Author: nina hovnanian

FORTUNES
Kirk Kirkorian parmi les milliardaires sans diplôme

Pas besoin d’être diplômé pour être milliardaire. Le mensuel Forbes a
établi la liste des ces milliardaires qui ne disposent pas de bagages
scolaires ou de diplômes. Dans cette liste, parmi les cinq premiers,
l’arméno-américain Kirk Kirkorian dont la fortune est aujourd’hui
évaluée à 3,1 milliards de dollar qui a quitté l’école aux premières
années du lycée alors qu’il était en classe de cinquième pour se
consacrer à la boxe. Dans cette liste, on trouve également Richard
Branson le fondateur de « Virgin » (fortune de 6,8 milliards),
François Pinault (8,7 milliards) ou Amacio Ortega le propriétaire de «
Zara » et « Massimo » Dutti » (31 milliards).

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 20 novembre 2011,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

Panorama, Armenia
Nov 19 2011

Yerevan to host conference of astronomers

An international conference of astronomers titled `50 Years of Cosmic
Era: Real and Virtual Cosmic Researches’ will be held in Yerevan on
November 22-25.

The conference hosts around 40 participants from Armenia and abroad.

Co-chairman of the Armenian Astronomical Society, chairman of the
organizing committee of the conference Areg Mikayelyan told reporters
that the foreign attendees include 29 students and 4 lecturers.

The conference is funded by the CIS Humanitarian Cooperation Foundation.

news.am, Armenia
Nov 19 2011

Armenia votes against UN resolution on Iran

November 19, 2011 | 13:29

Armenia did not support resolution approved by UN General Assembly on Iran.

UN member states deplored a disrupted plot to assassinate the Saudi
Arabian Ambassador to the United States on Friday, calling on Iran to
cooperate with any countries trying to bring to justice those who
planned, sponsored or attempted to carry out the plot, says a
statement on UN website.

Member States called on Iran to comply with all international legal
obligations, including the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment
of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons.

The resolution introduced by Saudi Arabia, received 106 votes in
favour and nine votes against. Forty countries abstained.

Armenia, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela and
Zambia voted against the document, Haaretz reported.

Russia was among the countries which abstained.

Aren Simonyan was awarded with the Medal `For Service in Battle’

(Noyan Tapan – 19.11.2011)

According to the decree of President Bako Sahakyan for courage shown
while defending state borders of the NKR Aren Simonyan, driver of the
certain military unit, private of the Defense Army was awarded with
the Medal `For Service in Battle’, the Central Information Department
of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President informs.

UN ENFANT DE 6 ANS MEURT ECRASE PAR UN CAMION A AGNARPIUR
Krikor Amirzayan

armenews.com
samedi 19 novembre 2011

Terrible faits-divers au village d’Agnarpiur dans la region de
Tavouche en Armenie. Le 15 novembre tôt le matin sur une route
communale d’Agnarpiur, trois hommes, le chauffeur et deux autres
personnes poussaient un camion bloque sur une pente. Soudain le camion
recule. Les trois hommes essaient de remonter dans le vehicule pour
actionner le frein. En vain. Le camion recule et percute un jeune
enfant de 6 ans sur le bord de la route. Très grièvement blesse,
l’enfant, Spartak Toukhikian decedait peu de temps après lors de
son transport vers l’hôpital. La police enquete pour connaître les
details de cet accident tragique.

FRANCE OFFERS TO HOST TURKISH-ARMENIAN HISTORY COMMISSION MEETING

News.az
Nov 18 2011
Azerbaijan

France’s foreign minister said on Friday that his country could host
a Turkish-Armenian joint history commission meeting.

Alain Juppe defined the incidents of 1915 as a challenging issue,
and said all big countries had work to on their history.

Such work could be done in a history commission, Juppe told a joint
press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
in Ankara.

Juppe described those times as troublesome for both Turkey and Armenia,
and said France may host such a meeting.

The French foreign minister said that significant progress could be
made at the meeting.

Davutoglu, for his part, said Turkey had accepted Juppe’s call to
establish a joint history commission to investigate the incidents
of 1915.

“We are ready to discuss our own history and other countries’ history
in an atmosphere of mutual respect and freedom,” he said.

Davutoglu said, however, that Turkey was against laws and resolutions
that would make its self-defence impossible, and noted that there
was such a resolution at the French Senate today.

“Implementation of this resolution is against French intellectual
tradition and freedom of thought,” Davutoglu said.

Davutoglu said Turkey would welcome any initiative from France
regarding establishment of a joint history commission between Turkey
and Armenia, and hoped that it would contribute to Turkish-Armenian
rapprochement and the normalization of relations.

YEREVAN HOSTS PRESENTATION OF “WOUNDS OF KARABAKH” DOCUMENTARIES BY TSVETANA PASKALEVA

news.am
Nov 18 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Yerevan held presentation of two-DVD documentary series by
renowned Bulgarian journalist and social activist Tsvetana Paskaleva
entitled “Wounds of Karabakh”. The seven documentary series are
available in six languages. They depict horrors of Nagorno-Karabakh
war, deportation of Armenians from Getashen, injuries and deaths of
soldiers and civil population.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, FM Edward Nalbandian, MPs, MOD
representatives and guests were present at the ceremony.

The journalist stated that she could not remain ignorant toward the
fate of the Karabakh people.

“They all are heroes for me, both children and grownups. What I saw
changed my life and made me stay and publish the chronicle. Armenia
and Karabakh gradually became my spiritual strings,” Paskaleva said
adding that the documentary can be important for the settlement of
the Karabakh conflict.

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President of Armenia attends presentation of “Wounds of Karabakh”
documentary series

November 18, 2011 | 15:12

YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan attended presentation
of documentary series “Wounds of Karabakh”. The films, made by famous
Bulgarian journalist Tsvetana Paskaleva are available in 6 languages.

The President thanked the author for devoting a substantial part of
her life to our struggle. She and her camera have always been around
to immortalize those who had honorably fought to defend their land,
said Sargsyan.

He expressed hope that Paskaleva will remain an active ardent
participant of our struggle.

The military phase is over but, as long as the necessity to prove
the justice of Karabakh people’s struggle persists, our fight will
continue. This is an important issue, said the President.

WILL ARMENIA’S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER RESUBMIT RESIGNATION? – NEWSPAPER

news.am
Nov 18 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Armenian National Assembly (NA) Secretariat has calculated
that Monday, November 21, is the date when NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
will have to resubmit his resignation from office, or withdraw it,
Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.

“News is circulated in governmental corridors that there are forces
which urge Abrahamyan not to repeat his resignation. According to
news, these well-known forces hope to take advantage of NA Speaker’s
withdrawal of his resignation in order to change the current ratio at
NA and to establish a new faction, on the basis of [ruling coalition’s
Republican Party of Armenia] RPA; [and this faction] will attempt to
form a majority with the [coalition’s Prosperous Armenia Party] PAP.

Hovik Abrahamyan, however, will most likely repeat his resignation,
since he knows he is vulnerable before the authorities, and the
observers think when he is no longer de jure NA Speaker, [President]
Serzh Sargsyan will launch a real attack against Prosperous Armenia,”
Haykakan Zhamanak writes.

FRENCH FM ADMITS IDEA OF ESTABLISHING TURKISH-ARMENIAN COMMISSION OF HISTORIANS

news.am
Nov 18 2011
Armenia

ANKARA. – French FM Alain Juppe called the issue of the Genocide of
1915 a “challenge” on Friday in Ankara, Turkey. He expressed readiness
of his state to organize and host Armenian-Turkish discussions on
the subject.

During the joint press conference Juppe with his Turkish counterpart
stated that all the major states conduct studies on their own history,
Turkish Anadolu reports. Such studies may be conducted within the
frameworks of a commission of historians. The source states that
French FM called the period of the Armenian Genocide hard both for
Armenia and for Turkey.

SERVICEMAN WOUNDED IN THE RANKS

November 18, 2011 | Social

Recently, another incident took place in the Armenian army.

On November 16, Hamlet Lazarian, a serviceman of N military unit
was taken to “Erebuni” Medical Center with a gunshot wound.

A criminal case was instituted with the Investigation Department of
the Defense Ministry under Article 239 of the Armenian Criminal Code.

Investigation is underway.