Author: Kanayan Tamar

IN CASE OF WAR IN KARABAKH, RUSSIA WILL MAINTAIN MILITARY NEUTRALITY – RUSSIAN ANALYST

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July 23, 2012 | 15:50

YEREVAN. – In the case of military operations at the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict zone, Russia will not carry out a military intervention,
but it will exert all political and legal efforts to end the military
operations, Black Sea-Caspian Region Political and Social Research
Institute analyst Andrei Areshev stated during a press conference
on Monday.

At the same time Areshev noted that localizing military operations
in such small region is not too likely.

“In addition, there is an official position and there are demands that
are closer to reality. And, at the crucial moment, the commander at the
battlefront does not think that much about being dismissed,” he said.

In his turn, CIS Institute political scientist, analyst Mikhail
Aleksandrov stressed that such military operations will be connected
with the territory of Armenia, too. He stressed that Armenia will
provide military assistance to Karabakh, and therefore Azerbaijan will
be compelled to strike Armenia. Otherwise, its entire infrastructure
will be destroyed.

“And at that time the CSTO mechanism will become active,” Aleksandrov
noted.

And responding to Armenian News-NEWS.am’s query as to how Armenia
and Nagorno-Karabakh today must react to Azerbaijan’s provocations,
Mikhail Aleksandrov stated that the force of the Armenian party’s
retaliation needs to surpass that of Azerbaijan.

“If the aggressor always receives an equivalent response, it will
continue to behave inappropriately. Aggression must be quelled,”
Mikhail Aleksandrov noted.

FORMER ARMENIAN FM TO APPEAL NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE DECISION

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July 23, 2012 | 17:46

YEREVAN. – Former Armenian FM and MP Vartan Oskanian said he would
continue appealing the Armenian National Security Service (NSS)
decision in other structures up to the Court of Appeals.

The Civilitas Foundation’s founder Oskanian posted the statement
on Facebook.

His comments came after the court denied the petition by attorney
Tigran Atanesyan, who demanded that the lawsuit on charges of money
laundering should be closed.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am earlier informed, the court on Monday,
denied the petition by attorney Tigran Atanesyan, who represents The
Civilitas Foundation’s founder, former FM, and currently Prosperous
Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian.

To note, Oskanian’s lawyer was appealing the investigator’s decision
to open a criminal lawsuit by the National Security Service (NSS). And
Oskanian is a witness in this case. Also he had stated that this is
political persecution.

YEREVAN MAYOR WELCOMES DIASPORA-ARMENIAN YOUNGSTERS

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July 23, 2012 | 14:27

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s capital city Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan hosted
the Diaspora-Armenian youth, who have arrived in Yerevan within the
framework of the Diaspora Ministry’s “Come Home” Program for young
Diaspora Armenians. The youngsters were accompanied by Diaspora
Minister Hranush Hakobyan.

“Numerous youth have already visited the capital city of their
historical homeland along the lines of the ‘Come Home’ Program, and
I am confident that they loved Yerevan. I believe you have become
convinced that the Motherland is the world’s most dear place. You can
rest assured that the Motherland, Yerevan are always waiting for you,”
Margaryan said in his opening remarks.

To note, over 200 children have arrived in Armenia within the framework
of the fifth phase of the current year’s “Come Home” Program, and
they will spend twenty days in the homes of host families.

In her turn, Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan informed that the
geographical scope of this Program’s participants has broadened
over the course of years, and children from all Armenian diaspora
communities have arrived in Yerevan this year.

The children, who were hosted at Yerevan Municipality, received
printed souvenirs about Yerevan and, also, they presented a small
cultural performance.

Subsequently, the kids visited the History Museum of Yerevan.

ARMENIA, WB NEGOTIATE CREATING NETWORK OF IT CENTERS

PanARMENIAN.Net
July 23, 2012 – 16:06 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenia and the World Bank (WB) are in negotiations
to create information center network in the republic, Minister of
Economy said.

“This implies setting up of IT-centers in Armenian provinces,
particularly in cities of Vanadzor and Charentsavan and elsewhere
with potential for development of high information technologies,”
Tigran Davtyan said.

According to him, as of the first half of 2012 positive dynamics
has been observed in IT sector, with construction works of Gyumri
Technopark launched in May.

Ouest-France
samedi 21 juillet 2012
Prebotte Edition

Arméniens, ils arrivent de Belgique. « La France? Un pays humanitaire. »

Témoignage.

Début mai, nous avions rencontré Anna, 27 ans, Arménienne, installée
quelques jours auparavant dans un studio de la résidence avec ses
parents, 54 ans tous les deux.

« Nous sommes en France depuis huit mois », témoigne la jeune femme.
Arrivant de Belgique, où ils résidaient depuis deux ans. « Nous avions
une autorisation de séjour pour un an. »

Cette dernière a été délivrée en raison des graves problèmes de santé
du père, qui a subi l’ablation du rein gauche. «Après l’opération,
nous avons reçu un papier comme quoi nous devions quitter le pays dans
la semaine, notre demande d’asile politique n’ayant pas été retenue »,
poursuit Anna.

Le père de famille explique alors par téléphone la situation à son
avocat, en Arménie, « mais il nous a conseillé de ne surtout pas
rentrer au pays, c’est trop dangereux pour nous ».

« Un pays humanitaire »

Anna évoque de « graves problèmes politiques », son père étant
recherché par la police et risquant « huit années de prison ». Des
menaces qui pèseraient également sur Anna et sa mère.

La famille reste encore trois mois en Belgique, sans ressources, puis
décide de venir en France. « C’est un pays humanitaire », justifie
Anna.

À leur arrivée, ils font une demande d’admission au séjour au titre de
l’asile,« cela a duré cinq mois ». Ils finissent par obtenir un titre
de séjour pour trois mois, « nous devrons retourner à la préfecture
pour en obtenir un autre, toujours de trois mois », explique Anna. «
Après, on parlera de notre histoire, et notre dossier recevra une
réponse positive ou négative. » Auquel cas un recours serait déposé.
Que feraient-ils si alors leur demande n’aboutissait pas ? « On ne
sait pas…»,soupire Anna.

« Une valise à la main »

En attendant, un semblant de vie s’organise. Tout l’hiver, Anna et ses
parents sont allés d’un hébergement à l’autre,« on appelait le 115.
C’est épuisant de changer tout le temps, sa valise à la main…»
Parfois, ils ont dormi dans la rue. Avec le modeste studio de la
résidence du Parc, « on est heureux d’avoir un logement, une place
pour dormir ».

La première nuit, ils l’ont passée à même le sol. Puis ils ont
récupéré trois duvets, qui font office de matelas.« On ne dort pas, on
a froid, on est fatigués…»,souffle Anna, qui a mal à la tête.

Pas de meubles, quelques effets personnels,« les autres sont à la
bagagerie du Secours catholique ».

La France, « on l’aime ».Pour preuve, les« 500livres en français »que
possède le père d’Anna.« Les Français ont toujours aidé les Arméniens
»,insiste-t-il. Anna, sage-femme, suit des cours de français au
Secours catholique et au Secours populaire, elle rêve de passer son
permis de conduire.

« On aime aussi beaucoup notre pays, l’Arménie. Il nous manque.
Là-bas, on a une grande maison, un grand jardin », soupirent les
parents d’Anna, lui ingénieur, elle comptable. Y retourneront-ils ? «
Peut-être, un jour…»

B. S.-G.

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
July 23 2012

Tension with Armenia affects airing of TV show
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News

Armenian Shant TV has purchased script rights to Turkish TV show
`Ezel’, and produced its own TV series due to alleged fears about the
audience response. The TV channel is allegedly hiding the origin of
the show

As Turkish dramas gain a greater audience in neighboring countries,
complications arise due to broadcasters’ fears of possible reactions
from locals, especially in countries with which Turkey has a history
of political tension.

Similar fears have affected the airing of the Turkish show `Ezel’ in
Armenia, although the Turkish TV show is known to enjoy huge
popularity throughout the Arab world, particularly in the United Arab
Emirates. Armenia’s leading TV channel, Shant TV, has purchased the
script rights to the show and produced its own TV series featuring
local actors and actresses who are striking for their similarity to
their Turkish peers, namely Kenan Ä°mirzalioÄ?lu and Cansu Dere.

This is the very first Turkish TV show to be broadcast in Armenia, and
the first episode reportedly broke ratings records. The reason the
producers did not simply purchase the broadcasting rights and save
themselves the trouble of producing the show from the scratch was due
to fears about the unpredictable nature of the potential audience
response to the show’s Turkish origin, reports say. The TV channel’s
owners were allegedly hiding the fact that the show was originally a
Turkish production because they feared it would not receive a good
audience response if the audience was informed of the truth.

Ay Yapım is known to have sold the script rights to another of its
widely praised TV shows, `AÅ?k-ı Memnu’ (Forbidden Love), to an
American channel, which is known to have recently begun airing its
production based on the script.

Actress slams Turkish shows

As if to justify Shant TV’s secrecy about the origins of their version
of `Ezel,’ an unemployed Greek TV actress, Nikoleta Karra, recently
slammed Greek channels for airing Turkish shows instead of Greek
Cypriot ones, daily Hürriyet reported.

The Turkish TV series `Sıla’ particularly drew Karra’s ire, sending
her to Twitter to complain. `’Sıla’ in the morning, `Sıla’ in the
afternoon. `Sıla’ 24 hours a day. Enough! We’ve made so many shows in
Greek Cyprus. Why won’t the Greek channels air Greek Cypriot shows?’
the actress tweeted. Greek actors have been working for Greek Cypriot
channels for some time now due to the difficult financial situation in
Greece.

Turkish shows are among the most popular TV programs in Greece, and
presently five Turkish TV shows are aired in the country, including
`Sıla.’ Another Turkish show entitled `Lale Devri’ (Tulip Era) is set
to hit Greek screens on July 25. k HDN
July/23/2012

LIBAN
Le quotidien Azdak a 85 ans

Le quotidien Azdak a d’abord été publié à Beyrouth le 5 mars 1927. Au
début tous les deux jours puis tous les trois jours. Maintenant, les
arméniens dans le monde entier ont l’occasion de lire les publications
d’Azdak chaque jour.

Depuis 85 ans Azdak est le journal officiel du comité central de la
FRA au Liban, mais ce n’est pas seulement le journal du parti. Le
correspondant en Arménie du journal Tatul Hakopyan, qui collabore avec
le quotidien depuis 2005, dit qu’Azdak est un pont pour les arméniens
dans le monde entier : « Azdak est un des rares journaux qui fournit
assez de place dans ses publications pour les questions politiques et
de l’autre les relations religieuses, l’Église Apostolique, l’Église
catholique et l’Église Évangélique ».

Azdak est publié 6 jours chaque semaine. Il inclut 10 pages. Il est
aussi publié en arabe et a des annexes. Deux fois par an, au Nouvel An
et le 24 avril, des suppléments sont publiées.

Le quotidien est publié en 3000 exemplaires. 10 exemplaires atteignent
à peine Erevan.

dimanche 22 juillet 2012,
Stéphane ©armenews.com

HAUT KARABAGH
L’Azerbaïdjan a violé à prés de 300 reprises le cessez-le-feu à sa
frontière avec la République du Haut Karabagh

La semaine écoulée sur la frontière entre la République du Haut
Karabagh et l’Azerbaïdjan fut une nouvelle fois marquée par le
non-respect par Bakou du cessez-le-feu. Du 15 au 21 juillet, les
positions azéries ont rompu à près de 300 reprises le régime du
cessez-le-feu. Plus de 1 500 projectiles furent tirés en direction des
positions arméniennes. Les Arméniens n’ont pas répliqué afin de
respecter le cessez-le-feu. L’armée de la République du Haut Karabagh
contrôle intégralement et durablement la situation sur le terrain. Ces
tirs azéris étant d’ailleurs davantage par provocation que par
conviction de conquérir une quelconque nouvelle position sur le
terrain.

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 22 juillet 2012,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

ARMENIAN CULTURAL DAYS TO BE HELD IN BULGARIA THIS YEAR

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July 20, 2012 | 16:21

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s PM Tigran Sargsyan received Bulgaria’s
newly-appointed Ambassador to Armenia, Georgi Karastamatov.

The Premier congratulated the Ambassador for assuming office and
wished him success in his future activities.

“The Government of Armenia will do everything so you may successfully
carry out your mission,” said Tigran Sargsyan.

And in the context of developing the relations and trade and economic
ties between the two friendly countries, the interlocutors underscored
holding of the Armenian-Bulgarian Intergovernmental Commission’s
regular session, which will be convened in Sofia this year.

Georgi Karastamatov presented to Tigran Sargsyan the invitation
extended to him from his Bulgarian counterpart, PM Boyko Borisov,
for a visit to Bulgaria.

The Bulgarian ambassador also informed that Armenian Cultural Days
will be organized in Bulgaria this year.

EUFOA WELCOMED THE ELECTIONS IN ARTSAKH

ARMENPRESS
20 July, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JULY 20, ARMENPRESS: “European friends of Armenia” group
welcomed presidential elections in NKR on July 19. EuFoA mentions
in the massage given to Armenpress that it the wish of de-facto
authorities to organize local governance based on democratic
principles. In the massage is said:

“Our observation mission was a short-term observation and included
the Election Day, parts of the electoral counting procedures and
interviews with candidates and other observers. Our mission did
not include media monitoring, long-term observation before or after
Election Day, monitoring of the complaints procedure and follow-up. To
cover these important aspects of election observation, we recommend
full OSCE-ODIHR missions for the future. Our mission included 23 of
the 245 polling stations, stretching from Hadrout in the south to
Mardakert in the north, covering polling stations sizing from 1932
voters in Hadrout to 18 voters in the mountainous village of Mehmana.

We strongly commend the local authorities for allowing us to move
absolutely freely around Nagorno-Karabakh (including the scarcely
populated buffer zone around) and to question anyone directly or
indirectly connected to the elections. The efforts made to allow
us and other observer teams to gain full insights and transparency
were considerable and we call upon the international community to
appreciate these efforts.

The solidarity of democrats’ demands that we prefer and promote
the basic human right of democratic self-governance and it is in
this context that our group carried out our mission here. We call
in particular upon the OSCE ODIHR to provide technical assistance
and election observation for future local-election, as part of a
humanitarian development aid, even if this is done while underlining
the non-recognition of the local state entity. This will provide for
a real boost in local democratic culture and help prepare the local
population for the time after the resolution of the so-called frozen
conflict, as envisaged by the OSCE Minsk Group”.

The group recorded several positive sides among which:

Proxies of at least two of the three candidates were present in all
polling stations; all proxies questioned reported no violations of
the electoral code, at the time of asking, in line with the electoral
code, educational posters were visible in all polling stations and
many others.