Author: Maghakian Mike

ARMENIAN APPOINTED PROSECUTOR IN GEORGIA
03.09.2004 15:25
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ By a decree of the Prosecutor General of Georgia
Tbilisi born Suren Barekian is appointed Prosecutor of Akhalkalaki,
Ninotsminda and Aspindza regions. It should be reminded that
prosecutor’s offices of several regions become united within the
reform of the judicial system of Georgia.

NALBANDIAN’S DUTCH DELIGHT
sportinglife.com, UK
Sept 2 2004
Eighth seed David Nalbandian put recent injury woes behind him to
get his US Open campaign off to a winning start.
Last year’s semi-finalist has played little this summer due to injury
but still had few problems against Dennis van Scheppingen of Holland,
winning in straight sets.
Aided by 13 double faults from his opponent, Nalbandian recorded a
6-4 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 victory.
The Argentine is likely to face a sterner test in round two when
he tackles Russian Mikhail Youzhny, a player who beat him recently
in Toronto.

Foreign Minister satisfied with results of Prague meeting
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 1 2004
Baku, August 31, AssA-Irada
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has expressed his satisfaction
with the results of the meeting with his Armenian counterpart Vardan
Oskanian held in Prague on Monday.
Mammadyarov told local ATV that the Prague meeting was a step forward
to settle the Upper Garabagh conflict and that a concrete decision on
the continuation of talks will be made after the foreign ministers
report on the results of the meeting to their presidents.
Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents are scheduled to hold the next
meeting within the summit of the CIS heads of state to be held in
Astana, Kazakhstan on September 15.*

PRESS RELEASE
August 31, 2004
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia
2225 R Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20008
Tel: 202-319-1976, x. 348; Fax: 202-319-2982
Email: [email protected]; Web:
Armenia to Host General Assembly of the Asian Seismological Commission
The Asian Seismological Commission (ASC) will hold its 2004 General
Assembly in Yerevan, Armenia on October 18-21, 2004. The General
Assembly is organized by the ASC and the Armenian Association
of Seismology and Physics of the Earth, under the auspices of the
Government of the Republic of Armenia, OSCE, and the UN International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction. The presiding officer of the
Commission for the current term is Professor Sergei Balassanian.
The goals of the conference and its organizers are to promote
understanding of earthquake disaster reduction as an essential element
of government policy and a major priority in regional, national and
international development; to contribute to the establishment of
partnerships between the scientific community, government and public;
and facilitate exchange and transfer of up-to-date knowledge and
technology, and strengthening of international and multidisciplinary
cooperation in the field of seismic risk reduction.
Greater details and circulars on the agenda, invitees, and other
relevant information is available at the conference website,
, or from Ashot Meliksetyan,
Executive Secretary of the Local Organizing Committee, at Orbeli
Street, #41, Yerevan, 375028, Armenia, tel. +374-1-269282, email:
[email protected]

United Press International
August 27, 2004 Friday 21:01 PM Eastern Time
Kyrgyz scientists seek St. Matthew remains
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Aug. 27 (UPI)
A Kyrgyz-Russian expedition is searching Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan
for remains believed to be those of the Apostle Matthew, local media
reported Friday.
Issyk-Kul, 2,250 square miles in area, is a mountain lake in the
north of the country. The Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper refers to a map
dating back to the 14th century that a Russian scientist saw in
Venetia in the middle of the 19th century.
The scientist found an Armenian monastery on the map and read the
legend, according to which the body of St. Matthew, the apostle and
evangelist, was kept in the monastery.
The monastery was built on the north coast of Issyk-Kul before it
disappeared in the lake. People have found various artifacts in the
lake not far from the monastery’s location.
According to the gospels, St. Matthew followed Christ, accompanying
him up to the time of his passion and crucifixion and was one of the
witnesses of his resurrection. He is believed to have died sometime
during the first century A.D.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

The Associated Press
August 21, 2004, Saturday, BC cycle
Olympics Weightlifting Results
ATHENS, Greece
Final results Saturday of the weightlifting event from the Summer
Olympics:

Men
85Kg
1. George Asanidze, Georgia, (2, 177.50-391; 3, 205.00-452), 382.50
kg. -843 pounds.
2. Andrei Rybakou, Belarus, (1, 180.00-397; 8, 200.00-441),
380.00-838.
3. Pyrros Dimas, Greece, (3, 175.00-386; 4, 202.50-447), 377.50-832.
4. Georgios Markoulas, Greece, (7, 167.50-369; 1, 205.00-452),
372.50-821.
5. Yuan Aijun, China, (8, 167.50-369; 2, 205.00-452), 372.50-821.
6. Aliaksandr Anishchanka, Belarus, (5, 170.00-375; 6, 200.00-441),
370.00-816.
7. Tigran Martirosyan, Armenia, (6, 167.50-369; 5, 200.00-441),
367.50-810.
8. Song Jong Shik, South Korea, (10, 160.00-353; 7, 200.00-441),
360.00-794. U.S. finisher
10. Oscar Chaplin III, Savannah, Ga., (12, 160.00-353; 11,
190.00-419), 350.00-772.

WORKING OUT OF KINDS OF COMPULSORY INSURANCE TO START FROM NEXT YEAR
IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, August 20 (Noyan Tapan). From 2005 working out of the kinds
of compulsory insurance will start in RA Ministry of Finance and
Economy. At present 19 insurance companies acting in the sphere carry
out voluntary insurance of property, luggage, accidents, aviation
risks, as well as medical insurance.
Davit Avetisian, RA Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy, told Noyan
Tapan that introducion of the system of compulsory insurance will
contribute to further development of the sphere and growth of volumes
of foreign investments. In connection with the latter it was mentioned
that a number of American, Russian, German and French companies are
interested in the Armenian insurance market. The Deputy Minister aslo
mentioned that growth may be registered in the sphere even only under
conditions of voluntary insurance, some companies work with about 50%
profitableness. According to D.Avetisian, 3 years later the Armenian
insurance companies will correspond to European standards with the
volumes of their capital. According to the new law “On Insurance”
adopted in early June by the NA, the minimum amount of capital of
companies has already increased.

LA Times
Aug 20 2004
8 Held Near U.S. Border on Document Charges
Times Wire Reports
Eight people from Armenia, Iran and Iraq were detained near the U.S.
border on charges that they might have entered Mexico with false
documents, authorities said.
Federal agents and officials staged a raid of the Hotel Continental
Mexicali, across the border from Calexico, Calif., forcing everyone
inside to prove they were in Mexico legally.

The six men and two women were carrying documents that may have been
false.

ArmenPress
Aug 20 2004
VANADZOR NATIVE PERFORMS FOR RETURNED PEACE CORPS ARMENIA VOLUNTEERS
IN US
WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 20, ARMENPRESS: Armenian
singer/songwriter Gor Mkhitarian made his national capitol region
musical debut on Sunday, July 18 before an enthusiastic crowd of
returned Peace Corps Armenia volunteers and Armenian Diaspora at
Zig’s bar in Alexandria, VA.
Mkhitarian, nominated for 5 music industry awards in 2002, played
a casual set of acoustical numbers from his second album, “Godfather
Tom” which features an eclectic mix of modern folk music that makes
use of banjos, harmonicas, guitar, flutes and the African Djembe.
Mkhitarian has enjoyed enthusiastic support from a Peace Corps
Armenia fan base as a result of the friendships he made with many
volunteers who served in Armenia’s northern regions.
“I think most of us are excited that Gor is able to play in the
U.S. We love his music and attend his concerts because of the
personal connection we had with him in Armenia” said Matt Fabian, who
lived in Alaverdi from 1999-2001 and attended Sunday’s show. Gor’s
song, “Story” is particularly popular among volunteers. Says Fabian,
“it has a great melody-the lyrics are happy, familiar and easy to
dance to Armenian-style.”
Gor began forging ties with volunteers as the lead singer of Lav
Eli, one of his early bands. Two of the band members featured on
“Godfather Tom,” Aaron Stayman and Jason Demirjian, both volunteered
with Peace Corps in Armenia and helped Gor launch his first album
“Yeraz” in 2001.
Gor is working on a third album. Both “Yeraz” and “Godfather Tom”
are available through CD Baby at

Tenterfield Star, Australia
Aug 19 2004
Entertainment – International ensemble on the way to Tenterfield
Thursday, 19 August 2004
A GROUP of four international artists is set to bring a unique
musical experience to the audience at a concert in Tenterfield next
Thursday, August 26.
The four musicians, known as the Tavantinsuya Ensemble, play violin,
clarinet, viola and piano in a wide repertoire of works. They combine
in different ways to present a variety of duos, trios and quartets
and for this concert they have chosen works highlighting the elegance
of Mozart, the romantic warmth of Max Bruch and the Latin American
rhythms of Salzelo. They’ve included some folk-style intensity of the
music of Armenian composer Khacharturian as well as selections from
George Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’, an intriguing short piece by
young Australian composer Nigel Sabin and some popular clarinet
pieces.
The concert will take place at the Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School
of Arts from 8pm with pre-concert wine and cheese available from 7pm
to 8pm and during intermission from the Friends of the Sir Henry
Parkes Memorial School of Arts.
Meet the artists
Ronald Woodcock
Ronald Woodcock had toured in over 87 countries during a
distinguished career as concerto and recital soloist, chamber player,
teacher and orchestral conductor.
He has performed in centres such as London, Vienna, Paris, Berlin,
Warsaw, Copenhagen, Tel Aviv and Buenos Aires as well as in remote
countries such as Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Peru and the Solomon
Islands where he has introduced Western classical music to audiences
for the first time.
Iola Shelley
Iola Shelley was born in Wales and began piano lessons at four. At
the age of 13 she was the youngest student ever to receive the LRAM
and ARCM Performing Diplomas. Along with an illustrious solo piano
career, she has also studied cello, oboe and organ.
In Christchurch, Iola Shelley was one of the founding members of the
Christchurch Conservatoire which was formed in 1978 by members of the
Camerata Piano Quartet.
Graham Evans
Graham Evans first learnt the piano but later took up the clarinet
which became his professional instrument. He was a member of the Band
of the Irish Guards which led to winning a scholarship at the Royal
College of Music. On graduating, he joined the Northern Sinfonia,
Britain’s longest established chamber orchestra. He toured
extensively throughout Europe, the USA and South America as well as
recording with leading musicians for the major record companies.
Louise Woodcock
Louise Woodcock studied viola and piano at the Capetown College of
Music, gaining her LRSM (Performers) and winning a scholarship to the
Vienna Academy of Music. She was a member of the Capetown, Durban and
Auckland Symphony Orchestras and violist in the New Music Group
chamber ensemble in Auckland. For 20 years she was a string teacher
for the Education Department of South Australia and being appointed
string examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress