Author: Zargarian Hambik

Fibre2fashion.com, India
Oct 27 2006

Armenia : Institute promotes aspiring lady entrepreneurs
October 27, 2006

Armenia Small and Medium Enterprise Market Development Project has
organized the `Armenian Woman in Business 2006′ trade exhibition,
with financial support from USAID in Yerevan.

Women are more than half the population in Armenia and they have to
contribute to economic development of the country with their creative
and flexible ideas.

Organization aims mainly at creating new jobs, supporting small
enterprises through various kinds of consultancy to help them to
improve sales.

Sixty businesswomen from different regions of Armenia are showing
samples of their vocation in textile/clothing, handicraft, carpet,
consultancy and other activities.

There were just 49 enterprises representing their businesses at the
exhibition last year.

Traditional mentality in Armenia may reject the notion of woman in
business but the Armenian women manages to combine those two things
in a way that they complement each other instead of interfering with
one another.

Women entrepreneurs believe it will be a challenge but not impossible
to change the traditional image and role of woman in Armenia.

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Arka News Agency, Armenia
Oct 26 2006

CRIME MOST SERIOUS OBSTACLE ON ARMENIA’S WAY TOWARD DEMOCRACY: NSDU
LEADER

YEREVAN, October 26. /ARKA/. Crime is the most serious obstacle on
Armenia’s way toward democracy, Leader of the National
Self-Determination Union party (NSDU) Paruir Hairikyan told reporters
Thursday.
"Crime has its roots in all the power structures of the country. All
political forces should join to combat this evil," he said.
Hairikyan reported that the parliamentary elections 2007 are an ideal
opportunity to eradicate the crime in the power structures solely by
taking the letter of the law into account.
The NSDU leader points out that his party and he personally have
experience in combat against crime, lawlessness and "other cases of
antidemocratic nature".
In this context, Hairikyan stated that he is ready to do his utmost
for the sake of this goal. R.O. -0–

From: Sebouh Z Tashjian <[email protected]>
Subject: Armenia Entering ‘Winter Time’ October 29

PanARMENIAN.Net

Armenia Entering ‘Winter Time’ October 29
27.10.2006 16:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to a RA law, Armenia is passing to `winter
time’ on October 29, 2006 (the last Sunday of October). At 3 a.m. clocks
should be put an hour back, reports newsarmenia.ru

TREND, Azerbaijan
Oct 26 2006

AZERI DIPLOMAT HAILS ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER’S STATEMENT

Baku, 26 October: The latest statement by Armenian Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanyan about the return of all occupied Azerbaijani lands is
very positive, the head of the press and information policy
department of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Tahir Tagizada, has
told Trend.

He believes that the inevitability of the Azerbaijani territories
being returned within the framework of the settlement process is a
fact for Armenia. "The Armenian foreign minister has clearly said
that Armenia understands that the return of all occupied territories
of the Azerbaijani Republic is an inevitable element of the
settlement along with the return of displaced persons to their
homes," Tagizada said.

OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS TO VISIT CONFLICT REGION
Author: A.Ismayilova

TREND, Azerbaijan
Oct 25 2006

Tahir Tagizade, Head of Press & Information at the Azerbaijan Foreign
Ministry, informed Trend that following the meeting of the Azerbaijani
and Armenian Foreign Ministers in Brussels, the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs will be visiting the region.

He noted that the meeting in Paris of the Azerbaijan and Armenian
Foreign Ministers, Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanian, with the
participation of OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs continued for 5 hours. In
its conclusion, in accordance with protocol, the Ministers were
photographed with the French Foreign Minister, Philippe Doust-Blizi.

The talks were held in accordance with a new approach which the
Co-chairs introduced during the Moscow meeting. Both sides stated
their positions. For the interest of continuing the development of
the peace process, it was decided to hold the next meeting in Brussels
on 14 November, Tagizade stated.

He also noted that after the meeting in Brussels, the OSCE Minks
Group Co-chairs would visit the region.

MEDIATORS CHARACTERIZE OSKANIAN-MAMMADYAROV MEETING AS CONSTRUCTIVE

Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 25 2006

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs have declared that yesterday’s meeting
of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan was constructive.

"The two Ministers held a constructive meeting in a very sincere
and earnest atmosphere," says the statement issued by the Russian,
French and American Co-Chairs after the meeting. Vartan Oskanian and
Elmar Mammadyarov discussed the suggestions on the status of Nagorno
Karabakh, the mediators had presented earlier in Moscow.

The two Ministers have arranged to meet again on November 14.

HIS HOLINESS GAREGIN II RECEIVED THE AMBASSADOR OF SWEDEN

Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 25 2006

October 25 in the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin the Catholicos of
All Armenians Garegin II received the newly appointed Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Armenia Hans Gunar
Aden and the Honorary Council of Sweden to Armenia Edith Khachatryan.

Welcoming the visit of the Swedish Ambassador to the Mother See
of Holy Echmiadzin, His Holiness expressed appreciation for the
deepening of diplomatic relations between the two countries. During
the meeting the Patriarch turned to the Armenian community of Sweden
and the organization of its spiritual life. He expressed gratitude
to the authorities of Sweden for providing assistance to the newly
founded community.

In his turn, the Ambassador thanked for warm reception and expressed
the hope that the diplomatic relations between the two countries
will promote the development of Armenian-Swedish cooperation in
different spheres.

At the end of the meeting the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II
wished success to the Ambassador in his mission.

PRESS RELEASE
ARMENPAC, The Armenian-American Political Action Committee
421 E. Airport Freeway, Suite 201
Irving, Texas 75220
Contact: Jason P. Capizzi, Esq.
Tel: (972) 635-5347
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: <;

ARMENPAC ISSUES ITS ENDORSEMENTS IN THE 2006 MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Be sure to visit <; to view your
candidates’ responses to the 2006 ARMENPAC Congressional Candidate
Questionnaire before voting on Election Day

Irving, TX – On Tuesday, November 7, 2006, citizens across the nation will
cast their votes in the United States Congressional midterm elections. One
third of the seats in the United States Senate (i.e., thirty-three (33)
Class 1 seats), and all of the seats in the United States House of
Representatives (i.e., four hundred thirty-five (435) seats) are up for
election. Members of the United States Senate hold six-year terms, and if
elected in the upcoming elections, will serve from January 3, 2007 through
January 3, 2013. Members of the United States House of Representatives hold
two-year terms, and if elected in the upcoming elections, will serve in the
110th Congress from January 3, 2007 through January 3, 2009.

To execute Armenian goals, a legislative body comprised of leaders devoted
to facilitating and supporting initiatives that benefit Armenia and Nagorno
Karabakh is imperative. Of equal importance, ARMENPAC requires a strong
foundation of Armenian-American supporters in order to maintain and advance
a beneficial relationship between the United States and the Republics of
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. In order to ensure a bright future for the
people of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, ARMENPAC holds true to the belief
that knowledge is power, setting forth all efforts to educate itself,
congressional candidates, and the Armenian-American community at large.

Through its 2006 Congressional Candidate Questionnaire initiative, ARMENPAC
was the first Armenian-American advocacy organization to educate all federal
candidates who may otherwise be unfamiliar with the pressing issues that are
important to Armenian-Americans, while simultaneously providing them with a
forum to share their opinions on these fundamental issues. In its continued
effort to raise awareness of, and advocate for, policies that help create
peace, security and stability in the Caucasus region, ARMENPAC investigated
the positions of all 1,944 candidates for the United States Senate and the
United States House of Representatives on current issues of importance to
the Armenian-American community. The results of this investigation serve to
empower Armenian-American voters with the fundamental knowledge necessary to
make an informed decision on Election Day. Armenian-American unity, despite
bipartisan political beliefs, is guaranteed to assist the Republics of
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.

Upon review of the positions of the nearly 400 survey respondents, as well
as the established voting records of incumbent candidates, ARMENPAC has made
an informed decision in considering which federal candidates have earned its
endorsement in the upcoming elections. Notably, ARMENPAC received
approximately 209 pledges to join the Congressional Caucus on Armenian
Issues in the United States House of Representatives, of which eight (8)
were from nonmember incumbent candidates, i.e., Sanford Bishop, Jr. (D-GA),
John Barrow (D-GA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Roscoe Bartlett, Jr. (R-MD),
Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Chris Owens (D-NY), John Carter (R-TX), Tammy Baldwin
(D-WI). "ARMENPAC’s advocacy initiatives, which are yielding positive
results, are integral in building a bipartisan majority in support of
Armenian-American issues, and must be supported by all members of the
Armenian-American community," said ARMENPAC Co-Chairs Annie Totah and Edgar
Hagopian.

ARMENPAC is pleased to endorse the campaigns of the following candidates for
the Unites States Senate: CALIFORNIA: Rick Renzi (R-1); MAIN: Olympia Snow
(R); MARYLAND: Ben Cardin (D); MASSACHUSETTS: Edward Kennedy (D); MICHIGAN:
Debbie Stabenow (D); NEW JERSEY: Robert Menendez (D); NEW YORK: Hillary
Rodham Clinton (D); OHIO: Sherrod Brown (D); PENNSYLVANIA: Rick Santorum
(R); RHODE ISLAND: Lincoln Chafee (R); VIRGINIA: George Allen (R);
WASHINGTON: Maria Cantwell (D); WISCONSIN: Herb Kohl (D).

ARMENPAC is pleased to endorse the campaigns of the following candidates for
the Unites States House of Representatives: ARIZONA: Rick Renzi (R-1), Raul
Grijalva (D-7); CALIFORNIA: Mike Thompson (D-1), Doris Matsui (D-5), Lynn
Woolsey (D-6), George Miller (D-7), Nancy Pelosi (D-8), Barbara Lee (D-9),
Ellen Tauscher (D-10), Fortney Pete Stark (D-13), Anna Eshoo (D-14), Michael
Honda (D-15), Zoe Lofgren (D-16), Dennis Cardoza (D-18), George Radanovich
(R-19), Jim Costa (D-20), Devin Nunes (R-21), William Thomas (R-22), Lois
Capps (D-23), Elton Gallegly (R-24), Howard McKeon (R-25), David Dreier
(R-26), Brad Sherman (D-27), Howard Berman (D-28), Adam Schiff (D-29), Henry
Waxman (D-30), Xavier Becerra (D-31), Hilda Solis (D-32), Diane Watson
(D-33), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-34), Grace Napolitano (D-38), Linda Sanchez
(D-39), Edward Royce (R-40), Gary Miller (R-42), Joseph Baca (D-43), Loretta
Sanchez (D-47), Darrell Issa (R-49), Bob Filner (D-51), Duncan Hunter
(R-52), Susan Davis (D-53); COLORADO: Mark Udall (D-2); CONNECTICUT: John
Larson (D-1), Robert Simmons (R-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Christopher Shays
(R-4), Nancy Johnson (R-5); DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Eleanor Norton (D-DL);
FLORIDA: Michael Bilirakis (R-9), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-18), Lincoln
Diaz-Balart (R-21), Clay Shaw (R-22), Tom Feeney (R-24); GEORGIA: Sanford
Bishop, Jr. (D-2), John Barrow (D-12); ILLINOIS: Bobby Rush (D-1), Jesse
Jackson (D-2), Dan Lipinski (D-3), Luis Gutierrez (D-4), Danny Davis (D-7),
Janice Schakowsky (D-9), Mark Steven Kirk (R-10), Jerry Weller (R-11), Jerry
Costello (D-12), John Shimkus (R-19); INDIANA: Peter Visclosky (D-1), Mark
Souder (R-3); KANSAS: Jerry Moran (R-1), Dennis Moore (D-3), Todd Tiahrt
(R-4); KENTUCKY: Ben Chandler (D-6); LOUISIANA: Bobby Jindal (R-1); MAINE:
Thomas Allen (D-1); MARYLAND: John Sarbanes (D-3), Albert Russell Wynn
(D-4), Steny Hoyer (D-5), Roscoe Bartlett, Jr. (R-6), Christopher Van Hollen
(D-8); MASSACHUSETTS: John Olver (D-1), Richard Neal (D-2), James McGovern
(D-3), Barney Frank (D-4), Martin Meehan (D-5), John Tierney (D-6), Edward
Markey (D-7), Michael Capuano (D-8), Stephen Lynch (D-9), William Delahunt
(D-10); MICHIGAN: Vernon Ehlers (R-3), Dave Camp (R-4), Dale Kildee (D-5),
Fred Upton (R-6), Michael Rogers (R-8), Joe Knollenberg (R-9), Candice
Miller (R-10), Thaddeus McCotter (R-11), Sander Levin (D-12), Carolyn
Kilpatrick (D-13), John Conyers (D-14), John Dingell (D-15); MINNESOTA: Gil
Gutknecht (R-1), Betty McCollum (D-4), Mark Kennedy (R-6), Collin Peterson
(D-7); NEVADA: Shelley Berkley (D-1), Jon Porter (R-3); NEW HAMPSHIRE: Jeb
Bradley (R-1), Charles Bass (R-2); NEW JERSEY: Robert Andrews (D-1), Frank
LoBiondo (R-2), Jim Saxton (R-3), Christopher Smith (R-4), Scott Garrett
(R-5), Frank Pallone (D-6), Mike Ferguson (R-7), Bill Pascrell (D-8), Steven
Rothman (D-9), Donald Payne (D-10), Rush Holt (D-12), Albio Sires (D-13);
NEW YORK: Timothy H. Bishop (D-1), Steve Israel (D-2), Carolyn McCarthy
(D-4), Gary Ackerman (D-5), Joseph Crowley (D-7), Anthony Weiner (D-9),
Chris Owens (D-11), Nydia Velazquez (D-12), Carolyn Maloney (D-14), Charles
Rangel (D-15), Eliot Engel (D-17), Nita Lowey (D-18), Michael McNulty
(D-21), Maurice Hinchey (D-22); OHIO: Ted Strickland (D-6), Marcy Kaptur
(D-9), Dennis Kucinich (D-10), Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-11), Steven
LaTourette (R-14); OREGON: Earl Blumenauer (D-3), Darlene Hooley (D-5);
PENNSYLVANIA: Chaka Fattah (D-2), Phil English (R-3), Melissa Hart (R-4),
Jim Gerlach (R-6), Curt Weldon (R-7), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-8), Allyson
Schwartz (D-13), Michael Doyle (D-14), Charles Dent (R-15), Joseph Pitts
(R-16), Tim Holden (D-17); RHODE ISLAND: Patrick Kennedy (D-1), James
Langevin (D-2); SOUTH CAROLINA: Joe Wilson (R-2); SOUTH DAKOTA: Stephanie
Herseth (D-At Large); TEXAS: Kenny Marchant (R-24), Lloyd Doggett (D-25),
Eddie Johnson (D-30), John Carter (R-31); VIRGINIA: Eric Cantor (R-7), James
Moran (D-8); WASHINGTON: Jim McDermott (D-7), Adam Smith (D-9); WISCONSIN:
Paul Ryan (R-1), Tammy Baldwin (D-2).

"It is imperative to the success of ARMENPAC’s advocacy efforts that every
eligible member of the Armenian-American community exercises his/her right
to vote. The right to vote is a primary aspect of democratic governments,
and ARMENPAC urges all Armenian-American’s visit
<; before doing so on November 7, 2006 to review
their candidates’ responses to the 2006 ARMENPAC Congressional Candidate
Questionnaire," said ARMENPAC Co-Chairs Annie Totah and Edgar Hagopian.

ARMENPAC is an independent, bipartisan political action committee with a
nationwide membership. ARMENPAC raises awareness of, and advocates for,
policies that help create peace, security and stability in the Caucasus
region, while providing financial support to federal officeholders,
candidates, political action committees and organizations that actively
support issues of importance to Armenian-Americans. For more information
and how to join ARMENPAC, please call (877) 286-1046 or visit
<; .

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ERDOGAN RECEIVES PES MEMBERS

Turkish Press
Oct 23 2006

ANKARA – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received higher
consultative group of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in Ankara
on Monday.

The meeting between Erdogan and the PES group co-chairmen –Finnish
Parliament Speaker Paavo Lipponen and Greek main opposition PASOK
leader George Papandreou– lasted for more than one hour in the Prime
Ministry building.

After the meeting, Papandreou told reporters that they had a positive
meeting with Erdogan, stating that they discussed freedom of thought,
religious minorities and Cyprus issue in the meeting.

Sources said that Lipponen criticized the French bill (aims to
criminalize denial of so-called Armenian genocide) in the meeting,
noting that he did not approve the bill. Lipponen stressed that
they would work for Turkish-EU relations not to be affected by the
mentioned bill whether or not French parliament enacted it.

On the other hand, PES group headed by Lipponen attended a dinner
hosted by Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul.

The PES delegation is expected to leave Turkey tomorrow.

LES AUTOMNALES, D’ARMENIE ET COMPOSTELLE

Sud Ouest , France
19 octobre 2006

CADAUJAC L’Armenie est en vedette jusqu’a dimanche. Musique, theâtre,
peinture au menu

Ce soir a 19 heures a la mairie, le vernissage de l’exposition des
ateliers de la Barbouille inaugure les Automnales 2006. Elle sont
placees sous le signe de l’Armenie : "Tout simplement parce que c’est
l’annee de l’Armenie, mais sans qu’on ait voulu au depart etablir un
rapport avec les debats politiques actuels", assure Nathalie Rousselot,
adjointe a la culture.

Peronelle, l’artiste invitee du concert de demain a l’eglise,
interpretera de la musique armenienne sur des partitions originales
du moyen-âge, avec deux musiciens dont l’un originaire de la nation
a l’honneur.

Le thème a ete elargi "a l’epoque medievale et au chemin de
Compostelle". La Nomade Company de Rosa Florent, qui assure la
direction artistique de l’ensemble, a mis sur pieds un spectacle
baptise "parfum d’exil", qui sera cree samedi soir. "Elle y travaille
depuis un mois avec les ecoles primaires, et avec l’association
culture animation loisirs de Cadaujac (Calc). Ils se sont fondes sur
la geographie, l’histoire et l’actualite", precise Nathalie Rousselot.

Vide-greniers et karaoke. Il s’agira d’une deambulation mise en
scène entre la borne de Saint-Jacques, devant l’eglise, et le parc
du château. "On demarrera a 18 heures et ca devrait s’achever a la
tombee du jour. On est bien sûr tributaire du temps qu’il fera",
ajoute l’elue. C’est la première fois que Cadaujac se lance dans une
telle operation.

Quand au vide-grenier de dimanche, il promet un joli succès. Plus de
120 exposants se sont inscrits, selon la mairie. Et s’il y de l’Armenie
dans les etalages, ce sera par hasard. Mais le karaoke geant est bien
entendu annonce comme un "special Aznavour". On peut reviser.

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