Category: News

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Feb 11 2005
Green Lane agricultural NGO founded in Armenia
Military statements necessary to Azerbaijan to support fighting
efficiency of the army – S.Sargsian
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GREEN LANE AGRICULTURAL NGO FOUNDED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, January 10. /ARKA/. USDA MAP Director Jeffrey Engels
participated in the opening of the office space of the new
Agricultural Assistance NGO, Green Lane, on February 8. Green Lane
was established in December 2004. It involves more than 50 members of
MAP-supported farmer groups and cooperatives and will operate in the
field of organic agriculture. According to Nune Sarukhanyan, the
Chairperson of the new NGO, these farmer groups left behind a long
transition period to organic agriculture. Green Lane, inspired and
funded by USDA MAP, now belongs to these farmer groups: Farmer Field
Schools, Local Extension Research Groups, and cooperatives. Mr.
Engels warmly welcomed and congratulated the members of the NGO and
valued their future contribution in the development of organic and
general agriculture in the country. He expressed his willingness to
further provide support to Green Lane. Ms. Sarukhanyan cordially
thanked Jeffrey Engels, Dave Slusser and other MAP consultants for
the moral and financial support in this starting period. The main
goal of Green Lane is to assist farmers in establishment and
sustainable development of farmer groups and cooperatives to produce
high quality and competitive products, thereby increasing incomes of
member-farmers and cooperators. Nune said Green Lane, with its
research potential, funds and close collaboration contacts in the
regions of Armenia, is ready to start its activity. In the first
month of its existence, Green Lane has sufficient investments from
individuals and organizations. The number of the NGO members is
growing each day. L.D. –0–
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MILITARY STATEMENTS NECESSARY TO AZERBAIJAN TO SUPPORT FIGHTING
EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY – S.SARGSIAN
YEREVAN, February 11. /ARKA/. Military statements are necessary to
Azerbaijan to support fighting efficiency of the army, RA Minister of
Defense Serge Sargsian stated in the interview to Yerkir Newspaper.
According to him, Azeri military men need to “prove” that they can
settle issues by force. “If they admit that cannot take the lost
lands by force, then their opponents will surely interested in the
reason of that and the administration of defense department will have
no answer”, Sargsian said. He also said that similar statements in
negotiating process are means of pressure not only on Armenian party,
but on mediators as well. “It is not perspective style of work”, he
resumed. L.D. –0–
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ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Feb 11 2005
Green Lane agricultural NGO founded in Armenia
Military statements necessary to Azerbaijan to support fighting
efficiency of the army – S.Sargsian
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GREEN LANE AGRICULTURAL NGO FOUNDED IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, January 10. /ARKA/. USDA MAP Director Jeffrey Engels
participated in the opening of the office space of the new
Agricultural Assistance NGO, Green Lane, on February 8. Green Lane
was established in December 2004. It involves more than 50 members of
MAP-supported farmer groups and cooperatives and will operate in the
field of organic agriculture. According to Nune Sarukhanyan, the
Chairperson of the new NGO, these farmer groups left behind a long
transition period to organic agriculture. Green Lane, inspired and
funded by USDA MAP, now belongs to these farmer groups: Farmer Field
Schools, Local Extension Research Groups, and cooperatives. Mr.
Engels warmly welcomed and congratulated the members of the NGO and
valued their future contribution in the development of organic and
general agriculture in the country. He expressed his willingness to
further provide support to Green Lane. Ms. Sarukhanyan cordially
thanked Jeffrey Engels, Dave Slusser and other MAP consultants for
the moral and financial support in this starting period. The main
goal of Green Lane is to assist farmers in establishment and
sustainable development of farmer groups and cooperatives to produce
high quality and competitive products, thereby increasing incomes of
member-farmers and cooperators. Nune said Green Lane, with its
research potential, funds and close collaboration contacts in the
regions of Armenia, is ready to start its activity. In the first
month of its existence, Green Lane has sufficient investments from
individuals and organizations. The number of the NGO members is
growing each day. L.D. –0–
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MILITARY STATEMENTS NECESSARY TO AZERBAIJAN TO SUPPORT FIGHTING
EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY – S.SARGSIAN
YEREVAN, February 11. /ARKA/. Military statements are necessary to
Azerbaijan to support fighting efficiency of the army, RA Minister of
Defense Serge Sargsian stated in the interview to Yerkir Newspaper.
According to him, Azeri military men need to “prove” that they can
settle issues by force. “If they admit that cannot take the lost
lands by force, then their opponents will surely interested in the
reason of that and the administration of defense department will have
no answer”, Sargsian said. He also said that similar statements in
negotiating process are means of pressure not only on Armenian party,
but on mediators as well. “It is not perspective style of work”, he
resumed. L.D. –0–
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New press club opens in Vanadzor
International Journalist’s Network
Feb 11 2005
Journalists in the north Armenian city of Vanadzor now have a local
press club to call their own, the Yerevan Press Club newsletter
reported.
The Vanadzor Press Club was launched at a ceremony on February 5.
Representatives from local and national media groups such as
Internews-Armenia and the Eurasia Foundation attended the ceremony.
Boris Navasardian, president of the Yerevan Press Club, donated
several YPC publications for the new club’s library.
The stated mission of the new club is to assist in the establishment
and development of the media in the Lori and Tavush regions of
Armenia. It will also work towards the free dissemination of
information and the protection of journalists’ rights in the country.
The club is an initiative of the Vanadzor branch of the Helsinki
Citizens Assembly, an international group that promotes civil society
development.
YPC:

Pan Armenian Network
MONUMENT TO HOLOCAUST VICTIMS FELL BY ITSELF
11.02.2005 18:37
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian Police refuted the information on
the act of vandalism regarding the monument to the Holocaust victims
in Yerevan. The examination of the monument showed that the granite
obelisk with 110 cm height and 17 cm width was strengthened with two
iron props at the height of 2.5 meters above the ground. No damages
were discovered on the monument.

Pan Armenian Network
ACCORDING TO US AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN LEADERS MUST ACTIVATE THEIR EFFORTS
IN KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
11.02.2005 18:53
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to the US, leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia
must activate their efforts in settlement of the conflict, US Ambassador to
Azerbaijan Rino Harnish said at a press conference. The Ambassador gave a
positive assessment of the activity of OSCE Minsk Group and expressed
opinion that the visit of OSCE mission to the region testified to the
efforts and interests of OSCE in the fair and long-term resolution of the
conflict. He came out for peaceful resolution of the conflict in the nearest
future, giving a positive assessment of US’s role and efforts in the given
issue, which would contribute to establishing peace and stability in the
region. At the same time, Ambassador Harnish noted that the resolution does
not depend only on the USA or any other country.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Pan Armenian Network
ILLINOIS HOUSE COMMITTEE DECIDED ON TEACHING COURSE ON GENOCIDE IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
11.02.2005 16:54
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The bill states that all public elementary and high
schools should have a unit covering genocide throughout the world,
including the Armenian Genocide, the killings in Ukraine as well as
recent incidents in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Sudan. Currently,
public schools are required to teach a course on the Holocaust only.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Pan Armenian Network
REPORTS ON ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA OF EU: NEW NEIGHBORHOOD
INITIATIVE TO BE PUBLISHED WITHIN 2 WEEKS
11.02.2005 14:35
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The reports on Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
within the EU Wider Europe: New Neighbors initiative have been already
prepared and will be published within 2 weeks in Brussels, EU Special
Representative for South Caucasus Heikki Talvitie stated in Baku. In
his words, after the consideration in the EU Headquarters in Brussels
the reports will be submitted to the Committee of Ministers.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Pan Armenian Network
HEIKKI TALVITIE: WE BELIEVE KARABAKH CONFLICT WILL BE SETTLED
11.02.2005 14:23
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “The OSCE Minsk Group deals with the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement. As you know, the US, France and Russia are the
MG Co-Chairs and the activities of the group are efficient enough”,
EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Heikki Talvitie stated
in Baku. In his words, the EU is assisting to the conflict settlement
and believes that this problem will be resolved. The EU will go on
forming peacekeeping forces to be sent to the region. He also stated
that the EU can contribute to the restoration and reconstruction of
the territories after the conflict is settled.

Pan Armenian Network
ARMENIA TO APPOINT NEW TRADE REPRESENTATIVES IN EU AND US
11.02.2005 15:11
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian government came to the decision on
appointing trade representatives (Attaches) in the EU member-states
with the residence in Brussels and in the US with the residence
in Washington

Classical: BBC Philharmonic
The Independent – United Kingdom
Feb 12, 2005
Stuart Price
The young Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan renews his association
with the BBC Philharmonic this evening, in an all-Russian programme
helmed by Gianandrea Noseda (left), the orchestra’s principal conductor
and a guest conductor at Valery Gergiev’s Kirov in St Petersburg. The
19-year- old is soloist in Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No 1,
a work written for the Jewish violinist David Oistrakh in 1948 that
remained unperformed while Stalin was alive; its quoting of Jewish
melodies was a comment on the anti-semitism of the Soviet state.
The concert opens with Shostakovich’s orchestration of the Prelude
to Mussorgsky’s unfinished opera, Khovanshchina, and concludes with
Scriabin’s Symphony No 3, The Divine Poem. In a talk at 6.30pm, the
Independent’s Lynne Walker is in conversation with the music writer
David Nice about the work of Scriabin.
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester (0161-907 9000) tonight,
7.30pm, pounds 7-pounds 28