Author: Tvankchian Parkev

CSTO SECRETARY GENERAL: UNANIMOUS OPINION – COLLECTIVE FORCES NECESSARY

ArmInfo
2009-06-12 12:14:00

ArmInfo. ‘Armenia has never had any disagreements regarding formation
of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CRDF) of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)’.

CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha says in an interview with
MIR TV.

‘Armenia has had only approaches that made the activity of the CRDF
more specific>, N. Bordyuzha says. He said Uzbeksitan has a special
stand on some items. ‘I think it is also a subject for discussion
at the meeting of the CSTO Ministerial Council that will take place
before the Session of the Collective Security Council. I think these
issues will be discussed also with the CSTO presidents’, he says.

N. Bordyuzha believes that no disagreements should be regarding
formation of the CRDF. ‘Each member state just presents its stands
on specific issues during the voting. It is natural and even
necessary since CRDF concerns the most important i.e. the elements
of sovereignty of every state and the greatest part of the internal
national legislation regulating security issues’, he says.

N. Bordyuzha is sure that every state expressing its stand basing on
the approaches to the security sphere. ‘The opinion is unanimous –
collective forces are necessary. It is necessary just to specify
every phrase in the agreement’, CSTO Secretary General says.

INTERNATIONAL MOSCOW MOVIE FESTIVAL TO HOST HOVHANNES GALSTYAN’S MOVIE PREMIERE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.06.2009 18:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ International Moscow Movie Festival will host
"Parallels Intertwined" Hovhannes Gastyan’s movie premiere. Movie’s
script writer, director and co-producer Hovhannes Galstyan spent 6
years to create a 95-minute feature film, portraying two parallel
spaces of living.

Joint Armenian-Norwegian-French movie stars Siri Helene Muller,
Serzh Avedikyan, Lorenz Ritter and Sos Janibekyan.

Hovhannes Galstyan was born in 1969 in Yerevan. He obtained a Diploma
of Feature Film Director in 1995 in Yerevan Pedagogical Institute,
Department of Culture.

In 1998, he became the Founder and Director of the Private Look LLC,
which has been organizing "Private Look " international film festivals
of audio-visual arts and independent producers since 2000.

He wrote screenplays for three feature films, of which "Hump and Wings"
was awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia.

He produced and directed more than ten video/television films
about children: Our Child is Growing-Amazing Days Chronology (Joint
project with UNICEF). His debut was a short feature film "I dare
to remember", 35mm, in 1993. In 2003 he wrote the screenplay for
the feature film "Parallels Intertwined" and in 2005 he founded
Parallels Film Production LLC, a company specially dedicated to
"Parallels Intertwined" project.

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Minister of the Foreign Affaires of Armenia Edward Nalbandian receives
US Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon

On June 9, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian received
Philip Gordon, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
who is in Yerevan with a working visit.

In his welcoming remarks Armenian Foreign Minister said that Armenia
attaches importance to the further strengthening of relationship with
the United States and is determined to develop and deepen friendly
partnership with the USA.

Assistant Secretary Gordon mentioned that the American side attaches
importance to the expansion of comprehensive cooperation with Armenia
and the fact that after the appointment as Assistant Secretary his
first foreign visit starts form Armenia is the evidence of that.

Minister Nalbandian and Assistant Secretary Gordon had a detailed
discussion on further development of Armenian-American relations,
attached importance to the activities of Armenian-American
Intergovernmental Commission on Economic issues. They also touched
upon the issues concerning the Millennium Challenge program.

The two discussed the process of reforms carried out in
Armenia. Minister Nalbandian presented the steps undertaken by the
Armenian authorities towards the implementation of democratic reforms.

US Assistant Secretary reaffirmed the full support of the US
Administration for the steps undertaken in the direction of
normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations.

Minister Nalbandian and Assistant Secretary exchanged views on the
settlement process of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) issue. In that
context Philip Gordon stressed that as the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair
the USA will continue to actively promote the efforts aimed at the
settlement of the issue.

NAME OF THE ARMENIA’S REPRESENTATIVE IN THE JUNIOR "EUROVISION 2009" INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST TO BE KNOWN JULY 12

ARMENPRESS
June 9, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS: Name of the person who will represent
Armenia in the junior "Eurovision 2009" international song contest
will be known on July 12. The Public TV already receives applications
of participation in the Armenian qualification round.

Consultant of the Public TV for the special projects Diana Mnatsakanian
told Armenpress that June 22 is the deadline for submission of the
applications. During the first pre-election round the jury will with
close and secret voting select 7 best songs. The presented works must
never be issued or presented to the public by June 1 this year.

The duration of the works must not exceed 2.45 minutes and be less
than 2.30 minutes and must be only in Armenian. 7 best songs which
will be selected during the first round will be presented during the
second round which will be held July 12 the exact time of which will
be later publicized.

The jury of the second qualification round will assess the results
through close and secret voting. The Armenian audience may also take
part in the voting through SMS messages for which 15 minutes of time
will be provided.

Person who will get the highest points from the jury and message voting
will get a right to represent Armenia in the junior "Eurovision 2009"
international song contest which will take place November 21 in Kiev.

5 FINE PIANISTS LINED UP FOR CHOPIN’S 200TH AND CHOPIN SOCIETY’S 25TH
Rob Hubbard

Pioneer Press
June 9 2009

It’s 200 for Chopin … and 25 for the Chopin Society. Next year
marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin, the
composer who transformed the way people think of the piano with his
richly expressive solo works. And this year marks the 25th anniversary
of the birth of the Chopin Society, which presents five recitals a
season from talented pianists, some on their way to stardom, some
having already achieved it.

The Chopin Society has announced the lineup for its 2009-10 season
of concerts at Macalester College’s Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center
in St. Paul. And there will be a lot more than just music of the
birthday boy, Chopin, ranging from baroque to brand new.

Nareh Arghamanyan (Oct. 4): This 20-year-old Armenian pianist won
first prize at last year’s Montreal International Competition,
despite being the youngest in the field. She recently released her
debut CD of sonatas by Liszt and Rachmaninoff, and will perform some
Liszt here, as well some Mendelssohn (also celebrating his 200th),
Beethoven and Schumann.

Joyce Yang (Nov. 8): Sunday night, America’s most prestigious battle
of the pianists, the Van Cliburn Competition, concluded in Texas. Many
an ascent to stardom started at the Cliburn, including that of Joyce
Yang. Since taking silver there in 2005, this native of South Korea
has proven so strong in concert that her debut disc is a collection
of live performances.

Jeremy Denk (Jan. 31): Twin Cities audiences may know Denk as a team
player, since he accompanied violinist Joshua Bell on his most recent
Schubert Club recital and filled in for Pierre-Laurent Aimard on the
Beethoven Triple Concerto with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. But
the lone American on this year’s Chopin Society season is also an
outstanding soloist, and an exceptionally thoughtful and funny writer,
as evidenced by his popular blog about life in the classical music biz,
Think Denk. Benjamin Grosvenor (Feb. 28): This English pianist wowed
a local audience when he made his American debut at a Chopin Society
recital at the age of 13. Now 17, Grosvenor returns with his career in
full swing, thanks to some very prominent (and critically acclaimed)
European engagements.

Janina Fialkowska (May 2): A battle with cancer earlier this decade
proved to be merely an interruption in the career of this outstanding
Canadian pianist, whose return to form has created quite a buzz in
classical circles. Her season-ending all-Chopin recital doubles as
a tribute to her mentor, the legendary Arthur Rubinstein.

NaharNet, Lebanon
June 6 2009

Major facts about Lebanon’s Parliament

Key facts about parliament, voting and the complex power-sharing
system in Lebanon, which holds a general election on Sunday.

PARLIAMENT:
– Lebanon has a 128-seat unicameral parliament, where seats are
equally divided between Christians and Muslims.

– MPs are elected by simple majority to a four-year mandate.

– Of the 64 seats allocated for Muslims, 27 go to Sunnis, 27 to
Shiites, eight to the Druze sect and two to the Alawite sect.

– Of the 64 seats for Christians, 34 go to the Maronites, 14 to the
Greek Orthodox, eight to the Greek Catholics, five to the Armenian
Orthodox, one to the Armenian Catholics, one to Evangelicals and one
to minority sects.

– The speaker of parliament is always a Shiite.

CANDIDATES:

– 587 candidates registered to stand in the race for parliament.

– Candidates must be 25 years or older.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS:

– The country of around four million is divided into 26 electoral
districts.

VOTER ELIGIBILITY:

– 3.2 million Lebanese are eligible to vote.

– Voters must be 21 and over.

– Serving members of the military are not allowed to vote.

VOTING PROCEDURE:

– Voting starts at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) and closes at 7:00 pm (1600
GMT).

– There are 5,200 polling stations.

– After casting their ballot, voters must dip their thumb in indelible
ink as proof they voted and to avoid electoral fraud.

MPs:

– Members of parliament earn a monthly salary of between 10-11 million
pounds (7,000 dollars, 4,500 euros).(AFP)

RA PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE INSTIGATED CRIMINAL CASES ON VIOLATIONS AT ELECTIONS INTO THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
04.06.2009 23:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ RA Prosecutor General’s Office instigated criminal
cases on violations and falsifications of election results at 8/15,
7/7 and 7/9 polling stations.

Taking into consideration that in materials studied violations of
art. 150 of RA Criminal Code are registered (voting or election
results’ falsification), RA Prosecutor General’s Office instigated
3 criminal cases, submitting them to special investigatory service
for further examination, RA Prosecutor General’s Office reported.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW NUCLEAR UNIT IN ARMENIA TO COST NEARLY 4.5 BILLION USD

ARMENPRESS
June 3, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS: Nearly 4.5 billion USD will be spent on
the construction of a new nuclear unit in Armenia. The Armenian Energy
and Natural Recourses Minister Armen Movsisian told today journalists
that the sum became clear as a result of the latest researches.

As a result of assessments made before that, yet 7-8 years ago, nearly
800 million USD was in circulation, but according to the Minister
a number of factors affected the increase of sum of money. First of
all the prices of corresponding metals have sharply increased in the
international market. Besides that the demand for nuclear units in
the world has sharply enhanced.

"At present there is an order for nearly 50 new nuclear stations in
the world which results in the increase for prices of equipments,
the demand for corresponding specialists, prolonging of terms of
construction as there are no powers for production of links of nuclear
equipments. All these affect the mechanisms of setting prices,"
the Minister said.

According to A. Movsisian, a station will be constructed in Armenia
which will have a capacity of 1200 megawatts, passive security system
and at least 18 month’s period for reloading of nuclear fuel. With its
other economic parameters the station must be efficient. The capacity
of the existing nuclear station is 400 megawatts, the security systems
are active and the reloading of nuclear fuel takes place once in
12 months.

The Minister also noted that there are still much to be done before
the start of construction works of the nuclear station. Corresponding
equipments must be selected and their orders made.

As a result of the tender announced by the State Procurement Agency
for obtaining the rights for the implementation of "Managerial services
over the implementation of the project of construction of a new nuclear
unit in Armenia" project the "Worley Parsons" international consortium,
which corresponded to all the tender demands, was recognized winner.

The Armenian Government and the above mentioned organization have
already signed an agreement of 459.7 million USD. A number of drafting,
oversight and consultant service works are included within it.

A. Movsisian informed that the "Worley Parsons" will establish a
company in Armenia 25% and plus one shareholder of which will be the
Armenian Government. This means that the Armenian government will be
able to take part in the managerial process of the new nuclear station.

CONFERENCE ON CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA AT UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
02.06.2009 22:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The major international conference "The Caucasus
and Central Asia: Theoretical, Cultural, and Political Challenges"
will be held between July, and 4 of 2009 at the UK University of
Birmingham. As the organizational committee of the conference told a
PanARMENIAN.Net, the purpose of the event is to create more balanced
and full perception about Caucasus and Central Asia, the conference
seeks to generate a more balanced and comprehensive understanding of
the Caucasus and Central Asia by providing historic, cultural, social,
and political perspectives on these strategically important regions.

The two-day inter-disciplinary conference is a founding event
of the research Group on the Caucasus and Central Asia, formed
by academics and Ph.D. students from across the University of
Birmingham. It brings together a wide range of panelists, including
policy-makers, CEELBAS-network academics, other distinguished scholars
and Ph.D. students specializing in these areas. Among the main speakers
are: Vicken Cheterian (Geneva), John Colarusso (Ontario), Moshe Gammer
(Tel Aviv), Ashirbek Muminov (Almaty), Domitilla Sagramoso (London),
Thomas de Waal (London).

The conference is organized with financial assistance from the Centre
for East European Language Based Area Studies (CEELBAS); the ASSC Seed
Corn Funding of the College of Social Sciences and the Department of
Political Sciences of the University of Birmingham.

TAMAR KAPRELIAN’S MAIDEN ALBUM TO BE RELEASED THIS FALL

Thaindian.com
ortal/entertainment/tamar-kaprelians-maiden-album- to-be-released-this-fall_100199886.html
June 2 2009

Recently, Tamar Kaprelian, who hails from California, created some
buzz in the entertainment circles with her song, ‘A New Day’, through
MySpace. Kaprelian has made it public that both her song and its
lyrics will be available in iTunes.

On 29th May, Kaprelian uploaded a message on her MySpace blog that
‘A New Day’ is now available in iTunes. The first verse of the song
goes like this,

"Before the light I found the dark Before tonight I feel apart Frozen
up Ive realized that something’s gotta change It took a crash to
understand"

Tamar Kaprelian, who is 22 years of age, writes in her profile that she
was born in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was brought up in both Georgia and
California by her parents, who are of Armenian origin. She writes that
while growing up she had always been surrounded by love and good music.

Kaprelian has claimed that she has been writing songs for quite some
time and does not even remember when she began to pursue this passion
of hers. As child she was greatly influenced by classic Disney movies,
however, she realized her true love for music only after she got to
hear Billy Joel and Paul McCartney.

She feels that her music and the songs that she writes are
"thought provoking, hopeful, playful, and honest." She says, "Its
a coming-of-age record. It chronicles my life my relationships, my
basket-case-ness, and my utter determination and drive to create an
album that is real and true to me both personally and artistically. I
hope you enjoy my little musical offerings and songs peace & Love."

Tamar Kaprelian will be releasing her maiden album this coming fall
on Interscope and we wish her all best for her first album.