Author: Badalian Vardan

OFFICIAL STATS: INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT, IMPORTS, EXPORTS FURTHER DOWN IN FEBRUARY

ECONOMY | 25.03.15 | 16:17

By SARA KHOJOYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter

Although during the first two months of this year economic activity
grew, nevertheless, in certain important economic spheres of the
country decline was registered which speaks of negative development.

Specifically, according to the National Statistical Service (NSS),
in January-February 2015, as compared to the same period of last year,
industrial output, the production of electricity, as well as internal
and external sales decreased.

The decline of the industry within two months made 1.8 percent,
the volume of electricity production decreased by 16.6 percent. 6.9
percent less sales were realized internally, and the decline of
foreign sales made 27.7 percent, by the way both import and export
decreased by 20 percent.

Meanwhile, consumer prices grew by 4.8 percent, which, however,
the Central Bank (CB) sees as manageable, and thus, on Tuesday the
interest rate of refinancing was left at the same level – 10.5 percent.

“[The CB] Council thinks that in the coming months 12-month-long
inflation will be kept near the higher allowed limit,” the financial
regulator said.

“In international markets of main materials and food products, as it
was expected, inflationary trends will persist,” CB representatives
added.

It is noteworthy that another stability criteria index in Armenia
declined. According to the CB official data, in February external
reserves of the country decreased by $91 million, reaching $1.26
billion. During the whole last year external reserves declined by
$853 million, which was more than 40 percent of the whole reserves.

OFFICE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ARMENIA’S PARLIAMENT FOR DEALING WITH BUDGETARY ISSUES

YEREVAN, March 25. /ARKA/. The National Assembly of Armenia passed
today at the second and final reading a bill implying establishment of
an office inside the parliament for dealing with budget-related issues.

The authors of the bill think that after the separation of the Control
Chamber from the National Assembly the parliament actually was left
without mechanisms of shriveling the government budget.

Deputy Finance Minister Vakhtang Mirumyan said in this connection
that the legal status of the office and its experts will be specified.

He said the office may be established this year and the establishment
will be paid from the money allocated for the parliament from the
government budget.

Gagik Jangiryan, an MP from the opposition Armenian National Congress,
called this decision anti-constitutional, since such an office is
fit to countries with parliamentary governance.

Naira Zohrabyan, head of Prosperous Armenia party’s faction in the
National Assembly, said her party is opposed to the bill aimed at
serving the interests of ‘a certain group’.

The bill was passed by 88 MPs, 20 voted against it and four abstained.

The bill was designed by Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakyan, who is a
member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, his fellow partisans
Gagik Minasyan, Khosrov Harutyunyan, Samvel Nikoyan, Sukias Avetisyan,
one member of Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun Artsvik
Minasyan, Orinats Yerkir party’s Mher Shahgeldyan and former prime
minister Hrant Bagratyan. —0—–

L’ARMENIE RECONNAIT LE GENOCIDE DES ASSYRO-CHALDEENS ET DES GRECS

Parlement

L’Armenie a officiellement les genocides des Assyriens et des Grecs
lors d’une resolution adoptee a l’unanimite par son Parlement hier.

“L’Assemblee nationale d’Armenie declare qu’elle condamne le genocide
des Grecs et des Assyriens commis par l’Empire ottoman en 1915-1923”,
est ecrit dans la resolution coparrainee par les principales factions
parlementaires.

Le document dit que ces massacres, largement documentes, sont
conformes a la definition du genocide etablie par une convention des
Nations-Unies en 1948.

On estime a 300 000 le nombre d’Assyriens de l’Empire ottoman qui ont
ete tues ou sont morts de faim pendant et au lendemain de la Première
Guerre mondiale.

L’Association internationale des genocides a conclu en 2007 que

POITIERS : LA FAMILLE ARMENIENNE MENACEE D’EXPULSION OBTIENT UN TITRE DE SEJOUR PROVISOIRE

FRANCE
Bonne nouvelle pour la famille armenienne menacee d’expulsion. Ce
matin, alors qu’un rassemblement de soutien etait organise, la
prefecture leur a delivre un titre de sejour valable quatre mois.

ls vivent en France depuis 2008. Leurs trois enfants sont scolarises et
sont investis dans des clubs sportifs locaux. La prefecture refusait
d’accorder aux membres de cette famille armenienne leurs titres
de sejour.

Et la ce matin, la prefecture de la Vienne a delivre ce matin un
recepisse de titre de sejour, valable quatre mois, aux deux parents.

Un titre de sejour pour un an devrait suivre ce recepisse dans les
semaines qui viennent.

Pour le collectif poitevin ” D’ailleurs nous sommes d’ici” qui
appelait au rassemblement c’est une victoire. ” Une fois de plus,
la mobilisation citoyenne a paye”, a conclu Yvon Placais de DNSI. Les
parents d’elèves et les representants des associations sportives dans
lesquelles les enfants sont inscrits etaient venus soutenir cette
famille qui de l’avis de tous est un modèle d’integration.

mercredi 25 mars 2015, Stephane (c)armenews.com

AMBASSADOR: CZECH REPUBLIC WILL BE REPRESENTED AT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIONS IN YEREVEN AT LEVEL OF PARLIAMENT VICE SPEAKER

by Tatevik Shahunyan

ARMINFO
Tuesday, March 24, 11:02

Czech Republic will be represented at the Armenian Genocide Centennial
events in Yerevan at the level of the parliament vice speaker, Czech
Ambassador to Armenia Petr Mikyska told ArmInfo.

“One of the parliamentary vice speakers will attend the events timed to
the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire,”
Ambassador Mikyska said.

The diplomat said it was anticipated that the speaker of the parliament
would attend the events in Yerevan. Unfortunately, he has been
hospitalized lately.

“Milan Stech was very much interested in attending the Armenian
Genocide Centennial commemorations in Yerevan,” the ambassador
assured ArmInfo.

Presidents of Russia and France have already announced their intention
to visit Armenia on April 24. Diplomatic sources told ArmInfo, Belarus
will be represented at the Armenian Genocide commemorations in Yerevan
at the level of president too. Joseph Daul, Chairman of the European
People’s Party and Anne Brasseur, PACE President, are also expected
to visit Armenia on April 24.

Meanwhile, Turkey is set to celebrate the Centennial of the Gallipoli
victory on April 24. Ankara has invited the world leaders to the
event. Leaders of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, as well as Prince
Charles and Prince Harry have already confirmed their participation
in the “Gallipoli event”.

DES RELIQUES DE DEIR EZ-ZOR VONT ETRE PRESERVEES A STEPANAKERT

KARABAGH

Les evenements dedies au 100e anniversaire du genocide armenien en
Arstakh ne seront pas limites a des commemorations. Des evenements,
conferences, reunions culturelles et politiques doivent avoir lieu
toute l’annee. Dans un entretien avec Armenpress, le porte-parole de
la presidence David Babayan a declare qu’a la mi-Avril la ceremonie
d’ouverture d’un monument qui sera dedie aux victimes du genocide
armenien, aura lieu a Stepanakert.

FEWER STATES TO ATTEND EVENTS MARKING BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI IN TURKEY

14:19 * 24.03.15

In his statement, Turkish President Recep Erdogan said that the
leaders of 102 states had been invited to events marking the Battle
of Gallipoli, scheduled for April 24.

According to the Agos newspaper, 25 states have been removed from
the list of invitees, but Ankara spares no effort to attract more
participants.

Charles, Prince of Wales, and his son Prince Harry are expected to
attend the event in Ankara.

The French and Russian Presidents, Francois Hollande and Vladimir
Putin, announced their intention to arrive in Armenia to attend events
marking the Armenian Genocide, on April 24.

INSCRIRE LES NOMS DES VICTIMES DU GéNOCIDE SUR INHOMAGE.COM

1915-2015

Dans un mois les Arméniens du monde entier vont commémorer le
centenaire du génocide des Arméniens.

Bafoués, meurtris, exaspérés, mais Arméniens, nous nous
devons de dire définitivement a la face du monde que le temps des
tergiversations géopolitiques est dépassé. Que nous ne nous posons
pas en victimes, mais en revendicateurs de la simple justice.

En l’absence de sépultures, permet a chacun
d’entre-nous d’inscrire les noms de celles et ceux qui ont laissé leur
vie sur le sol ancestral. Ce devoir accompli en appellera aussitôt
un autre : assurer la reconnaissance permanente du Génocide du peuple
Arménien et les inévitables conséquences de celle-ci.

Depuis une carte de l’Asie Mineure située a la home page et datée
de 1920 (Traité de Sèvres), celle-ci laisse apparaître l’Arménie
dont les contours ont été tracés en 1918 par le Président
américain Woodrow WILSON. L’idée est de permettre aux arméniens
de la diaspora de resituer le lieu de naissance de leurs ancêtres
disparus lors du Génocide et d’inscrire leurs noms dans une base
de données. Une seconde opération interactive permet de visualiser
les noms enregistrés, région par région, et de pouvoir entrer en
relation avec une famille originaire d’un même lieu, mais vivant
aujourd’hui de l’autre côté de la terre.

â~@¨â~@¨Acculé, le gouvernement Turc s’est engagé dans une
campagne de déni sans précédent dont nous serions encore les
victimes. Le temps est donc venu pour tous les Arméniens d’entrer en
résistance.â~@¨â~@¨Ainsi, a l’occasion de la 100ème commémoration
de ce cataclysme humain, nous vous abjurons de ne pas vous enfermer
dans le consentement par le silence, en vous rendant sans délai sur le
site Inhomage.com ICI dans lequel le monde entier découvrira les noms
des victimes des Jeunes Turcs du gouvernement Union et Progrès. Un
devoir en l’honneur et a la mémoire des 1,500,000 Martyrs.

â~@¨â~@¨Merci

â~@¨â~@¨Jean ECKIAN

Info Armradio aujourd’hui ICI

Procédure d’inscription en francais, voir lien plus bas

mardi 24 mars 2015, Jean Eckian ©armenews.com

BAKU: OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT ARE NOT EXHAUSTED

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
March 23 2015

23 March 2015 – 11:57am

Azerbaijan is committed to the negotiating process to resolve the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, based on the principles
of international law and particularly within the territorial integrity,
sovereignty and internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan,
the head of the press service of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry,
Hikmet Hajiyev said.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman also said that the negotiations have
been going on for over 20 years, adding that Azerbaijan declared at a
meeting of the UN General Assembly that it is engaged in this process,
but bears in mind its right under the UN Charter’s Article 51, the
right to individual or collective self-defense.

“We still consider that the opportunities for the peaceful resolution
of the conflict are not exhausted,” Trend cited Hajiyev’s remarks
during an episode of the program ‘This Week in Focus’.

He added that Armenia, which is experiencing political, economic,
demographic and other kinds of crises, should think about its future.

“And they should think about their future in the isolated situation
having the problems and claims with almost all their neighbors,”
Hajiyev stressed.

According to Hajiyev, Azerbaijan continues to support the opinion
that all the members of the OSCE Minsk Group should contribute to the
negotiating process and take an active part in it. And the issue is
not about changing the format of the Minsk Group.

“Within the existing format, the co-chairs should double their efforts
to push forward and particularly to implement the agreements and
arrangements that the sides already have in the negotiating process,”
he explained.

The most important element is now the comprehensive peace agreement.

Baku has started to establish a working group on different aspects
of the peace agreement, Hajiyev said.

Armenia tries to conduct a destructive policy in the negotiating
process, Hajiyev believes. Therefore, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
should bring the message to Yerevan about the need for it to take a
constructive stance in the negotiations.

CONMEMORACION DEL CENTENARIO DEL GENOCIDIO ARMENIO EN LA CATEDRAL METROPOLITANA

Aica On line, Argentina
21 marzo 2015

Viernes 20 Mar 2015 | 12:25 pm

El cardenal Poli celebro con los armenios. ver mas

Buenos Aires (AICA): El arzobispo de Buenos Aires y primado de la
Argentina, cardenal Mario Aurelio Poli, presidio este jueves 19 de
marzo una misa en la catedral metropolitana por el centenario del
genocidio armenio perpetrado por los turcos en 1915. El purpurado
puso enfasis en la figura de San Jose, padre de Jesús, como el hombre
silencioso, sabio y paciente y lo comparo con el pueblo armenio
que en este centenario continúa pacientemente esperando justicia y
reconocimiento por la sangre derramada en pro de la fe cristiana y
la defensa de la identidad armenia.

El arzobispo de Buenos Aires y primado de la Argentina, cardenal Mario
Aurelio Poli, presidio este jueves 19 de marzo una misa en la catedral
metropolitana por el centenario del genocidio armenio perpetrado por
los turcos en 1915.

Antes del inicio de la celebracion eucarística, el arzobispo de la
Iglesia Apostolica Armenia para Argentina y Chile, monseñor Kissag
Mouradian, destaco lo importante que significaba para los armenios
esta conmemoracion que es negada hasta hoy por el Estado turco,
y anuncio que el 23 de abril en Armenia, la Iglesia de Echmiadzin
canonizara al millon y medio de armenios masacrados en 1915 y que
seran elevados a los altares como martires de la Iglesia Armenia.

El evangelio del día fue proclamado en idioma armenio por un sacerdote
de la Iglesia Apostolica Armenia y luego leída en castellano por un
sacerdote de la Iglesia Catolica Armenia.

En su homilía, el cardenal Poli dio la bienvenida a todos los hermanos
de las diferentes iglesias presentes, en forma especial al arzobispo
de la Iglesia Apostolica Armenia, al representante de la Iglesia del
Patriarcado ecumenico de Constatinopla, y a monseñor Vartan Boghosian,
obispo-eparca de la Iglesia Catolica Armenia.

El cardenal Poli puso enfasis en la figura de San Jose, padre de
Jesús, como el hombre silencioso, sabio y paciente y lo comparo
con el pueblo armenio que en este centenario continúa pacientemente
esperando justicia y reconocimiento por la sangre derramada en pro
de la fe cristiana y la defensa de la identidad armenia.

Al finalizar la misa, hablo monseñor Boghossian, quien agradecio la
predisponibilidad del purpurado porteño y destaco la figura de Ignacio
Maloyan, beatificado por el papa Juan Pablo II por su martirio junto
con sus sacerdotes y fieles en 1915.

Monseñor Boghossian anuncio que el papa Francisco celebrara el 12
de abril la misa en la basílica de San Pedro por el centenario del
genocidio armenio y declarara doctor de la Iglesia a San Gregorio de
Narek (monje del siglo X). Luego entrego al cardenal Poli un libro
de oraciones de San Gregorio de Narek y otro libro sobre la vida del
beato Ignacio Maloyan.

Concelebraron la misa los obispos auxiliares de Buenos Aires, Joaquín
Sucunza, Enrique Eguía Seguí y Alejandro Giorgi.

Los cantos fueron entonados en armenio por el Coro Gomidas de la
Iglesia Apostolica San Gregorio el Iluminador de Buenos Aires.

Al termino de la misa, los referentes eclesiasticos se dirigieron
hacia el altar de San Jose donde se encuentra emplazada una cruz
armenia en homenaje a los martires y allí rezaron un responso.

Estuvieron presentes el embajador de Armenia, Alexan Haroutiunian y
la consul Esther Mkertumyan. Tambien participaron autoridades de la
Secretaría de Culto de la Nacion y del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos
Aires y directivos de las instituciones armenias de la Argentina y
grupos scouts armenios de Buenos Aires.+