Author: nina hovnanian

UN PROCHE DE SARKISSIAN NOMME A UN NOUVEAU POSTE
Stephane

armenews.com
lundi 7 novembre 2011

Mikael Minasian, le gendre influent du President Serge Sarkissian et
son confident le plus proche selon la rumeur publique, a dit qu’il
prendra un rôle important au sein du parti e Republicain d’Armenie
(HHK) après avoir inopinement quitte son poste de vice-chef du
personnel presidentiel.

Le bureau de Serge Sarkissian a dit que Mikael Minasian a ete
delivre de ses devoirs a sa propre demande, mais n’a pas donne plus
de renseignements.

Cette decision fait suite a une serie de changements de personne de
haut niveau dans les hautes sphères politiques d’Armenie, dont la
demission du president du Parlement Hovik Abrahamian. Ces changements
sont vus comme faisant partie des efforts de Serge Sarkissian en vue
de renforcer son pouvoir avant les elections parlementaires prevues
en mai 2012.

Mikael Minasiandevrait formellement reprendre le poste de manager de
la campagne electorale du HHK au cours de ce mois.

” Je vais aider Hovik Abrahamian a preparer correctement les
prochaines elections et y penser est une priorite aujourd’hui ”
a dit Mikael Minasian a News.am immediatement après l’annonce du
decret presidentiel.

Mikael Minasian a pretendu que le HHK commence deja a se preparer pour
les elections parlementaires parce que Serge Sarkissian souhaite la
tenue ” des meilleures elections ” en termes de liberte et justice. ”
Nous allons non seulement assurer la victoire du parti presidentiel
aux prochaines elections, mais s’assurer aussi qu’avec de telles
elections l’Armenie apparaîtra plus forte et regardea avec assurance
vers l’avenir ” a-t-il dit.

” Toutes les conditions necessaires pour cela sont maintenant en
place. Je pense que ces elections marqueront une revolution qualitative
pour notre pays et chacun d’entre nous ” a ajoute Mikael Minasian.

Mikael Minasian a refuse de speculer sur de nouveaux renvois ou
demissions au cours des prochains jours. ” Seulement une personne
connaît la reponse a de telles questions : le president de la
republique ” a-t-il dit.

Miss Eurasia crown goes to Armenian participant

10:45 – 07.11.11

An Armenian representative has appeared at the forefront of the Miss
Eurasia 2011 international contest.

Stella Kirakosyan was awarded the winner’s crown in the Russian town
of Blagovchensk (Amur region) on Saturday. The event had brought
together participants from six post-Soviet countries, including
Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Moldova.
According to the Russian media, it was the first ever beauty contest
in the Far East.

To win the Miss Eurasia title the participants were required to pass
several tests, including the traditional gait, a video performance and
a “talent contest”. The young ladies were to answer answere the jury’s
questions, represent their national costumes etc.

The Azerbaijani representative, Sabina Gianova , won the second place;
Uzbekistan’s Shahnoza Motaeva was the third.

“When I was offered to participate in the contest I thought ‘why not?’
I had the experience of attending such events, but I was doubtful
anyway,” the Armenian participant said, thanking her relatives and the
Armenian community for trusting her to represent the Armenian ladies
at the contest.

Tert.am

ARMENIA-INDIA FLIGHT TO BE RESTORED

ARMENPRESS
November 7, 201
YEREVAN

Armenia-India direct flight will be restored, IT and Communication
State Minister Sachin Pilot told November 7 at the meeting with
reporters. “To develop trade, tourism between Armenia and India a
decision was made at the talks with economy minister of Armenia to
restore direct flights that will open way for future cooperation.

Information and communication sphere in India has greatly developed
ensuring jobs for 12 million people,” he said.

The opening of the Armenian-Indian ITT center is a good example for
cooperation. The Indian government invested 1.8 million USD and the
Armenian side 200 million USD.

“About 10 Armenian specialists were sent to India and passed
corresponding training. We have 2 experts who during the next six
months will stay in Armenia,” Sachin Pilot said.

Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan noted that the center is a bright
example of state-private sector cooperation as a result of which
another contemporary center has been created.

“The opening of the center will promote the Armenian-Indian economic
cooperation. After “Tumo” and “Microsoft” companies it is the third
biggest, international center during one year,” Davtyan said. He
rated high the proper usage of opportunities of the center and added
that clear educational system is needed for the development of the
IT sphere.

SONG DEDICATED TO TRCHKAN WATERFALL PERFORMED DURING TRIUMPHANT CONCERT

01:14 pm | Today | Social

The area near Trchkan waterfall was again overcrowded on Sunday.

Before participating in a triumphant concert in the village of
Nalband, members of a recently formed social initiative “Let’s
Conserve the Trchkan Waterfall” launched a massive clean-up in the
area. Later, they left for Nalband where a rock concert was held
with the participation of groups BAMBIR, VORDAN KARMIR, LOUSNELIUS,
SCREAM, YAN and THE DREAMERS.

A song was performed during the concert dedicated to the waterfall.

On October 25, activists of the “Let’s Conserve the Trchkan Waterfall”
put up tents near the waterfall demanding Robshin Ltd to suspend the
construction of a hydropower plant on the endangered waterfall.

In response to protests staged by the initiative group, Prime Minister
Tigran Sargsyan suggested last week that the government grant Trchkan
a specially protected area status. The government decided to give
Trchkan a status that would make it immune to all sorts of industrial
exploitation.

Ara Güler works go on display in Mardin

Friday, November 4, 2011
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News

The exhibition that displays photos by Ara Güler has been curated by
Engin Ã-zendeÅ?. They will remain for one year at the museum’s Dilek
Sabancı Art Gallery.

The Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum is hosting a new exhibition of
works by Ara Güler, one of Turkey’s most important living photography
artists, in the southeastern province of Mardin.

Güler is among the seven best photographers in the world, Mardin Mayor
Turhan Ayaz said at an opening ceremony for the exhibition on Nov. 3
that also included the artist himself and Sabancı Foundation trustees
board member Dilek Sabancı.

`Salvador Dali and [Pablo] Picasso were close friends of Güler. For
example, Picasso did not pose for anyone but Güler,’ Ayaz said. `I
wish [Picasso] had a chance to be here and that we could talk with
him.’

During the exhibition, education programs for children between the
ages 7 and 14 will also be organized.

Sabancı said the Mardin City Museum had been visited by 200,000 people
since its opening and had made the city a significant center for
culture. `We are proud of hosting Güler in this museum; this reflects
the cultural bent of Mardin. We hope that the works of the artist will
inspire young people.’

The exhibition, curated by photography historian Engin Ã-zendeÅ?, will
display 114 works by Güler and will remain for one year at the
museum’s Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery.

Friday, November 4, 2011

ELECTION DU NOUVEAU MAIRE D’EREVAN LE 15 NOVEMBRE
Krikor Amirzayan

armenews.com
samedi 5 novembre 2011

L’election du maire d’Erevan se deroulera le 15 novembre. Mais
le nom du futur maire est deja quasiment connu. Il s’agit de Daron
Markarian adoube par le Parti Republicain majoritaire. Une decision du
Parti Republicain vaut election… Dans ces conditions, on voit mal
qui pourrait briguer ce fauteuil de maire d’Erevan face a l’armada
politique du pouvoir, le Parti Republicain etant celui du president
Serge Sarkissian. Rappelons que Garen Karapetian a demissionne le
28 octobre de son mandat de maire. Selon la loi armenienne, le maire
d’Erevan doit etre reelu par son Conseil municipal au maximum un mois
après une demission.

SOUTENIR NAM LE 8 NOVEMBRE A 16H AU PALAIS DE JUSTICE DE PARIS
Ara

armenews.com
samedi 5 novembre 2011

Mardi 8 novembre a 16 h au Palais de justice de Paris se tiendra un
nouveau procès intente contre Nouvelles d’Armenie Magazine par la
societe de Raymond Yezeguelian.

Cette procedure etayee sur des fondements totalement fallacieux et
assortie d’une forte demande d’astreinte financière, vise en realite
une nouvelle fois a porter atteinte a la vie du journal.

Elle s’inscrit dans la strategie de harcèlement poursuivi depuis
presque un an par Yezeguelian contre NAM dans le but soit de ”
tuer ” le magazine soit de l’affaiblir suffisamment pour pouvoir
se l’approprier.

Face a cette nouvelle agression, qui arrive après de nombreuses autres,
il importe que les lecteurs reagissent et se donnent les moyens de
defendre leur presse.

Nous appelons les amis de Nouvelles d’Armenie Magazine et d’Armenews
ainsi que tous ceux qui souhaitent comprendre la nature de la
machination ourdie a l’encontre de leurs medias a assister a l’audience
du 8 novembre.

Rendez-vous le 8 novembre a 15h45 au Palais de justice de Paris,
4 bd du Palais, dans la salle des pas perdus.

La redaction en chef de Nouvelles d’Armenie Magazine

JUDGE REFUSES TO TOSS ARMENIAN CHURCH BIBLE SUIT

Albany Democrat Herald

Nov 4 2011

The J. Paul Getty Museum on Thursday lost its bid for dismissal of
the Armenian church lawsuit demanding the return of pages ripped from
a sacred handwritten Armenian Bible dating back to 1256.

Superior Court Judge Abraham Khan denied Getty’s motion to dismiss the
claim and ordered four months of mediation in an attempt to resolve
the dispute between the museum and the Western Prelacy of the Armenian
Apostolic Church of America, which filed suit in June 2010 on behalf
its mother church, the Lebanon-based Holy See of Cilicia.

The suit accuses Getty of harboring stolen illuminated medieval
manuscripts, saying they are spiritually and historically sacred
church masterpieces.

The lawsuit claims the church had the Bible authenticated in 1947 or
1948 and it was returned with more than a half-dozen pages missing.

The pages of painted parchment once formed the front pages of a larger
work called the Zeyt’un Gospels.

The church wants to send them to an Armenian museum in Yerevan so
they can be reunited with the rest of the Bible.

Getty officials say the more than half-dozen pages were legally
acquired in 1994 for $950,000 from an anonymous private collector.

The Los Angeles Times ( ) said museum attorneys
argued during Thursday’s brief hearing that the lawsuit filing deadline
expired decades ago.

But the judge said he was unclear on the statute of limitations issue.

Khan ordered mediation and another hearing on March 2 if the case
isn’t settled.

Under California law, lawsuits to recover allegedly stolen artworks
from a museum or art dealer must be filed no later than six years
after the owner learns of their whereabouts.

“We are confident that we hold legal title,” the Getty Museum said
in a statement after the ruling.

Church attorney Lee Boyd said afterward that the museum failed to
investigate the ownership history of the pages when it bought them
from Armenian American heirs of a man the church says stole the pages
in 1916.

The Zeyt’un Gospels had briefly fallen into his hands when Turks
expelled the Armenian community from Cilicia, then a region of the
Ottoman Empire and now part of Turkey, during and after the World
War I-era that Armenians term a genocide.

SABINE FREIZER: “IF CHANGE OF POWER TAKES PLACE IN ARMENIA, CHANGING IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS OVER THE SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH PROBLEM WILL BE INEVITABLE”

APA
Nov 4 2011
Azerbaijan

Baku. Parvin Abbasov – APA. “If change of power takes place in Armenia
as a result of elections, changing in the negotiation process over
the settlement of Karabakh problem will be inevitable”, Europe Program
Director of the International Crisis Group Sabine Freizer said.

“Good news is that there is no probability of war or pushing war in
the next two years. It is a message for the prevention of the war”.

Freizer said it was important to establish communication at least
between the representatives of civil society, ordinary citizens in
the next two years if it didn’t take place between the top government
officials. “We intend to build confidence between the people”.

AZERBAIJANI DIPLOMAT: “AZERBAIJAN CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM ONE OF THE HIGHEST PROPORTIONS OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN THE WORLD AS A RESULT OF ARMENIAN AGGRESSION”

APA
Nov 4 2011
Azerbaijan

Washington. Isabel Levine – APA. Azerbaijan has addressed the 40th
meeting of the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee in New York during
the discussion about refugees, returnees and displaced persons and
humanitarian questions in the world, APA’s US correspondent reports.

Farid Jafarov, Attache of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the
UN, stated that the aggression by Armenia against Azerbaijan resulted
in occupation of almost one fifth of the territory of Azerbaijan,
and made approximately one out of ever ninth person in the country
internally displaced or a refugee. Azerbaijan continues to suffer from
one of the highest proportions of refugees and displaced persons in
the world.

“The Government had made a major effort to solve housing problems for
the affected population, but still faced problems from the protracted
conflict and, now that they had passed an emergency phase, the
international community did not pay much attention”, he said adding,
the rights of Azerbaijani citizens residing in Nagorno-Karabakh and
surrounding districts have been severely violated by their expulsion
from occupied territories.

“Thus, the primary obligation upon Armenia is to ensure that the
occupation of Azerbaijani territories is ended and that the various
rights of the internally displaced persons of Azerbaijani ethnicity
are recognized and implemented,” he said.

In their response statement, Armenian representatives couldn’t bring
reliable arguments against Azerbaijan’s concerns, pointing out Baku’s
oil opportunities.

Answering to the Armenian side, Azerbaijan’s representative mentioned
that the government had used its oil revenues to alleviate the welfare
of the refugee and internally displaced persons populations in the
country, and “Armenia needed to renounce its policy of hatred and
work on restoring relations”.