Author: Tvankchian Parkev

MATENADARAN-INSTITUTE OF ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS AFTER M. MASHTOTS
ENRICHED WITH AN ARMENIAN MANUSCRIPT OF 17TH CENTURY

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS: Matenadaran-institute of ancient
manuscripts after M. Mashtots has been enriched with a New Testament
written in 1689. The manuscript which is rich with miniatures was
written in Tatev by Mahtesi Aristakes on the order of Deacon Martiros
of Agarak village.
According to Hrachya Tamrazian, the Director of Matenadaran during
the last 2 years thanks to the philanthropists the Armenian collection
of manuscripts has been enriched with nearly 100 unique manuscripts
purchased in different ways. More often they are property of the
dynasty which is proposed to Matenadaran and thanks to the
philanthropists they involved in the rich collection of ancient
manuscripts.
The donation of this Tatev manuscript is one of those cases which
was purchased and today presented to Matenadaran by the Head of "AGBA
credit agricol" bank Stepan Gishian. According to him this institute
of ancient manuscripts which is considered to be a holy place has a
great spiritual importance for Armenians, therefore when he was
offered to buy the manuscript, he agreed without suspicion.
"I would like this experience to be infectious for my partners and
the tradition of collection of ancient manuscripts is continued," he
said.
Matenadaran itself presented the philanthropist Stepan Gishian with
a medal after M. Mashtots and a French album of collection of
manuscripts.
This ancient manuscript of Tatev is the 11,171st manuscript of
Matenadaran.

THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL YEREVAN MUSIC FESTIVAL LAUNCHED

Aysor
Sept 11 2009
Armenia

>>From now on till October 23 the lovers of music, in the frameworks
of the third Yerevan international music festival, will have the
opportunity to listen to the performances of the worldly famous
musicians.

The art directors of the festival are RA artist Edward Topchyan and
violoncellist Alexander Chushyan from Great Britain.

The festival will launch by the concert of the Armenian state
philharmonic orchestra today evening in Aram Khachatryan concert
hall. On the concert will be presented the "Partit" of Tigran Mansuryan
and his "N 2 concert for alt and band", as well as the "N5 symphony"
of the prominent D. Shostakovich. The soloist is prominent Kim
Kashkashyan, the chief band-master is Edward Topchyan.

It is worth mentioning that in the last period Kashkashyan has
appeared as a soloist with the famous bands of New York, Berlin,
Vienna, London, Munich and Tokyo. He has had solo concerts in New
York (Metropolitan Museum and 92nd Street "Y"), Boston, Washington,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

The concerts of the prominent band masters and performers from
Germany, Great Britain, Italy, France, Austria, Russia, Belgium,
Japan, and from Armenia on the festival will be presented. The works
of famous and prominent composers will sound on the concerts, such as
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Hayden, Rakhmaninov, Paganini, Tchaikovsky,
Shuman, Verdi, etc.

PRODUCT OF YEAR 3RD NATIONAL PRIZE TO BE AWARDED IN ARMENIA ON SEPT 10

ARKA
September 8, 2009
Yerevan

Product of the Year third national prize is to be awarded in Armenia
on September 10, Center of International Integration Support MASTER
reported Tuesday.

The prize is awarded in the rating most popular foodstuff and mass
consumption goods.

The prize is awarded based on an annual marketing research of over
100 retails trade outlets in Yerevan that reveals most realistic
picture of buyer’s preferences, says the report. Sales in pieces are
the evaluation criteria in the research.

The ratings were additionally confirmed by an expert council involving
heads of retail and wholesale enterprises, marketing specialists.

Among invitees to the events are politicians, representatives of
major Armenian and foreign companies, state officials, and etc.

CROATIAN-ARMENIAN ECONOMIC FORUM HELD IN ZAGREB

HINA news agency
Sept 8 2009
Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb, 8 September: Possibilities for Croatian-Armenian economic
cooperation are big, notably in information technology, the drug and
chemical industry, agriculture, construction, the textile industry,
and tourism, a Croatian-Armenian Economic Forum at the Croatian
Chamber of Commerce heard on Tuesday.

The forum was held as part of Armenian President Serzh Azati
Sargsyan’s visit to Croatia. He and his Croatian counterpart Stjepan
Mesic addressed the event, saying it was an opportunity for the two
countries’ business people to meet and establish contacts.

Armenian business people can link with central and southeast European
markets via Croatia, said Mesic.

By entering the Armenian market, Croatian companies can cover a wider
market, he said, adding that market opening sent out a message that
one must and could cooperate, which he said was especially important
in the current global crisis and recession.

Mesic said more could be done in Croatian-Armenian cooperation,
especially if the existing will was transformed into concrete ventures.

The Armenian president said the two countries had serious potential
for economic development, notably in information technology, the
pharmaceutical and chemical industry, agriculture, construction,
the textile industry, and tourism.

The forum was organized by the Croatian and Armenian chambers of
commerce, whose presidents underlined as possible areas of cooperation
infrastructure projects, notably the road infrastructure, construction,
agriculture and the drug industry.

The two chambers also signed a cooperation agreement. After the forum,
representatives of Croatian and Armenian companies held talks.

Later on Tuesday, Croatian Parliament Speaker Luka Bebic received
the Armenian head of state.

OSCE MISSION TO VISIT STRATEGIC LACHIN CORRIDOR

AssA-Irada
Azerbaijan
September 7, 2009 Monday

A delegation of the OSCE, which is brokering settlement to the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, is due to visit the strategic Lachin
corridor in the second half of September, Turkeys Yeni Shafag
newspaper reported quoting diplomatic sources. The mission will carry
out measurement activities in the area and report on the outcomes
of its visit to the mediating OSCE Minsk Group. The Lachin corridor
is a road connecting Upper Garabagh, an Azeri region under Armenian
occupation, with Armenias territory. Elkhan Polukhov, the spokesman
for the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry, has confirmed the report. He
said the measurement work to be done in the corridor was part of the
ongoing talks on Garabagh settlement. Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a
lengthy war that ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but
Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani
districts in defiance of international law. Peace talks have not yet
resulted in resolving the conflict.

KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI LECTURING IN THE "GOLDEN APRICOT" MASTER SCHOOL

Aysor
Sept 8 2009
Armenia

Today MasterSchool of Cinema of "Golden Apricot" international film
festival launches the first classes of the 2009-2010. As Harutyun
Khachatryan the director of the festival told the journalists the
classes will be conducted by the Polish Film Director Krzysztof
Zanussi till the 15th of September.

The first experience of the workshops was tried in summer, 2008,
after 5th Yerevan International Film Festival Golden Apricot by Atom
Egoyan. Then it was Iranian prominent film director Abbas Kiarostami,
who arrived in Armenia to hold a workshop. Film directors from Iran,
Turkey, Georgia as well as Armenia, participated in it. And the third
were the masters of the Armenian cinema.

As the press department of the Golden Apricot film festival informed
this year the MasterSchool has announced a new round of entrance
from August 1, for the period starting from September till the summer
of 2010.

>From the 85 application 8 have been accepted.

Usually the Cinema School is having practical classes. It is expected
that the classes of Krzysztof Zanussi will also be in the same way.

The classes of Krzysztof Zanussi are organized by the support of the
Polish Embassy in Armenia. The main sponsor of the festival and the
Cinema School is "VivaCell-MTS" company.

USA’S TENDENCY FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF NKR CONFLICT IS OBVIOUS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
08.09.2009 16:31 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I’d like to emphasize the importance of Robert
Bradtke’s appointment as MG OSCE Co-Chair. This step proves USA’s
serious position on peaceful settlement of NKR conflict," ANC Foreign
Relations Committee Head Vladimir Karapetyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter.

According to Karapetyan, similar to newly appointed Co-Chair, ex-US
Co-Chair was a high-ranking official. USA’s "hereditary" policy proves
its obvious tendency for peaceful settlement of NKR conflict.

RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN TO END HIS MEMBERSHIP OF THE PARLIAMENT

AZG DAILY #160
08-09-2009

Local

Raffi Hovannisian, the leader of a major Armenian opposition party,
has decided to end his membership in the country’s parliament,
a senior party source said on Monday, according to Azatutyun.

The source, who asked not to be identified, declined to comment on
reasons for the unexpected move, saying that Hovannisian himself
will explain his motives in the coming days. The spokesman for his
Zharangutyun (Heritage) party, Hovsep Khurshudian, refused to confirm
or refute the resignation

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Sept 6 2009

Azerbaijan: No resolution, no border opening

Sunday, September 6, 2009
ANKARA ` Anatolia news agency

The Azerbaijani ambassador in Ankara, Zakir Hashimov, said Saturday
that the foreign ministries of Turkey and Azerbaijan had discussed
Turkish-Armenian relations over the phone and reached a common
understanding.

Speaking to reporters at a fast-breaking dinner in Ankara, Hashimov
indicated that the opening of the Turkish-Armenian border prior to the
resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue would be against Azerbaijan’s
interests.

`As Turkish President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip ErdoÄ?an said, we believe that the [Turkey-Armenia]
border will not get opened unless the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is
resolved,’ Hashimov said.

Asked what he thinks about the two protocols signed by Turkey and
Armenia, Hashimov said: `Turkey is a great country. It is Turkey’s own
business to decide with which countries it establishes relations.’

TendersInfo
September 5, 2009 Saturday

France: Air France code-share agreement with Armavia

Starting on 7 September, Air France and Armavia will be operating four
weekly code-share flights between Paris and Yerevan (Armenia) and five
between Yerevan and Paris. The agreement was signed on 4 September by
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, CEO of Air France, and Mikhail Bagdasarov,
Chairman of Armavia.

At Paris-Charles de Gaulle, the flights operated by Armavia will
arrive at terminal 2C, offering customers new connecting opportunities
with Air France’s global network.
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