Turkish FM assures Aliyev that Ankara supports Baku’s stance on Karabakh

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Turkish FM assures Aliyev that Ankara supports Baku’s stance on Karabakh

BAKU. Dec 14

Ankara will continue supporting Baku in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.

“Turkey will continue providing whatever support it can to Baku in the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani issue with the observance of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity,” Cavusoglu was cited as saying at a meeting with President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Friday in a statement on the Azerbaijani presidential website.

Azerbaijan and Turkey have always supported each other, the minister said.

Aliyev, in turn, expressed gratitude to the Turkish side for its support for Azerbaijan’s stance on the Karabakh issue.

Aliyev noted the high level of bilateral ties between Baku and Ankara, adding that the joint projects implemented by Azerbaijan and Turkey, including the TAP, the TANAP, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, and others have great importance for countries of the region and the world.

“At the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the further development of bilateral cooperation,” the statement said.

Oughourlian, el mayor accionista de Prisa, principal apoyo mediático de Pedro Sánchez

El Español, España
14 dic. 2018


  • El Presidente de Gobierno se ha reunido con el dueño de Amber Capital en hasta cuatro ocasiones en los últimos seis meses.
  • Los principales accionistas de Prisa se plantean una nueva ampliación de capital
  • Amber prepara el asalto final a Prisa y no descarta lanzar una OPA en 2019

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Fernando Cano

En medio de la dura guerra mediática que libra el gobierno socialista de Pedro Sánchez, el Presidente de Gobierno ha encontrado un insospechado apoyo en Joseph Oughourlian, dueño de Amber Capital, el fondo activista que es el mayor accionista del grupo Prisa con el 27% del capital. 

Las informaciones confirmadas por este diario con el entorno del empresario armenio indican que éste se ha reunido en al menos cuatro ocasiones con Sánchez en sus seis meses como inquilino del Palacio de la Moncloa. Estas mismas fuentes apuntan a que su relación es muy cordial y que mantienen una interlocución directa. 

En estas reuniones -la última la semana pasada- suelen hablar sobre política y sobre el panorama mediático español. Unos encuentros en los que se ha demostrado que tienen bastante sintonía en muchos de estos temas. Una situación que contrasta con su relación con el anterior presidente de la compañía Juan Luis Cebrián, al que  Pedro Sánchez candidato a Moncloa acusó de un bloqueo mediático por no apoyar a Mariano Rajoy en su investidura en 2016.

Precisamente, Amber fue uno de los principales impulsores de la salida definitiva de Juan Luis Cebrián  en abril de este año y del giro hacia la izquierda del diario El País, que desembocó este año en la llegada de Soledad Gallego Díaz como directora de la cabecera.

Amber es un fondo que busca la rentabilidad de sus inversiones y tras la salida del histórico presidente de la compañía advirtieron que los medios del grupo debían recuperar el espectro ideológico más cercano a la izquierda. 

El objetivo era volver a sus orígenes y recuperar los lectores perdidos en la época de Antonio Caño, consiguiendo además recuperar posiciones comercialmente en una audiencia que tiene menos medios de comunicación de referencia y donde son claramente líderes.

En el caso de los encuentros que se han producido hasta ahora, Sánchez le ha transmitido a Oughourlian que se encuentra “fuerte y seguro” y éste le ha detallado los planes de expansión del editor español. Quienes están al tanto de estas conversaciones creen que se podría estar forjando una alianza en la que Sánchez consigue el apoyo mediático de Prisa y el dueño de Amber, apoyo político para sus planes de expansión en la compañía.

Joseph Oughourlian es una figura controvertida, pero sobre todo un hombre de negocios. Comenzó su carrera en Société Générale en París en 1994 y se trasladó a Nueva York en 1996. En 1997 comenzó a gestionar participaciones directas de Société Générale en Nueva York, lo que le llevó a crear Amber Fund en octubre de 2001 y Amber Capital en 2005.

En el sector se recuerda su histórica intervención en la junta extraordinaria de accionistas de Prisa de finales de 2017 cuando acusó a Juan Luis Cebrián de fagocitar la compañía y de intentar conservar el poder a cualquier precio. En esa junta el hasta ese momento primer ejecutivo renunció a la presidencia de la compañía.

Un encontronazo que puso fin a más de un año de lucha para desbancar a Cebrián y pacificar la compañía. Directo y conocedor de la cultura y la realidad mediática española, Oughourlian rechaza la etiqueta de fondo buitre con la que muchos etiquetan a Amber. Prueba de ello, son los proyectos de crecimiento que tiene para el editor de El País y Cadena Ser, siempre en sintonía con el actual equipo gestor, a quienes -por primera vez en un lustro- les han dado plenos poderes y confianza para generar valor en la compañía.

Como ya contó este periódico, entre sus planes está seguir creciendo y superar su 27% de participación en el grupo editor, sin descartar una Opa al grupo en el mediano plazo. En este contexto se enmarca además la puesta en marcha de una ampliación de capital que Amber -y los principales accionistas- están impulsando para apoyar los planes de crecimiento del editor de El País.

Esta ampliación de capital que podría ser abordada en la reunión del consejo de administración de la próxima semana, tiene como objetivo obtener recursos para el pago de su deuda y así compensar los 313 millones de euros que dejaron de amortizar por el fracaso de la venta de Media Capital. También intentaría reordenar su capital sacando fondos extranjeros y dando entrada a empresas españolas. Entre los proyectos de crecimiento está el poder inyectar dinero en Santillana, con la posibilidad de hacerse con el 100% del accionariado.

Después de la última ampliación de capital que salvó a Prisa del desequilibrio patrimonial y tras la salida de Juan Luis Cebrián, el grupo está en manos de Amber con casi un 27%, seguido del banco HSBC con el 10%, Oviedo Holdings con el 10%, Telefónica con el 9,4%, los Polanco (Rucandio) con el 8,4%, Adar Capital con un 7,3%, Roberto Alcántara con el 5,1% y Santander con el 4,1%.

Una composición a la que se llegó después de que accionistas como Telefónica o Caixabank decidieran no suscribir nuevas acciones y, por tanto, diluyeron su capital. En sus balances Telefónica mantiene a Prisa como un activo disponible para venta, lo que no significa que quiera vender, pero da cuenta de que no es una inversión estratégica para la operadora de telecomunicaciones.


Verelq: The Russian soldier accused of murder must stand before the Armenian court. NSS

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The Russian serviceman of the 102nd Russian military base, who brutally beat a 57-year-old woman who came out to clean the streets of Gyumri on December 3, must be sentenced in an Armenian court. Director of NSS Artur Vanetsyan announced at the meeting with journalists in Tsaghkadzor. This is reported by Aysor.


The woman died on the way to the hospital.

“The murderer has no nationality, does not belong to this or that profession, the murderer remains a murderer and must be condemned,” added Vanetsyan.

To the question of whether he should be sentenced by the Armenian court, the director of the NSS answered: “Yes, if the murder was committed on the territory of Armenia, it should be condemned by the Armenian court.”

It should be noted that the court of general jurisdiction of Shirak region satisfied the petition of the investigative body and detained the Russian soldier of the 102nd Russian military base. It is known that the criminal case was initiated under the features of Article 112 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia: intentionally causing serious injury to health, which caused the death of the victim through carelessness.

Aysor.am’s sources informed that the serviceman is still being held in the territory of the military base.

Armenpress: Artur Baghdasaryan leaves active politics: Rule of Law party has new chairman

Artur Baghdasaryan leaves active politics: Rule of Law party has new chairman

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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS. Leader of the Rule of Law party Artur Baghdasaryan announced during the party congress that he is leaving active politics, reports Armenpress.

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan has been elected new chairman of the party.

The party issued a statement which says: 
“The extraordinary congress of the Rule of Law party was held today which was attended by the leaders of the party’s regional structures from all provinces and the capital Yerevan.

Opening the session Artur Baghdasaryan thanked more than 12.000 citizens, supporters for voting in favor of the party, as well as once again congratulated all political forces elected to the parliament.

The participants of the Congress in their remarks stated that the Rule of Law party is one of Armenia’s active political forces during the past 20 years, which has been represented in the parliament for 18 years and has fought for social protection and welfare, as well as strengthening of justice and legality, initiating more than 250 laws, numerous programs and initiatives which contributed to solving the issues of hundreds of thousands of our citizens.

The party congress has taken into consideration the statement of Artur Baghdasaryan to suspend the powers of the party chairman.

“Dear people, dear delegates,

I want to announce that I am leaving active politics by laying down my powers of the Rule of Law party chairman and my future party activities. 20 years after the establishment of the Rule of Law party, I want to thank all my compatriots, all people who criticize, love and appreciate me, ask to forgive me for the mistakes and shortcomings during my political activity, to thank all those who appreciated and valued my work. I want to express gratitude to all journalists and media outlets for covering my activities, and want to specifically thank my teammates and all our people.  

Being engaged in public activity I will try to contribute to the solution of numerous issues in the country with my public proposals. I will return to active politics if people wish, when I feel that necessity. God bless our people”, Artur Baghdasaryan said.

Karine Sargsyan, Vahe Torosyan and Simon Hakobyan were elected deputy chairs of the Rule of Law party.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




168: Over two dozen people convicted since 1993 for carrying out activities in Armenia by the order of Azerbaijan – NSS

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More than two dozen people, who have been recruited by the Azerbaijani special services and carried out activities in Armenia by their order, have been convicted in Armenia since 1993 up to now, National Security Service Mayor Tigran Davitavyan said during a seminar for the media outlets.

“These people have worked in favor of Azerbaijan, collected information relating to military and scientific-technical fields and planned sabotage and murder attempts”, he said.

Head of the NSS scientific-educational center Armen Kinaktsyan added that they work with the presumption that these persons are much more, and they continue the search operations.

“Some of these people announce on time about communication, collaboration with the Azerbaijani side and are released from responsibility”, he said.

168: President Sarkissian sends congratulatory letters to leaders of My Step alliance, Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia parties

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President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian sent a congratulatory letter to acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the victory of his My Step alliance in the recent snap parliamentary elections.

Armen Sarkissian also sent congratulatory letters to leader of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan and chairman of the Bright Armenia party Edmon Marukyan on the success recorded in the elections.

President Sarkissian expressed confidence that their activities and programs will derive from the interests of Armenia and Artsakh, all citizens of Armenia and all Armenians.

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Artur Baghdasaryan, the chairman of Orinats Yerkir Party, is leaving active politics, also resigning the powers of the OEK chairman. This is stated in the statement released by the party.


“Today, the OEK extraordinary congress took place, in which the leaders of OEK territorial structures from all marzes and the capital of the republic took part.


Opening the session, Artur Baghdasaryan thanked more than 12,000 citizens who voted for the party, sympathizers, ideologues, heads of structures and again congratulated all the forces that passed the parliament.


The speakers emphasized that the “Land of Laws” party has been one of the most active political forces in RA for the past 20 years, and being represented in the RA National Assembly for 18 years, OEK fought for the social protection and well-being of our citizens, as well as for the strengthening of justice and legality, authoring more than 250 laws, many pro-people programs and initiatives that contributed to solving the problems of hundreds of thousands of our citizens.


The OEK congress took note of Artur Baghdasaryan’s statement on the termination of the powers of the party chairman.


“Dear people, dear delegates,


I want to announce that I am leaving active politics, putting aside the powers of the OEK president and my further party activities. 20 years after the founding of OEK, I want to thank all my compatriots, people who criticize and reject me, love and appreciate me, again ask for everyone’s forgiveness for the mistakes and shortcomings during my political activity, thank those who appreciate and value my work. I would like to express my gratitude to all journalists and mass media for covering my activities. special thanks to my like-minded friends and teammates and all our people.


Engaging in public activities, I will try to contribute to the solution of the accumulated and increasing problems in the country with my public recommendations. I will return to active politics at the will of the people, when I feel the need and necessity for it. May God protect our people,” said Artur Baghdasaryan.


The assembly nominated and unanimously elected Hovhannes Hovhannisyan to the post of OEK president. Karine Sargsyan, Vahe Torosyan and Simon Hakobyan were elected vice-presidents of the OEK.”

La comunidad armenia recuerda a las víctimas de masacre de 1915

El Mirón de Soria, España
10 dic. 2018
Martes, 11 Diciembre 2018 09:29

La comunidad armenia de El Burgo de Osma inaugurará el 15 de diciembre un monolito para recordar a las víctimas de la masacre de 1915.

El acto tendrá lugar el próximo día 15 de diciembre a las 13:30 horas en el parque del Carmen de la Villa Episcopal.

Posteriormente, se realizará un vino español en El Palacio del Virrey de la citada localidad.

El monolito servirá para recordar a las víctimas de la masacre de 1915.

Sports: UEFA charges Armenia national team with crowd disturbances during Nations League group stage match

Panorama, Armenia
Dec 15 2018

The European football association, UEFA, on Friday charged the Armenian national football team with crowd disturbances at the Nations League group stage match between Armenia and Gibraltar played on 13 October in Yerevan.

The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body has decided to fine the Football Federation of Armenia €18,000.

To remind, the incident involving members of two Armenian fan groups Red Eagles and FAF  in the final minutes of the match after a flag of Gibraltar was raised in the Red Eagles section.

Aside from that, the home team were charged for throwing of objects by fans toward the visiting team players. 

Embassy calls against politicizing killing of Armenian woman presumably by Russian serviceman

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Embassy calls against politicizing killing of Armenian woman presumably by Russian serviceman

YEREVAN. Dec 14

The Russian embassy to Armenia has called against politicizing the tragic incident in Gyumri that involved a Russian serviceman.

“We have paid attention to the ongoing emotional comments on the tragic incident in Gyumri. Once again we call against politicizing this issue, jumping to conclusions, and hindering the activity of investigative agencies. We also wish to extend our condolences to the family and friends of the victim,” the embassy said.

A court in the Shirak district of Armenia arrested a serviceman of the Russian military base in Gyumri on Thursday. A source in the law enforcement authorities told Interfax that the serviceman was being held on the premises of the Russian base.

The serviceman was detained on suspicion of killing a local woman.

The local media said that the killing of a 57-year-old janitor in Gyumri on December 3 was being investigated. The woman was beaten to death.