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BOOKS GATHERED BY BOOK COLLECTING TO BE ALLOCATED TO ARTSAKH SCHOOLS

Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:51

A book collecting was organized in capital Yerevan, the books gathered
as a result of the event are scheduled to be allocated to Nagorno
Karabakh, Shahumyan district villages. Davit Jamalyan, organizer of
book collecting, military expert told Armenpress, the genres of the
gathered books vary, comprising of both textbooks and fiction. The
interlocutor considers the historical books of more importance in the
frame of the event. The children residing in emancipated districts
should be acquainted with the history and victories recorded by their
nation. Yerevan State University has also joined the initiative.Dozens
of volumes of books were reportedly gathered by the students of
various faculties.

The book gathering started a week ago, resultedly hundreds of
books have been handed. The books will be taken to Nagorno Karabakh
Republic. Similar events are of regular nature, often launched even
by particular individuals.

ARF-D Mountainous Karabakh And SILBA Chairman Hold Meeting

February 21, 2013

SILBA Chairman Jens-Kristian Lütken (back left), ARF-D members Lernik
Hovhannisyan (middle) and Armen Sargsyan (front right).
On February 21, ARF-D Mountainous Karabakh (Artsakh) Central Committee
Secretary Lernik Hovhannisyan and Head of the MK ARF-D Parliamentary
Faction, Armen Sargsyan held a meeting with Support Initiative for
Liberty and Democracy (SILBA) Chairman and counsel to the Parliament
of the Kingdom of Denmark, Jens-Kristian Lütken, at the premises of
ARF-D in MK.

SILBA has been undertaking observatory missions in Ukraine, Bellarus,
European states and for a year now in Armenia and Azerbaidjan.

Jens-Kristian Lütken had also meetings with representatives from
political organizations of Mountainous Karabakh.

During the meeting with the ARF-D delegation the interlocutors
evaluated the foreign policy of Mountainous Karabakh, political issues
and matters in connection to the conflict between Karabakh and
Azerbaidjan.

ARF-D Mountainous Karabakh Central Committee Secretary, Lernik
Hovhannisyan noted that democracy is much more sustained and developed
in Karabakh rather than in neighboring Azerbaidjan.

The Head of the Mountainous Karabakh ARF-D Parliamentary Faction,
Armen Sargsyan presented the background of the liberation movement of
Artsakh pointing out how that movement prevented the course of a new
Genocide initiated by Azerbaidjan. Armen Sargsyan highlighted the
necessity of the international recognition of the Mountainous Karabakh
Republic and gave the example of how good and strong athletes from MK
cannot compete in international sport meetings because MK is not
recognized.

Sargsyan added that from the beginning of the 20th century Mountainous
Karabakh has been a mere piece of land for Azerbaidjan while for
Armenians it has been their homeland.

Lütken agreed that human rights protection must be in the center of
the Mountainous Karabakh conflict resolution.

We are going to crash criminal-oligarchic system – former presidential candidate

March 02, 2013 | 18:12

YEREVAN. – Serzh Sargsyan occupies 26 Baghramyan building (residence
of the Armenian president -ed.) only for one reason – because all
people have not yet come out to the square, the former Armenian
presidential candidate, political scientist Andreas Ghukasyan said
during the rally on Liberty Square on Saturday.

`10 million Armenians are watching developments in this square and
have only one question, whether these people have the will to free the
country from the criminal-oligarchic system. Yes, we have the will and
are going to crash the criminal-oligarchic system. In a few days’ time
all Armenians will be standing in all the squares of the country.
Serzh Sargsyan has lost. He occupies 26 Baghramyan building only for
one reason – because all people have not yet come out to the square.
All the Armenians must know, we are not going to stand back,’
Ghukasyan said.

According to Ghukasyan, revolution is not only Sargsyan’s resignation.

`The resignation of all Republican Party of Armenia members must

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Heritage party leader meets with PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan

TERT.AM
18:51 – 02.03.13

Leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian met with the Prosperous
Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan, PAP press service reports.

The meeting was behind closed doors. An arrangement has been reached
to conduct another already extended meeting.

Heritage party’s faction head Ruben Hakobyan, spokesperson Hovsep
Khurshudyan and Naira Zohrabyan, secretary for the PAP faction, PAP
MPs Vahe Hovannisyan and Vartan Oskanian participated in the meeting.

The meeting lasted for three hours.

Raffi Hovannisian invites president, PM, mayor to Liberty Square,
calles them to resign (updated, live)

17:41 – 02.03.13

The `victory rally’ of the Armenia’s Heritage party leader Raffi
Hovannisian kicked off in the Yerevan Liberty Square.

During his past rally on February 28, Hovannisian said hence he will
discuss his political agenda and agree it with the people in the
Liberty Square by getting their consent.

Today he is going to decide whether to apply to the Constitutional
Court or not and whether people agree with Armenian National Congress
MP Nikol Pashinyan’s proposal to form a shadow government.

Raffi Hovannisian invited today Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan,
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan to the
Liberty Square. `Till now I do not have any proposal from Serzh
Sargsyan to meet the demand of the Armenian people, to give answer to
our fight and I invite him here. I invite him to recognize the victory
of the Armenian people,’ he said, adding that it is not his demand but
the demand of the people, including Nagorno Karabakh and Diaspora.

`If he does not want to deepen this all-national alarm and if he
respects his family, loves his homeland and has morality he must come
and not make people wait long,’ the Heritage party’s leader said.
He invited Tigran Sargsyan to come and report the people on `poverty,
emigration, injustice, monopoly, elimination of small and medium-sized
business, of nature.’

`Come and report on the anti-constitutional behavior of our force
structures, tax, customs terror,’ Hovannisian added, calling to
demonstrate courage of sharing glances with people.
Hovannisian also invited Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan to come to the
square and resign.
He urged them to come to the square on March 5.
He also said the specialists are discussing whether to apply to the CC or not.

Presenting his coming steps, Hovannisian said on March 4 the decision
to apply or not will be made and on March 5, the day of birthday of
Commander Vazgen Sargsyan, they will visit Yerablur in the morning and
meet in the Liberty Square at 2 am to see who will accept their
invitation.

Addressing the people member of Sardarapat initiative Zhirayr Sefilyan
said today the people have exclusive opportunity to create the
Armenian state they dreamt of.

Sefilyan said he has no doubts that the whole Diaspora will join them.
He stressed that time has come for political change of generation but
in respect of age but quality.

Karen Grigoryan maintains 2nd place in Cappelle la Grande

15:12, 2 March, 2013

YEREVAN, MARCH 2, ARMENPRESS. Armenian chess player Karen Grigoryan is
only half a point behind the leader before the final tour of the chess
tournament Cappelle la Grande, which is being held in France.

The Chess Federation of the Republic of Armenia informed “Armenpress”
that Armenian chess Grand Master Tigran Gharamian has scored 6 points
out of 8 at the open that is being held in Cappelle la Grande, France.
Before the last round he is half a point behind the five leaders.

GMs Hovhannes Gabuzyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan IM Karen Grigoryan have
5,5 points each.

Also the Chess Federation of Armenia noted that a group of Armenian
chess players are taking part in an open that is being held in Rasht,
Iran The tournament consists of 11 rounds. 128 chess players are
participating.

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TV broadcasting hour is necessary to make contemporary Armenian
literature popular: Levon Ananyan

13:32, 2 March, 2013

YEREVAN, MARCH 2, ARMENPRESS: Contemporary Armenian literature is
presentable and competitive. The head of Writer’s Union of Armenia
Levon Ananyan expressed this viewpoint during the press conference,
which was held on March 2. To his opinion “the ice of reading crisis
has started to crack,” and measures must be taken to make this
achievement to become an ordinary phenomenon.

As “Armenpress” reports among other things Levon Ananyan stressed.
“It’s also of vital importance to have a TV TV broadcasting hour to
make literature popular as it will help the new generation to return
to literature.” Notwithstanding certain steps have been taken to make
Armenian contemporary writers, literature and reading popular, a
number of issues still remain on the agenda. “The writera,
intellectuals are among the most vulnerable classes today; the hardest
issue is to find honorarium. This regards not only to the authors but
also to literary press,” he said.

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They convinced poor Serj Tankian that `they are slaughtering us here’
– Yerevan State Institute of Theater and Cinema rector

March 02, 2013 | 13:03

YEREVAN. – What I see now was predictable prior to Armenia’s
presidential election on February 18, Yerevan State Institute of
Theater and Cinema (YSITC) Rector Armen Mazmanyan stated during a
press conference on Saturday.

He noted that this is conditioned on the fact that two candidates
appeared prior to the vote and stated that the election will be
rigged, and thus a backdrop was set so that there will be something to
play with afterwards.

In Mazmanyan’s words, there also is an apparent attempt at
depreciating the phenomenon of elections in the country.

`It became clear that there is no difference between the electing the
president and electing a town hall chief [in the country],’ the YSITC
rector said.

Mazmanyan also noted that there were numerous opposition
representatives in the electoral commissions, expressed bewilderment
that the opposition speaks about election fraud only now, and asked,
if this was the case, why the opposition representatives signed under
the protocols of these commissions.

In his words, the opposition was unable to unite, based on their own
ambitions they did not agree on a single oppositional candidate, and
thus they remained decoupled, snatched votes from one another, and a
depression started among the people, whereas serving President Serzh
Sargsyan objectively had the votes he needed.

`They convinced that poor Serj Tankian [the world-renowned Armenian
musician and lead vocalist of the acclaimed rock band, System of a
Down], from far away, that, `Pick up your sword, [and] come; they are
slaughtering us here!’ Do you consider this to be a noble political
technology?’ Mazmanyan asked?

He also noted that the very same oppositional forces in Armenia wanted
neither a fair election nor for opposition Heritage Party Chairman
Raffi Hovannisian – who is declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent
President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election on
February 18, but who claims to be the real winner in the vote – to be
elected. And if they truly wanted this, they should have joined
Hovannisian before the vote, and not now.

Armen Mazmanyan stressed that if the opposition wants a change in
power, it should commence this from the lower echelons: prefectures,
city councils, etc.

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Ex-president Kocharian’s son to run for mayor?

March 2, 2013 – 12:53 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Prosperous Armenia party has not yet decided on the
format of participation in Yerevan City Council elections.
As the party’s spokesman Tigran Urikhanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter, the decision will be taken following a consultation.
Rumors are afloat that ex-president Robert Kocharian’s son Sedrak
Kocharian may top Prosperous Armenia’s list in Yerevan City Council
elections, due May 5. According to another option, the party will run
in the elections with the list of 2012 parliamentary polls. Prosperous
Armenia parliamentary group secretary Naira Zohrabyan is also rumored
to top the party’s list.

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Rise in acute respiratory infections reported in Armenia

March 2, 2013 – 12:41 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Increase in acute respiratory infections has been
reported in Armenia over the past weeks (3579 cases recorded on Feb
11-17, 5033 cases – Feb 18-24).
The rapid growth of influenza and acute respiratory infections bears a
seasonal character, press service of Ministry of Healthcare reported.
Increase in the number of emergency calls has been recorded over the
growth of pneumonia and flu cases. 198 patients with acute respiratory
infections and 74 patients diagnosed with pneumonia are currently
undergoing medical treatment in provincial hospitals, with 304
patients with similar infections getting treatment in Yerevan
hospitals.
236 laboratory tests were conducted in the republic in February, with
H1N1 subtype of influenza A virus and B virus discovered in 75
samples.

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