PERNOD RICARD : DES SOUCIS EN RUSSIE ?
Boursier.com
9 août 2006
La filiale de distribution du groupe aurait perdu sa licence…
Selon la version anglaise du journal russe ‘Kommersant’, les autorites
moscovites de la protection du consommateur auraient suspendu la
licence de distribution de PR Rus, une filiale de Pernod Ricard,
après une enquete debutee en juillet. La societe n’est pas la seule
visee puisque 8 autres distributeurs auraient ete sanctionnes pour
des manquements aux règles sanitaires.
“Par une coïncidence surprenante”, ecrit le journal, tous les
distributeurs concernes sont de gros importateurs de vins georgiens
et moldaves. Il explique egalement que PR Rus pourrait etre le plus
touche, au vu de sa position de leader sur le marche des spiritueux
hauts de gamme, puisque le distributeur detiendrait 22% du marche
du whisky, 12,5% du marche du Cognac francais et 40% de celui de la
Tequila. La filiale de Pernod est egalement l’importateur exclusif
de Yerevan Cognac Enterprise, qui detient 55% du marche du Cognac
armenien en Russie.
–Boundary_(ID_+zVmHWyYiUhbeQfAl6/euQ)–

DJORKAEFF: J’AI FAILLI TOUT ARRTER
par Geslin Alain
Paris-Normandie
9 août 2006 mercredi
Après un mois d’absence, l’ex-international francais Youri Djorkaeff
a repris le chemin de l’entraînement, lundi, avec son club americain
des RedBulls New York et avoue avoir songe a mettre un terme a sa
carrière. Le champion du monde 1998 et champion d’Europe 2000 a
aussi profite de son retour pour mettre les choses au point après la
polemique soulevee par sa presence a Francfort au quart de finale du
Mondial entre la France et le Bresil alors qu’il avait une permission
de son club pour venir en France auprès de sa mère souffrante.
Juste avant la rencontre, le Francais d’origine armenienne
avait ete interpelle a Francfort pour un delit de fuite datant de
septembre2001. Mais quelques heures plus tard, il avait ete libere
sous caution.
Quelles etaient les raisons de votre depart de New York?
Youri Djorkaeff: De ce côte-la, rien n’a change. Ma mère est malade.
Elle est sous traitement. Elle va un peu mieux. Mais je ne veux pas
rentrer dans les details. Je n’avais donc plus la tte au foot. Quand
j’etais en France, j’ai hesite a revenir. J’ai failli tout arrter.
Mais je suis quelqu’un qui va au bout des choses. J’ai eu une
discussion franche avec Bruce (Bruce Arena, le nouvel entraîneur des
Redbulls). C’est pourquoi je suis revenu. Je peux desormais me dedier
a 100 pour cent au football.
Les pauvres resultats de l’equipe n’ont en rien influence votre
depart precipite?
Pas du tout. Je ne revendique pas un statut de star. Tout le monde
est loge a la mme enseigne. On gagne ensemble et on sombre ensemble.
C’est vrai que ce n’est jamais gai de perdre. Mais il faut faire
avec. J’ai toujours dit que je voulais honorer mon contrat jusqu’a
la fin de la saison. Après, on verra. Mme si j’ai une petite idee
derrière la tte.
Quid de votre presence au match Bresil-France?
Oui, c’est vrai, j’y etais. Mais cette histoire a pris des proportions
enormes. La FIFA m’avait deja invite une première fois pour le match
d’ouverture. Et j’avais decline l’offre car, ce jour-la, je disputais
un match de championnat avec les Redbulls. Mais la, comme j’etais en
Europe, j’ai accepte leur nouvelle invitation.
Et j’ai donc decide de faire un aller-retour pour encourager les
copains. C’est tout.
–Boundary_(ID_FHcSJCkLc0WlQkBot8uTQQ)–

POLITICALLY AZERBAIJAN NOT READY FOR WAR
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.08.2006 14:44 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “From the political viewpoint Azerbaijan is not
ready for war, though we could liberate some territories by force
long ago,” Azeri military expert and psychologist Azad Isazade told
Zerkalo newspaper. In his words, the risk of resumption of hostilities
is not big. “International structures will not let this happen. To
resume operations Azerbaijan should ground the necessity of conducting
anti-terror operations in Nagorno Karabakh.
It in a way resembles Israel’s operations against Hezbollah. But
this will demand time and information struggle while the statements
that Azerbaijan should not ask anyone to start military operations
are inappropriate. In this case international structures could apply
severe sanctions against the republic,” Isazade said. On the other
hand, the expert considers that the population of Azerbaijan is not
ready for large-scale military operations. “No war was won thanks
to patriotic spirit only. The servicemen and the population should
receive professional and psychological training,” he said.
For his part military expert Alekper Mamedov remarked that corruption,
bribery and unnecessary expenses do not allow the Azeri army to become
the strongest in the region. In his words, it’s incorrect to evaluate
the efficiency of the army by the level of the troops guarding the
BTC oil pipeline. “The leadership just wishes to raise the authority
of the Azeri military and create a wrong image of the army,” he said.
According to another military expert Uzeir Jafarov, if earlier the
Turkish army took active part in the formation of the Azeri military
forces, so now this interest has considerably faded. “I think the
Turkish top military saw Azerbaijan’s unwillingness to move towards
NATO and cut the number of instructors sent to Azerbaijan,” Jafarov
said.

WEBSITE DEDICATED TO KARABAKH CONFLICT LAUNCHED IN BRITAIN BY AZERIS
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.08.2006 16:12 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A website dedicated to the
Karabakh conflict was launched in Great Britain, Chairman of the
London-Azerbaijan Society Talekh Heydarov told said. The website
furnishes “full information” about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
the history of Karabakh, its famous figures in history, a lot of
photographs and video files. “It should be mentioned that the Armenian
lobby has lived and worked in Britain for over hundred years. It’s
stronger that the Azeri one, but during the recent 10-15 years we
see that the British change their opinion about Azerbaijan for the
better. Our weapon is information”, said Heydarov. He also added
that the London-Azerbaijan Society also publishes the magazine of
“Visions of Azerbaijan in Britain” dedicated to policy, economy,
culture and history of Azerbaijan, reported Trend news agency.

CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS AWARDED FRIENDSHIP MEDAL
AZG Armenian Daily
10/08/2006
President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has signed a
decree to award Catholicos of all Armenians Karekin II Medal of
Friendship. According to the Kremlin’s Press Service, His Holiness
will be awarded for his contribution in fostering Armenian-Russian
friendship.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN EQUALLY POLLUTE ARAX
By Tamar Minasian
AZG Armenian Daily
10/08/2006
Today, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan do not have universal
standards for assessing the quality of water resources. They are
necessary in order to speak a ‘common language’, for understanding
what one means saying ‘clear water’ or ‘polluted water’,” Rafael
Hovhannisian, chairman of the Union of Armenian Ecologist stated
yesterday. Mr. Hovhannisian also supervises the project of the Eurasia
Foundation “Application of International Standards for Governing Water
Resources of Kura and Arax”. He informed that the field study that
had simultaneously launched in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan is over.
Mr. Hovhannisian also said that Armenia and Azerbaijan equally pollute
Arax. Arax passes through densely populated areas and nothing is
done to remove the sources of pollution. He suggested introducing
standards of river pollution in both countries.

MARXIST PARTY CHAIRMAN ADVISES SERZE SARGSYAN TO TAKE POWER BY FORCE
Panorama.am
16:23 09/08/06
“The Republican junta has finally got hold of the absolute power in
the country with its party conference. Since 1998, this is the second
time that the military machine passes to a party which possesses
also the parliamentary and the executive powers,” Davit Hakobyan,
Marxist Party chairman, told a press conference today.
Hakobyan labels the recent assembly of the Republican Party as “palace
coup d’etat,” also saying in the language of political science it
may be called “bonapartism, juntaism, political blackmail.”
Hakobyan advises “Serze the Liberator,” as he sarcastically calls Serze
Sargsyan, to start the political active campaign with a “royal gambit.”
Moreover, the Marxist is sure that the “throne” must be taken by
force by January, otherwise, the Republican Party will have no
such chance after the parliamentary elections. “Either Serze the
Liberator will become the owner of the throne by January, or else
he will never be because the situation will be different after
the parliamentary elections,” Davit Hakobyan assures. The Marxist
even forecasts resignation of the president by his own will in
October-November.

HILARY CLINTON AND MARXISTS TO COME TO POWER AT THE SAME TIME: HEAD OF MARXIST PARTY
Panorama.am
16:33 09/08/06
“If Hilary comes to power, we will definitely do so,” Davit Hakobyan,
chairman of Marxist Party of Armenia, told a press conference today,
also saying that he had forecasted back in 2004 that Hilary Clinton
will become the president of the United States.
The Marxist is sure that Armenia direly needs a diplomatic “time
out.” Hakobyan forecasted major political developments, saying they
will start with the resignation of President Kocharyan.
The leader of the Marxist Party indicated that they will go to
elections without teaming up with any political party. Asked whether
the Marxist Party will receive the vote of confidence by the people,
Hakobyan replied, “If a nation puts its educated sons in a secondary
position and gives the parliament as a seat for criminal and political
theaters, that nation has no right for existence.”

EIGHT CHANGES IN ELECTION CODE IN 7 YEARS
Panorama.am
17:51 09/08/06
“The National Assembly will set for the 8th amendment of the Election
Code in fall,” Felix Khachatryan, representative of Justice block
at the Election Committee, told reporters today. In his words, it
is not a good indicator to make 8 amendments of the Election Code
in the course of 7 years. Khachatryan agrees with Venice Committee,
which said, “The biggest problems are not with the Election Code but
how, actually, they the elections are conducted.”
However, Khachatryan informed the reporters that 100 changed are
expected in a law, which has only 141 articles. He said election
committee members are going to be paid for their jobs, according to
the amendment.
Khachatryan expects this change to diminish election
fraud.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

FIVE WORKS FOR NEW ARMENIAN ANTHEM TO BE PRESENTED FOR PUBLIC APPROVAL
Armenpress
Aug 09 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 9, ARMENPRESS: The commission set up to select the
works for the new Armenian anthem has selected the best five works
from the 85.
Armenian Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Hasmik Poghosian said that
by the majority of the voices the work of Tigran Mansurian based on
the poem of Yeghishe Charents took the first place, then comes Yervand
Yerznkian’s work based on the poem of Ararat II, Edgar Hovhannissian’s
work based on the poem of Vahagn Davtian, Aram Khachaturian’s work
based on the poem of Arsen Soghomonian and finally comes the work of
Robert Amirkhanian based on the poem of Ludwig Durian.
The first round of the competition was summed up by three
hearings. Poghosian said that the above mentioned works will be
presented to the public, until that they will develop the system by
which people will express their opinion about the works. They are also
going to work out mechanisms on how they will take into consideration
the opinions of the people.
The minister assessed the work of the commission as unbiased and
effective and noted that all the discussions were conducted in a
working atmosphere.
The public hearings of the second round will be organized by the end
of the month.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress