Author: Karakhanian Suren

We’ll take under our independence’s care
NAGORNO KARABAKH REPUBLIC

05-06-2009
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As we have informed, the benefactors of `Hayastan’ all-Armenian Fund,
by the head of the executive director of the structure Ara Vardanyan
on May 11-14 were in Artsakh. They devoted three days to the
acquaintance of the objects financing by the Fund. And it’s natural,
that during the meeting with the representatives of mass-media they
shared with great readiness their impressions, considerations. This
time we draw our readers’ attention to the talk with assessors of the
fund’s local bodies of the three westeuropean states – Germany,
Switzerland, Austria Gilber Momjyan, Avetis Kiziryan and Razmik
Harutyunyan about the fund, the community’s problems, as well as
Diaspora-Armenia-Artsakh three-unity.

The assessor of local body of Switzerland Avetis Kiziryan has noted,
that it’s already the tenth year that he visits Artsakh, and the
impression got from this visit is incomparably great. `We are very
glad and proud,-he stressed,- that results of the realizing works are
high, it concerns to construction: in comparison with the previous
years it has been done by 99 per cent more better. We’ll hope, that
not only construction’s level, but living standard of our sisters and
brothers living in Armenia and Artsakh will be as in Diaspora’. Then
addition: great part of the diaspora Armeinans grudge nothing for
prosperity of the country.Wishing great successes Armenia and Artsakh,
he said. `We’ll hope, we take under our newborn independence’s care
hundred years and we `ll always assist our country’. School needs
road, subscribing to his collegue’s word, the assessor of the local
body of Germany Gilber Momjyan has noted in his turn, it’s also ten
years that he visits Artsakh, but he has brought his contribution for
the development of Armenia more than 30 years.After Artsakh’s
independence, Mr Momjyan informs, Armenian community in Germany has
worked out some programs and assisted restoration of some villages
ruined by war, as well as programs directed to the construction of
`Goris-Stepanakert’ and `North-South’ high ways. `We were in Togh’s
school, conditions are perfect,-he said,- but till we got to
school….the road was unbearable. So I want to say, that management
of `Hayastan’ Fund should think really well in direction of improving
these roads.So it’s necessary to construct roads of many villages of
Artsakh connecting with each other and cities, as we have done for
constructing `North-South’ highway’. The benefactor attached
importance to the question, as it would spur greatly on development of
tourism.There are 40 thousand armenians in Germany today, the leader
of the community informs. The settlement is not so big, but it’s
rather active, it assists various programs of the fund being realized
in Armenia and Artsakh and n of azatamartiks at least.According to the
assessor of local body of Austria Razmik Harutyunyan, the armenian
settlement in this country is rather small, in conssequence of which
the community is not able to assist great programs.But all the
assistances of the community are directed to children of killed
azatamartiks.We come to the aid easily, but we unite hardly. Why each
time greater successes are recorded in thelethones organized by
`Hayastan’ Fund? `Yes, – noticed Avetis Kiziryan,- we armenians come
to the aid easily, but I must say, we unite hardly. I want to send my
wish to all armenians – all parties, organizations, unities: let’s
unite, come to the aid even with small contribution in the name of
development of native land, Armenia. If we unite, if we unite all our
efforts, we’ll be one of the most powerful nations of the
world’. Agreeing with the collegue’s opinion, G.Momjyan noticed, that
owing to that activity, in Germany some armenian great acting
organizations united thier efforts and came to the aid to the fund’s
programs with joint efforts. Razmik Harutyunyan commented philanthropy
conception in other way: an armenian does not philanthropy, but
expresses its national self-consciousness in this way. `Each armenian
should assist with whole soul’,- with this slogan was concluded our
talk with diaspora Armenian famous benefactors.

American singer Jessie Norman to give a concert in Yerevan
06.06.2009 19:56 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Well known American singer Jessie Norman’s concert
will be organized in Yerevan within `Perspectives XXI’ 10th
International Music Festival framework.

`We’ve had negotiations with Yuri Bashment (on June 4 Moscow hosted a
joint concert of Bashmet and Norman). Organizational issues are being
discussed at the moment to pan American Prima Donna’s concert in
Yerevan,’ `Perspectives XXI’ Festival Chairman and Art Director,
composer Stepan Rostomyan said.

Lebanese parliament based on sectarian split
By The Associated Press
06/06/2009

A new parliament to be elected in Lebanon on Sunday will be apportioned
among Christian and Muslim sects under a power-sharing formula that
also divvies up Lebanon’s main leadership positions by religion.
Under the 1989 agreement to end a 15-year civil war, the 128-seat
parliament is divided equally between Christians and Muslims, and
subdivided among the largest of the country’s recognized 18 religious
sects.

On the Christian side, Maronite Catholics get 34 seats, Greek Orthodox
14, Greek Catholics eight, Armenian Orthodox five, Armenian Catholics
one, Protestants one and another one for "minorities." On the Muslim
side, Sunnis and Shiites each get 27 seats, the Druse sect eight and
the Alawite sect two.

Under an unwritten but unbending tradition since Lebanon won
independence in 1943, the president must be a Maronite Catholic, the
prime minister a Sunni Muslim and the

ANC SUBMITS REPORT ON VIOLATIONS TO CEC

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
05.06.2009 19:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian National Congress has submitted
a statement to the Central Electoral Commission with a demand to
declare the results of May 31 municipal elections invalid. The ANC
also sent in a report on violations fixed during the election process.

The Republican Party of Armenia won the elections to Yerevan city
council with 190171 votes (46,6%). Prosperous party came second with
91141 votes (22,3%). The Armenian National Congress garnered 69871
votes (17,41%).

Gagik Beglaryan of the RPA retained the post of Mayor of Yerevan.

RUSSIAN CITIZEN COMES TO THE AID OF AKHALTSKHA ARMENIAN CHURCH
Kristine Aghalaryan

urche/
2009/06/05 | 15:42

Important Culture Diaspora

Renovation work on the Saint Grigor Lusavorich church in Akhaltskha
has been completed. Due to financial difficulties, walls surrounding
the church have yet to be built.

Renovation work on the church began on February 26, 2009. At the time,
the church was in near total disrepair and lacked any walls. The
church’s altar has been repaired along with the bellfry. New windows
have been installed.

Despite the fact that work continues, the church was reconsecrated
on April 4.

Father Manouk Zeynalyan, Saint Grigor’s pastor, is now searching for
funding to complete the construction of the walls surrounding the
church property.

Larisa Shoukina, a Russian citizen, read about the plight of the church
in the "Akhaltskha Renaissance" website and of Father Manouk’s request
for funds to complete the renovation of the church. The initial figure
cited was some 4,000 Georgian Lari ($2,424).

After reading the news Larisa Shoukina sent the church $500. The
money is now being used to complete the construction of the walls.

Father Manouk said, "The donation has allowed us to obtain two
truckloads of stone and sand for the walls and to level out the
courtyard." He added that if new donors aren’t found work will once
again be halted.

FINANCE MINISTER SAYS PROVISION OF RUSSIAN CREDIT – MATTER OF DAYS

ARMENPRESS
June 5, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 5, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan
said today that there is no postponing in getting the Russian
stabilization credit of 500 million USD, moreover the process of
getting it and process of ratification go quite quickly.

The minister reminded that June 2 at the extraordinary session of
the NA the parliament ratified the inter-state agreement of providing
the credit and the provision of the credit means is a matter of days

100 EXTRA ENVELOPES

A1+
01:35 pm | June 04, 2009

Politics

Within the framework of the criminal case brought up at the Special
Investigative Service, the prosecutor’s office opened the packet stolen
from the 8/01 polling station, which was open just like the packet of
the 8/05 polling station. This means that the packet that was closed
and stamped with all ballots, lists, valid and invalid ballots and
envelopes was opened before it made it to the prosecutor’s office.

The investigators registered this and started recounting the
votes. The alarm from this polling station referred to the ballot-box
stuffing. "A1+" asked the CEC representative if it was possible to
find out if there had been stuffing or not and the CEC representative
said no.

There were few errors during the recount with only three envelopes
out of the 1573 envelopes that didn’t correspond to the sample. But
the number of envelopes proved that there was stuffing at the polling
station because there were 100 envelopes more than the signatures
registered in the register. The report included 1480 signatures,
but after the recount at the prosecutor’s office it turned into 1477
and the envelopes were 1570.

It turned out that the ballots and reports corresponded in this
polling station after the recount. Among those present during the
recount was head of the "Heritage" party administration, MP Anahit
Bakhshyan, yet there were no European observers or representatives of
other parties. There were also no experts from the national center of
experts; however there were more CEC authorized representatives. The
recount was completed by three investigators and eight experts from
the CEC.

REPEATED FORMATION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH AZERBAIJANI COMMUNITY TO RELY ON INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: CO-FOUNDER

Trend
June 3 2009
Azerbaijan

The repeated formation of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh
will base on international experience.

"The repeated formation of the community will enable to show the world
that the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh does not refuse to
live together with the Armenians. We advocate the two communities to
live together in the Karabakh. Simply, the Armenians have to abandon
the occupation of claims," Parliamentarian and Co-founder of the
Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh public association Elman
Mammadov told Trend News on June 3.

The Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh public association will
hold a congress on June 5. The meeting will focus on organizational
issues, as well as issues of the repeated formation of the
organization.

The head of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh
public association was Nizami Bahmanov, who died on Sept. 13
in 2008. Bahmanov as the head of the Shusha City Administration
represented the Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh in the
peace negotiations under the OSCE Minsk Group.

"Our aim is to publicize the realities about the Nagorno-Karabakh
history and Armenia’s aggressive policy to the world community. We
must hold such a propaganda which will clarify that there are not any
Azerbaijani terrorist organizations in the world, while the Armenian
terrorist organizations operate in all over the world," Mammadov said.

Mammadov said the Azerbaijani Community of the Nagorno-Karabakh’s
congress aims to establish the organization at the highest level and
improve the organization’s authority in the international community.

"The organization should have such a structure which will enable
to agitate at the international organizations. We must have the
organizations to act more efficient than the Armenian community,"
Mammadov said.

It should be admitted that the Armenian Community of the
Nagorno-Karabakh was organized at higher level rather than the
Azerbaijani, he said.

"We must draw conclusions from that. Armenians have been able to
achieve the desired due to such an organization. The Azerbaijani
community should not hold a defensive position. We must turn to the
tactics of attack in the fields of information, ideological propaganda
and agitation and must show the world the true face of Armenians,"
the co-founder said.

NEW ARMENIAN CHURCH TO OPEN IN ROSTOV REGION

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
03.06.2009 17:18 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ St. Grigor Lousavorich Armenian church will soon
open in Novocherkask (Rostov Region), Russia. Construction work began
in 2000, Vice President of "Ani" Armenian centre said. "Construction
was mostly funded by Head of Armenian community Ara Arsenyan and
other influential community representatives. Despite economic crisis,
we hope construction work will finish in 2010," Ms. Mirzoyan noted,
adding that on May 28 "Ani" cultural House had organized ceremony
dedicated to First Republic Day.

Armenian community of Novocherkask has a history of 14 years. The
town currently has a cultural centre and a Sunday school. "One of
our community’s principal tasks is to maintain permanent ties with
Armenia and bring up future generations as true Armenians educated
on the history and culture of their homeland," Vice President said.

RA OMBUDSMAN’S INSTITUTION RECEIVES MORE THAN TEN ORAL APPLICATION-COMPLAINTS ON ELECTORAL VIOLATIONS

Noyan Tapan
June 1, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 1, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Ombudsman’s institution received more
than ten oral application-complaints in the May 31 Yerevan Council
of Elders elections that mainly regarded the following issues:

– citizens were transported to polling stations by microbuses for
the purpose of voting and were persuaded to vote for this or that
candidate,

– citizens were moved to Yerevan polling stations by microbuses from
Gyumri, Vanadzor, and other towns for the purpose of voting,

– the principle of voting secrecy was violated at a number of polling
stations due to voting cabins’ improper location,

– reports on hindering journalists’ activity were received, as well
as cases of violence to journalists were recorded.

According to the RA Ombudsman Office Information and Public
Relations Department, the RA Ombudsman is ready to discuss any
application-complaint on electoral violations within its jurisdiction
and calls competent state bodies for carrying out proper checkings
on all violations.

The RA Ombudsman condemns infringements on journalists that became
a regularity in each election. The attack on 168 Zham newspaper’s
correspondent Armine Avetian and Transperency International NGO
observer Sona Ayvazian on May 31 in Malatia-Sebastia community took
place in the presence of the polling station commission chairman and
policemen being at the polling station. The RA Ombudsman calls proper
bodies for undertaking necessary measures to disclose those guilty.