Author: Dabaghian Diana

New details revealed in Ergenekon case
21.11.2009 12:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey’s Armed Forces General Headquarters has filed
a suit against Taraf newspaper which published an article titled
«Waetchword – Kafes, said Ferrit Guler, Secretary of Turkish Armed
Forces General Headquarters.

«Turkey’s navy command has planned a series of attacks against the
country’s non-Muslim population to increase external forces’ pressures
on ruling party. Details about Kafes operation were revealed as a
result of investigation into Ergenekon case.»

SOME 83,000 ARMENIANS REGISTERED OFFICIALLY AS JOBLESS IN JANUARY-OCTOBER 2009

ARKA
November 20, 2009
Yerevan

YEREVAN, November 20, /ARKA/. A total of 83,000 Armenians were
registered officially as jobless in January-October 2009, the National
Statistical Service told ARKA.

According to official figures, the number of jobless rose year-on-year
by 11.4%. In October the number of unemployed people drooped by 0.1
percent from September.

RA NA SPEAKER RECEIVES THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME CONTROL CHAMBER OF POLAND

National Assembly of RA
Nov 20 2009
Armenia

On November 19 the Speaker of the National Assembly Mr. Hovik
Abrahamyan received the Chair of the European Organisation of Supreme
Audit Institutions (EUROSAI), President of the Supreme Control Chamber
of Poland Mr. Jacek Jezierski.

Welcoming the guest Mr. Abrahamyan highlighted the visit of the
President of the Supreme Control Chamber of Poland from the viewpoint
of developing the Armenian-Polish bilateral cooperation, as well as
of the participation of our country in the activities of the European
structures. Recalling his official visit to Warsaw in April of this
year, RA NA Speaker asked Mr. Jezierski to convey his warm greetings
to the Speaker of the Senate and Marshal of the Sejm of Poland,
as well as the Prime Minister of the country.

During the talk RA NA Speaker also expressed his satisfaction in
connection with the activity of RA Control Chamaber (CC) and rew the
interlocutor’s attention to the legislative and practical guarantees
directed to providing the independence of the Control Chamber of the
Republic of Armenia. In that context the interlocutors agreed that
from the viewpoint of the effectiveness of the activity of the supreme
audit institutions their independence is the most important factor.

Mr. Abrahamyan in detail presented to his interlocutor the cooperation
of RA NA and RA CC and its importance regarding the purposeful
expenditures of the budget means and effective implementation of RA NA
control towards them. He in particular mentioned that on his initiative
in the series of inspections of RA CC in 2010 the RA NA Staff had also
been included in order to have the public ensured in the transparency
of the activity of the legislative body of the country.

The Chairman of the Control Chamber of the Republic of Armenai Mr.

Ishkhan Zakaryan also attended the meeting.

ARA NRANYAN: TER-PETROSYAN CALLS FOR COOPERATION

news.am
Nov 20 2009
Armenia

16:32 / 11/20/2009In his speech Levon Ter-Petrosyan offered the
Armenian authorities to unite with the Armenian National Congress (ANC)
in opposing the nationalist forces of Armenia, Ara Nranyan, member
of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), told a press briefing.

According to him, one of the outstanding ANC members confessed recently
that the ANC has no disagreements with the Armenian authorities except
for the problem of "political prisoners." "This all is evidence that
the ANC and the Armenian authorities hold identical positions on such
fundamental issues as Armenian-Turkish relations and Nagorno-Karabakh
problem," Nranyan said.

In his speech, Ter-Petrosyan was severely critical of the nationalist
political forces, calling them "hysterical." He tried to defend
President Serzh Sargsyan, laying the whole responsibility for the
present situation on Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan.

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN AND PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV WILL MEET NOVEMBER 22

ARMENPRESS
NOVEMBER 20, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will meet November 22 in
Munich within the framework of the negotiation process over the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict regulation.

Presidential press office told Armenpress that the Munich meeting will
be the sixth one between the presidents of the two countries this year.

RALPH YIRIKIAN SPEAKS TO FLEX PROGRAM GRADUATES

Aysor
Nov 19 2009
Armenia

The success of any company depends on the culture of its management.

What model to adopt to provide long-term development? American
Councils for International Education organization’s Flex program
graduates got acquainted to VivaCell-MTS’ culture of management.

General Manager of VivaCell-MTS, Ralph Yirikian, lectured yesterday
at the meeting with the graduates of the Flex program. Flex is an
educational program implemented in Armenia under the sponsorship of
US government, which gives young Armenians an opportunity to live and
to get their high school education in the US. The graduate students
of the program, who return to Armenia, are particularly interested
in the experience of management culture at successful companies.

VivaCell-MTS denies the approach of criticizing without offering
something instead. Everyone at the Company knows that productive team
work presupposes that employees are provided with proper working
conditions and guarantees for safety. Nobody should be neglected,
and the motivation system should be put in place.

"A manager should lead by example and the respect, law and requirements
should be practiced from top to bottom. Any company that wants to
succeed should be guided by this model," said Ralph Yirikian.

Copany’s General Manager also encouraged the US high school graduates
not to succumb to excessive bureaucratism and not to diminish the
importance of employer-employee relations. Among the principles of
good management are the long-term strategies, the values of respect
and hard-work, readiness for cooperation and responsibility, the
vision for future and innovations, as well the particular attention to
activities that are based on the concept of corporate responsibility.

After the lecture, the gathered got a chance to receive answers to the
questions about the activities of Armenia’s leading mobile operator.

ARMENIANS INCLUDE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES IN THEIR POSSESSION:

Trend
Nov 19 2009
Azerbaijan

Trend News interview with the representative of the Commissioner for
Human Rights (Ombudsman) of Georgia in Kvemo Kartli, Elbrus Mammadov.

Q: How many complaints have been received from the Azerbaijanis by
the Office of the Ombudsman of Georgia in Kvemo-Kartli region since
its establishment, and what problems are mostly complained?

A: The representation was established in December last year,
but started functioning in February this year. During a year of
our activities, the office has received about 600 appeals from
the Azerbaijanis. The complaints relate to the problems of issuing
pensions, registration of land plots, as well as illegal actions of
the police. However, most of them relate to the self-will of the
Armenians in the Sadakhli village. In this village the Armenians
illegally arrest Azerbaijanis, take their livestock. Armenians claim
that these lands belong to them. In this area, the border between
Georgia and Armenia has been de-militarized. And taking the advantage
of this, the Armenians themselves determine the border due to lands,
populated by the Azerbaijanis, and include Georgian territories in
their possession. In the villages of Tazakand and Burma the Armenians
invaded the homes of Azerbaijanis, intimidating with arms, asked to
leave "their land". And there are many such cases, we know only about
10-15. Complaints in this regard were sent to the government, the
Ombudsman’s office, the police. However, unfortunately, the special
reaction was not followed.

Our office has examined the complaint in connection with the self-will
of Armenians. We have been officially stated that in this area – near
the village of Sadakhli – the border between Georgia and Armenia has
not been de-militarized. Then a question arises: if the border has
not been defined, how the Armenians in the border area – the territory
of Georgia – build a military base?

Q: What work does the representation carry out in the legal
enlightenment of the Azerbaijanis of Georgia?

A: The level of legal enlightenment of Azerbaijanis living in Georgia
is very low. At present, several non-governmental organizations and
the Congress of Azerbaijanis of Georgia are dealing with this issue.

Free booklets in the Azeri language have been prepared and
distributed. However, we can not cover all Azerbaijanis, since this
requires money, which we do not have. Soon a legal clinic will start
functioning at our representation, where five or six lawyers will
provide free legal assistance.

Q: Opinions are expressed that the Azerbaijanis of Georgia are not
represented in state institutions because of lack of the state language
knowledge. Do you agree with this? What is the level of teaching the
Georgian language at Azerbaijani schools?

A: In Armenian-populated Samtskh-Javakheti, the Armenians, who do
not know the state language, are represented at each government
agency starting from the prosecutor’s office, judges, notary office,
police department. Until recently, the courts’ decisions in this
region were published in Russian. If such assignments are possible
in the region populated by the Armenians, why is it impossible in
the Azerbaijani-populated Kvemo Kartli?

On the other hand, the Azerbaijani MPs represented at the Parliament
of Georgia do not know Georgian language. For what reasons, these
concessions are not possible for other public officials?

Quite a lot of Georgian Azerbaijanis perfectly know the state
language. Of the 30 Azerbaijanis who finished the Administrative
School of Public Servants named after Zurab Zhvania in Kutaisi, only
three or four were provided with job. According to our knowledge,
there are only two Azerbaijanis at the office of the governor of
Kvemo Kartli. They have no authority, though they are advisers.

The quality of teaching the Georgian language at Azerbaijani schools
in Georgia recently increased. However, the benefits of this harvest
will be only after 10-20 years. And before that serious problems
can exist. At Azerbaijani schools the teachers of Georgian language
without much interest teach their subject.

YEREVAN TO HOST JEET KUNE DO DEVOTED TO ON BRUCE LEE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.11.2009 15:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Open tournament of Armenia in Jeet Kune Do will
take place November 22 in Yerevan, in the gym "Work" in memory of
the great master of this sport Bruce Lee .

"Our federation held the tournament in memory of Bruce Lee twice
a year – in November and in July, on the days of his birth and his
death," president of the Armenian Federation of Jeet Kune Do Artyush
Khandoyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

According to him, this time he tournament will be attended by 150-200
athletes above 8 years form Alaverdi, Artashat, Nagorno-Karabakh and
various sports schools in Yerevan. Winners will receive medals and
certificates, while the best teams will be awarded cups.

RESEARCH OF ETHNOGRAPHIC SITUATION IN ARMENIA CONDUCTED

ARMENPRESS
Nov 19, 2009

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS: The national institute of labor
and social researches of the Labor and Social Affairs Ministry is
conducting a research of ethnographic situation in Armenia. The
director of the institute Gyulnara Hovhannissyan told Armenpress
that during the research they refer to a number of issues – causes
of reduction of birth rate, migration, family incomes.

The research involves 1200 families of all the Armenian provinces
having 3 and more children.

"Clarifying the ethnographic situation we also want to find out
the circumstances according to which families have third and more
children and understand whether they lack in other families. There
are many families which are satisfied with one or two children,
aren’t they?" G. Hovhannissyan said.

The final results of the research will be published in December.

BENITA FERRERO-WALDNER: EASTERN PARTNERSHIP IS ENTERING INTO A NEW PHASE

ArmInfo
2009-11-18 15:34:00

ArmInfo. The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum convened in
Brussels on 17 November 2009.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner EU Commissioner for External Relations and
European Neighbourhood Policy said in her speech that "the community
of civil society groups supporting the Eastern Partnership is growing
and becoming more diverse. This not only proves the success of our
initiative but is a testament to the dynamism and engagement of civil
society actors in your countries. It shows too, that the Forum is
the right answer to your need for more contact, dialogue and sharing
of experience. It is less than a year since the Commission presented
its proposals for an Eastern Partnership and only a few months since
the EU and 6 partner countries adopted the Prague Declaration. Today
the Partnership is entering into a new phase, thanks to you. You
are now active partners in a debate which too often in the past has
been dominated by governments: the discussion of how to strengthen
democracy, good governance, economic reform, and energy security. Your
voice will be heard and taken into account. You will influence decision
making and contribute to the success of our Partnership, sharing in
the responsibility we all have to bring the Eastern Partner countries
closer to the EU."

"The presence here today of Minister Carl Bildt, President Mario
Sepi and myself is more than just symbolic. As representatives of
the European institutions we are truly convinced that the Eastern
Partnership cooperation cannot be achieved without the representatives
of grass roots organizations, trade unions, business and professional
associations, NGOs, think-tanks, non-profit foundations, national
and international networks – all the diverse actors of Civil
Society. The EU is committed to supporting civil society development
in our partner countries and I am sure this Forum has provided many
valuable ideas, views and recommendations for Ministers to work on,"
Benita Ferrero-Waldner declared.