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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS NATION

news.am
APril 21 2010
Armenia

RA President and Head of the RA National Security Council Serzh
Sargsyan convened a meeting of the Council on April 21.

The RA presidential press office informed NEWS.am that the Armenian
leader informed the Council members of the results of his visits to
Washington and Moscow.

The Council discussed the latest developments in the Armenian-Turkish
reconciliation process. The Armenian leader stated he held
consultations with the leaders of the coalition parties. As regards
the decision on the results of the discussions, the RA President will
address the nation on April 22.

OPERA BOUFFE "GARINE" AU THEATRE SAINT-MAUR
Jean Eckian

armenews
avril 2010

" Garine ", Opera-bouffe en 3 actes de Takvor Nalian et Dikran
Tchouhadjian (1875), au Theâtre de Saint-Maur (Val-de-Marne)

Opera bouffe en trois actes, de Dikran TCHOUHADJIAN Livret et
adaptation de Gerald Papasian, librement adaptee de l’oeuvre de Tavkor
Nalian Direction artistique et mise en scène de Gerald PAPASIAN avec
la complicite d’Irina BROOK

Direction musicale et orchestration de Vincent BONZOM

Resume de l’histoire :

ARMEN, jeune homme impetueux, reve de creer le premier grand Theâtre de
sa ville natale, Constantinople, et d’y jouer les plus grands auteurs,
rompant ainsi avec la tradition populaire du theâtre de rue.

Mais a la veille de la Première en public, son premier rôle feminin
demissionne pour rejoindre la troupe de son concurrent. Mais trouver
une remplacante au pied leve s’avère impossible. Le meilleur ami
d’ARMEN, MARKAR, comedien de foire, veut lui preter main forte en
lui offrant ses acrobates, mais ARMEN n’en a que faire. Finalement,
ARMEN et MARKAR decouvrent une jeune femme a la voix enchanteresse,
voguant sur une barque : GARINE. Les choses se compliquent car le père
de GARINE, HOR HOR AGHA, vendeur de pois chiches, l’a effrayee en lui
parlant de l’immoralite des artistes. ARMEN, qui essaye de convaincre
GARINE qu’au theâtre il n’y a que de belles histoires et beaucoup de
poesie, entonne un duo avec elle : c’est la genèse de leur amour…

Le pari de monter l’opera bouffe "Garine" de Dikran Tchouhadjian,
compositeur armenien du XIXe siècle, est une aventure unique en son
genre. Elle reunit deux equipes artistiques passionnees : La Compagnie
Les Amoureux Transis et le Centre de Recherche Dikran Tchouhadjian
(CRDT). Ensemble, et soutenus par Irina Brook, ils ont eu envie de
rendre hommage a ce compositeur passe maître dans l’art de marier
melodies occidentales et "turqueries". Tchouhadjian est en outre
considere comme le père de l’opera turc et armenien.

"Garine" a sillonne les cultures, les pays, les mers et les oceans,
mais n’a encore jamais ete joue en France où son compositeur,
originaire de Constantinople, etait considere en 1880 comme
"l’Offenbach oriental" ! Gerald Papasian adapte aujourd’hui pour la
première fois ce chef-d’oeuvre en francais et vous invite a decouvrir
une musique brillante, un patrimoine injustement meconnu au croisement
de l’occident et de l’orient, plein de saveur exotique, de poesie,
de drôlerie et toutes sortes de surprises…

95 TREES PLANTED IN THE "MEMORY PARK" OF TSITSERNAKABERD
Karen Ghazaryan

"Radiolur"
22.04.2010 14:50

Under the slogan Green Generation Campaign the Foundation for the
Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets held a solemn tree
planting ceremony in the park near Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial.

During the ceremony 95 trees were planted for memory and peace.

The tree seedlings were brought from Western Armenia. The journey of
the trees from Western to Eastern Armenia symbolizes the determination
of the Armenian people to root themselves in the soil of their mother
country and spare no effort for having a better future for upcoming
generations. A special signboard of the "Memory Park" was placed
after the planting.

VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian, Ruben Khachatryan,
Director of FPWC and Mr. Haik Demoyan, Director of the Armenian
Genocide Museum-Institute delivered speeches during the ceremony.

The event at Tsitsernakaberd was attended by ambassadors of foreign
countries, representatives of international organizations, companies
and NGOs.

Ruben Khachatryan, Director of FPWC greeted the guests and emphasized
that the 95 trees form a living "green" bridge between the historical
Western Armenia where so many Armenian perished in the Genocide,
the Republic Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora.

"Tsitsernakeberd is a holy place where we Armenians remember our roots
but it is also a place where we can brace our energies to strengthen
ourselves for the tasks lying ahead of us. To guarantee this we want to
contribute to the environmental quality of the whole area supporting
the Museum to create here a unique space which offers all visitors
the possibility to learn, to remember and to develop visions for the
future of our nation," he said.

On the occasion of 95th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide,
FPWC called not only to green the area around the memorial but also
to contribute to the scientific enrichment of Armenian Genocide.

AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY HOSTS LECTURE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 21, 2010 – 16:05 AMT 11:05 GMT

Professor Antony Holslakh, who is the author of In the Rocks of Ararat
book, delivered a lecture on Comparative Analysis of the Armenian
Genocide during the World War I at Amsterdam University. The Professor
focused on the sociological aspect of the Armenian Genocide. Antony
Holslakh defined genocide as a challenge to the humanity and criticized
all the other interpretations of this term. The lecture brought
together students and representatives of the Armenian community,
the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported.

VOLUMES OF EXPORTED GOODS BY ARMENIA’S LARGE TAXPAYERS INCREASED BY AMD 9.3 BILLIONS IN FEBRUARY 2010

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 21, 2010 – 16:55 AMT 11:55 GMT

According to the Analysis of Summarized Indices of Large Taxpayers’
Monitoring in February 2010 by the Committee of State Revenues, the
volumes of goods exported by eight large taxpayers totalled AMD 19.8
billions in February 2010 that is 9.3bln higher as compared with the
same period of last year.

The volume of export only by eight large taxpayers of Armenia
(Zangezur copper and molybdenum combine, Rusal Armenal, Armenian Copper
Program, Pure Iron Plnt, Armenian Molybdenum Production, Deno Gold
Mining Company, Nairit Plant, Agarak copper and molybdenum combine)
amounted to 14.9 billions in February 2010 that is 9.8 billions higher
as compared with the same period of last year.

RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN: ARMENIA PLAYS CHESS, WHEREAS TURKEY MAKES A SHOW
Lena Badeyan

"Radiolur"
21.04.2010 17:20

"Armenia plays chess, whereas Turkey makes a show," Director of
the Armenian Center for National and International Studies Richard
Giragosian told a press conference today.

"In chess there is a winner, and we may win. In theatre there is no
winner. It’s either good entertainment or bad. And we are playing
chess well," he said.

According to Giragosian, Armenia has had two strategic victories in
the Armenian-Turkish process. "One is relations between Azerbaijan
and Turkey. The concept of one nation two states is dead. The second
strategic victory is regarding Nagorno Karabakh, where even the
Americans and Russians tell Turkey "no." Karabakh is no more directly
linked to the Armenian-Turkish relations," he sated.

"The best option for Armenia is to demonstrate political dexterity
and ratify the protocols now, which would increase the pressures on
Turkey. To me it’s good politics," Richard Giragosian said.

"Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting in Washington was the first step, not
the last one. We can expect Sargsyan-Erdogan second meeting in late
May or early June in Moscow," Richard Giragosian said and explained
the meeting could become possible due to Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev’s upcoming visit to Turkey in May.

He is convinced that Russia continues to play an active role in
Armenia-Turkey process. "The interesting thing is, however, that both
Russia and the US agree that the Nagorno-Karabakh can no longer be
a precondition," the analyst said.

U.S. President Barack Obama is unlikely to utter the word ‘genocide’
on April 24, ACNIS Director said.

"I do not need the U.S President or the Congress to tell me what I
know without them. I do not expect the Parliament of Sweden or of any
other country to recognize the Genocide I know about. It is much more
important that Turkey admit the Genocide," Giragosian stated.

ARMENIAN YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM TO PLAY AGAINST ESTONIA MAY 20

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 19, 2010 – 16:17 AMT 11:17 GMT

Armenian Youth Football Team will be playing against Estonia in the
second group of 2011 European Championship qualifier due May 20 in
Tallinn, FFA press service told PanARMENIAN.Net

In the second group, Armenian team has taken the 5th place, having
scored 7 points; Estonians came 3rd with 9 points to their score.

Switzerland is leading with 16 points.

TURKISH INTELLECTUALS SAY GENOCIDE IS THEIR PAIN

news.am
April 20 2010
Armenia

Renowned Turkish intellectuals urged to get together in Istanbul and
mourn for 1915 victims on April 24 (Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day).

The statement reads: "In 1915 Turkish population was estimated at
13 million with 1.5-2 million Armenians in Frakia, Aegean Region,
Adana, Malatya, Van, Kars, Samatya, Sisli and other places. They
were our friends from the blocks: our tailors, jewelers, shoemakers,
millers, classmates, teachers, officers, soldiers, MPs, historians and
composers. They were our akin neighbors, facing same challenges as we
did. They were displaced since April 24, 1915 and we lost them. They
are no more with us. The majority is gone, not even their grave sites
are known. But our heart sores for 95 years for that pain and great
catastrophe. We call on all Turks feeling this pain deep in the heart
to pay tribute to 1915 victims, wearing black, silent and with lighted
candles and flowers. As this pain is OUR pain. This is our sorrow. So
we meet April 24 at 7:00 p.m. local time in Taksim square of Istanbul."

The statement was signed by Turkish intellectual Baskin Oran, lawyer
Fethiye Cetin, historian — Nese Duze, Chairman of Human Rights
Association Ozturk Turkdogan, Turkish MP Ufuk Uras and others.

VIVACELL-MTS MAKES A PRESENT OF 20 BOOKS TO GENOCIDE MUSEUM

Aysor
April 20 2010
Armenia

VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian has made to the
Museum-Institute of Armenian Genocide a present of 20 valuable books,
containing publications, documents, testimonies, etc., on the 1915
Genocide.

Ralph Yirikian said that books have been bought in the United States.

"We existed, we are and will always exist," said Yirikian and called
on public to donate to the Museum books, testimonies on the 1915 mass
killings, committed by Turks against Armenian population of Turkey.

GAGIK TSARUKYAN: A NEW PAGE IN THE HISTORY OF THE ARMENIAN HOKEY

Aysor
April 20 2010
Armenia

The chairperson of the Armenian National Olympic Committee
Gagik Tsarukyan in the RA Sports and Youth Ministry received the
representatives of the Armenian hokey team who had finished their
presentations in the "C" division of the world championship. On the
meeting were present also the RA Sports and Youth Minister Arthur
Petrosyan.

Gagik Tsarukyan has greeted the team on behalf of the representatives
of the sports’ world, and congratulated on the brilliant results. The
Armenian hokey players proved to everyone that in Armenia too there
exists this style of sport and it develops. G. Tsarukyan has expressed
his readiness to support the team.

At the end of the meeting Gagik Tsarukyan has passed to the Armenian
hokey team the cup of the Armenian Olympic committee.

The members of the team received also Olympic suits. Summing up the
meeting Gagik Tsarukyan noticed that by this tournament a new page
for the Armenian hokey was opened, informs the press office of the
Armenian Sports and Youth Ministry.