, the Sarkisov brothers are the proprietors of RESO-Garantiya,
which is one of Russia’s largest insurance firms. In the Russian list
of the 2013 issue of Forbes business magazine, they are ranked 78th
and 79th, with a net worth of 1.35 billion.

Hakobian: NKR purchased new types of weapons and military hardware

Sunday,
July 28

The Nagorno Karabakh Republic purchased new types of weapons and
military hardware, and the last two years have been quite successful
in this sense, Defense Minister of the NKR, Lieutenant General Movses
Hakobian said at a meeting with journalists in Artsakh today,
according to RFE/RL Armenian service.

In his words, the problem today lies in the deployment of equipment
bought and a large depot is being built for that purpose. M. Hakobian
did not specify what types of arms the NKR Defense Army has acquired.

Expressing concern over Azerbaijan’s purchase of new arms, the NKR
defense minister stressed at the same time that Azerbaijan cannot
start a war and win it.

26.07.2013, 19:01
Aysor.am

ARMENIE
Oskanian nie avoir admis toute culpabilité

L’ancien ministre des Affaires étrangères Vartan Oskanian a nié avoir
fait une confession ou admis une infraction alors qu’il répondait à la
déclaration faite plus tôt par le Service national de la sécurité
nationale (NSS).

Dans sa déclaration le NSS a déclaré que l’affaire contre Oskanian a
été stoppée en raison de l’admission de son infraction et en
considérant qu’il avait réglé ses obligations fiscales au budget de
l’Etat résultantes d’un prétendu détournement d’un don d’homme
d’affaires américain Jon Huntsman.

`La chose la plus importante ici, c’est qu’ils n’ont pas pu prouver
deux lourdes charges portées contre moi sur « le blanchiment de
capitaux » et « détournement de fonds », des accusations qui ont
conduit à la levée de mon immunité parlementaire et en raison de
l’absence de preuve maintenant ils ont classer l’affaire par d’autres
moyens » a déclaré Vartan Oskanian sur son compte Facebook.

dimanche 28 juillet 2013,
Stéphane ©armenews.com