LEVON ARONYAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURNAMENT AFTER MIKHAIL TAL
ArmRadio.am
30.10.2006 16:16
November 5 in Moscow leading Grand Master of Armenia Levon Aronyan
will participate in the tournament after legendary chess player,
ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal. Famous chess players like Pyotor
Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Grishchuk, Peter Leko and
others will also participate in the tournament.

VARUZHAN VOSKANYAN HAD TO WITHDRAW HIS CANDIDACY
ArmRadio.am
30.10.2006 16:42
The European Commission expects Romania to suggest new candidacy
for European Commissioner. Primarily the Prime Minister of Romania
CÄ~Clin Popescu-TÄ~C riceanu had proposed the candidacy of Varuzhan
Voskanyan – Head of the Armenian National Union of Armenia. However,
the latter had to withdraw his candidacy after separate episodes of
his biography were revealed. Thus, according to European mass media,
Voskanyan is suspected of serving as agent of the ” Securitate”
special service and leading a rightist political party financed by
one of Romanian businessmen.
Voskanyan himself categorically refutes this kind of accusations.
President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barosso supports
the candidacy of Romanian Justice Minister Monika Makovey.
–Boundary_(ID_xPITjJ00cXpgfWYXt6owhw)–

LES TEMPS FORTS
Le Figaro, France
30 octobre 2006
Patrimoine Du 15 decembre au 18 mars. Les douze capitales d’Armenie
et leurs styles architecturaux. n La Conciergerie, 2, boulevard du
Palais, 75001 Paris.
Du 28 janvier au 25 mars. Livre armenien : cinq siècles de tresors. n
La Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). 58, rue de Richelieu 75002
Paris. Du 17 fevrier au 15 mai. Armenia Sacra. Le Musee du Louvre
presente l’art sacre armenien. Du 19 avril au 31 mai. Tresors d’Armenie
: 30 livres precieux (de la Bibliothèque nationale d’Armenie). n
Bibliothèque municipale : 3, rue Kuhn, 67000 Strasbourg. Art moderne
et contemporain Du 13 fevrier au 31 mars.
Retrospective Martiros Sarian au Musee francais de la carte a jouer.
n 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux. De juillet a août. Peintures en Armenie
1830-1930. n Petit Palais, Musee des beaux-arts de Paris : av.
Winston-Churchill, 75008 Paris. Photographie Du 6 janvier
au 24 fevrier. 15 ans d’independance vus par les photographes
armeniens. n Musee archeologique : place de la Vieille-Eglise, 83701
Saint-Raphaël. Cinema Janvier 2007. Retrospectives Sergueï Paradjanov
n Cinemathèque de Toulouse 69, rue du Taur, 31000 Toulouse. n
L’Institut Lumière de Lyon 25, rue du Premier-Film, 69008 Lyon. Avril
2007. Hommage a Rouben Mamoulian. n Cinemathèque francaise, 51,
rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris. Musique Le 17 fevrier. Charles Aznavour
et ses amis n Palais Garnier, a Paris. Theâtre/Danse Du 7 octobre
au 10 juin (tournee en France). Parfums d’Armenie : creation de la
compagnie Yeraz.
–Boundary_(ID_iXlu988d2jU8HEXpgkfv2Q)–

CHANNEL FIRST SHOOTING A FILM ABOUT ARTSAKH
ArmRadio.am
30.10.2006 11:19
The Armenian First Channel is shooting a serial feature film. For
one month the creative group of the film has been working in Artsakh.
The film titled “Don’t fear” will not present real characters and
events, but the film is about real life.
To the extent possible the authors are trying to present the historic
reality of 1991-1993. The shooting is carried out in the same places
where voluntary divisions were leading fierce battle.
The chief character of the film is Armen Aramyan – a young man from
Yerevan, who found himself in the center of military actions.
The character of a Diaspora Armenian soldier was embodied by a
Canadian-Armenian professional actor, who splayed also in Atom Egoyan’s
“Ararat” film.
Shooting of the film is due to be completed by June.

“YERKRAMAS” TO CELEBRATE ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
ArmRadio.am
30.10.2006 12:20
November 15 the 10th anniversary of “Yerkramas” newspaper of Russian
Armenians will be celebrated in Krasnodar.
Editorial office of the newspaper informs that Armenian ensembles
from different cities and regions of Kuban will participate in the
gala concert.
On the occasion of the jubilee, the editorial staff has received
congratulations from RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to Russia Armen Smbatyan, RA Minister Education and Science Levon
Lazarian.

THE UNDER 19 FOOTBALL TEAM OF ARMENIA WON CYPRUS 1:0
ArmRadio.am
30.10.2006 12:33
The under 19 football team of Armenia scored 1:0 against the
team of Cyprus in the second round qualification of the European
Championship. In another match of the same group the team of Hungary
beat Azerbaijan 5:0.
Only after the last round of the tournament it will become clear
which two teams will continue competing in the European Championship.
November 1 in Larnaka Armenian footballers will meet with Hungarians,
while the team of Cyprus will meet with Azerbaijan. After two rounds
the group is leaded by Hungary with 6 points, the teams of Armenia and
Azerbaijan have 3 points each, while the team of Cyprus has no points.

US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HOLDS TRAINING ON EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
ArmRadio.am
30.10.2006 13:08
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has organized a seminar
to educate trainers for Armenian prosecutors, judges, and advocates
on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and on advanced case
studies. The seminar will be led by the Honorable Richard G. Stearns,
United States District Court Judge; Gediminas Sagatys, Senior Advisor
to the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania and Professor of Law
at Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius; and Henrikas Mickevicius,
Executive Director of the Human Rights Monitoring Institute in
Vilnius. The training seminar will last a day and a half and will
be held on October 30-31, as well as November 1-2, 2006. The seminar
will include advanced discussions and case studies of Articles 5 and 6
from the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as a comparative
analysis of the recent amendments to the Armenian criminal procedure
code with the ECHR. There will also be discussions on how the ECHR
has changed the constitutional, legislative, and case law landscape
in Lithuania, and lessons learned from this transition.
Armenia has been a signatory to the European Court of Human Rights
since 2002. This training is especially relevant since the number
of Armenian petitioners who have made applications to the Court has
increased from 89 in 2003 to 340 in 2005.
This will be Judge Stearns’s second trip to Armenia at the invitation
of the US Government. In June 2006, Judge Stearns conducted training
sessions for Armenian judges, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and
the Armenian Police Department on trafficking in persons issues,
and specifically on victims’ rights and the protection of witnesses.

VARTAN OSKANIAN TO PARTAKE IN BSECO SITTING IN MOSCOW
ArmRadio.am
30.10.2006 13:45
RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will leave for Moscow today to
participate in the 15th sitting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Organization to be held October 31 – November 1.
RA Foreign Minister is expected to participate in agenda discussions
and deliver a speech.

ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY DATA, RUBEN HOVSEPYAN WAS ELECTED HEAD OF AJAPNYAK COMMUNITY
ArmRadio.am
30.10.2006 14:29
With 76% of the votes Ruben Hovsepyan was elected Head of Ajapnyak
community of Yerevan, President of the 6th Precinct Electoral
Commission Samvel Yeranyan declared, summing up the results of
self-government elections.
Let us remind that there were three candidates: Ruben Hovsepyan,
Gagik Sargsyan and Ishkhan Arshakyan.
“75 188 citizens in Ajapnyak community had franchise right. All in all
18 932 voters participated in the elections, 32 of which resumed their
voting right through court. The ballots were distributed as follows:
Ishkhan Arshakyan – 1 920 votes, Ruben Hovsepyan – 13 930 votes and
Gagik Sargsyan – 2 416 votes. Thus, with 76 percent of the ballots
Ruben Hovsepyan was elected head of community,” Samvel Yeranyan told
“Radiolur.”

CZECK MP CALLS FRENCH BILL ‘UNFORTUNATE AND INAPPROPRIATE’
By Cihan News Agency
Zaman, Turkey
Oct 28 2006
Jan Zahradil, a member of the Czech Civic Democratic Party and the
European Parliament (EP), said that distant historical events could
no longer be manipulated as a political instrument.
Czech parliamentarian Zahradil commented on the controversial French
bill to Cihan News Agency when he attended the celebrations of the
83rd anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic at the
Turkish Embassy in Prague.
The Czech MP labeled the French bill, which penalizes the denial of
the so-called Armenian genocide, as “unfortunate and inappropriate.”
Zahradil stressed the French bill would aggravate ties not only
between Turkey and France but also jeopardize the Turkey-EU relations.
Zahradil remarked that Czech Republic had its own negative experience
with the retroactive abuse of its past.