Category: 2018

Verelq: Armen Sargsyan congratulated Vladimir Putin on his birthday

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Today, President Armen Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, on the occasion of his birthday.


In particular, it is said in the congratulatory message:


“In Armenia, your significant personal contribution to the strengthening of the allied relations between Armenia and Russia, which are based on centuries-old strong fraternal ties and mutual support of the peoples of our countries, is highly appreciated.


Having witnessed the further deepening of relations between our countries in all spheres of interstate cooperation, both in the bilateral format and within the framework of integration and international associations, I am sure that our joint efforts will continue to strengthen allied cooperation for the benefit of Armenia and Russia.


I sincerely wish you good health, well-being and new successes in your activities for the benefit of fraternal Russia.”

Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin on his birthday

Ophelia Vardapetian
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RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the occasion of his birthday.


In particular, it is said in the message:


“Dear Vladimir Vladimir,


Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on your birthday and my sincere wishes for success in serving the fraternal people of Russia.


I am sure that your rich experience in state and political activities, principledness and consistency in achieving the set goals will continue to contribute to the strengthening of Russian statehood.


In Armenia, your personal contribution to the development and strengthening of the Armenian-Russian allied relations is highly appreciated. These relations are based on centuries-old traditions of friendship and mutual trust between the peoples of our countries. In this context, I especially appreciate the personal relations established between us, which certainly give an additional impetus to the continuous development of Armenian-Russian cooperation in all fields, including multilateral platforms and within the framework of integration processes.


I note with satisfaction that the mutual interest in deepening the cooperation between our countries will allow us to use the considerable potential of interstate cooperation between Armenia and Russia in the future, enriching the Armenian-Russian strategic relations, as well as contributing to the strengthening of stability and security in our region.


Dear Vladimir Vladimiri, I wish you good health, happiness, well-being and success in all your endeavors.”

It is known with what weapon and why Juvetsi Karo was killed. the owner of the weapon committed suicide

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Today, the body of Karameli Harut, a former deputy of the RA National Assembly, Harutyun Gharagyozyan, was found with a gunshot wound in the area of ​​one of the workshops of the Zovuni settlement, not far from Yerevan.


This information was confirmed by the RA Investigative Committee’s advisor Sona Truzyan: According to preliminary information, what happened is a suicide.


Note that: Harutyun Gharagyozyan He was a member of the Republican Party. The incident took place on the night of October 6 in the “Aigi” restaurant complex in the Nork-Marash administrative district of Yerevan. Karo Karapetyan, Juvetsi Karo after the murder. He died as a result of gunshots on the way to the Erebun Medical Center.


Harutyun Gharagyozyan (Karameli Harut), former member of the National Assembly, is suspected in the murder of Karo Karapetyan.


“A gun was found during the inspection of the scene of the murder in one of the bread shops on Armenakyan Street in Nork-Marash, Yerevan. It turned out that the said gun belongs to H. Gharagyozyan. He was awarded with the said Pietro-Beretta pistol by the decision of the RA Prime Minister on March 22, 2001,” reports the head of the RA Police Media Relations, Analysis and Information Department. Edgar Janoyan:


The circumstances of the incident are being clarified. The investigation is ongoing. According to press reports, a PAP member was interrogated last night within the framework of Karo Karapetyan’s murder case Abraham Manukyan:


It is noted that he was present at the meeting of former MPs Karo Karapetyan and Harutyun Gharagyozyan and assumed the role of a mediator.


The exact reasons for the murder are not known, but according to press reports, the 2 ex-deputies had financial disagreements. It is also mentioned that they had a property problem.

Ashot Mkhitaryan, Karo Karapetyan. nominal weapons presented by the prime minister are firing

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On the night of October 6, after the murder of former NA deputy Karo Karapetyan (Yauvetsi Karoi) in Yerevan and the discovery of the nominal weapon of former NA deputy Harutyun Gharagyozyan at the scene, the demands to publish the list of nominal weapons and confiscate them became active among the public.


A former member of parliament was killed yesterday evening Karo KarapetyanJuvec Caron. The incident occurred as a result of shots fired at the “Aigi” restaurant complex in the Nork-Marash administrative district around 10:40 p.m. Karo Karapetyan died on the way to Erebuni Medical Center.


A former deputy of the National Assembly is suspected in the murder of Karo Karapetyan Harutyun Gharagyozyan (Caramel South). The nominal weapon belonging to him was found at the scene. Today it has already become known that the body of Harutyun Gharagyozyan was found with a gunshot wound in the area of ​​one of Zovuni’s workshops. According to preliminary information, the incident was a suicide.


Although the demands to publish the list of nominal weapons and to confiscate them continue to be heard among the public, the government hides the names of the persons who received nominal weapons. “Named weapons, like diplomatic passports, should be confiscated, because as it turns out, they shoot,” wrote Facebook users.


It turns out that in 2006-2017 The Prime Minister of Armenia awarded 107 people with nominal weapons. It is unknown who the former and current prime ministers encouraged with nominal weapons. Until last year, the government staff refused to provide the list of persons who received nominal weapons, arguing that the Prime Minister’s decisions on awarding weapons are individual legal acts, have a stamp “For service use” and contain personal data.


Still in 2008 In December, “Hetq” reported that in response to its inquiry, the then head of the government’s staff Davit Sargsyan provided in 2007 from April to 2008 December 12, the list of persons who received weapons as a gift from the Prime Minister. At that time, it was revealed that Tigran Sargsyan had encouraged the vicar of the Ararat Patriarchal Diocese with such a weapon. Samvel Kchoyan։


The government’s website also publishes information that in 2002, then Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan received the director of the Russian Federal Border Guard Service, Konstantin Totskunu, and awarded him a nominal weapon, considering his great personal contribution to the organization of the border protection of Armenia.


Prime Minister in 2011 Tigran Sargsyan awarded the then Chief Prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepyan with a nominal weapon at the ceremonial session dedicated to the Prosecutor’s Office employee’s day and the 93rd anniversary of the Prosecutor’s Office.


In 2009, again by the decree of Tigran Sargsyan, police chief Alik Sargsyan, received a nominal weapon as a gift. State bodies have issued official messages about this in the media, while the government currently considers this information to be personal data.


The executive does not provide valid facts that these decisions have become closed and non-public.


It is known that three of the nominal weapons provided by the Prime Minister were declared invalid in 2015-2016. The police information was the basis for such a decision. Either a crime was committed with these weapons and the police reported it to the government, which decided to take back the donated weapons, or the awarded person approached the police with a request to return them.


Years ago, it was found out that crimes were committed with weapons donated by the prime minister. In particular, in 2005, mayor of Nor Hachn Armen Keshishyan prime minister Andranik Margaryan he killed the director of the Arzni branch of the “Electrical Networks of Armenia” company with a gifted nominal weapon Ashot Mkhitaryan։


At the time, “Hetk” also inquired from the government staff about how much money was allocated from the state budget for the purchase of these weapons in the last three years. The executive informed that no money was allocated to the government staff for this purpose from the state budget. And from where he got those weapons, the government does not inform again.


He says that these weapons were acquired from various sources, including by the structures that submitted nominations for awarding nominal weapons. What are the “various sources” and the structures that submitted nominations for awarding nominal weapons, the government staff does not inform again.

France Bids Adieu; Solemn ceremony pays tribute to national treasure Charles Aznavour

Maral Chavushian
The Calgary Herald (Alberta)
October 6, 2018 Saturday
France Bids Adieu; Solemn ceremony pays tribute to national treasure Charles Aznavour
 
by Samuel Petrequin, The Associated Press
PARIS
 
France paid tribute to Charles Aznavour on Friday in a solemn and subdued ceremony that contrasted sharply with the singer’s joyful character.
 
One of France’s most famous personalities, Aznavour died Oct. 1 at 94.
 
On a mild, sunny morning in Paris, politicians and celebrities gathered near the site of Napoleon’s tomb in the courtyard of Les Invalides, where French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Former French presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande and actor Jean-Paul Belmondo were among those attending the ceremony.
 
Aznavour, born to Armenian parents who fled to Paris in the 1920s, became one of the Armenian diaspora’s most recognized voices and a vocal defender of its culture during a performing career spanning eight decades.
 
Covered by a French tricolour flag, Aznavour’s coffin arrived in the courtyard carried by military personal to the sound of a traditional Armenian tune.
 
A spray of red, blue and orange flowers – the colours of the Armenian flag – was then laid close to the casket.
 
“Every Armenian sees him as a close relative,” Pashinyan said. “Because Aznavour is the one who lifted Armenia to the roof of the world.”
 
Born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, the singer cut the Armenian suffix from his stage name but never forgot his Armenian roots.
 
He founded Aznavour and Armenia, a non-profit organization created after the devastating earthquake that hit Soviet Armenia in 1988. His movie credits include Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan’s 2002 Ararat, a film that deals with the 1915 massacres of up to 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire. Aznavour campaigned internationally to get the killings formally deemed a genocide.
 
Speaking after Pashinyan, Macron said that “for so many decades, (Aznavour) has made our life sweeter, our tears less bitter.”
 
“His songs were for millions of people, a balm, a remedy, a comfort,” Macron said, praising Aznavour for the quality of his lyrics and the promotion of France.
 
“French language is not only the cement of a nation, it’s also the catalyst for freedom and hope,” said Macron, who compared Aznavour to French poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
 
The ceremony ended with a rendition of Aznavour’s hit Emmenez-Moi, which was played as his coffin was carried away.
 
Aznavour started his career as a songwriter for French chanteuse Edith Piaf, who took him under her wing. Like her, his fame ultimately reached well outside France. The crooner often compared to Frank Sinatra sold more than 180 million records and was one of France’s most recognized faces abroad.
 
He sang to sold-out concert halls until the end and wrote more than 1,000 songs, including the classics La Boheme and She. A love ballad, She topped British charts for four weeks in 1974 and was covered by Elvis Costello for the film Notting Hill.
 
Friday’s ceremony in Paris marked the second time in a year that France paid tribute to one of its musical icons after hundreds of thousands gathered on the Champs Elysees in December to mourn the death of Johnny Hallyday. !@COPYRIGHT=© 2018 Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved.

Armenia will produce parts for modernization of T-72 tanks

Emil Lazarian
Defence Monitor Worldwide
October 6, 2018 Saturday
Armenia will produce parts for modernization of T-72 tanks
 
 
Armenia will produce a part of the technical means used for the modernization of T-72 tanks, Head of the Armed Service Operation and Planning Division of the Armenia`s Armed Forces, Colonel Zorayr Gabrielyan told reporters on Friday, October 5.
 
According to him, two years ago the Armed Forces were considering which concept of modernization of tanks to choose, Sputnik-Armenia reports.
 
“We are at such a stage of negotiations that specifics need certain secrecy. The process is already underway,” Gabrielyan said.
 
Gabrielyan says over the past 2 years the Armenian army has been trying to solve issues not only through cooperation with other countries, but also through its own scientific and technical potential. 2018 Global Data Point.

Chanteur who shook the world

Greg Madatian
The Express
October 6, 2018 Saturday
Chanteur who shook the world
Charles Aznavour Singer BORN May 22, 1924 – DIED OCTOBER 1, 2018, AGED 94
 
 
DUBBED France’s Frank Sinatra, Charles Aznavour was one of France’s most celebrated entertainers for 80 years, writing and singing his own songs as well as starring in more than 60 movies.
 
He sold more than 180 million records worldwide, with his 1974 hit She – which spent four weeks at the top of the UK charts – the one for which he will be best remembered.
 
The man with the distinctive tenor voice sang in front of presidents and popes and was even named Entertainer Of The Century by CNN in 1998.
 
But despite his rapid rise to fame Azvanour never forgot his roots. Born to immigrant parents fleeing genocide in Armenia, he was a lifelong campaigner for the Armenian people and even became their Swiss ambassador in 2009.
 
While he was born Shahnour Aznavourian in Paris, his parents Michael and Knar had planned to emigrate to America but after having their visas denied, decided to start a new life as restaurateurs in the French capital.
 
Aznavour did not have a conventional upbringing. At the age of nine he dropped out of school and took to the stage in the hope of pursuing a career in acting.
 
He performed in a few plays but soon turned his attention to dancing, making appearances at several nightclubs in Paris.
 
In 1946 Aznavour met the singer Édith Piaf. The pair forged a lifelong friendship – he would later insist that they were never lovers – and he would play the piano for her to open shows at the Moulin Rouge for eight years.
 
Together, they went to America where she convinced him to pursue a career in singing, helping him to develop his distinctive, husky style.
 
In 1950, Aznavour wrote his first song in New York, Je Hais Les Dimanches, which was performed by Juliette Gréco.
 
That year Aznavour landed a record deal with a French music producer and in 1956 got his first taste of fame when his song Sur Ma Vie dominated the French charts. This was followed by Je M’voyais Déjà in 1961, which gained him widespread recognition in France.
 
In addition he continued to play film roles, starring in François Truffaut’s Shoot The Piano Player, which propelled him to international stardom.
 
In 1963, he performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall before touring the world.
 
Afterwards Aznavour found that he was not short of artists wanting to collaborate with him and saw his songs being recorded by iconic singers such as Ray Charles and Liza Minnelli.
 
In 1963, Azanvour’s Comme Ils Disent, which was about “the confession of a transvestite”, took the world by storm.
 
Released in the UK under the title As They Say, the song created controversy by addressing the then taboo subject of a gay man’s heartache.
 
His other songs were equally risqué and in 1965 the hit AprÈs L’amour was banned on French radio.
 
Despite this, Aznavour’s fame meant that he was in constant demand and, determined to perform on his 100th birthday, sang to packed concert arenas right up until his death.
 
Aznavour was also a vocal supporter of human rights, especially those of Armenians fleeing persecution.
 
In 2006, he performed a concert in the Armenian capital Yerevan to mark the anniversary of First World War massacres and from 2009 was the country’s ambassador to Switzerland and to Unicef.
 
Aznavour died at his home in MouriÈs in south-eastern France.
 
Married three times, Aznavour is survived by his third wife Ulla, their three children, and two children from an earlier marriage. A son predeceased him.

Crooner had magnetic stage presence

Maral Takmazian
Otago Daily Times
October 6, 2018 Saturday
Crooner had magnetic stage presence
 
CHARLES AZNAVOUR Romantic singer
 
French singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour performs in a recording studio in September 1974. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
  
FRENCH singer Charles Aznavour (94) stole the hearts of millions with decades of haunting love songs.
 
The singer, who sold more than 100 million records in 80 countries, began his career peddling his words and music to the Paris boulevardiers of the ’40s and ’50s _ Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Trenet.
 
But it became evident that Aznavour himself best interpreted the bittersweet emotions of such songs as Hier Encore (Yesterday When I Was Young), Apres l’Amour (After Love) and La Boheme.
 
In his autobiography, Aznavour by Aznavour, he recalls that, after a period trying to play a tough guy role, he was goaded one evening into taking the bandstand to sing.
 
“I saw that the girls looked at me much more, their eyes moist and their lips apart, than when I played a terror … I was only 15 or 16, but I understood,” he wrote.
 
Aznavour’s ability to achieve an intimate rapport with audiences in solo concerts also brought him acclaim as an actor in non-singing roles, notably in movie director Francois Truffaut’s Tirez Sur le Pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player, 1960).
 
He discovered his songwriting talent while doing the rounds in cabarets with partner Pierre Roche, with Roche playing the piano and Aznavour singing.
 
Following the war, Piaf noticed the duo performing and took them with her on a tour of the United States and Canada, with Aznavour composing some of her most popular hits.
 
After living in the shadow of stars like Piaf, for whom he also penned hits, Aznavour’s career finally took off when he was in his mid-30s, with gold albums and world tours.
 
Sometimes described as France’s Frank Sinatra, Aznavour was born in Paris on May 22, 1924, to Armenian parents _ his birth name was Shahnour Aznavourian.
 
He grew up on Paris’ Left Bank and began performing at the age of 9. His first public performances were at Armenian gatherings where his father and older sister Aida sang and Charles danced.
 
Short in stature at 160cm (5ft 3in), Aznavour had a magnetic stage presence that brought audiences to their feet at venues like the Olympia in Paris and New York’s Carnegie Hall.
 
Fans admired his mature storytelling ability and quavering vibrato voice, rich in sensitivity and range.
 
“I have the kind of voice that gels with the type of songs I write,” he wrote.
 
His ability to perform in French, Spanish, English, Italian and German helped.
 
In an August 2011 interview with Paris Match magazine, Aznavour described a gruelling self-imposed work schedule.
 
“I write. Every day. For hours,” he said.
 
“I would be bored to death if I couldn’t write songs anymore.”
 
Most of his many songs deal with relationships, misfortune and romantic nostalgia that is punctuated with irony.
 
He did not hesitate to tackle more controversial topics though, such as the lonely life of a drag queen in Comme Ils Disent (translated as “What Makes a Man”).
 
Aznavour’s gaze turned political at times. He wrote a song in 1975 in memory of the Armenian genocide and donated profits from another song, Pour toi Armenie, to help rebuild the country after its 1988 earthquake.
 
Armenia in 2009 named Aznavour ambassador to Switzerland, where the singer resided in later years. He was also made Unesco’s ambassador and permanent delegate of Armenia in 1995.
 
Aznavour launched a farewell tour in 2006, but his goodbye was short-lived, and he went on to tour again and again, until months before his death.
 
Aznavour died on Tuesday at one of his homes, in the village of Mouries north of the French port city of Marseille.
 
He leaves behind his third wife, Ulla, and six children.
 
_ Julie Carriat & Brian Love

Macron bids fond adieu to Charles

Arbi Tashjian
The Sun (England)
October 6, 2018 Saturday
Macron bids fond adieu to Charles
 
by  BRIAN LOVE
 
 
FRANCE yesterday bid a fond farewell to Charles Aznavour in a tribute that reflected the late singer’s status as a national icon at home as well as in the country of his roots, Armenia.
 
Pallbearers carried his coffin into Les Invalides military museum in Paris – where Napoleon is buried – to the sound of haunting music played from a duduk, an oboelike native Armenian wind instrument.
 
The legendary singersongwriter passed away during the week aged 94.
 
Standing before the coffin draped in the national tricolour, President Emmanuel Macron told mourners: “In France, poets never die.
 
“Armenians of all countries today, I am thinking of you.
 
“He was supposed to be one of us next week in (a visit to) Yerevan, (Armenia) his absence will leave a giant void.”

A tear from Brigitte at farewell to Aznavour, master of melancholy

Khondkarian Raffi
The Times (London)
October 6, 2018 Saturday
A tear from Brigitte at farewell to Aznavour, master of melancholy
 
by Charles Bremner
 
 
President Macron gave a lyrical tribute to Charles Aznavour yesterday, leading a state ceremony of homage to one of France’s greatest balladeers and describing the singer as part of the nation’s heritage (Charles Bremner writes).
 
Under blue skies in the courtyard of Les Invalides, the military museum and tomb of Napoleon, Mr Macron addressed Aznavour’s family, former presidents, the leaders of Armenia and an array of cultural stars in a salute to the composer and actor, who died aged 94 on Monday.
 
“For almost a century, he made us live,” Mr Macron said by Aznavour’s coffin, which was draped in a French flag. “He held out a mirror to make our lives more gentle, our tears less bitter. His songs were a balm, a remedy, a comfort. His presence, that voice became part of our lives … Charles Aznavour became, unanimously, a face of France.”
 
In language that French leaders usually reserve for national heroes rather than popular singers, Mr Macron, 40, said that Aznavour, a child of Armenian immigrants, had “woven an unbreakable thread that bound together the generations” with his melancholy songs. He projected the glory of the French language around the world. “His refrains have entered the national heritage.”
 
The president, a devotee of postwar singersongwriters, said that the whole country knew the lines of Aznavour’s hits: “I could already see myself … Yesterday when I was young … How sad is Venice.”
 
Aznavour, who wrote or co-wrote 1,000 songs, including hits such as La BohÈme and She, was “the master of French song”, Nikol Pashinyan, the prime minister of Armenia, said.
 
Aznavour’s death has stirred national emotion because he was the last of the line of singers of chanson Française, the bittersweet style of love songs and social commentary whose stars included Édith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Brel. Piaf was Aznavour’s mentor in the late 1940s.
 
Aznavour’s 91 albums included duets with Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan. He was to have performed in Japan this month.
 
Mr Macron compared Aznavour to the poet Guillaume Apollinaire. “The French language is not only the cement of a nation, it’s also the catalyst for freedom and hope,” he said.
 
Soldiers of the Republican Guard carried Aznavour’s coffin out of the courtyard to Emmenez Mois Au Bout de la Terre (Take Me to the End of the World), sung by a military choir as the former presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande listened alongside Aznavour’s wife, Ulla, 74, and their children.
 
He will be buried in a private ceremony at Montfort-l’Amaury, on the outskirts of western Paris, today.