Author: Kanayan Tamar

ARMENIE
L’Arménie va importer du blé de super haute qualité

L’Arménie importera 20 tonnes de très haute qualité grains de blé (
super élite) pour la première fois a annoncé le Ministre de
l’Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan.

Il a ajouté que dans une période de dix jours son ministère confirmera
et présentera au Cabinet la liste des bénéficiaires.

De son côté, le Premier ministre Tigran Sarkissian a dit que c’est la
première fois que l’Arménie importera des graines de blé de cette
qualité qui permettront le développement agricole.

Le programme de développement des sélections aspire à semer des
variétés de haute qualité de grains de blé pour un volume de 3000 à
3500 tonnes vers 2014.

Annuellement, l’Arménie a besoin de 650 000 à 720000 tonnes de grains,
dont 435000 à 450000 pour des buts alimentaires. Le déficit est comblé
par les importations qui se sont élevées à 380000 à 420000 tonnes
annuellement ces récentes années.

samedi 20 octobre 2012,
Stéphane ©armenews.com

COIFFURE
Elendrik Keokdjian médaillé dans un prestigieux concours de coiffure à Moscou

Dans un récent prestigieux concours de coiffure à Moscou, Elendrik
Keokdjian (de Stravopol) a été reconnu comme l’un des meilleurs
coiffeurs d’avant-garde. Elendrik Keokdjian y a remporté deux prix.
Selon la presse moscovite Elendrik Keokdjian partagea ces
consécrations devant Svetlana Galda (quelques médailles d’argent) et
Narég Babayan qui malgré ses 23 ans a remporté une médaille de bronze.
E. Keokdjian qui se prépare à participer à des concours de coiffure en
Europe et pour le championnat du monde, a dédié ses médailles au 235e
anniversaire de Stravopol.

Krikor Amirzayan

samedi 20 octobre 2012,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

Prosperous Armenia MP critical of ruling party rep

tert.am
19:32 – 19.10.12

Vahan Babayan, an MP of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), has
responded to the statements Khosrov Harutyunyan, an MP of the ruling
Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), made in an interview with the
Aravot newspaper.

In his interview, Kh. Harutyunyan was critical of Naira Zohrabyan,
Secretary of the PAP parliamentary group, who spoke of the group’s
non-participation in the parliamentary debate on Armenia’s state
budget.

`The PAP is not yet a full-fledged party, and I do not want any splits
within it. The PAP is critical of all the governments Armenia has had
since 2008. However, the Control Chamber’s reports say that the
ministries headed by PAP members were the most corrupt and full of
abusive practices – ministries of urban development, health and social
affairs,’ Harutyunyan said in his interview.

`Khosrov Harutyunyan is the world’s only premier that was critical of
his own program under Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s presidency. He was
Armenia’s only premier to resign because he grossly violated human and
political ethics,’ Babayan’s statement says.

`Oskanian was critical and was understood. Oskanian was not [part of
the coalition government], but you joined his criticism. Whom are you
putting down as a fool? How can you speak of failed policy and
responsibility when you held the key posts?’ said Harutyunyan.

Kh. Harutyunyan is not a person that has the right to publicly voice
his opinion of the PAP, Babayan said. To substantiate, he referred to
a letter Kh. Harutyunyan wrote years ago.

According to Babayan, that letter was addressed to the then Prosecutor
General of Armenia V. Nazaryan. That letter contained information
against the Karabakh movement and its active members.

`That letter was written at when the Armenian people took to the
streets and the best sons of the people went to defend the homeland,’
Babayan said.

Summing up, he said that a couple of such episodes in an individual’s
life are enough to `sink into oblivion.’
Talking to Tert.am, Kh. Harutyunyan said that he has no idea of any
letter. `I have just heard about it from you for the first time.’

Mike Gatto Distributes Campaign Material Bearing Illegitimate Endorsement

Friday, October 19th, 2012

Southern California Armenian Democrats

GLENDALE – On Wednesday, October 17 the Southern California Armenian
Democrats (SCAD) was notified that Assemblymember Mike Gatto, who is
running for reelection in the 43rd district, mailed campaign
literature to voters bearing the illegitimate endorsement of SCAD.

`During the May 17, 2012 meeting of SCAD, the organization unanimously
voted not to endorse Assemblymember Mike Gatto given his track record
on issues of importance to the Armenian-American community,’ stated
Armond Aghakhanian, SCAD President. `We trust that Assemblymember
Gatto will take immediate action to remedy the falsification of
endorsements sent by his campaign,’ added Aghakhanian.

The campaign literature, which was mailed to Armenian-American voters
in the district, also states that Caro Avanessian, the Chair of the
California Armenian American Democrats (CAAD), is making the
endorsement on behalf of SCAD.

`It may be that Mr. Avanessian has given his personal endorsement to
Assemblymember Gatto, which has led to this misrepresentation,’ noted
SCAD Vice President, David Gevorkyan. `As a member of the SCAD I can
attest that Mr. Avanessian does not hold membership with SCAD and as a
member of CAAD I can also report that during the October 14, 2012
meeting of CAAD, the membership requested that endorsement decisions
follow the organization’s bylaws and be put to a vote at a general
meeting to be scheduled for a later date,’ added Gevorkyan.

It is among SCAD’s objectives to ensure fairness, transparency, and
honesty in all political proceedings.. A letter addressing this
concern has been sent to Assemblymember Mike Gatto insisting that
corrective action be taken in the form of a mailer apologizing for
this inappropriate action and reaffirming that SCAD made no such
endorsement.

Although it focuses its efforts within Southern California, its base
of over 400 active members makes SCAD one of the largest Democratic
organizations in Los Angeles County, and is the largest
Armenian-American Democratic organization in the State of California.
As the premier Democratic organization of Armenian-Americans, the
organization believes in upholding the integrity and value of the
democratic election process.

ARMENIAN CHILD WOUNDED IN BEIRUT BOMB BLAST

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 19, 2012 – 20:25 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – A 9-year-oldArmenian child has been wounded in
Beirut bomb blast on October 19, editor-in-chief of Aztag Beirut-based
daily said.

As Shahan Kandaharian told PanARMENIAN.Net the bomber himself was
reported to have been killed in the blast.

Armenian Foreign Ministry is currently clarifying if there were
Armenians among Beirut blast victims, the ministry’s spokesman Tigran
Balayan earlier told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

According to BBC News, a huge car bomb has killed at least eight
people and injured 78 in central Beirut, Lebanese officials say.

The explosion occurred in a busy street in the predominantly Christian
district of Ashrafiya.

Witnesses say it was heard several kilometers away. It is the deadliest
attack in Beirut since 2008.

No group has said it carried out the bombing. The intended target
is unclear. Tensions in Lebanon have been rising over the conflict
in Syria.

ARMENIAN REPRESENTATIVES ATTEND ORTHODOX CHURCHES’ CONSULTATION IN GREECE

October 19, 2012 | 16:12

ETCHMIADZIN. – A consultation meeting of the representatives from the
Orthodox Churches was held in the Greek island of Kos, from October
11 to Wednesday, and prior to the World Council of Churches conference
to be held next year in Busan, South Korea.

The event brought together numerous clergy members as well as secular
theologians from the Orthodox Churches. Lectures were delivered
and organizational matters concerning the aforesaid conference were
discussed at the meeting.

Also, on October 13, the delegates raised their prayers to God,
so that the soul of recently deceased Archbishop Torkom Manoogian,
the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, may rest in peace.

Bishop Hovakim Manukyan represented the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
at the consultation and Ms. Salpi Eskedjian attended the event on
behalf of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church,
Information System of the Mother See informs.

SAFAROV HELPED GURGEN’S BROTHER?

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 16:29:24 – 19/10/2012

An unexpected turn was happened in Vahram Margaryan’s trial, who is
the brother of Gurgen Margaryan, the Armenian officer axed in Budapest
by Safarov. Vahram Margaryan is accused of murder on Zakyan Street. On
October 19 accuser Armen Afandyan presented a motion to the court to
go back to the investigation.

The prosecutor changed the accusation against Vahram Margaryan. Now,
he is not accused of possession of illegal weapons and murder but
only possession of illegal weapons.

It is noteworthy that the press reported a couple of days ago that
Serzh Sargsyan instructed the law enforcers to immediately release
Vahram Margaryan.

Lawyers aware of Vahram Margaryan’s case think the accusation is
wrong. In this sense, it is good if wrongly accused Margaryan is
in freedom.

The interesting is what would happen if Hungary didn’t extradite
the killer and Aliyev didn’t pardon him. Would the Armenian power
pay attention to the case of the brother of the Armenian officer
killed by the Azeri, or whether Vahram Margaryan would be freed if
Safarov wasn’t?

But the Armenian authorities should not consider their task done.

Margaryan’s family is in socially and psychologically hard condition.

It is necessary to help them overcome the difficulties also to prove
people don’t have value in Armenia only when it pursues demonstrative
goals.

DOGAN AKHANLI – “THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS NOT PAST HISTORY”
Gayane Arakelyan

hetq
14:41, October 19, 2012

Dogan Akhanlı, is a Turkish intellectual living in Berlin, who has
recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide.

He has written a play entitled “A Mother’s Silence” that tells the
story of a Turkish girl raised in Germany who one day notices the
tattoo of an Armenian cross on her mother’s chest.

The play was performed yesterday at Berlin’s Unterm Dach Theater to
a packed audience of Germans, Armenians and Turks.

“The Armenian Genocide is not past history that took place some 100
years ago. It is very real today and impacts our lives today. We must
change the people’s mentality by talking about the issue. And I, as
a man of the theater, am trying to make my voice reach the people,”
notes Akhanlı.

EU FINANCED SEMINARS LAUNCHED IN ”EREBUNI” MUSEUM FOR LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, ARMENPRESS: Two thematic seminars on educational
and archeological heritage are scheduled to kick off in Erebuni
historical and archeological museum within the frame of the educational
projects funded by the European Union stipulated for local government
representatives. Taking into account that heritage protection is an
obligation distributed among all members of the public, seminars
are aimed at promoting cultural heritage and the introduction and
application of the knowledge, Armenpress reports.

The thematic seminars were elaborated by ICOMOS/Armenia NGO
within the frame of “Regional Cooperation for the Development of
Cultural Heritage” project of EU Eastern Partnership “Culture”
program and with close cooperation with the Ministry of Territorial
Administration. “Erebuni” historical and archeological museum is co
partner of the project. The project is financed by the EU.

“Regional Cooperation for the Development of Cultural Heritage”
project is implemented by Georgia (ICOMOS/Georgia, chief partner),
Armenia (ICOMOS/Armenia, partner ) and Ukraine ( Architectura I
Prestizh, partner). The presentation of the project kicked off in
Erebuni historical and archeological museum on June, 2012.

U.S. HOPES FOR RELAUNCH OF KARABAKH SETTLEMENT TALKS – OFFICIAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 18, 2012 – 17:26 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – U.S. continues to support OSCE Minsk Group’s efforts
and hopes for the re-launch of Karabakh settlement talks, U.S. Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs said.As
Eric Rubin told journalists in Yerevan, “it’s essential for the
conflicting parties to continue negotiations and express readiness
to go on with the settlement process.”

“This is what we’ll need to focus on during the oncoming meetings,”
Mr. Rubin said.