ARMENIAN EMBASSY IN VIENNA SEEMS TO HINDER FROM HOLDING DAYS OF ARMENIAN CULTURE IN COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL EUROPE
Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Sept 27 2006
VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The “Days of
Armenian Culture” event dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the
Republic of Armenia, which were envisaged on the initiative of the
Armenian Organizations in Europe Representation, is close to failure
in a number of countries of Central Europe. There is no information
about reasons of failure of this great cultural initiative yet, but
according to information of Noyan Tapan, the Minister of Culture of
Slovakia, for example, disproved his preliminary agreement to sponsor
those events, reasoning that he made that decision as a result of a
discussion with the Armenian Embassy in Vienna. It was not managed
yet to find out why the RA Embassy in Vienna hinders from holding
the Days of Armenian Culture in those countries, but it is clear that
absence of patronage of the Culture Ministry of Slovakia means absence
of wide-spread propaganda of the Armenian culture envisaged in that
country. And resources of intiator of the Days of Armenian Culture
Ashot Grigorian as well of the Armenian community of Slovakia may be
too scanty for holding a similar voluminous propaganda. As a result,
the Armenian culture festival will be held in that country on a very
small scale, in the best case.

MEETING WITH NKR PRESIDENT
Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
Sept 27 2006
On September 25 NKR President Arkady Ghukassian met with the head of
the regional department of the Ramkavar Party (the Democratic and
Liberal Party of Armenia) of the West Coast and Canada Ara Abrahamian
and the press secretary of the republic department of the Ramkavar
Party of Armenia Karen Kakoian. During the meeting the participants
discussed the problem of carrying out educational, cultural and civil
projects in Artsakh under the auspices of the political party.
Acting Press Secretary Of NKR President

POLICLINIC OPENED IN STEPANAKERT
Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
Sept 27 2006
On September 23 the ceremony of opening of the new building of the
policlinic of Stepanakert took place, which had started operating
two months ago. In the ceremony President Arkady Ghukassian, Speaker
Ashot Ghulian, Prime Minister Anoushavan Danielian, the primate of
the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop
Parghev Martirossian, members of the government, members of the
board of trustees of Armenia Foundation, the director of the health
project in NKR Alineh Durian, workers of the health sector, guests were
present. This building built on the donations of our Diasporan friends
is part of the health complex, which will be built in Artsakh. The
new building of the hospital is planned. Congratulating the guests
of the ceremony, the minister of health Zoya Lazarian said the dream
of the people of Artsakh at last came true. In the post-war years,
this is the first important event for the health sector. Over the
past few years different medical establishments were repaired and
reconstructed, as well as built both in the capital and the regions
of the republic, but the policlinic with the diagnostic center is
really unprecedented. Zoya Lazarian thanked the NKR president for
the special attention to the construction of the policlinic and
assistance. She thanked the benefactors George Baghumian and Hrair
Hovnanian, the New York branch of Armenia Foundation, the director of
the health project Alineh Durian, and everyone who had contributed to
the construction of the policlinic. The East Coast director of Armenia
Foundation, member of the board of trustees Gevorg Toroian expressed
his happiness to see Artsakh being reconstructed and said hopefully
the project will be carried on, and new victories will be celebrated
in these marvelous highlands. Unfortunately, the president of the
charity fund of the Baghumian family George Baghumian could not come
to the ceremony. The policlinic was named after Armineh Baghumian,
the aunt of George Baghumian, who fell to the Armenian genocide in
1915. The NKR minister of health Zoya Lazarian read the congratulation
letter of the great benefactor where he emphasized the love of his
family for the people of Karabakh. I believe that these hospitable,
heroic people create their present and future successfully, ran the
letter. The executive director of the policlinic of Stepanakert Karineh
Andrian thanked the government and the benefactors for the wonderful
present. In his speech, NKR President Arkady Ghukassian touched
upon the reason for delay of construction and emphasized that it is
unacceptable independent from any reason, especially for the health
sector. Therefore, he said, control by the government and benefactors
over the construction of such buildings should be enhanced. Arkady
Ghukassian also mentioned that the project of the hospital is definite,
the names of the benefactors are known, and unlike the policlinic
the construction of the hospital will be finished in time. Once again
emphasizing the role of the Diaspora in the development of Artsakh,
President Ghukassian added, “Everyone understands that the fate of the
Armenian people is decided in Karabakh. They understand what Artsakh
means in the life of Armenians and what it means to solve a problem
for the sake of Artsakh and the people of Artsakh. Therefore, we need
good infrastructures, supply everything, for this is the only way to
keep the people of Artsakh here. I believe that we will be opening
a number of other such buildings. It is highly important for us that
the benefactors funding different projects in Armenia know that their
money is not dissipated.” Alineh Durian told news reporters that
the project will continue. The premises are not enough. High-level
medical services are primary, therefore the doctors and nurses will
regularly attend training.

FIRST ARMENIAN 24-HOUR WEB OPEN SOURCE (WEBOS) PROGRAMMING MARATHON
Public Radio of Armenia
Sept 27 2006
Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) and Open Soft Consult teams
announce the launch of first Armenian 24-hour Web Open Source (WebOS)
programming marathon, which will take place 14 October 2006.
Armenia IT industry is considered one of the most prominent and
progressive economic sectors with deep historic roots and traditions
in high tech R&D areas. Armenian programmers and engineers had
long started forming alliances and getting engaged in international
contracts with companies in neighboring countries and off-shore.
Open Source 24-hour programming marathon is scheduled to launch 14
October 2006 with an ambitious but realistic goal to promote Armenia’s
potential as one of attractive destinations of highly developed
information technology sector and professional young specialists.
Open Source 24-hour Marathon will once again motivate the IT
area professionals and engage them in open source development. The
objectives of the marathon is to discover Armenian young IT talents,
new ideas and specialists, help to form businesses in open source
technologies, provide them modern knowledge as well as promote open
source programming in Armenia.

NO ISSUES IMMEDIATELY RELATED TO ARMENIA TO BE DISCUSSED AT PACE FALL SESSION
Public Radio of Armenia
Sept 27 2006
No issues immediately related to Armenia will be discussed atthe
fall session of the Parliamentary Assembly of teh Council of Europe
(PACE) to be held October 2-6, declared Tigran Torosyan, Head of the
Armenian delegation to PACE, NA Speaker.
At the same time he noted that all the issues discussed in PACE are
somehow related to Armenia. He mentioned also that during the meeting
with the pACE Monitoring Committee tomorrow reference will be made
to making the country’s legislature correspond to the new provisions
of the Constitution. Tigran Torosyan inormed that the Rapporteurs on
Monitoring are preparing a report on the above-mentioned issue.”Their
visit to Armenia serves this purpose,” NA Speaker declared.

ARKADY GHUKASYAN: WE ARE READY TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT IN A PEACEFUL WAY
Public Radio of Armenia
Sept 27 2006
NKR President Arkady Ghukasyan received the Vice-Speaker of the British
Parliament, Baroness Caroline Cox and the delegation of British and
American benefactors, who promote the accomplishment of different
humanitarian programs in Nagorno Karabakh.
NKR President’s Press Office informs that at the beginning of the
meeting Caroline Cox congratulated the authorities and people of
Nagorno Karabakh on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of declaration
of independence and noted that every time visiting Karabakh she
admires the diligence of Karabakh residents.
Arkady Ghukasyan spoke about the readiness of official Stepanakert
to resolve the Karabakh issue in a peaceful way, pointing out the
establishment of mutual trust between the parties as an important
precondition for settlement of the conflict.

ARAM KHACHATRYAN’S MONUMENT TO BE OPENED IN MOSCOW
Public Radio of Armenia
Sept 27 2006
In October acknowledged Armenian composer Aram Khachatryan’s monument
will be opened in the area next to the Moscow Conservatory. Head of
the Department on Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports of Yerevan City
Hall Kamo Movsisyan told “Armenpress” that it was envisaged to open
the monument in early September in the framework of the Days of Yerevan
held in Moscow. However, it was postponed due to objective reasons.
The opening of the monument has been initiated by Yerevan and Moscow
municipalities.

OLLI REHN CALLS ON TURKEY TO RECONCILE WITH ARMENIA
Public Radio of Armenia
Sept 27 2006
EU Commissioner on Enlargement Olli Rehn called on Turkey to undertake
precise steps for reconciliation with Armenia.
The Commissioner said this speaking in the European Parliament during
the discussion of the report on Turkey, MEDIAMAX agency informs.
“Turkey needs to have an open and constructive exchange of ideas,
including the most sensible questions. It is necessary for both
continuation of democratization processes in Turkey and reconciliation
with its neighbors, including Armenia. Reconciliation is a principle,
which is simultaneously considered the start of the European
integration project and results. That’s why I call on Turkey to
undertake precise steps in this direction,” Olli Rehn declared.

PETER SEMNEBY: ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN MISSED A VERY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY
Public Radio of Armenia
Sept 27 2006
EU Special Envoy for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby said that this
year Armenia and Azerbaijan missed “a very important opportunity”
for resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
“If I’m to speak about the greatest disappointment during my tenure
in office as EU Special Envoy for the South Caucasus, I will point
out the incapacity of Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach resolution of
the Karabakh conflict. I do believe that a very important opportunity
was missed,” Semneby said.
He is not particularly optimistic now. Not willing to offend any of
the sides, Semneby noted that Armenia and Azerbaijan should think
about the dangers and losses, which the unsettled conflict embraces.
“In case of Armenia great losses are obvious. Armenia’s relative
isolation is the direct consequence of the Karabakh conflict,” Peter
Semneby said.

WORKS ON FIRES IN KARABAKH TO START IN OCTOBER
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.09.2006 16:35 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Since the day of the adoption of the UN resolution
“On the seized territories of Azerbaijan” the OSCE leadership has been
carrying out a big deal of work, OSCE CiO’s Personal Representative
Andrzej Kasprzyk said. He remarked that a document based on the
discussions in the UN has been drawn and works will start in early
October. The expert group will include specialists representing
the sides of the conflict and the international organizations. They
will examine the situation during several days and then prepare a
report in the work done. Ambassador Kasprzyk voiced hope that the
sides will fulfill the recommendations filed by the expert group,
reports Azertag news agency.