Category: 2017

Scholars Will Review Common Roots Between Iran, Armenia

Emil Lazarian
Financial Tribune, Iran

‘Mythological and Linguistic Commonalities between Iran and Armenia’ are to be discussed on July 25 at Nazargah Art Gallery in Tehran.

The meeting is organized under the auspices of NAZAR Research Center for Art, Architecture and Urbanism that also has a laboratory and publishing house in Tehran, Memar News (memarnews.com) reported.

Based on a systematic approach to research and production of knowledge, the center started work after approval from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in 2002 and was endorsed by the Council of Higher Education in 2004.

Nazargah Art Gallery, the venue of the meeting, is also one of the affiliated facilities of the research center. It is located at No. 23, Dr. Qarib Street, Azadi Avenue.

The seminar starts at 2 pm and will run for two hours. It will be attended by author, semiotician and art researcher Ali Nikoui. The event is named after the article he is to present: ‘Mythological and Linguistic Commonalities between Iran and Armenia.’

Another article to be discussed at the meeting is ‘Armenia in Transition from Parthian Empire (247 BC-224 AD) to Sassanid (224-651 AD).’ It will be presented by its author Mohammad Kalhor, a historian and faculty member of Tehran Azad University.

A roundtable is planned with the participation of Nasser Barati, an expert and researcher in urban development from College of Architecture and Urban Development, Imam Khomeini International University in Qazvin along with architect Seyed Amir Mansouri from Tehran University, with expertise in landscape architecture.

Another participant in the roundtable is Shohreh Javadi, Ph. D. who is an assistant professor of history of art at Tehran University. She is the chairperson of Science and History of Art Group at NAZAR Research Center.

The group is tasked with the study of art and pursues research work in history, archeology, sociology, psychology and the history of religions.

It is focused on the foundations of culture and civilization, particularly in the Orient. The group aims to reinforce and develop the theoretical knowledge of art by combining the opinions and criticisms of art specialists.

The meeting is open to the public.

Sail of Hope 2017 Festival takes place with Beeline support

Maghakian Mike
ArmInfo, Armenia

ArmInfo. Civil Art sociocultural organization held the Sail of Hope 2017 Festival with  support from Beeline on July 14-16 at Vishap beach near Shorja  community, Gegharkunik marz. During the festival, Beeline Armenia CEO  Andrey Pyatakhin was awarded a certificate of gratitude for  supporting the Sail of Hope 2017 Festival of singing and songwriting. 

According to the source, “Young people are our future and it’s  important to help young talents make their first steps in the world  of art. Beeline is proud to carry on that mission. At the same time,  we understand that not only modern technologies but also arts can  improve people’s lives, and we work on sharing art. I’m happy that  this festival became a good tradition and an anticipated event and  began expanding, so singer-songwriters from abroad joined today  famous bards and beginners from Armenia,” said Beeline Armenia CEO  Andrey Pyatakhin.

To remind, “ArmenTel” CJSC (Beeline trademark) belongs to the group   of companies “VimpelCom Ltd”, which is one of the world’s largest   integrated telecom operators operating in 13 countries, headquartered   in Amsterdam. The group includes communication companies that provide   voice and data services based on a wide range of wireless and   fixed-line technologies, as well as broadband Internet access to more   than 200 million subscribers in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan,   Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia , Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Algeria,   Bangladesh and Pakistan. The companies of VimpelCom Ltd. provide   services under the brands “Beeline”, “Kyivstar”, “Wind”, “Mobilink”,   “Banglalink” and “Djezzy”.

Sir Richard Paniguian; BP troubleshooter who became head of defence sales at UK TI

Baghdasarian Karlen
The Daily Telegraph (London), UK
Monday

Sir Richard Paniguian; BP troubleshooter who became head of defence sales at UKTI

SIR RICHARD PANIGUIAN, who has died aged 67, became head of defence sales for UK Trade & Investment after a wide-ranging and intrepid career as an executive of the oil giant BP.

An Arabic speaker of Armenian ancestry, Paniguian was a troubleshooter and project leader for BP in some of its most challenging territories. From 1999 to 2002, as vice president for the Middle East and the Caspian region, he was much occupied with the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline – the world’s longest – across Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. On the eve of the Iraq War, he was to be found in Whitehall corridors arguing for a foothold for BP and other UK oil companies in post-conflict Iraq, amid rumours that the Americans were offering oil deals to France and Russia to secure their support for the war.

He also drove gas exploration projects in Libya, Egypt and Oman, and BP’s first oil project in Angola. As group vice president from 2002 to 2008, he wrestled with the complexities and tensions of TNK-BP, a joint venture formed by bringing together BP’s existing Russian oil and gas interests with those of a trio of politically connected oligarchs.

On his retirement from BP in 2008, Paniguian became head of the Defence and Security Organisation within UKTI, working alongside defence manufacturers in their export sales efforts, leading a successful drive to boost Britain’s growing reputation as a global centre of excellence in cybersecurity, and accompanying defence ministers on trips abroad.

Successive ministers found Paniguian a tower of strength in this sensitive role, as well as excellent company. At ease with foreign rulers and princelings, he was a consummate professional in his mastery of technical briefs and tireless in pursuit of key relationships. If there was an opportunity to spend time with an Asian prime minister during a refuelling stop at a UK airport at 4.30am, Paniguian would be there. If one of his own political bosses was stuck in a corner at an arms sales conference, Paniguian was ready with a twinkling eye to effect a rescue with “Minister, I’m so sorry to interrupt but I must introduce you to the Panamanian ambassador …” Richard Leon Paniguian was born in London on July 28 1949. His father, Hracia “Pan” Paniguian, born in Constantinople, was a director of the J Walter Thompson advertising agency in London; he also worked for British intelligence, and in SOE and the Political Warfare Executive – where he met his wife, Mary Hubbard, Richard’s mother.

Richard was educated at Westminster, where in 1966 he was favourably reviewed by a national newspaper for his performance as Busy in a school production of Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair. He went on to study Arabic at Durham University and later took an MBA at Insead.

After joining British Petroleum in 1971, he worked in Oman and the Emirates until 1978, then for two years in Tehran, where he was briefly arrested as a spy by the revolutionary regime after the fall of the Shah, having been found in possession of a transistor radio.

In the 1980s, he ran BP’s oil trading activity, spent two years as vice-president of BP America, and was group finance director (1987-89). He was then posted to Turkey and was director for Europe before moving to the maritime side of the group in 1995. He was chief executive of BP Shipping for four years, and also served as president of the UK Chamber of Shipping.

Richard Paniguian was appointed CBE in 2007 and knighted in 2015, at the end of his tenure at UKTI. He listed his recreations as “cricket, kayaking and contemplation”.

He married, in 1991, Nil Okan Kapanci; she survives him with her two sons from a previous marriage.

Sir Richard Paniguian, born July 28 1949, died June 25 2017

Sports: Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s goal helps Man United beat LA Galaxy

Nahapetian Zhanna
news.am, Armenia

Manchester United took part in its fist friendly in the US. The English club played against Los Angeles Galaxy, beating the latter 5-2.

Manchester United played with two different teams. Midfielder of the Armenian National Team Henrikh Mkhitaryan came out as a substitute at the break and authored a goal in the 67th minute, making the score 4-0.

Romelu Lukaku and Victor Lindelof also made their debut in Manchester United during the second half.

This was the first match of José Mourinho’s team after the vacations.

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ANKARA: Jailed Turkish-Armenian writer Sevan Nişanyan announces his escape from prison on Twitter

Emil Lazarian
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey



ISTANBUL

Turkish-Armenian linguist and writer Sevan Nişanyan, who was jailed in 2014 over charges of illegal construction in the town of Şirince in the Aegean province of İzmir, announced in a Twitter post on July 14 that he had escaped from prison.

“The bird has flown away. The same wishes to the remaining 80 million,” read the message on Nişanyan’s Twitter page.

Nişanyan changed his profile photo on Twitter in the evening hours of July 14 and replaced it with a photo of a flying bird.

Nişanyan, who had left the prison on sanctioned leave, was supposed to surrender to the Foça Open Prison in İzmir by 9:45 a.m. on July 14, but he did not do so, according to the information obtained by daily Hürriyet.

“I was in prison and now I am not. I am not thinking of going back to the prison,” said the writer by phone, confirming the reports to the Doğan News Agency.

“I do not know where I am either [but] I wish the same for everyone who is the victim of oppression,” he reportedly said when asked by the agency whether he was in Turkey or abroad.

The writer also confirmed his escape to the Turkish daily Habertürk indicating he could not yet give information as to when and how he fled from prison.

 “I do not want to comment on that topic. It is a bit too early to talk about methods and procedures. I will tell all the details when the time comes, let no one have a doubt. But, it is not yet the time,” Nişanyan reportedly told the daily when asked of how he had escaped.

“I thought the 3.5 years [I served in prison] was enough. Therefore, I thought it was now time to take a bit of a breath. This is what happened. Utilizing some unique circumstances or deficiencies of Turkey, in this situation, I have decided to go out of our state’s control,” he added further.

Nişanyan was imprisoned in Jan. 2, 2014 on nine different charges to serve for 11 years and six months in jail after completing the construction of a house in Şirince town despite a court decision. The court had previously ruled that Nişanyan should not enter the area, regarded as a natural site.

Nişanyan is one of Turkey’s leading linguists. He has penned columns for the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos and the daily Taraf.

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Two Armenian nationals injured in Hurgada stabbing

Nahapetian Samvel
Public Radio of Armenia

July 14 2017
21:50, 14 Jul 2017
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Two Armenian nationals were injured in stabbings at a hotel in the popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada that left two tourists killed, reports the Armenian Embassy in Egypt.

The injuries are not life-threatening, the Embassy said.

Two tourists, reported to be women, were killed in the incident, the BBC quotes Egyptian medical officials as saying.

At least four other people were injured and a man has been arrested. The attacker was neutralized thanks to efforts of one of the Armenians, Spokesman for the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tigran Balayan said in a Twitter post.

The suspect is being questioned by police to determine his motives, the interior ministry said.

Turkish Armenian Writer Sevan Nisanyan Escapes from Prison

Tambiyan Samvel
Asbarez Armenian News

July 14 2017


Sevan Nisanyan

ISTANBUL—Turkish-Armenian writer Sevan Nisanyan, who has been serving a 17-year prison term since 2014 has reportedly escaped from the correctional facility where he was being held and fled Turkey, according to Turkish media reports.

Nisanyan left the minimum security prison on Friday morning and has not returned.

A message on his Twitter page said: “The bird flew away: Same wishes to the remaining 80 million.”

Turkish historian and scholar Taner Akcam, reacted to the news by tweeting: “Sevan Nisanyan has escaped by saying ‘the bird flew away.’ With expectations of a free world for all birds….”

Nisanyan was arrested and imprisoned in Turkey for carrying out “illegal” construction in his own garden, charges that were so obviously made up by Turkish authorities who had been seeking ways to silence the outspoken scholar and writer.

Even the Turkish media said that his arrest was an obviously an effort by Turkish authorities to frame him since he was a staunch critic of the Turkish regime.

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Azeri prosecutor seeks 6.5 years in prison for Lapshin

Garnik Zakarian
Panorama, Armenia

July 14 2017

The state prosecutor of Baku Court of Grave Crimes has demanded a 6.5-year prison term for Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin, who is in Baku custody, the Russian service of BBC reports. 

According to the source, the prosecutor stated that Lapshin has violated the Azerbaijani laws on state border and passports.

Lapshin’s attorney filed a motion to the court to be grated time for preparing his speech. The next hearing is scheduled on July 19.

The trail of the case began on June 30. During the first hearing, Alexander Lapshin said he had visited Nagorno-Karabakh as a tourist and pleaded himself not guilty.

To remind, the blogger was extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan in February, where he was wanted after visiting the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and criticizing the Azerbaijani leadership.

Azerbaijani prosecutors launched a criminal case into “repeated public anti-state calls” and “illegal crossing of Azerbaijan’s state border,” punishable with a prison term of five to eight years.

The extradition and persecution against Lapshin was widely slammed by international community as a gross violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of speech and movement.