Author: Basmajian Ani

CBA ISSUES JOHAN CRUYFF COIN

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 5, 2010 – 13:05 AMT 08:05 GMT

The Central Bank of Armenia has put into circulation 20 000 Johan
Cruyff silver coins with nominal value of AMD100 in the framework of
Football Kings program, the CBA press office said.

Johan Cruyff (born Hendrik Johannes Cruijff on 25 April 1947 in
Amsterdam, Netherlands), is a Dutch football manager, former player
and President of Honour of FC Barcelona. He has won the Ballon d’Or
three times – in 1971, 1973 and 1974 – which is a record jointly held
with Michel Platini and Marco van Basten. Cruyff was the most famous
exponent of the football philosophy known as Total Football explored by
Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of
all time. He is typically dubbed as one of the four football "Legends"
along with Diego Maradona, Alfredo di Stefano and Pele.

After his retirement from playing in 1984, Cruyff became highly
successful as manager of Ajax and later Barcelona; he remains an
influential advisor to both clubs. His son Jordi has also gone on
to play football professionally. In 1999, Cruyff was voted European
Player of the Century in an election held by the IFFHS, and came
second behind Pele in their World Player of the Century poll. He
came third in a vote organized by the French weekly magazine France
Football consulting their former Ballon d’Or winners to elect their
Football Player of the Century. On 2 November 2009 Cruyff was named
as the head coach of the Catalonia national football team in place
of Pere Gratacos. This is his first coaching job in thirteen years.

ONE NAEVE QUESTION
NAIRA HAYRUMYAN

Lragir.am
04/05/10

The latest statement of the Armenian National Congress calls
for national union, with a reservation of releasing the political
prisoners. Congress had made appeals to dialogue before too. At the
same time, Congress refuted the proposals of Heritage and other
initiatives to discuss national issues. The other angles of the
Armenian political triangle do not accept it either.

The Armenian political triangle composed of the power-Congress-ARF
turns into an obstacle for the development of the country. Development
is possible only in case forces of influence are ready to sacrifice
their disagreements. In Armenia, no one seems to be ready for it. For
already 20 years, Armenia has been living in the atmosphere of hatred
between the team of the first president and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun,
and the ruling coalition is skillfully getting use of it quite.

Hatred appeared just when the independent Republic of Armenia was
established: deep disagreements were formed between Levon Ter-Petrosyan
and the Dashnak team, which had great influence then.

Experts consider it a fight for the power. The first president
succeeded in ousting the ARF from the power in Armenia and Karabakh.

However, in their fight neither the one nor the other party avoided
the steps that affect the course of military action, the social
situation of the people. This was followed by repression, then –
return of the ARF to power, when there was no Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

Currently, the first president and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun are
opposition. Factually, they should have many layers of cooperation. It
is comprehensible that the positions of the liberal Levon Ter-Petrosyan
and the social-revolutionary Dashnaktsutyun are contradictory. But such
antagonism of stances did not hinder many forces to join the Congress,
just like ARF cooperated with many liberal forces. This means that
the problem does not consist in political disagreements. Moreover,
neither ARF nor the first president ever called the distinct reasons
for their disagreement in these 20 years.

What are the reasons that do not allow them to sit around one table to
discuss the most urgent issues? I would like to ask a naïve question –
why do they hate each other so much? And how would everything go if
the sides managed to overcome their hatred towards each other?

Roots of Islamic fundamentalism lie in Nazi propaganda for Arab world, book
claims

The roots of Islamic fanaticism can be traced to Adolf Hitler’s radio
messages broadcast around the Arab world during the Second World War,
according to a new book.

By Allan Hall in Berlin
© Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2010

21 Apr 2010

"Your only hope for rescue is the destruction of the Jews before they
destroy you!" Hitler said in a 1942 message, one of thousands broadcast
across the Middle East in an attempt to woo the Arab world.

In a broadcast aimed at provoking an anti-Semitic uprising in Egypt, he
said: "A large number of Jews who live in Egypt, along with Poles, Greeks,
Armenians and Frenchmen, have guns and ammunition.

"Some Jews in Cairo have even asked the British authorities to set up
machine guns on the roofs of their houses," he claimed.
But the Nazi’s wartime broadcasts had remained a largely hidden chapter in
the history of the war until the transmissions were unearthed by a US
scholar, who believes they have fuelled continuing unrest in the Middle
East.

"The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians would have been over long
ago were it not for the uncompromising, religiously inspired hatred of the
Jews that was articulated and given assistance by Nazi propagandists and
continued after the war by Islamists of various sorts," said Jeffrey Herf, a
history professor at the University of Maryland.

In his new book, "Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World", Mr Herf argues that
Nazi propagandists offered a message that neatly dovetailed with underlying
prejudice.

"Islamic fundamentalism, like European totalitarianism in the 20th century,
was and is a mixture of very old and very modern elements.
"It is also a product of a mixture of some indigenous currents in the
history of Islam with the hatred of democracy, liberalism and the Jews that
were so central to National Socialism.

Mr Herf uncovered 6,000 transmissions, produced under the propaganda
minister Josef Goebbels and sent around the Arab world from 1939 to 1945.

The transcripts of the broadcasts were made by the American embassy in Cairo
during the war, and classified until 1977 in Washington. But it was not
until two years ago that Mr Herf became the first scholar to be given access
to the files.

The Nazis relied on radio broadcasts – translated into Arabic – to sow
propaganda because of high illiteracy in the Arab world at the time.
Although radio ownership was small, it was commonplace for cafes and bazaars
to draw large crowds to listen to broadcasts.

"This propaganda campaign comprised an important chapter in the history of
the war," Mr Herf said.

"The Arab language propaganda produced in wartime Berlin was a significant
chapter in the longer history of radical Arab nationalism and militant
Islam."

THE CHINESE COMPANIES ARE INTERESTED WITH ARMENIA

Aysor
May 3 2010
Armenia

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan who is in China has received
the executive director of the Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd Lin Rui
Chi. On the second half of the day the Armenian delegation headed by
the Armenian President visited "ZTE" (Zhong Xing Telecommunication
Equipment Company Limited) and had a meeting with the chairman of
the company Liron Shi.

These two companies that are professional in some branches of
communication, production of equipments, electronic management,
systems of communication, etc, they are tended to participate the
programs implemented in the sphere of Armenian telecommunication.

President Sargsyan and the head of the ZTE Company have discussed
the possibilities of the cooperation. Thinking positively about the
activities to be taken up by the Chinese company in Armenia President
Sargsyan has mentioned in the same time that the Armenian side is
ready to support the Chinese company and has the wish to partake also
in the process of producing.

President Sargsyan has discussed with the head of the Huawei
Technologies Co. Ltd the prospective of cooperation. Huawei is a
dynamically developing company and at present is behind only the
"Intel" international company.

Huawei is planning to take the first place in the international market
of communication technologies within the first three years. For that
reason the company is interested also in working also in Armenia. As
a result of the discussions the Armenian side has signed a memorandum
with the Huawei Company.

YEREVAN TO HOST ‘THE JAHUKIAN READINS’ CONFERENCE

Aysor
May 3 2010
Armenia

A Republican science conference, entitled "The Jahukian Readins,"
will gather together scholars and experts at Yerevan’s Institute of
Linguistics of Armenia’s National Science Academy after H. Atcharian
on May 6-7.

Institute’s deputy director Nazik Hovhannisian told journalists that
28 speakers from Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh’s colleges will deliver
their presentations to the conference. This year’s conference is
being held for the fifth time.

"The Jahukian Readins have been holding since 2006, marking the fifth
time this year," Nazik Hovhannisian said. "We have been organizing such
programs and discussions after death of Gevorg Jahukian, a linguist."

Professor Gevorg Jahukian is a well-known Armenia’s linguist, scholar
and academician; Gevorg Jahukian authored 100 works, mostly related
to the comparative linguistics, study of the Armenian, Urartian and
Huyasian languages.

Professor Gevorg Jahukian (Dzhahukyan, Dzhahukian) was born on April
1 1920 in Shakhnazar village (renamed into Metsavan Village of Lori
region of Armenia). He graduated from the Yerevan State University in
1941, where his career started from the Senior lecture in 1945-49s,
then continued at a post of the Associate Professor in 1949-58s.

During these years he led the Department for the Foreign Languages.

Gevorg Jahukian became a professor in 1958, and an academician in 1977.

SERZH SARGSYAN: ALEXEY SISAKIAN WAS A SCIENTIST WHO DESERVEDLY ENJOYED INTERNATIONAL FAME

NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 3, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. In connection with the death of
Academician Alexey Sisakian – Director of the Joint Institute for
Nuclear Research in Dubna (Russia), Doctor of Mathematical and Physical
Sciences, a member of the Presidency of Russian Academy of Sciences,
the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan sent a telegram of condolence
to the family of A. Sisakian. The telegram reads:

"With deep pain, I learned of the death of the prominent scientist
Alexey Sisakian who was a foreign member of the National Academy of
Sciences of Armenia, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

Alexey Sisakian was a scientist who deservedly enjoyed international
fame. A worthy son of the family of scientists founded by Academician
Norayr Sisakian – a merited biochemist, Alexey Sisakian with his
fruitful and fundamental work and his great devotion to science was
a striking example for any young scientist.

The contribution he made as an organizer of scientific activity is
invaluable. His abilities of a skilful organizer were best displayed
during the years when he headed the world-famous Dubna institute.

At this moment of loss, I express my condolences to the family,
relatives and colleagues of the great scientist and worthy son of
the Armenian people Alexey Sisakian".

The famous physicist died from myocardial infarction on May 1. He
was 66.

SARGSYAN COURTS CHINA

EurasiaNet.org
May 3 2010
NY

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is on a mission to Shanghai. The
president has requested Chinese corporations to stop over in Armenia
as they make their way toward Western markets.

After tanking by more than 18.2 percent in 2009, the Armenian economy
could definitely use some Chinese cash. Hundreds of millions of
dollars in life support from international donors have not yet made
up for that amputated economic growth.

On the sidelines of the World Expo, where China flaunted its
booming economy, Sargsayn signed a cooperation memo with Chinese
telecommunication technology giant Huawei Technologies. Sargsyan tried
to gauge the interest of Huawei and its rival Zhong Xing Equipment
in several projects in Armenia.

International development groups have urged Armenia to diversify
its sources of income after revenues from foreign remittances and
its once booming construction sector dried up amidst the global
financial crisis.

TURKISH MMP LEADER CALLS TO LAUNCH MILITARY ACTIVITIES AGAINST ARMENIA

Panorama.am
03/05/2010

Turkey’s "Nationalist and Conservative Party" (MMP) leader Ahmet
Reyiz Yilmaz spoke on the necessity to start military activities
against Armenia. He said the military actions against Armenia were
needed to stop the terrorist acts of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

According to Turkish Beyazgazete, Yilmaz spread a message to draw
attention to the number of Turks killed in PKK movement after the
protocols were signed.

"PKK is Armenian terrorist organization. Instead of getting deep into
the matter, the government signs PKK cease-fire with Armenians.." the
message reads.

Note that the attempts to call the Kurdish military-political
organization Armenian are not new. Groundless and naked statements of
the Turkish side are called to raise anti-Armenian and anti-Kurdish
disposition.

FEDERATION EURO-ARMENIENNE Pour la Justice et la Démocratie
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Madame, Monsieur,
La Fédération Euro-Arménienne a le plaisir de vous inviter à la
PREMIèRE CONFéRENCE INTERNATIONALE EN ESPAGNE, SUR LE THèME DU
GéNOCIDE DES ARMéNIENS.

L’événement aura lieu le 21 mai 2010 à 16h à la Faculté
d’Histoire et de Géographie à Madrid (Bâtiment de Philosophie B,
Professeur Aranguren, Cité Universitaire)
UNION EUROP̩ENNE РRECONNAISSANCE DU G̩NOCIDE ARM̩NIEN ET DROIT
INTERNATIONAL
vendredi 21 mai 2010

Faculté d’Histoire et de Géographie – Madrid
organisée par la
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_et le_

COLLECTIF DES ORGANISATIONS ARMéNIENNES D’ESPAGNE :
_Asociación de los armenios en España_

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_Asociación de armenios de Alicante Hayastan _

_Asociación armenia Ararat _

_Asociación Armenia en Andalucà – a _

_Asociación armenio-española Nig Aparan _

_Centro Cultural armenio Ararat _

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La conférence s’inscrit dans le cadre des actions visant à faire
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Interviendront parmi d’autres :
РM. ALFRED DE ZAYAS, historien, juriste et ̩crivain
américain

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Président du « Club International de Presse »

– Maître JUAN MERELO-BARBERà Y GABRIEL, avocat à la Cour
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STATEMENT ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SUBMITTED TO PACE

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 30, 2010 – 13:39 AMT 08:39 GMT

A statement on recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide
was submitted during the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE).

The statement says that recognition of the Armenian Genocide will
contribute to normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey
and establishment of peace in the region.

The document signed by over 20 PACE members was read out by French
parliamentarian Jean-Claude Mignon.