Armenia to keep its nuclear power

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CC starts hearings
on election
violations
p. 4
The
Arzumanian case
may be brought to
European Court
p. 4
Finca to expand
crediting
Sun Microsystems
enters Armenia
p. 9
p. 10
Noah’s Ark
First disc of Anush
Aleksanian’s songs
released
p. 11
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4 June
2007
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And again they
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Armenia to keep its nuclear power
During the meeting
of the nuclaer safety
body Robert
Kocharian said
Armenia will seek
building a new NPP
See on this page
Regular meeting of the
Armenian
and
Azerbaijani
Presidents Robert Kocharian and
Ilham Aliyev will take place at the
end of the first decade of June, at
the unofficial summit of heads of
CIS states in Saint Petersburg.
Mediators from OSCE Minsk
Group as usual make statements
that this regular meeting can be
successful and at last long-awaited
breakthrough will happen in the
settlement of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.
Meanwhile, we, like the prevailing majority of experts from
both Armenian and Azerbaijani
side, do not share this optimism.
Indeed, we see no special reasons for signing some compromise
document by Armenian President
Robert Kocharian, as one of the
most important elements of this
package-stage-by-stage document
is withdrawal (they even use the
term “redislocation”) of the
Armenian subdivisions from the
part of regions of “security zone”
under the jurisdiction of non-recognized Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
We are not sure that within nine
months before expiration of the
continued on page 2
Armenia confirms its
ambitions to preserve the
nuclear energy capacity
By Susanna Tonoyan
On May 30 the Armenian president Robert Kocharian received
Chairman of the Atomic Energy
Security Council (AESC) under the
RA President Adolf Birkhofer
(Germany).
According to a press release,
the interlocutors discussed problems related to Armenia’s energy
system.
Particularly,
they
exchanged ideas about the work
done after the previous sitting of
the AESC under the RA president,
furher operation of the Armenian
Nuclear Power Plant and construction of a new nuclear power plant.
After their meeting the 9th regular sitting of the Council took
place in the government session
house. In his opening speech, the
Armenian
President
Robert
Kocharian noted that over the past
two years the Armenian economy
had continued to develop in a sustainable way and a two-digit economic growth had been registered.
In his words, by their estimates,
this growth will continue in the
next five years. The President said
that in the past two years, a number
of reforms had been implemented
in the higher educational system, as
well as the judicial and social
spheres.
He said that serious programs
had been implemented in the energy sector too. Particularly, the construction of the first section of IranArmenia gas pipeline was completed and construction of the second
section was launched, the modernization of nine 220 kilowatt-capacity substations finished, and the
program of small hydropower
plants was underway.
According to R. Kocharian, the
program on construction of a new
nuclear power plant in Armenia
was justified from the economic
view0point and from the viewpoint
of energy security. In the next two
months the RA ministry of energy
would submit to the government
the program on taking the operating nuclear power out of service.
Besides, another program on
radioactive waste disposal would
be submitted this year. The
President said that Armenia together with Rosenergaatom intended to
carry out work in southern regions
of Armenia soon with the aim of
confirming the existence of uranicontinued on page 9
Politicians discuss the staff
of the future government
By Nare Gevorgian and
Rita Karapetian
Last week the Armenian politicians spoke about the possible staff
of the future government as well as
once more expressed their discontent about the results of the parliamentary elections. Below are the
most interesting fragments.
Aram Karapetian, Chairman
of the Nor Zhamanakner (New
Times) Party estimated that all
political forces with the exception
of the Republican Party of
Armenia, were discontent with the
results of May 12 elections.
Declaring this at the May 30 meeting with journalists, A. Karapetian
added that it was a different matter
who of those discontent litigate the
elections
results
at
the
Constitutional Court. According to
the information of NZP Chairman,
the Constitutional Court would
examine jointly the applications
submitted separately by NZP,
Hanrapetutiun, Orinats Yerkir parties and Impeachment bloc. As A.
Karapetian affirmed, in case of fair
examination of the case the elections results would be invalidated.
A. Karapetian added that NZP
demanded opening packages of
documents of 687 polling stations
for studying contradictions in data
of commissions’ protocols. He also
promised to publicly show a sample of forged passport on the
threshold of presidential elections.
To recap, as the Impeachment representative affirmed, during the
elections the authorities had organized a mass voting with 400 thousand forged passports.
“The opposition’s participation
in the president’s elections with a
joint candidate is the authorities’
bait”, said Aram Karapetian. In his
words, there is neither such a
necessity nor such a possibility at
present: “what meaning do the discussions about a joint candidate
have if Chairman of the Azgayin
Miabanutiun (National Unity)
party Artashes Geghamian stated
just from the beginning about his
participation in the president’s
elections?” According to forecast
of the Nor Zhamanakner head, the
president’s elections would be held
by two stages, by the way, the
opposing candidate entered the
second stage who would be supported by other opposing forces,
would naturally become a joint
candidate.
Instead of discussing problems
of the opposition, in A.
Karapetian’s words, it would be
correct that the authorities think
about having their own joint candidate and care if the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation and
Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous
Armenia) party would support candidature of RA Prime Minister
Serge Sargsian.
A. Karapetian reminded that he
addressed to the Prosecutor’s
Office for the aspersion published
about him in the Hayots Ashkharh
(Armenian World) newspaper. In
one of its articles the newspaper
continued on page 4
4 June #677 2007
2
BRIEF NEWS
D
uring the May 29 meeting of
the RA Defence Minister
Mikael Harutyunian and the
Italian ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to Armenia Massimo
Lavezzo Cassinelli, the necesitty for
expanding the bilateral cooperation
in the military sphere was underlined.
According to a press release submitted to NT by spokesman for the RA
Defence Ministry, the interlocutors
addressed the issue of reforms being
impelemented in the armed forces
and in the country as a whole within
the framework of the Individual
Partnership Action Plan. The minister also attached importance to the
role that Italy’s Institute for National
Strategic Studies plays in bilateral
relations and introduced MajorGeneral Hayk Kotanjian, director of
the similar Armenian institute to the
Italian ambassador, proposing that
cooperation should start between the
above mentioned institutions of the
two countries.
A
rmenia and Cameroon signed
a joint memorandum on establishing diplomatic relations
between the two countries. The document was signed on May 28 by
Ambassadors of Armenia and
Cameroon Armen Smbatian and
Andre Ngongang Ouandji at the RA
Embassy to the RF. As Noyan Tapan
was informed by the Press and
Information Department of the RA
Foreign Ministry, after the ceremony
of signing the document the sides
attached importance to future development of bilateral relations, especially in the political, economic and
humanitarian spheres.
A
rmenia was elected a member
of the UN Commission for
Social Development for the
period of 2008-2012 at the May 24
session of the UN Economic and
Social Council (ECOSOC) in New
York, NT was informed from the RA
MFA press service.
The UN
Commission for Social Development
was set up in 1966 by ECOSOC and
aims to provide advice to this UN
body on social issues of interest to
member states. A working cycle of
political and summary sessions has
been worked out, which covers problems of poverty reduction, job creation, improvement of socio-economic conditions of elderly and disabled people and other socio-economic problems. Armenia’s membership of this commission will allow
the country to take a more active part
in discussions of the above mentioned problems. The regular 46th
sitting of the UN Commission for
Social Development will be held in
New York on February 6-15, 2008,
and will be dedicated to issues of full
employment and dignified work.
A
t the May 31 working sitting
RA Constitutional court
decided to accept for examination all of three applications litigating RA National Assembly elections
by majoritarian system. As Noyan
Tapan was informed from CC Press
Service, examination of application
of candidate for deputy mandate
from electoral district N 11, Heghine
Bisharian will start on June 16, applications of Hovhannes Margarian
from electoral district N 33 and
Mushegh Saghatelian from electoral
district N 36 will be examined on
June 20 and 25, respectively.
And again they will say “no”
from page 1
term of his powers President R.
Kocharian will agree to sign such a
document, to put it mildly, unpopular
in Armenia.
Actions of OSCE Minsk Group
Co-chairs, as well as countries of G8 (Great Eight) who again called the
negotiating parties for signing a compromise document are rather dictated
by quite a different logic connected
with continuing to keep the Process
under control.
On the whole, the document
made by OSCE Minsk Group Cochairs causes anxiety and criticism
by many experts. Thus, in the opinion of renowned Russian diplomat V.
Kazimirov, indeed the mediators
have prepared only general outlines
of settlement. He draws a special
attention to the fact that the document made has no proper accent on
stability of peaceful process and
guarantee of non-resumption of operations. Whereas, in V. Kazimirov’s
opinion, absolute refusal of conflicting parties to use force, make any
attempts to resume operations should
become the very first “unconditional
condition.”
And for the present, the Minsk
Group Co-chairs and OSCE quite
calmly react to:
- i) militaristic and aggressive
statements of conflicting parties,
- ii) periodically recurring incidents on the contact-line of sides,
- iii) raising of military budgets
and arms race.
We draw a special attention to
the last point, which, by the way, is
partly regulated within the framework of Agreement on Limitation of
Conventional Armaments in Europe.
At present Azerbaijan breaks this
agreement, as it exceeds the quota
established for it on a number of
types of heavy armaments: tanks,
armoured cars and artillery.
Currently they speak about it not
only in Yerevan, but also in NATO.
While, Armenian diplomacy
shows surprising passivity to Baku’s
violating the conditions of the agreement, but in vain. As this agreement
is one of the elements of ensuring
regional security and security of
Armenia itself. On the other hand,
non-fulfilment of one of the most
important international agreements
by Azerbaijan casts doubt on its ability and willingness to fulfil other
agreements, including the one on the
settlement of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict proposed by the mediators.
On the other hand, the Co-chairs
as if “forgot” that the Budapest summit of OSCE (December 5-6, 1994)
charged them to hold negotiations
among conflicting parties and not
only between recognized states. As a
result of this “oblivion” one of the
conflict parties in fact has long been
removed from the negotiations
process, and a natural question
emerges: how long the Minsk Group
Co-chairs will be ignoring the decisions of Budapest summit of OSCE?
The only agreement made among
the conflicting parties: Azerbaijan,
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh
under the aegis of OSCE officially
came into force on February 6, 1995.
The subject of the agreement is
strengthening of cease-fire regime,
the agreement determines the order
of settlement of incidents on the contact-line. For this purpose the three
parties exchanged reliable telephone
numbers for direct contacts on the
line of both political and military
leadership.
So, this only agreement on
Nagorno Karabakh conflict made
under the aegis of OSCE is not fulfilled. Servicemen die on the contactline of the sides and most of all these
are young people.
The official Baku refuses to fulfil
this agreement, as the signature of
Nagorno Karabakh is put there,
which they do not recognize as a conflict party today (President Heydar
Aliyev did not object to this at the
Budapest summit). And this is in
spite of the fact that, as Azerbaijani
military expert Yashar Jafarli evaluates, 2800 Azerbaijani servicemen
have died on the contact-line since
the moment of signing the agreement
On Cease-fire (May 12, 1994,
Moscow).
Servicemen die on the Armenian
side, too. As early as in 2005 March
Yerevan stated that it is ready to
return to fulfilment of these commitments. In May 2006 Stepanakert
appealed to Baku and Yerevan to do
this. But, as it was mentioned above,
the signed agreement is not fulfilled
through the fault of Baku.
The Co-chairs keep silence, as
they have already made a “conces-
Lebanon is not at war with Palestine,
Lebanese Ambassador assures
By Rita Karapetian
Clashes of Lebanese army with
Palestine assault detachments are
not a war between Lebanon and
Pelestine.
Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of Lebanon to Armenia Gabriel
Geara stated this at the June 1
meeting with journalists.
In Ambassador’s words, the
army’s actions are aimed against
the Fath al-Islam extremist grouping, which includes representatives
of various countries. The latters
secretly entered Lebanon and concentrated in Nahr al Barid Palestine
camp. During May Fath al-Islam’s
militants attacked positions of
Lebanese army in Tripoli, as a
result of which more then thirty
Lebanese servicemen were killed.
The organization is also responsible for a number of explosions in
the country. In Gabriel Geara’s
words, stating that the actions are
aimed against Israel, the grouping
indeed has the goal to damage
country’s security and to undermine Lebanon. Mentioning that the
grouping, in which Lebanese make
10%, does not receive any assistance inside the country, at the
same time, he did not exclude that
Fath al-Islam, which has financial
resources and arms and ammunitions, is assisted from outside. As
the Ambassador affirmed, the
above mentioned clashes cannot be
a basis for resumption of a civil
war in the country.
In Ambassador’s words, the
authorities of Palestine and another
groupings of that country condemned Fath al-Islam’s actions.
The Arab League and the UN
Security Council also made statements of the kind.
Gabriel Geara said that the
Lebanese government will continue assisting Palestine and the people of that country. He reminded
that at present there are nearly 400
thousand Palestinians in 8
Palestine camps in Lebanon.
Though these camps have
autonomous status and the
Lebanese army, according to the
agreement, does not enter the
camps,
nevertheless,
in
Ambassador’s words, if the militants continue using the camps as a
point of support, the army will
have to break the agreement. The
Lebanese government tries to take
out peaceful population of
Palestine from camps. The peaceful population is involuntarily used
by militants.
Answering journalists’ questions, the Ambassador said that the
Turkish contingent functioning in
the staff of peacekeepers located in
Lebanon, against penetrating
which country’s Armenian community protested, functions exclusively within the limits of the UN
peacekeeping mandate. On the
whole, in Gabriel Geara’s words,
the Armenian population of
Lebanon, which did not suffer during the civil war, continues to be
far from places of clashes today
and no danger threatens to it.
In response to the question
about Lebanon’s position in connection with the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict, the Ambassador
said that this issue is not primary
for his country’s foreign policy. In
Gabriel Geara’s words, Lebanon
together with Azerbaijan is a member of Arab League. As regards
votings on that issue in UN, in
Ambassador’s words, Lebanon has
always shown a neutral position in
this issue.
Vladimir Karapetian:
until NKR status is clarified, we do not
speak about secondary issues
“Until Nagorno Karabakh status is clarified, and without ensuring NKR people’s right of selfdetermination, full integration and
providing of constant geographical
contact between Armenia and
Nagorno Karabakh, the Armenian
side is not going to speak about
secondary issues,” Vladimir
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The Noyan Tapan Highlights
Karapetian, Acting Spokesperson
of RA Foreign Ministry, stated.
In response to the question of
PanArmenian Net news agency
that according to some media,
OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair
Matthew Bryza touched upon the
issue of returning territories adjacent to Nagorno Karabakh, V.
Karapetian stated: “Armenia’s
position in the issue of Nagorno
Karabakh is obvious and irrespective of the fact who makes such
statements and how they comment
upon the process of negotiations,
we can only reiterate what we have
repeatedly presented.”
sion” to Azerbaijan by refusing to
fulfil decisions of OSCE Budapest
summit on the format of negotiations
participants. The first “concession”
gave birth to the second one, on the
Agreement of February 6, 1995. It
comes that it is not important that
people die, but it is important that the
Co-chairs demonstrate to the world
some Process of settlement, but
whether it will result in peace - personally we have very strong doubts
in this connection.
Taking into consideration the
above mentioned we come to conclusion that not only Presidents I.
Aliyev and R. Kocharian (this is
already as if a usual thing), but also
mediators - OSCE Minsk Group Cochairs (we will remind that they represent U.S., Russia and France) are
engaged in imitation of process of
peaceful settlement of Nagorno
Karabakh conflict. Therefore, we can
suppose that they will again say
usual “no” to the document made by
the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs at
the regular meeting of the Armenian
and Azerbaijani Presidents.
Delegation of Lori
region visits Ajaria
On May 25-29, the delegation
of Lori region visited the
Autonomous Republic of Ajaria of
Georgia for the purpose of signing
an agreement on announcing
Alaverdi and Kobuleti as sister
cities.
As Noyan Tapan was informed
from RA Foreign Ministry Press
Service, among the delegation
members were: Deputy Governor
of Lori Arsen Darbinian, Vanadzor
Mayor Samvel Darbinian, Spitak
Mayor Vanik Asatrian, Alaverdi
Mayor Artur Nalbandian, as well
as region’s cultural figures and
businessmen. Ambassador of
Armenia to Georgia Hrach
Silvanian and other employees of
the Embassy had also joined the
delegation.
On May 26, the members of the
delegation took part in festive
events in Batumi dedicated to
Independence Day of Georgia. An
exhibition of Vanadzor painters
opened on May 27 in Batumi. The
same day Armenian businessmen
met with their Georgian partners at
Batumi Chamber of Commerce
and Industry.
Ambassador Hrach Silvanian
and members of the delegation met
with Chairman of Ajarian government L. Varshalomidze on May 28
in Batumi. Then, in Kobuleti,
Alaverdi Mayor A. Nalbandian
and Chairman of Gamgebeli of
Kobuleti T. Dzoidze signed an
agreement on announcing Alaverdi
and Kobuleti sister cities.
Spitak Mayor and Chairman of
Khelvachauri Gamgebeli B.
Shavlidze discussed the possibility
to announce the two cities as sister
cities.
A festive event organized by
Union of Armenians of Ajaria dedicated to the Day of First Republic
of Armenia and Georgia’s
Independence took place the same
day in the evening.
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RA Prime Minister receives Minister of Internal
Affairs and Administration of Poland
On May 30, RA Prime Minister
Serge Sargsian received the delegation led by the Minister of Internal
Affairs and Administration of Poland
Janus Kaczmarek. Noyan Tapan was
informed about it from RA government Information and Public
Relations Department.
The Prime Minister stated with
satisfaction that Armenian-Polish
relations develop successfully within
the framework of both bilateral and
multi-lateral cooperation. He emphasized that European direction is one
of priorities of foreign policy for
Armenia and cooperation with EU
gives wide possibilities to deepen
dialogue with EU member-countries,
too, to practically use the possibilities
given
by
the
European
Neighbourhood policy.
Serge Sargsian emphasized that
Armenia considers Poland as one of
its main partners and will strive for
using Poland’s possibilities for the
purpose of more closely integrating
to European structures also expecting
Poland’s active participation in the
process of implementation of the
Actions Plan.
The Polish Minister of Internal
Affairs and Administration attaching
importance to the role of Armenia in
the South Caucasus in his speech,
said that Poland supports process of
Armenia’s European integration and
expresses readiness to present Polish
experience in a number of spheres
and also to assist in case of its introduction. The Minister in detail presented the limits and functions of
activity of the structure headed by
him.
During the meeting they attached
importance to the proposal to set up a
working group, which is to professionally study structural, function and
other issues and with proposals of
practical assistance and cooperation
to present all this to the sides.
Serge Sargsian asked to inform
the Polish Prime Minister about this
approach and to put it into practice
after receiving approval by his counterpart.
The Minister of Internal Affairs
and Administration also congratulated the Prime Minister on the occasion
of successful holding of parliamentary elections, the evidence of which,
in his words, is also various international monitoring missions.
Oskanian meets a group of
Party of European Socialists
The Armenian Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanian on May 30 received
representatives of the Party of
European Socialists, headed by Peter
Schieder, Former President of the
PACE, leader of the Party of
European Socialists. According to
the RA MFA press service, during
the meeting, representatives of the
party spoke about the progress made
(according to international statistical
data) by Armenia in recent years, as
compared with other countries of the
region. It was underlined that the
May 12 parliamentary elections were
more democratic in comparison with
the previous one, and the interlocutors dioscussed Armenia’s political
prospects in this connection. The
sides also addressed the problems of
the Armenian foreign policy - the
process of peaceful settlement of the
Karabakh conflict, ArmenianTurkish relations, Armenia’s integration into European structures, the situation in the Middle East and the
involvement of Armenia in the establishment of peace in the region.
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Politicians discuss the staff of the future
from page 1
called the Nor Zhamanakner head
“a secret agent with whom the center keeps contact with the help of
door duster.” A. Karapetian stated
that article author, respondent
Gagik Mkrtchian mentioned in the
explanation given to the police that
in Aghayan’s dictionary the word
“agent” means “a clergyman managing spiritual affairs of a territory,” and with the expression “contact with the center” he meant “the
contact with the much-suffered
Armenian people.” G. Mkrtchian
also insisted in his explanation that
“A. Karapetian is today the manager of the spiritual affairs of the
whole opposition.”
Ruben Torosian, Chairman of
Supreme Council Deputy Club
NGO, taking part in the conference
said that the NGO had provided all
materials on violations during the
elections to NZP. 9 out of 12 points
of the application made up on their
basis, as R. Torosian said, regarded violations committed in the preelection period. Spending more
money than it was envisaged by the
law by some parties during the
election campaign was one of those
violations (it was mentioned that
only one of the concerts organized
by RPA in Republic Square cost 1
mln USD). R. Torosian stated that
seven parties should have not permitted to take part in the elections
only due to the money spent by
them on TV broadcasts.
Vazgen Manukian, former RA
MP, Chairman of the National
Democratic Union, said at the May
30 press conference that the readiness of the Republican Party of
Armenia having received more
than 50% in the parliament to create a coalition government was
explained by the upcoming presidential elections. In his words,
Chairman of RPA Board Serge
Sargsian “today offers ministers’
portfolios to everybody,” as the
government being formed will be
temporary. It is to resign its commissions after the 2008 February
presidential elections.
At the same time, in V.
Manukian’s words, RPA will do its
best to win the presidential elections by one round, as the second
round is always more dangerous.
And as the sum total of votes
received by RPA in the parliamentary elections with the votes of
Bargavach Hayastan, ARFD and
ULP makes neearly 60% votes of
voters, then holding the presidential elections in the same way S.
Sargsian can win the very first tour.
In V. Manukian’s words, S.
Sargsian’s slyness is understandable, while naivety of political
forces who are ready to take part in
that game is not understandable.
As NDU Chairman affirmed, if
S. Sargsian was elected as
President in 2008, unprecedented
power belonging to one person
would be established in Armenia,
corruption and falsehood would
continue. Besides, in his words,
4 June #677 2007
Aliyev and Saakashvili having
received education corresponding
to international standards cannot
cooperate as equals with Sargsian
having “studied at evening courses
of philological faculty” and “those
who will vote for Serge Sargsian
will also vote for war.”
Under such conditions, in V.
Manukian’s words, unless the
opposition has a single candidate, it
cannot win the presidential elections. At the same time, he said that
in the parliamentary elections a
united bloc should be formed at the
very start, while in the presidential
elections a united candidate can be
nominated during the elections, as
this was in 1996. “Let this not seem
insolence, but in the current situation I think I am the most suitable
single
candidate,”
Vazgen
Manukian stated.
Armen Ashotian, member of
RPA Board affirmed that special
power shift would be possible in
the country only in case of “solution of Nagorno Karabakh problem
not favorable for Armenia.” As the
latter said at the May 31 dispute
with
representative
of
Zharangutiun Party, Director of
Center
for
National
and
International Studies Stepan
Safarian, no other circumstance
can result in removal of power at
present. And in general, in A.
Ashotian’s words, power is not an
end in itself for RPA, establishment and development of publicpolitical consensus in the country
is important for RPA.
Speaking about possible political coalition, A. Ashotian said that
for this purpose they should first of
all find out whether the parliament
has forces wishing to share responsibility of government with RPA.
As he affirmed, currently neither
Zharangutiun nor Orinats Yerkir
opposition parties represented in
the parliament were ready to share
that responsibility. In response to
the question, in what issues RPAZharangutiun cooperation would
be possible, A. Ashotian added that
if, for instance, Zharangutiun
offered pro-state bills, RPA would
vote for them without fail. “I hope
Zharangutiun will become a constructive opposition,” A. Ashotian
concluded. He said that the opposition did not offer any alternative
except criticizing the activity of the
authorities.
Stepan Safarian, in his turn,
said that the two parties entered the
parliament with different programs
and had essential contradictions.
One of them, for instance, was that
Zharangutiun considered the arrest
of former RA Foreign Minister
Alexander Arzumanian and others
as political, it considered the latters
as political prisoners, while RPA
explained the fact of their arrest in
a different way. And nevertheless,
in S. Safarian’s words, the two
political forces have some common
principles and it will be wrong if,
for instance, only for opposing
Zharangutiun votes against raising
salaries.
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IFES and Transparency International present preliminary data on parliamentary
elections
By Kristine Vardanian and
Susanna Petrosian
Last week the International
Foundation for Election Systems
and
the
Transparency
International-Armenia Center for
Regional Development, which carried out monitoring missions at the
May 12 parliamentary elections,
presented their preliminary data of
the observation.
On May 30 a discussion was
organized where the preliminary
data of the observation of the parliamentary elections process in
Armenia by the International
Foundation for Election Systems
were presented.
As Kenesh Sainazarov, the
Elections Coordinator of the IFES
Armenian branch mentioned, 6
working groups were set up to
study the process of the elections.
They visited 62 polling stations of
Yerevan and 5 marzes. Among the
positive results fixed in those
polling stations, he separated correct organization of the administration (70%), active participation of
observers and proxies (78%),
absence of the necessity of presence of the police (90%) as well as
the low index of incorrectnesses of
ballot-papers.
As a negative phenomenon, K.
Sainazarov mentioned existence of
posters and other materials of the
pre-electoral campaign fastened at
5 of the 62 polling stations,
absence of possibility of secret vote
(20%), vote of at the same time two
voters at the vote cell (18%), fixing
of abuses of the post by members
of the territorial electoral commissions (22%) as well too small or
too big territory given for the electoral process (20%).
The goal of the program implemented by the IFES was also to
estimate works of the district electoral commissions, correspondence
of procedures with the RA
Electoral Code as well as to present
proposals for the next stage of
trainings.
In the preliminary report of
monitoring of Transparency
Regional Development it was mentioned that “60 mln drams (nearly
171 thousand dollars) permitted for
preelection agitation was surpassed
by RPA and Bargavach Hayastan
parties, so, respectively, these parties spent 79.1 mln and 129.6 mln
drams.”
At the May 31 press conference
dedicated to presentation of monitoring results Center Head Amalia
Kostanian said that another parties
entering National Assembly spent:
ARFD 50.7 mln drams, OYP 33.1
mln drams and Zharangutiun 24.0
mln drams, much less money was
spent by another parties not having
entered the National Assembly.
In A. Kostanian’s words, the
organization registered many violations not only on the day of elections, but also at the preelection
stage. Abuse of administrative,
transport resource, campaign violations, etc. took place in the pre-
Amalia Kostanian
election period. She attached a special importance to the circumstance
that an atmosphere of fear was
formed on the day of elections. In
particular,
the
organization
received signals that many people
had been instructed for whom to
vote. Many signals were received
during the monitoring about bribes
given to voters. However, in
Kostanian’s words, as the eye-witnesses were afraid to give evidence, it was impossible to officially register and calculate such
“expenditures” of parties.
To
recap,
Transparency
Regional Development has been
implementing monitoring of
financing parties’ pre-election
campaign and abuse of administrative resource at parliamentary elections since 2006 November in
cities of Yerevan, Gyumri and
Vanadzor.
The program is
financed by Soros Institute of Open
Society.
CC Chairman calls demanding side present
evidence warranting recalculation
By Sona Mashurian
On June 1, representative of
Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law)
Party Hovhannes Margarian at the
Constitutional Court demanded
invalidating RA CEC’s May 19
decision On Electing RA NA
Deputies by Proportional System
and carrying out recalculation of
voting at polling stations of a number of electoral districts. The party
representative is convinced that the
party could have more representatives in the parliament than it was
recognized by CEC’s decision. In
OYP representative’s words, many
violations were committed when
filling in registers. In his words, the
initial data of voting results were
not registered, protocols lack notes
about actions carried out during the
sitting on summing up the results
of voting, when giving in documents of a number of polling stations to CEC sacks for one-time
use were opened, electoral rolls
were not in those sacks in the
established order, in many cases
calculation of inaccuracies was
done wrongly or was not done at
all. H. Margarian referring to the
report of Choice is Yours organization, mentioned, in particular, the
facts of stuffing ballot-boxes at
polling stations of electoral district
N 11.
RA CC Chairman Gagik
Haroutiunian explained to the
claimant representative that the latter should introduce facts to motivate the necessity of making recalculation. In response to CEC
Chairman Garegin Azarian’s question, if so many violations were
committed, why party representatives who were commission members did not attach special opinions
to protocols of voting results, H.
Margarian said that such opinions
were presented, but the data were
changed. But the representative of
the claimant party did not respond
to G. Haroutiunian’s proposal to
introduce the initial variants of
changed protocols to the court, if
they have been kept.
Arzumanian’s defender to apply to
European court of human rights
By Sona Mashurian
Making of application on the
fact of violation of fundamental
freedoms and rights of former RA
Foreign Minister Alexander
Arzumanian is underway at present. A. Arzumanian’s defender,
lawyer Hovik Arsenian said this in
his May 31 interview to Noyan
Tapan correspondent. In his
words, the application was based
on the fact that they arrested A.
Arzumanian and only after it they
try to motivate the accusation
brought to him.
H. Arsenian expressed bewilderment that “we try to prove our
innocence without giving testimony.” For that purpose the defence
party presented petitions to
National Security Service carrying
out preliminary investigation of
the case instituted with accusation
of money laundering. The petitions
relate to conducting separate
investigation actions, which in
case of being sustained, as the
defender affirmed, will reveal the
objective truth.
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MR E A L T Y
202. Kievian str, 5/2, stone building, 37
sq.m, new capital Eurostandard repair,
Spanish tile, running hot/cold water, natural
gas, 18.5 million drams
465. Pushkin str, 5/2, 41 sq.m, 1 room
built into 2, Eurostandard repair, natural
gas, running water, 31.5 million drams
430. Tumanian str, 3/3, 44 sq.m, capital
Eurostandard repair, balcony, natural
gas, running water, price negotiable
473. Sarian str, 5/1, needs repair,
Czech tile, running water, 26 million drams
460. Heratsi str, 6/3, 50 sq.m, stone
building, elevator, needs cosmetic repair,
BAXI system, tiled, running water, 22 million drams .
2-rooms
1094. Terian str, 5/1, 80 sq.m, repaired,
tiled, concrete cover, 80 million drams
1129. Cascade, Tamanian str, 4/3, 70
sq.m, capital repair, open balcony, sight of
Tamanian monument, price negotiable
1108. Sayat Nova str, 9/3, elevator, 68
sq.m, 2 rooms built into 3, repaired,
Spanish tile, 3 water tanks, built-in closets,
30 sq.m. living room, 50 million drams
1093. Tumanian str, 4/2, stone building,
78 sq.m, Eurostandard repair, running
water, air conditioner, natural gas, 55 million drams
3 rooms
1955. Baghramian Ave., 6/2, individual
project, 90 sq.m, stone building, elevator,
old capital repair, clean, 2 open balconies,
Czech tile, gas, 60 million drams
1953. Tumanian str, 7/7, 105 sq.m,
Eurostandard repair, stone building, elevator, 3 air conditioners, gas, BAXI system,
78 million drams
1902. Mashtots Ave., 5/5, 92 sq.m,
Eurostandard repair, not settled, Stalin era
building, h-3.20, running hot/cold water,
gas possibility, open balcony, kitchen furniture, 42 million drams
1679. Sayat Nova Ave., 5/5, 2 rooms
built into 3 rooms, 71 sq.m, h-2.80, old
repair, metal garage, privatized, basement
6 sq.m, 52 million drams
1892. Demirchian str, 9/9, 90 sq.m, old
capital repair, new parquetry, 2 lavatories,
air conditioner, Spanish tile, water tank,
household balcony, running hot/cold water,
42 million drams
4 rooms
1915. Tumanian str, 4/4+5, 200 sq.m,
new repair, 3 lavatories, 4 bedrooms, 2
halls, 1 dining room, the 5th floor is privatized, the floors are joined with plane-wood
stairs, price negotiable
362. Sayat Nova str, 7/2, 196 sq.m,
Eurostandard repair, h-3, 2 lavatories, 3
bedrooms, Spanish tile, gas, $270.000
1670. Khanjian str, 3/3, 4, 5, 330 sq.m, 3
bedrooms, 4 lavatories, excellent repair,
Spanish tile, air conditioner, furnished,
household units, running hot/cold water,
heated floors, open balcony, price negotiable
1906. Charents str, newly built building,
7/6,7, 242.5 sq.m, capital Eurostandard
repair, Spanish tile, oak parquetry, built-in
closets, price negotiable
1774. Cascade, 5/5+6, stone building,
205 sq.m, old repair, 1 entrance, 2 household balconies, sight of the cat's sculpture,
household balcony, 1sq.m.- 800 thousand
drams
PREMISES
1191. Abovian Tumanian crossroad, 2
storeyed, needs repair, basement - 97
sq.m, 1st floor- 100 sq.m, partial sale is
possible, 1 sq.m- negotiable
1212. Khorenatsi str, 240 sq.m, 5/1,
stained-glass window- 17m, is suitable for
a shop, restaurant, price negotiable
1214. Kievian str, 150 sq.m, working
hairdressing saloon, entrance from the
street, capital repair, 2 storeyed, basement+1 floor, 1st floor-110 sq.m, 2nd floor
- 40 sq.m, price negotiable
896. 37 Mashtots Ave., near Opera
house,
81 sq.m, 2 halls for 38 persons, stainedglass window-1.40m, kitchen - 15 sq.m,
furnished, 4 upward steps, has open
stained-glass windows for a shop, price
negotiable
1168. Vardanants str, 125 sq.m, good
condition, stained-glass window- 6m,
entrance zero, 2 halls, cabinet, lavatory,
price negotiable
1129. Khanjian str, 5/1, 90 sq.m, 2 halls,
2 cabinets, lavatory, good repair, entrance
from the street, suitable for hairdressing
saloon, shop, office, price negotiable
LANDS
1039. On the lakeside of Sevan,
Shorzha, 10 thousand sq.m, privatized,
50m far from the lakeside, 1 sq.m-7 thousand drams
635. Cascade, 2 plots of land, 1100+911
sq.m, 1 sq.m-150 thousand drams
518. Balahovit, near Abovian highway,
land - 1.62 hectares, building - 565 sq.m,
privatized, enclosed, the building has 2
entrances, 1 sq.m-4.500 drams
446. Canadian district, private area adjacent to Monument, empty, 2000 sq.m, 1
sq.m-$160 (1sq.m -73.600 drams)
571. Blur, on the side-walk, 1st land plot30m, 3500sq.m, (1 sq.m-$100), 2nd land
plot-18m, 1200 sq.m, (1sq.m-$250)
824. Tsarav Aghbyur 1500 sq.m, privatized, empty, enclosed, 1 sq.m-50.000
drams
PRIVATE HOUSES
1334. Cascade, land plot 3000 sq.m,
building 1350 sq.m, Ani tuffa, new major
repair, plastered, Eurowindows, swimming
pool, price negotiable
1561. Monument, land plot 800 sq.m,
building15*16 sq.m, garage for 4 cars, cellar, 5 bedrooms, 3 lavatories, swimming
pool, sauna, price negotiable
1333. Blur, land plot 800 sq.m, 2
storeyed building 650 sq.m, basement 320
sq.m, faced with white felsite, fenced,
swimming pool, facing gorge, 3 bedrooms,
4 lavatories, Spanish tile, garage for 2 cars,
price negotiable
1888. Monument, land 500 sq.m, 2
newly built and repaired building, privatized, greenery garden, swimming pool,
price negotiable
1534. Sundukian str, land - 450 sq.m,
fenced, 1st floor - dining room, kitchen,
lavatory, 2nd floor - 4 bedrooms, 3 lavatories, 3rd floor-1 room, 1 lavatory, 220 million drams
FOR RENT
1 room
651. Sayat Nova str, 12/8, 50 sq.m, 1
room built into 2 rooms, Eurostandard
repair, built-in closets, air conditioner, furniture, household items, automatic washing
machine, 200 thousand drams per month
647. Cascade, Tamanian str, 5/2,
Eurostandard repair, new furniture, household items, only long term, 230 thousand
drams per month
522. Mashtots Ave., near Opera, 5/2, 34
sq.m, Eurostandard repair, running
hot/cold water, gas, air conditioner, telephone, fridge, automatic washing machine,
180 thousand drams per month, 20 thousand drams per day
62. Tumanian str, normal condition, tiled,
furnished, new household items, 220 thousand drams per month, 18 thousand drams
per day
598. Kentron, Khorenatsi str, 4/4, stone
building, 1 room built into 2 rooms,
Eurostandard repair, Spanish tile, running
hot/cold water, furniture, household items,
150 thousand drams per month, 18.000
drams per day
602. Abovian str, 1 room built into 2
rooms, 5/4, Eurostandard repair, furniture,
air conditioner, automatic washing
machine, BAXI, running hot/cold water,
160 thousand drams
2 rooms
1073. Sayat Nova Ave., 12/6,
Eurostandard repair, air conditioner, running hot/cold water, heated floor, 17 thou-
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1056. Mashtots Ave., near "SAS" supermarket, 4/4, 70 sq.m, Eurostandard repair,
running hot/cold water, furniture, household
items, 330 thousand drams per month, 25
thousand drams per day
1054. Tumanian str, 5/4, 83 sq.m, elite
apartment in a newly built building,
Eurostandard repair, kitchen and bedroom
furniture, 400 thousand drams
1049. Pushkin str, 8/8, elevator, 77 sq.m,
capital repair, new furniture, household
items, individual heating, 480 thousand
drams per month
994. Amirian str, 4/3, 66 sq.m, new
repair, Spanish tile, jacuzzi, shower cabin,
running hot/cold water, furniture, household
items, 550 thousand drams
3 rooms
1334. Parpetsi str, near Opera, 4/2, 170
sq.m, Eurostandard repair, bar, 2 bedrooms, 700 thousand drams per month
1323. Tumanian str, 7/7, elevator, 105
sq.m, Eurostandard repair, stone building,
3 air conditioners, gas, BAXI, 600 thousand
drams per month
919. Bayron str, an elite apartment in a
newly built building, 9/4, 160 sq.m, 3 bedrooms, 2 lavatories, living room, jacuzzi,
running hot/cold water, garage for 2 cars,
gymnasium, not settled, 3000 Euros per
month
1314. Parpetsi str, 3/2+3, 220 sq.m, 6
rooms, Eurostandard repair, 4 bedrooms,
each room has its lavatory, running water,
1.2 million drams per month, 60 thousand
drams per day
1134. Pushkin Terian crossroad, 6/4,
elevator, newly built, new capital repair,
entrance by code, air conditioner, excellent
furnished, 675 thousand drams
1237. Tumanian str, 5/4, 101 sq.m, capital repair, furnished, household items, running hot/cold water, 600 thousand drams
PRIVATE HOUSES
852. Aygedzor str, 2 storeyed building, 2
bedrooms, tiled lavatory, furniture, household items, $2500
778. Vahagni community, 2 storeyed
stone building 144m, newly repaired, nonsettled, kitchen, furniture, tiled, 3 bedrooms, 3 lavatories, central heating, 700
thousand drams
815. Yerznkian str, Komitas, land plot 800, 3 storeyed, excellent repair, swimming
pool, 4 bedrooms, 3 lavatories, running
hot/cold water, BAXI, furniture, household
items, 3.7 million drams
787. Blur, 1 storeyed, 2 entrances, 2
bedrooms, private heating, non-settled,
Eurostandard repair, 1 million drams
719. Nork Marash, land plot - 300 sq.m,
4-storeyed, newly built stone building, 1st
floor - garage, basement, 2nd floor - 140
sq.m, 3rd floor - 160 sq.m, 4th floor - laundry. It has also swimming pool, fire place, 2
air conditioners, running hot/cold water,
Italian tile and is furnished, 800 thousand
drams
674. Antarayin, newly built, 4-storeyed,
320 sq.m. living area, Eurostandard repair,
4 bedrooms, 6 lavatories, shower cabin,
Spanish tile, heating system, furnished, 1.8
million drams
800. Antarayin str, Eurostandard repair,
2-storeyed building, has cellar, 1st house 2 bedrooms, 1 lavatory, cellar, garden, 2nd
house - 3 bedrooms, 2 lavatories,
Eurostandard repair, beautiful view, 700
thousand drams
PRIVATE HOUSE FOR RENT
815. Komitas avenue, Yerznkian street, land 800 sq.m., 3 storied stone building, excellent repair, pool, 4 bedrooms, 3lavatories, permanent hot and cold
water, Baxi, furniture, technical equipment.
Monthly payment negotiable
855. Newly built private house for rent in G1 district. Price: 1million drams.
3 storied building, euro repair, 2 bedrooms, 2 lavatories,
air conditioner, new furniture, technical equipments.
856. Private house for rent near Vahagny district. Price 1.2 million drams.
2 storied building, 4 bedrooms, 3 lavatories, euor repair, furniture,
technical equipments, garden of 500 sq.m.
OFFICE TERRITORY
948. Amirian str, 2storeyed - 210 sq.m,
newly built, 1st floor -58 sq.m, 2nd floor 151 sq.m, 2 lavatories, 1 sq.m-$15
1127. Vardanants str, 1 storeyed, 3 steps
downward, suitable for office, 220 sq.m,
1.2 million drams
1255. Moskovian str, 6/2, office territory,
5 rooms, director's office, telephone,
Internet, 107 sq.m, Eurostandard repair,
code, running hot/cold water, sight of the
monument of Sarian, garage for 1 car, 500
thousand drams
1141. Mashtots Ave., near "SAS" supermarket, semi-basement 5-6 downward
steps, restaurant, 200 sq.m, price per
month is negotiable
8 storied newly
build building in the
avenue Hyusisayin
Started from 92
sq.m., will be put in operation at the end of 2008,
the price for 1sq.m. is
started from 520 000
AMD.
4 June #677 2007
6
“ARME’NIE MON AMIE”
The year of Armenia having
intimate symbol
The Year of Armenia in France
has a sonorous and multi-coloured
palette. The impulses of the events
dedicated to the Armenian art, history, cinema are seen from the shop
windows, cafe doors, walls of
buildings and from the symbol
“Armenia, my friend” depicted on
the buses of Paris.
The issues of identity and memory are very important for the
Armenians living in more than 70
countries of the world. It is by right
to say that wherever the Armenians
are they try to build a small
Armenia around them and to infect
their neighbors with the desire to
be proud of Armenia. The
Armenians with the same sincerity
wish to share the tragedy and happiness with the world. In France,
where there is a large Armenian
diaspora which is well integrated
with the French life, you will hardly find a Frenchman who has
heard, seen or read nothing about
the Armenians.
In France the number of
squares and streets which are
named after the famous Armenians
and remind of Armenia is more
than a hundred. This year 8 new
squares and monuments proving
the presence of Armenians were
opened. A monument of the victims of the Genocide, which was
depicting the mountain Ararat, was
opened in one of the suburbs of
Paris, in the city of Meudon-LaForet. It had a very symbolic writing: “In the memory of all the
Armenians who perished in the
years of the Genocide and of the
Armenian heroes who lied down
their lives for the liberation of
France”. Here the important is that
the Armenians and the Frenchmen
together also experienced the same
historical events. The author of the
monument is a young Armenian
Izabel Dziamdzian, who has never
been in Armenia and does not
speak Armenian, but tries to use
the symbol of friendship of the
Yerevan Arabkir community in her
mosaic works. On April 28, prior
to the opening of the square,
Philippe Pemezec, the mayor of the
Plessis Robinson and Hovhannes
Shahinian, the Head of the Arabkir
community laid wreaths near the
statue of Zoravar Andranik which
is placed in the city. On that day,
when the campaign of the second
stage of the presidential elections
was proceeding in France, a wreath
was also laid near the Armenian
Zoravar on behalf of Nicolas
Sarkozy. The opening ceremony of
the square ended with a big concert
of the Armenian singers, in which
Armenians and Frenchmen not
only of Plesi Robinson but also of
other cities of France participated.
RA Ambassador to France E.
Nalbandian mentioned that more
events dedicated to the memory of
the victims of the Genocide were
held in France than in Armenia.
By organizing the Year of
Armenia in France in 2007,
Armenia created a new context and
established new relations between
Armenia and the world. Different
legends, materials, things and
images began to speak with each
other anew. And the theme and the
designing models of that conversation are inexhaustible. The main
thing is the initial idea which was
very expensive and impressive and
which established new ways for
presenting the country.
This material
was provided by the Arabkir
community of Yerevan
DIASPORA
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Final Push to Get Congress to Adopt
Armenian Genocide Resolutions
By Harut
Sassounian
Publisher,
The California
Courier
The two Armenian Genocide
resolutions currently pending in the
House and Senate should have
been adopted without much controversy. Such commemorative congressional resolutions, which do
not have the force of law, are routinely approved without any debate
or even discussion.
Armenians can thank the
Turkish government for turning
these legally inconsequential resolutions into international headlines.
It is ironic that Ankara has unintentionally succeeded in according
these bills such notoriety. Even
those in the farthest corners of the
earth, who may have been unaware
that genocide had been committed
against Armenians by Ottoman
Turks, are now well-informed of
these mass killings due to Turkey’s
hysterical denialist efforts.
Here is a list of some of
Turkey’s unwitting efforts to publicize globally the Armenian
Genocide and undermine Turkish
interests:
- Paying millions of dollars to
powerful American lobbying firms
to block these Armenian Genocide
resolutions. Result: All members of
Congress, the Bush administration,
the media and the public at large
are well-informed about the
Armenian Genocide;
- Dispatching waves of highranking Turkish officials and parliamentarians to Washington to
lobby the Congress, the State
Department, Jewish American
organizations and the media.
Result: These entities now realize
how desperate Turkey is to cover
up the Armenian Genocide;
- Issuing ultimatums and threats
to the Bush administration and
leaders of countries who have recognized the Armenian Genocide.
Result: Rapidly diminishing number of people in the world is favorably inclined toward Turkey.
Despite Turkish threats to disrupt
economic relations, U.S-Turkish
trade has increased by a whopping
957%, since Pres. Reagan signed a
Proclamation in 1981 mentioning
the Armenian Genocide. Turkey’s
trade also increased dramatically
with a dozen other countries
despite their recognition of the
Armenian Genocide;
- Making desperate pleas seeking to defeat these resolutions.
Result: American and Israeli officials see a golden opportunity to
blackmail Turkey and demand
major concessions in return.
Notably, Pres. Turgut Ozal back in
1991 wisely considered recognizing the Armenian Genocide in
order to eliminate the genocide
card from being used against
Turkey.
To be sure, the ArmenianAmerican community does not
need to press for the passage of
Armenian Genocide resolutions
year after year. Such resolutions
have already been adopted twice by
the U.S. House of Representatives
in 1975 and 1984. Similarly,
Armenian-Americans do not need
another U.S. President to say what
was proclaimed by Pres. Reagan
over 25 years ago. However, it may
be worthwhile to hold these resolutions as a Democlean sword over
the heads of paranoid Turkish officials. Threatening to bring these
resolutions to a vote forces the
Turkish government:
- To waste its limited resources
on lobbying against these commemorative bills;
- To place itself in the awkward
and embarrassing position of constantly proclaiming that the
Ottoman Turks did not commit
genocide;
- To have a on-going contentious relationship with successive U.S. administrations;
- To beg for help in blocking
these resolutions thus subjecting
itself to indignity and all sorts of
reciprocal demands and blackmail.
The current resolution in the
House has 196 cosponsors.
Another 22 cosponsors are needed
to reach the magic number of 218 –
one more than the necessary 50%
of the votes in the House to guarantee passage. A major push
should be made by Armenian
Americans with Republican connections. Even though the genocide
resolution enjoys bipartisan support, there are more than twice as
many Democrats as Republican
House members who have cosponsored it. Getting 218 cosponsors
also strengthens the hand of House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She is under
tremendous pressure from the Bush
administration not to schedule the
resolution for a vote under the false
pretext that it would damage U.S.
relations with Turkey. Once Pelosi
sees that there are 218 cosponsors
from both parties, she can easily
maintain that the majority of the
House is demanding action on this
bill and she has no right to block it.
The same is true in the Senate.
Currently 31 Senators have
cosponsored
the
Armenian
Genocide resolution. Twenty more
Senators are needed to reach the
majority of 51 Senators. Once
again, Armenian Americans with
Republican connections should
contact Republican Senators to
make sure that the bill has bipartisan support. This would also make
it easier for Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-NV), a cosponsor of
the bill, to push the resolution for
consideration in the Senate.
Last week, the Congressional
Hellenic Caucus, consisting of 127
House members of both parties,
circulated a letter urging all members of Congress to support the
Armenian Genocide resolution.
While many in the Hellenic Caucus
are also members of the Caucus on
Armenian Issues, this letter would
certainly boost the number of
cosponsors of the resolution in the
House. Once 218 House members
cosponsor this bill, the Armenian
American community can then
shift its focus to the Senate, where
a much harder push is needed to
secure the required 20 additional
votes.
Patriarch Mutafian:
1.5 mln Armenians died in deserts
Armenian
Patriarch
of
Constantinople, Archbishop Mesrop
Mutafian met with members of delegation of U.S. Congress working
group for affairs of Turkey.
According to Milliyet, the participants of the meeting spoke about the
draft resolution on Armenian
Genocide in Congress, murders of
editor-in-cheif of Agos newspaper
Hrant Dink, Catholic clergyman
Santoro in Trapison, as well as cruel
murders committed lately in Malatia.
Speaking about the draft resolu-
tion N 106 on Armenian Genocide in
Congress and the events that happened in 1915, Mesrop Mutafian
stated: “From point of view of
Turkey-Armenia bilateral relations,
as well as current relations between
Armenians of Turkey and Turkish
people we do not treat positively the
resolution on Armenian Genocide
submitted to U.S. Congress. We cannot exclude the painful events, which
happened during the history. The history will never forgive the policy of
Unity and Progress (Ittihat ve
Terrakki) Party, which was shown
not only to Armenian groups making
armed attacks on the state, but also to
all citizens of Armenia.”
The Patriarch also said that 1.5
million Armenians died in the deserts
of Syria. While, only 70 thousand
Armenians have remained in Turkey
at present. “We should not also forget our Armenian citizens who
became
Muslims for avoiding
deportation,” the Armenian Patriarch
of Constantinople stated.
Results of competition on History of
Armenia summed up in Akhalkalak
Summing up of the results of the
2007 awarding on History of
Armenia subject organized by the
Armenian Relief Union and Akunk
newspaper took place on May 28 in
the conference hall of the Akhalkalak
Mayor’s Office.
Chairman of the Akhalkalak
Regional
Sakrebulo
Khachik
Ayvazian, manager Artur Yeremian,
Resources Center Director Nartsis
Karapetian participated in summing
up of the results. The latter stated in
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her speech that the Georgian law on
education envisages teaching of any
sibject at secondary schools (including the History of Armenia as well),
if a decision is made on it by the
Board of Trustees or pedagogical
staff.
As A-Info states, the organization committee of the awarding
defined monetary prizes for the first,
second and third places for 10-11grade pupils. Four pupils got the first
prize, 5 ones got the second prize and
seven pupils got the third prize. 6
from 7-9-grade students got the second prize, seven ones got the third
prize and other seven were given
encouriging prizes.
Teachers of the Poka, Kartikam
and Azavret schools, teaching the
History of Armenian subject also got
monetary prizes. 34 pupils participating at the final stage were given
diplomas.
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ARCS opens exhibition
Together for Humanism
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An art exhibition titled
Together for Humanism opened on
May 28 at the Yerevan Hovhannes
Tumanian Puppet Theater on the
initiative of the Armenian Red
Cross Society (ARCS). More than
a dozen works of the alumni of the
Hovhannes Igitian aesthetic center
were presented at the exhibition.
As Luiza Abrahamian, the coverag coordinator of the ARCS
Yerevan regional branch informed
the Noyan Tapan correspondent,
the children were informed beforehand about the history of the Red
Cross’s activity and dedicated their
works to the humane ideas of the
society.
L. Abrahamian also said that on
the occasion of the World Day of
Red Cross and Red Crescent on
May 8, the ARCS organized meetings with partner organizations in
all of the regional branches. The
goal of the ARCS, which was
founded in 1920 and which is a full
member of the International Red
Cross since 1995, is to respond to
population’s needs, to assist the
programs in the humane sphere
implemented by the government, to
decrease population’s vulnerability
by consolidation of humanist
power, to prevent and alleviate
human sufferings. The ARCS is
also engaged in search of people
missing as a result of wars and
calamities, it implements socialhealth service programs, works of
search of missing people and provides assistance to migrants.
As usual, children paint on the Liberty Square
asphalt on June 1st
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its ambitions to
preserve...
Chinese business leaders are world's most stressed reveals
Grant Thornton International Business Report
from page 1
eight (84%) out of ten Chinese business leaders more stressed than a year ago
Armenian business owners are amongst the longest hours working in the world.
um resources there. “We will not
enrich uranium in Armenia, we
prefer to join IAEA-controlled programs of international centers on
nuclear fuel enrichment, and the
respective agreement has already
been reached with Russia,” R.
Kocharian added.
Adolf Birkhofer congratulated
Armenia for the efficient work
done for the development of the
country’s energy system.
The Director General of the
Armenian Nuclear Power Plant
and Head of the Stateatomcontrol
also gave speeches.
On the same day during the
meeting with reporters Head of the
RA
Stateatomcontrol
Ashot
Martirosian said that “the safety
system of the Armenian Nuclear
Power Plant meets international
standards, the work done at the
plant is checked and assessed by
international experts who have not
made any serious critical comments so far.” In his words, the
plant can operate and has the
required resources for operation
until 2016. They can speak about
its further operation only after the
checks to be carried out in 20152016.
A. Martirosian said that all
emissions and outflows from the
nuclear power plant were several
times lower than the permissible
norms.
Mainland Chinese business
leaders are the most stressed in the
world, with 84% reporting an
increase in stress levels compared
to last year, according to the Grant
Thornton International Business
Report (IBR). Mainland China is
Siiting of CIS
Electricity and
Energy Council held
in Yerevan
followed by Taiwan (82%), and the
developing economies of India
(79%) and Russia (76%) in the
stress league table. The report
which covers the opinions of 7,200
privately owned businesses in 32
countries, found that 56% of business leaders worldwide feel their
stress levels have increased in the
last year.
In the first year of participation
in the International Business
Report, 57% of the Armenian business owners record a stress level,
comparable to a global percentage.
In comparison, business leaders
in Europe are the least stressed
with just 27% of Swedish business
owners reporting an increase in
stress levels, followed by Ireland
(35%) and the UK, the Netherlands
and France (all 37%). European
Union (EU) and North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
regions show an average of 43%
claiming increases in stress, compared to 73% of respondents in
East Asia.
Last year all countries reported
a rise in stress but this year two
thirds of respondents reported a
lower increase in stress than the
previous year. The greatest reduction in stress level increases came
in the Philippines with 12% fewer
respondents reporting a rise in
stress levels followed by Ireland
(11%) and Japan and Mexico (both
10%).
By Susanna Tonoyan
During the 31st sitting of the CIS
Electricity and Energy Council held
on May 29 in Yerevan, more than ten
decisions related to the sector were
discussed and adopted. The council
chairman, representative of RAO
UES Anatoly Chubais said at the
press conference on the same day
that these decisions will help put into
practice the agreement on formation
of a common electricity and energy
market of CIS counteries, which was
signed in Yalta on May 25.
According to him, within a year the
CIS countries have to submit their
programs on formation of this market. Ukraine’s representatives, however, noted that equal conditions
should be used with respect to all
countries, which is not so in case of
Ukraine. A. Chubais in his turn said
that no changes are expected to occur
at once in the sector.
In the words of A. Chubais, Inter
RAO UES continues to own assets
of some Armenian companies, and
the Russian government will keep
this process under control. He noted
that the Armenian government has
not expressed its discontent with the
operation of the distribution networks, even though “many, including Western partners, were not satisfied that RAO UES will enter
Armenia.”
The RA Deputy Minister of
Energy Areg Galstian said that the
formation of a common energy market will promote rather then hinder
the development of the energy cooperation between Iran and Armenia.
According to him, it is envisaged to
build a high-voltage substation with
a capacity of 400 megawatts to
Georgia which will allow to export
energy. As regards construction of a
new nuclear power plant in Armenia,
the technical task will soon be completed, which will specify the issues
to be discussed for a feasibility
study.
In A. Galstian’s words, it is clear
to Armenia that a new nuclear power
plant must be constructed, and there
is no alternative to it.
Working hours
The IBR research shows that
business leaders around the world
work on average 53 hours a week
with Europeans working the fewest
(50) hours, followed by respondents in East Asia (53 hours) and
NAFTA (54 hours). Business leaders in emerging economies tend to
work the longest hours with India
and Argentina at the top of the
league table, both at 57 hours a
week, followed by Armenia,
Australia and Botswana (all 56
hours a week).
Italian business leaders work
the least number of hours (47) a
week in the world, followed predominately by European countries
with Sweden, the Netherlands,
Ireland and Spain all on 48 hour
average working weeks.
Commenting on the findings,
Alex MacBeath, global leader of
privately held business services for
Grant Thornton International, said:
"Stress levels are continuing to
rise around the world, with particular concern for business leaders in
the emerging economies of mainland China, India and Russia.
"The stress levels appear to be a
reflection of the pace of growth in
these economies and of the longer
hours worked by business leaders
in these countries as they strive to
take advantage of domestic and
global
economic
expansion.
However the Philippines seem to
be setting the example by recording
the greatest reduction in stress
increases yet still outperforming
most countries in recent IBR topics
such as business optimism, women
in senior management and the management of energy and environmental issues.
"The shorter working week in
Europe is reflected in the lowest
rise in stress levels worldwide suggesting that European businesses
are perhaps leading the world in
managing work life balance and
quality of life.
"Globalisation and increasing
technological advances have
increased the pressure on business
leaders to 'always be contactable'
and this appears to be having an
increasing strain on their lives. The
challenge for business leaders is
how they can improve modern
working practices to allow time to
'switch off' from the strains of
increasingly demanding business
lives - while remaining competi-
Finca UCO plans to expand its activities
By Samvel Sargsian
FINCA Universal Credit Organization
(UCO) plans to increase the number of its
customers from the current 11 thousand to
50 thousand in 2011. The general executive director of FINCA International Inc.
Rupert Scofield stated this at the June 1
event dedicated to the first anniversary of
FINCA UCO’s activities.
In his words, the favorable conditions
for development of the microfinancing
sector in Armenia may be conducive to the
accomplishment of this goal.
Chairman of the Central Bank of
Armenia (CBA) Tigran Sargsian attached
importance to the role of FINCA and other
UCOs in poverty reduction and improvement of the socioeconomic situation in
Armenia as microcrediting programs provide funds for involvement of those with
low incomes in business. According to
him, work is continuing on improvement
of the legislative field of Armenia’s
microfinancing sector.
Director for Eurasian region of FINCA
International Inc, Chairman of FINCA
UCO’s board of directors Volker Renner
noted that in order to achieve its goals, the
UCO will expand the network of its subsidiaries and increase the amount of funds
attracted by local investors. In his words,
FINCA International Inc. is discussing the
issue of opening a microfinancing bank in
Armenia.
Presenting FINCA UCO’s strategic
program until 2011, Director General of
the organization Yervand Barseghian
noted that it functioned as a foundation
until May 2006. Over the past year the
number of its customers has increased to 5
thousand. Now the UCO’s credit portfolio
makes a sum in drams equivalent to 8.5
mln. According to Y. Barseghian, in April
of this year 7 “points of sale” have been
added to 4 subsidiaries opened in 2006. By
late 2007, the number of subsidiaries and
“sale points” will reach 17, by late 2008 25. They will mostly open in Armenian
regions with a high level of poverty. It is
envisaged that in 2011, the total amount of
credits provided by FINCA will make an
amount in drams equivalent to 250 mln
dollars, while the credit portfolio will
amount to 18 bln drams (over 51.4 mln
USD).
FINCA International Inc. was founded
in Washington in 1984 and so far has
delivered financial services of 1 billion
dollars in 21 countries. The company
intends to increase the number of its customers from current 550 thousand to a
million.
tive."
To find out more about IBR and
to obtain details of IBR reports and
results please visit www.gta.am or
www.internationalbusinessreport.c
om.
Internet service market to be
liberalized by late 2007
By Rita Karapetian
ArmenTel company intends to renounce its exclusive
rights to provide Internet services, including IP service, by
late 2007, as a result of which other companies will emerge
in this market next year. Member of the RA Public Services
Regulatory Commission Samvel Arabajian stated this at the
May 24 press conference. According to him, now the commission is carrying out work aimed at solution of problems
related to market organization and licensing. The commission is discussing with ArmenTel company the opportunity
of using a post-payment system for some phone services.
To recap, unlike ArmenTel, the IP service providing
companies, whose operation was suspended in early 2007
by the commission’s decision, use the post-payment system
(when the subscriber pays after being provided services).
General executive director of ArmenTel Oleg Bliznyuk
said that the new companies to emerge in the market after
liberalization of this sector have to provide high-quality
services, give the necessary financial guarantees and have a
transparent behavior in the tax field.
In the words of Samvel Arabajian, ArmenTel has not
yet submitted to the commission a bid on new tariffs for
fixed-line phone communication, although discussions on
this issue are being held. In his opinion, the sides should
first of all reach an agreement on methods to be used in
connection with a transfer to rebalanced tariffs. The commission representative stated that the public will be
informed about the economic substantiation of new tariffs’
formation.
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Australian company
to build gold processing
plant in Armenia
By Susanna Tonoyan
Iberian Resources company
(Australia) has already made its
first production - 12 kg of gold,
which was mined in Terterasar
mine in Syunik marz. Manvel
Bagratian, director of the company’s Armenian subsidiary, told
reporters on May 25 that the confirmed gold resources at Terterasar
and Lichvaz-Tey mines make 3
and 17 tons respectively. The company has made investments of 15
million dollars so far.
M. Bagratian said that Iberian
Resources intends to build a gold
processing plant in Meghri. About
50 million dollars will be spent on
construction work. It is envisaged
to put the plant into operation in
2009. The daily production of the
plant will amount to 10 kg of gold.
According to M. Bagratian,
demand for gold is great in the
Armenian market but under the
current tax legislation it is not profitable to sell gold on the local market as in this case the company has
to pay 20% VAT.
In 2005, Iberian Resources and
Global Gold Mining company
(US) acquired shares of the
Armenian company Sipan 1 that
had a licence for exploring the
above mentioned mines. Last year
Iberian Resources became the
100% shareholder of Sipan 1.
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manage server-related risks in Armenia
By Samvel Sargsian
Sun Microsystems company (US) intends to
become the leader of the
Armenian market of serverrelated risk management.
Pavel
Ani,
Sun
Microsystems’ manager for
Eastern
Europe,
CIS,
Middle East and African
countries, stated this at the
May 31 presentation of
cooperation between Sun
Microsystems
and
Armenian-Greek joint company Innova Solutions. In his
words, demand for Sun’s telecommunication, especially billing, services and equipment is great in
regions near Armenia.
P. Ani explained that in the
such a proportion will form
in the Armenian market as
well. In his opinion, the
above mentioned segments
of information technologies
are at the stage of development.
Deputy chairman of
Innova Solutions Armen
Khudinian noted that the
company is an authorized
partner
of
Sun
Microsystems and will provide guarantee and afterPavel Ani
guarantee services for Sun’s
equipment-based systems.
international server-related risk Innova Solutions was set up in
management
market
Sun October 2006 and is a member of
Microsystems occupies a position Innova group (Greece), whose
equal to those of IBM and Hewlett- members operate in Romania.
Packard (HP), and Sun’s part in Bularia, Cyprus, Luxemburg and
this market of CIS countries is con- Albania.
siderable. He expressed a hope that
Consumer prices grow by 4.2% in Dec-May
The index of consumer prices
made 104.2% in Armenia in May
2007 on December 2006, including
the index of prices of food commodities (including alcoholic
drinks and cigarettes) - 106.9%, of
non-food commodities - 100.6%,
of service tariffs - 101.3%.
According to the RA National
Statistical Service, a 2.1% inflation
was registered in the Armenian
consumer market in May on April
2007: prices of food commodities
(including alcoholic drinks and
cigarettes) increased by 3.6%, a
0.8% inflation was registered in the
non-food commodity market.
Tariffs of services remained
unchanged in the indicated period.
The average monthly increase
of consumer prices in January-May
2007 made 0.8%, which is lower
by 0.3 percentage points than the
respective index of the same period
of last year (1.1%).
The index of consumer prices
made 103.8% in May 2007 on May
2006, including that of food commodities (including alcoholic
drinks and cigarettes) - 104.5%, of
non-food commodities - 99.2%, of
service tariffs - 105.1%, while the
indices of January-May 2007 on
January-May 2006 made 104.5%,
105.5%, 99.5% and 105.3%
respectively.
The Future of the World Rests with the Child
Save the Children Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary of
Creating Lasting Change in the Lives of Children in Need
AUDIT TAX ADVISORY
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June 1 is the International
Children's Day. Save the Children
Armenia Country Office congratulates all children on this occasion
and wishes them to grow up in a
world full of love and care towards
them!
It has been much spoken and
written about children as our
future. Reiterating this fact, we also
state that they are the flowers of
today. To ensure bright future for
them, we need to give the best of
our love and care to them today.
We need to work hard to see them
educated, healthy and protective.
Save the Children works to create lasting positive change for children in need. The establishment of
the organi-zation dates back to
1932, when a group of compassionate US citizens founded Save
the Children USA to help fami-lies
survive the Great Depression.
Today, as Save the Children celebrates its 75th anniversary, in more
than 50 coun-tries it empowers millions of children and adults to
improve their well-being, now and
in the future.
Save the Children Armenia
Country Office was established in
1993 to respond to the social and
economic failure of the country
caused by the collapse of the Soviet
Union, disastrous earthquake, and
the war with neighboring
Azerbaijan. Since that time the
Armenia country office has managed over $45 million in relief and
development programs in aid to the
most vulnerable children and their
families in Armenia. With 14 years
of experience on the ground, Save
the Children Armenia Country
Office has evolved from umbrella
grants manager into an implementing and enabling agency supporting local governments, NGOs and
communities to design, implement
and monitor de-velopment programs. The organization's projects
combine its expertise in health,
Children of kindergarten #276 in Yerevan which has
benefited from a program of Save the Children
education, community develop- Armenia's neediest populations.
ment, and economic opportunities
Celebrating its 75th anniverwith extensive experience in build- sary, Save the Children thanks all
ing local capacity through partner- the donor agencies - US Embassy,
ships and in-stitutional develop- USAID, US Department of State,
ment. Save the Children has DFID, OSI, GTZ and SDC, and
worked in all provinces of the individuals who provided contincountry as well as Nagorno ued support to the organiza-tion in
Karabakh to design and implement aid to the children in Armenia and
around 700 projects in support to look for even greater partnership
about 3,860,000 people. Around and collaboration.
600 urban and rural communities
Celebrating the International
out of 926 in Armenia have bene- Children's Day, the organization
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in the areas of health, education, each of us can and should coneconomic opportunities, social tribute to the bright and peaceful
development etc. Save the Children childhood. Save the Children calls
is widely recognized as an expert in everyone to join efforts to make
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nerable children and families. With the children.
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ISTC finances
113 Armenian projects
worth 29 mln dollars
By Samvel Sargsian
More than 360 projects for
implementing scientific elaborations in the spheres of physics,
chemistry, biotechnology, ecology,
information and communication
systems, materiology, non-nuclear
energy were presented to the
International Scientific-Technical
Center by Armenian scientists. 113
projecrts received financing in the
amount of 28.67 mln USD, 12 of
them are partner projects. One joint
project presented by scientists of
Armenia, Georgia, Kyrghyzstan
and Tajikistan was also financed,
another three projects were
financed by Armenian and
Georgian scientists and another
seven projects by Armenian and
Russian scientists.
As Noyan Tapan was informed
from Press Service of RA National
Academy of Sciences, in total,
1150 Armenian scientists and specialists are included in the projects
of
International
ScientificTechnical Center. And materials
and equipment amounting to more
than 1.9 mln USD were purchased
for implementation of projects.
Armenia joined the Founding
Agreement
of
International
Scientific-Technical Center in
1994. The International ScientificTechnical Center is an intergovernmental organization, which was
founded in 1992 on the basis of
mutual consent among Council of
Europe, Russian Federation,
United States and Japan. The
Republic of Korea, Canada,
Armenia,
Belarus,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan have also joined the
Founding
Agreement
of
International Scientific-Technical
Center.
Center’s activity and programs
will be aimed at assisting non-proliferation of arms of mass annihilation. At the last, 42th session of
Board of Managers of Center
(March 30, 2007), 22 new programs with financing of more than
1.3 mln USD were approved, as
well as 4.6 mln euros was allocated
for extending activity in Russia,
Armenia,
Belarus,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Services rendered to
families and children to
be systematized
By Hasmik Hakobian
The children’s protection network, which was founded by more
than 10 NGOs, is occupied with the
implementation of projects, directed to the rights protection of children, who are in bad state for this
or that reason, and their families.
As during the May 31 press conference reported Mira Antonian,
Chairwoman
of
Children
Acceptance and Orientation Center
of Fund for Armenian Relief
(FAR), the main goal of the network organization is to concentrate
the organization resources through
working cooperation.
In M. Antonian’s words,
though the legislative field of the
sphere in Armenia is regulated, ser-
vices rendered to families and children are not systematized. M.
Antonian noted that they offer the
country to develop new mechanisms for child’s protection field
regulation, contribute to the quality
improvement of the services rendered to children and families. In
her words, the Children Protection
network envisages to form regional
networks, develop such projects,
which will make the society take
part in the regulation of children’s
protection issues. It was also noted
that a hotline with 24-15-80 telephone number has been created
with the aim of protecting homeless children, as well as children,
who are deprived of care and have
undergone violence.
New zone system for excess baggage
provides greater transparency
New regulations on scheduled flights for excess baggage and sports
equipment as of 1 June 2007
Excess baggage
Austrian Airlines is simplifying
its excess baggage regulations and
introducing a new 'five-zone' system for scheduled flights from 1
June 2007 onwards. The price for
one kilogram of excess baggage
will no longer be calculated
according to the ticket price as
before, but dependent upon the
respective destination. The new
regulations will ensure greater
transparency, as passengers will be
able to calculate their excess baggage charges before beginning
their journey and incorporate these
into their fare. Handling processes
at the airport itself will be simplified and accelerated.
ZONES
Zone 1: within Austria
Zone 2: within Europe, excl. CIS states
Zone 3: between Zones 1 or 2 and CIS states and the Middle East, excl. the Gulf region
(United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman)
Zone 4: between Zones 1 or 2 and Africa, the Gulf region, parts of South America and South
Asia (India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh)
Zone 5: between Zones 1/2/3/4 and the rest of Asia (excl. South Asia), between Zones 3 and
4, between the Middle East excl. the Gulf region and CIS states
Sports baggage
Additional charges will apply
for sports baggage. From 1 June
2007, these will no longer be calculated according to the type of
sports equipment as before, but
will depend upon the size and
weight of the respective sports item
and route. Scheduled passengers of
the Austrian Airlines Group will be
able to take one pair of skis or one
snowboard with them at no extra
charge.
Price per kg
EUR 5
EUR 10
EUR 20
EUR 30
EUR 40
Other regulations or charges
may apply for excess baggage or
sports equipment on cooperation
flights operated by partner airlines.
Special charges also apply on charter flights.
Category
Continental route
Flat rate per one way
Intercontinental
Flat rate per one way
Small: up to 15 kg and/or up to 1.40 m
EUR 20/item
EUR 40/item
Medium: 15-30 kg and/or 1.41m up to 2m
Large: over 30kg and/or over 2 m
EUR 40/item
EUR 80/item
EUR 80/item
EUR 160/item
Piece concept
The 'piece concept', which is
unaffected by the new regulations,
applies to flights to or from the
USA, U.S. Territories, Canada and
Mexico. In principle, two pieces of
baggage (Economy Class: 23 kg
each) may be taken on board free
of charge. If the baggage exceeds
the number of items permitted,
maximum weight or maximum
size, the following charges will
apply:
Excess baggage piece concept
Price
Every piece of baggage in Economy Class from 23 kg to 32 kg
EUR 40
One additional piece of baggage (within maximum weight and size of respective booking 1 package price*
class)
Every piece of baggage between 158 cm and 203 cm in total size
1 package price*
Every piece of baggage of more than 203 cm in total size
3 package price*
* The package price depends upon the route and varies from USD 105/EUR 90 to USD 200/EUR 150.
First disc of Anush Aleksanian’s songs
released
By Hasmik Hakobian
First disc of composer Anush
Aleksanian’s author songs titled
Thoughts of my Soul, with 15
songs performed by Nune
Yesayan, Aida Sargsian, Liana,
Andre and other well-known
singers, was released in Yerevan. A
number of well-known songs, as
for example, “Thousand Times”,
“Yerevan”, “Without You”, “Four
Letters”, “Cranes”, are for the first
time included in one disc.
Soon more than thirty songs of
Anush Aleksanian will be recorded
by different singers. They will be
included in her second disc.
Anush is the author of more
than sixty songs. Her fame grew
gradually: formerly her songs were
performed by not so much wellknown singers, but today many
famous singers seek to have her
works in their repertoire.
“I try to write such songs which
in the future will be listened also by
my grandchildren,” said Anush.
She is also the author of words of
Anush
Aleksanian
all her songs.
A. Aleksanian estimated unsatisfactory the condition of the
Armenian show business saying
that today many singers who “sing
some unintelligible songs on
incomprehensible subjects” go on
stage. Meanwhile, it is important to
have an environment of good
songs, because children aged 12-14
are brought up also by that art.
However A. Aleksanian is convinced that things will change with
time and “those people who have
nothing to do with the singing art
will get out from that sphere”.
Anush Aleksanian was born in
1966. She graduated from the fac-
ulty of Art of the Abovian
Armenian Pedagogical Institute
getting the speciality of a pianist
and conductor. Anush began her
first attempts of composing songs
at the high school age, but her serious work started when she was 28.
Anush confesses that from her
earliest years she dreamed of
becoming a singer, of performing
her own songs. But because of
some reasons her dream did not
come true. In her words when she
gave up the idea of becoming a
singer,she began to compose more
songs instead: “let others sing my
songs.”
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Ivan Aivazovsky
- "Born a mortal, he left immortal memories"
Aivazovsky's Art is the art of
Man and Humanity; it is the denunciation of oppression and despotism. He is the artist of the first for
freedom, and the true advocate of
Mother Nature.
Martiros Saran
Hovhannes (Ivan) Aivazovsky
is the most interesting phenomenon
of 19th century art. He gained
international fame at the age of 25,
was elected a member to five
European Academies and was
awarded the medal of the French
Legion of Honor. Delacroix
referred to him in reverence and
Turner called him a genius.
Aivazovsky's name is intricately bound with the sea. "Perhaps no
one in Europe has painted the
extraordinary beauty of the sea
with so much feeling and expressiveness as Aivazovsky has",
writes V. Adasov.
In his best seascapes (and in a
legacy of about 6000, there are
some works which condescend to
his artistic ability and others which
merit singular artistic attention) he
has revealed his inner self through
the spirit of the times, his ideals of
humanism, and the love of freedom. The Artist lived by those
ideals; the love that he had towards
the oppressed, the help he offered
and the work that he did for the
public good make him an exceptional individual and a true son of
his times.
Aivazovsky was born to an
Armenian family in the city of
Theodosia in the Crimea {The
Artist's ancestors were called
Aivazian. His father called himself
Haivazosky. The Artist and his
brother decided to call themselves
Aivazian or Aivazovsky. Some of
the Artist's work bears the signature Hovhannes Aivazian, in
Armenian}. At the age of twenty he
graduates from the Art Academy of
St. Petersburg with a gold medal.
He goes to Italy to continue his
studies and returns as an internationally
acclaimed
seascape
painter. Neither financial security
nor life in Palace interests him. He
returns to his native land, builds a
workplace/home on the seashore
and, until the last days of his life,
dedicates himself to the work that
he loves. He participates in exhibitions all over the world. He gets
recognition and glory as a representative of Russian art greatly
helps in familiarizing it.
In Aivazovsky's creative work
one finds such aspects of Armenian
culture and national temperament
that it becomes impossible to separate his art from his native people.
It is this characteristic that gives
Aivazovsky's creativity its unique
quality
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introduce new concepts into our
national art. This process would
later on culminate in the clarification and purification of our national artistic language.
Even in the early years,
Aivazovsky had a vivid and emotional understanding of reality. He
always remained a romantic at
heart even through his art could
never separate itself from his academic background. The Artist's
expressive language was in complete harmony with the techniques
that he used. As a young boy
After the Russo-Persian war, in
the beginning of he second quarter
of the century, Eastern Armenia
came under Russian rule. Western
Armenia was still under Turkish
rule. The Liberation movement in
Greece and the Balkans became an
incentive for the Armenia people.
The surge of spiritual life found its
reflection in art and literature.
Armenian artists received their
education in European and Russian
schools (Aivazovsky was one of
the firsts) and thus were able to
ceptive viewer will observe that
while painting the waves, clouds or
sky space, the Artist's emphasis is
on the light. In Aivazovsky's art
light is the eternal symbol for life,
hope and faith. This is light the
Creator, the concept of which has
its roots deep down in Armenian
culture and its continuity in the
next generation of Armenian
artists. The Artist had heard the
songs of the medieval poets glorifying light in the Armenian churches. In his last works ("Amidst the
Waves") the light descends from an
become. The victory of the Russian
fleet over Turks gave him hope that
such a salvation was possible.
To eliminate "The Armenian
Question", Sultan Abdul Hamid, in
1895, ordered a series of massacres
which claimed the life of hundreds
of thousands of Armenians.
Numerous Armenian cultural monuments ware burned or destroyed.
This tragic reality shocked the
Artist: "My heart is full of grief for
our ill-fated people; for this tragic
and unprecedented massacre", he
wrote to the Armenian Catholicos
Khrimian. He threw into the sea the
medal that the Sultan had given
him years before. He painted and
exhibited canvases depicting the
massacre. It was with pain and
grief that he painted his last canvas
"The Explosion of the Turkish
Ship", which he could not finish.
The date was May 2nd, 1900.
Aivazovsky's
house
in
Theodosia became a place for artistic pilgrimage. Armenian artists
were invited there and actors and
musicians performed there. It was
there that artists like Bashinjagyan,
Sureniants, Makhokhian and
Shabanian started their creative
life. Aivazovsky's dream was to
create a union of Armenian artists
from all over the world.
During his long period of creative life, and especially after 1868,
Aivazovsky executed tens of canvases with Armenian themes. His
landscapes depicting life in Tbilisi,
Lake Sevan and Mount Ararat popularized the genre in Armenian art.
He also had a series of works with
unseen source as mighty ray that
pierces the darkness and establishes hope.
In the canvases depicting
storms (which constitute more that
half of Aivazovsky's legacy) man's
solidarity to man is apparent in the
struggle against the elements. Man
does not give up; he triumphs. This
is the expression of the popular
trait of extreme optimism and resistance. The irony in Aivazovsky's
romanticism is the faith that man
(this tiny creature of the Universe)
has in life and Nature. In the politically turbulent 19th century, it is
this same unshakable faith that the
Armenian people had in their struggle for self-determination.
The freedom loving spirit of the
Artist was as much as expression of
the times as it was a reflection of
the destiny of his people. Inspired
by Greek movement of liberation,
he produced paintings depicting
that struggle and wishes for a similar fate for the Armenians. He saw
the salvation of his people in the
nation whose adopted son he had
themes from he bible and from
ancient Armenian history. Two of
his works, which were exhibited in
the Church in Theodosia and have
inspired patriotism ever since, are
reproduced here for the first time.
It is impossible to appreciate
19th century Armenian art without
Aivazovsky. It is equally impossible to ignore his Armenian roots
and consider him a Russian artist.
Today, the art of the great artist of
the sea is seen as the most beautiful
example of the close link between
the Russian and Armenian cultures.
According to his wishes,
Aivazovsky was buried in the
Armenian Church of St. Sarkis in
Theodosia. His tombstone has a
quotation
from
historian
Khorenatsi's
"History
of
Armenians" - "Born a mortal, he
left immortal memories". The
"memories" condense in them the
spirit of the times and the most precious spirit of all time - that of
Humanism.
Aivazovsky had known the sea,
had loved it passionately and had
known the secrets of its movements. It was this memory, together with his imagination, that was
responsible for his best works.
Rather than merely "reproduce" the
sea, Aivazovsky tells us its fables
and thus makes a symbolic statement.
Aivazovsky made his mark in
contemporary art through his own
rules and his own world view; he
was true both to his academic background and his romantic inclinations.
The magical aspect of light
helps make the contact with the
dreamlike quality of the Master's
art. In the calm seascapes, man is
either seen walking alone or sitting
down with a thoughtful expression
on his face, looking at the distance
- towards the light. In the canvas
entitled "The Mkhitarist Brothers
on the Island of St. Lazare", for
example, the island gives the
impression of a ship in the sunset
and the people seem to be travelers
of hope and dreams.
The concept of light is all
important to Aivazovsky. The per-
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Nose prints are used to identify
dogs, much like humans use fingerprints.
No, of course your dog has no
fingers. Nor would his paw prints
be of much use, since one set of
muddy prints on a floor, look much
like another. But did you know that
those slobbery nose prints they
leave on your house and car windows, are as individual as the
human fingerprint?
More than 60 years ago, the
Canadian Kennel Club began
accepting nose prints of dogs for
identification purposes, it having
been proven that the surface of the
dog's nose presented features as
individual as the whorls on our
own fingers.
The nose print as an identification system was partially replaced
by the invention of the tattoo, in
which a breeder was given a series
of letters that was theirs alone, by a
registering body, such as the AKC
or CKC. They then added numbers
and letters according to the year,
number of puppies, etc. For many
years, this was the system of
ARMENIAN POETRY
Fido's Fingerprint
Sipan Shiraz
TO ARMENIA, THE MOTHERLAND
Countless ships in life you possess
And also boats you own.
Sleepless and countless letters you posses
And also children you own.
Never heard songs you possess
And also infinite melodies you own.
Immense wounds you posses
And also a small home you own.
However, I am a firm believer
Of your name's YAN* affix
And I am never to exchange
Your one drop of blood indeed.
During countless peddler
Your only one caravan has become a father today,
Yet, there are many centuries
Awaiting you and that are full of rocks and grief.
Sons of your own you possess
And also boats you own
But alas you still posses
Alphabets no longer written nor also read at all.
* YAN or IAN is an affix found at the end of most Armenian last names.
P
choice, the tattoo being applied
with a stapler-like device of tiny
needles forming the shapes of the
numbers and letters. Ink was
smeared on the dog's ear or inner
thigh, and the tattoo device
clamped repeatedly, to drive the
ink into the tissues. While this was
definitely an easier method of I.D.
to interpret, unless the tattoo was
applied properly, they often faded,
or lost portions of the numbers and
letters.
Today, there has been a mass
move to use microchipping as
identification. A tiny capsule the
size of a grain of rice, is inserted in
the fat pad between the shoulders
of a dog, with a special, disposable
hypodermic needle. The capsule
having "clawed feet", anchors itself
in the fat, where a scanner passed
over the dog's shoulders, can then
pick up the number, which is registered with the kennel club and/or
manufacturer.
Nose prints are still accepted by
many registries, but finding someone who can interpret nose prints is
increasingly difficult.
Technology Moo-ves Forward
John Van Wormer invented
paper milk cartons after dropping
a bottle of milk one morning. The
bottle broke spilling the milk
everywhere. That annoyance was
enough for Van Wormer to come
up with the idea.
No doubt your grandparents,
or even old black and white
movies introduced you to the
novel idea of milk that came in
bottles. But from the very first
day that milk was sold in stores or
by delivery, that's how it was
packaged. Because, well, that's all
there was to put it in. The containers had to be of a convenient size
for consumers, for example pints
and quarts, and of course, they
could always be sterilized and used
over. Sounds pretty good, eh?
Well, it was. Unless you
dropped one. That's what happened
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to John Van Wormer, who with
wet shoes, feet, and a mess of glass
on the ground, decided there had to
be a better way. In 1915, he was
granted a patent on a paper carton,
which he called "pure pak,
because it could be thrown away
after a single use. But it was an
invention with glitches, since
paper wasn't going to hold liquid
very long. Then there was the
matter of building a machine
capable of manufacturing them in
quantity. Not until 1937, did the
milk carton get off the ground,
and onto grocery shelves. But
even then, old habits died hard,
and the bottle remained the most
popular container well into the
1950s, when production of Van
Wormer's cartons soared to 20
million a day.
Finally, with the cost of glass
rising, and the obvious advantages
of lighter containers being valued
by supermarkets, the carton
replaced bottles for good.
CROSSWORD
Across
1. The ___ are turned (6)
4. The ___ of two evils (6)
8. ___ of interest (5)
9. Building ___ in the sky (7)
11. Song and ___ man (5)
12. ___ and uncles (5)
13. Return to ___ (6)
15. ___ without leave (6)
19. An old ___ (5)
21. A ___ date (5)
23. Aided and ___ (7)
24. ___ and flowed (5)
25. The Mad ___ (6)
26. The world is your___ (6)
Answer of previous crossword
Down
1. As thick as ___ (7)
2. ___ and butter (5)
3. Time is of the ___ (7)
5. ___ is golden (7)
6. Everything's coming up ___
(5)
7. ___ and pains (5)
10. All at ___ (3)
14. ___ and dearest (7)
16. ___ and corruption (7)
17. ___ and lightning (7)
18. Of no fixed ___ (5)
19. A ___ in the pan (5)
20. ___, drink and be merry (3)
22. ___ and credit (5)
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Zodiac Weekly Forecast
Aries
(Mar. 20 - Apr. 19):
Leo
(July 21 - Aug 22):
Sagittarius
(Nov. 22 - Dec. 20):
If you are into physical
competition, then this is
the week for you. Your
muscles are in fine condition and do not tire easily.
You may be drawn to take on a project
involving heavy work and the accomplishment will feel good. Activities
involving mental jousting, publishing,
education, and travel are also favored.
This is a wonderful time
for you to enjoy friends
and loved ones. Those
with children will have
reason
to
smile.
Romance and social life are on a high.
You may be drawn to enjoy art, jewelry, and other things of beauty during
this period. Caution: Tell no secrets,
whether they are yours or another's.
Romance is on an upper.
Now is the time to ask
for a date or to pop the
question. You and a
lover or your children
may be off for a weekend of fun and frolic. It is a fine time
to enjoy activities that require the use
of the large muscles in the body. You
are generally on top of most things
now.
Taurus
(Apr. 20 - May 19):
Virgo
(Aug. 22 - Sep. 22):
Capricorn
(Dec. 21 - Jan. 19):
Your planetary ruler is
Mercury, which will be
slowing down for the
next two months. It
would be fully appropriate for you to slow down, kick back,
rest, and prepare yourself for big
changes that will begin in the fall.
Give yourself a genuine break so you
will be rested for the fall initiatives.
You and partner or someone significant may have
one or two minor glitches
in communication. Don't
allow your critical attitude to take over and
everything will be fine. You have
some variations in your taste and
choice of expenditures. This is not
important in the scheme of things.
Relax.
Venus, your guiding
planet, is happy this
week. Therefore you are
happy, too. The first
weekend in June is a
divine time to do something special with a lover or others in
your life that you enjoy. A word to the
wise: if money is an issue, leave credit cards at home. It will be easier than
usual to spend way more than you plan.
Gemini
(May 20 - June 20)
Libra
(Sep. 23 - Oct. 22):
Love and social life are
prominent this week. You
will have a generally optimistic, happy attitude and
people will be attracted to
you. Some of the Twins will have
favorable financial events toward the
end of the week. Hold your money and
don't spend the stash until August.
Early in the week you may experience
a few events that give
minor
frustration.
Meanwhile make plans
for a fine weekend with
a lover or with other
special people in your
life. Activities involving education,
the law, and travel are all favored.
Look for a fortunate turn of events in
these areas.
Cancer
(June 21 - July 21):
Scorpio
(Oct. 23 - Nov. 21):
Mercury has entered
your sign and will be
with you through the
month of July. This is
an unusualy long time. Many things
you begin will require longer than you
ever thought to finish. So prepare to
have patience with yourself through
the summer. There will be temporary
detours and roadblocks.
Your work life takes on
an air of cooperation
with others, which really
brightens your spirits.
The financial picture is
improving, especially for
those with a changeable income.
Activities and communications involving family members prove to be healing for everyone.
Aquarius
(Jan. 20 - Feb. 17):
Friends and associates
rally around and/or give
you a vote of approval
and encouragement now.
You may be doing the
same
for
them.
Whatever has ailed you is definitely on
the mend and you feel better overall.
People may be coming to you for
advice at this time and it is a pleasure
for you to share your wisdom.
Pisces
(Feb. 18 - Mar. 19):
Hold your head up high
and reach toward whatever you consider spiritual. You may be on the
receiving end of intuitive messages or syncronistic experiences at this time. You
have been struggling with harsh realities in recent months, but if you look
you will "see" a universal purpose at
work through you.
HUMOR
Adam was walking around the
garden of Eden, moping. God
asked him, "What is wrong with
you?" Adam replied that he was
lonely and didn''''t have anyone to
talk to.
God said that He was going to
make Adam a companion and that
it would be a woman. He said,
"This person will gather food for
you, cook for you, and when you
discover clothing, she will wash it
for you. She will always agree with
every decision you make. She will
bear your children and never ask
you to get up in the middle of the
night to take care of them. She will
not nag you and will always be the
first to admit she was wrong when
you''''ve had a disagreement. She
will never have a headache and will
freely give you love and passion
whenever you need it.
Adam asked God, "What will
this ''''woman'''' cost?"
God replied, "An arm and a
leg."
Adam thought a moment and
asked, "What can I get for a rib?"
Three sons Joke
There were three sons who
wanted to get their mom a present
for her birthday.
One son decided that she wanted a bigger house and bought her a
mansion.
The second son decided that
she didn't want to drive by herself
so he got her a limo.
The third son thought that she
was lonely and got her a parrot.
The mom gave the first son a
thank you saying that she didn't
want the house.
She gave the second son a letter
that said she didn't want the limo.
She gave the third son a thank
you saying the chicken was good.
APPARTEMENTS - RESIDENCES - Ouverts toute l’annee
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EREVAN - CENTRE
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ALEXANDER SPENDIARIAN
STATE ACADEMIC OPERA
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June 6, at 7 pm
T. Chukhajyan Opera "Arshak II"
Artistic Director: Gegham Grigorian
June 8, at 8 pm
Barekamutyun Dance Troupe
Artistic Director: Norayr Mehrabian
Concert is Dedicated to Vanoush
Khanamirian's 80th Anniversary
ARAM KHACHATRIAN
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June 6, at 7 pm
Aram Khachaturian International
Competition /piano/
Award Ceremony and Gala Concert
June 8, at 7 pm
Young Performers' Concert with the
Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Ruben Asatrian
G.SUNDUKIAN NATIONAL
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June 7, at 7 pm
"Eghegnuhi" by R. Maroukhyan
H.PARONYAN STATE
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June 5, at 7 pm
"A Liar is Needed" by D. Psafas
June 6, at 7 pm
"The Oriental Dentist" by H.
Paronian
June 8, at 7 pm
"God, Don't Leave Us..." by J.
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"Shell" Trio
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Levon Arakelian /cello/
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H.GHAPLANiAN DRAMA THEATRE
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"Macbeth" by W. Shakespeare
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"Don Juan" by Figereido
K.STANISLAVSKI STATE
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June 7, at 7 pm
"The Morals of Pani Dulskaya" by
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"The Broken Chain" by A.
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State Pantomime Theatre
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June 6, at 8.30
European Championship Qualifying
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Flamenco Evening
STOP MUSIC CLUB
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Army of God /rock/
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Bambir /rock/
June 9, at 9pm
Crossroads /blues/
June 10, at 9 pm
Vahagn Hayrapetian Trio /jazz/
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June 4, at 8.30 pm
Rouben Hakhverdian - recital
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June 6, at 8 pm
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at 2p.m. Modern Masters - The
Picasso I Knew
Saturday, June 9, 2007
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at 12:00 PARLONS CINEMA (An
interview with E. Rohmer )
at 1p.m. La Collectionneuse
at 2:30 Ma Nuit Chez Maud
Sunday, June 10, 2007
at 11a.m. Jean Prouvé's House
Baldessari, Becher, Boltanski
at 12:00 Le Genou de Claire
at 2::30 L'Amour l'apres-midi
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