OVER 100 FOREIGN OBSERVERS TO FOLLOW NKR REFERENDUM
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.12.2006 17:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Over 100 foreign and 114 local observers are expected
to follow the course of the constitutional referendum in the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic. 12 foreign observers and 44 journalists are already
accredited. 278 polling stations are opened for holding the referendum,
one of these being in Yerevan, Mediamax reports.
CRISES MANAGEMENT ACADEMY TO OPEN SOON
Panorama.am
15:45 04/12/06
A working meeting started at the information center of the rescue
services of Armenia today dedicated to crises management. The meeting
is held within Individual Partnership Plan of NATO.
Experts and NATO officers delivered reports and lectures. National
security services, law enforcement officers, president staff officials
and employees of other agencies take part in two-day seminar. The
present will be introduced to the foreign experience on crises
management.
NATO Individual Partnership Plan was approved in Armenia in 2005. The
program suggests a considerable role of mass media in emergency
situations.
Further plans will be developed on development of national system of
crises management in Armenia.
Colonel Nikolay Grigoryan, adviser to director on Rescue Services of
Armenia, said the reconstructed building of the Crises Management
Academy will be ceremonially opened on December 7. USDA and UNDP
released funds for the reconstruction of the building.
ARMENIAN PM ATTENDS CEREMONIAL CLOSING OF ARMENIA’S YEAR IN RUSSIA IN SAINT PETERSBURG
Yerevan, December 4. ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Andranik
Margaryan participated in the ceremonial closing of Armenia’s Year
in Russia in Saint Petersburg.
The Armenian Government press-service told ArmInfo that before
attending the ceremony, Andranik Margaryan visited the opening of an
exhibition "Culture of Armenia" at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
The constantly refreshed exhibition represents a considerable period of
Armenia’s history starting from the Hellenistic epoch. The ceremonial
closing of Armenia’s Year in Russia was held at Yekaterininsky
Palace. Vice Premier of the Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev attended
the ceremony as well.
CONSTITUTION AS A NATIONAL VALUE
Yerkir.am
December 01, 2006
Everything that is accomplished by the nation during its history is
considered to be national value. National values can be developed
through evolution, they can be natural or enforced, or they can be
duplicated voluntarily.
>From this perspective, customs and traditions, religions, ideologies,
national culture and science can be considered as national
values. These value systems are what distinguishes nations from
one another.
Each of the above-mentioned values has its sub-values. For instance,
if the language is a value for the Armenian nation, then Grabar
(the old Armenian), Eastern Armenian, and Western Armenian can be
considered as national sub-values in the overall value system of the
language. In our national value system, the concept of independent
state has a history of only one century because of historical reasons.
Before that, mostly after the fall of the Ani and Cilicia Kingdoms,
the Church and regional rulers had taken up the functions of our
nation state, and they managed to preserve the concept of the state
only partially. The statehood, as a national value, re-emerged in
our history during the First Republic of 1918.
The elements of this value – the anthem, the tri-color, the cote d’arms
and other symbols became values that present our statehood. In our
case as well, as a newly emerging state, we need to create a value
system that would present our statehood. The natural evolution of
this process has reached a point when a constitutional referendum
will soon be held in the Nagorno Karabagh Republic.
Let us once again state that national values are created by the nation
itself. They cannot be imposed over a short period of time. Values
emerge from history. In order to carry these values through history
we need to educate the nation on these values. And for this, we need
national unity and conciliation.
We have the honor to found a new value in our national value
system, a value which is the Constitution of the Nagorno Karabagh
Republic. Adoption of the Constitution will not immediately make it
a national value.
The Constitution, as the basis of all laws, should be accessible to
everyone. Accessibility does not mean availability of some booklets
or promotional materials. Accessibility should be ensured through
every day implementation and compliance with the Constitution. If
we manage to achieve this, the Constitution of the Nagorno Karabagh
Republic will emerge as a national value.
"Aparazh" (Rock), Stepanakert
CONSULTATION CONCERNING ISSUES OF MEDICAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE OF HIGH-CLASS SPORTSMEN HELD IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan
Dec 04 2006
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the National
Olympic Committee of Armenia (NOCA), a consultation on the theme
"Problems of Medical-Psychological Service of High-Class Sporstmen"
was held in Yerevan on November 30-December 1. Senior trainers and
team doctors of the RA teams (national, youth, juvenile) of different
types of sports took part in the consultation.
The speakers touched upon in the reports the principles of
psychological service of high-class sportsmen, medical testing in
sport, issues of sportsmen’s food, traumotology and other important
issues.
ARMENIANS OF ARTSAKH DONATED 65 M DRAMS
Azat Artsakh, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
Nov 30 2006
The funds raised during the telethon on November 23 in Los Angeles
will be spent on the reconstruction of the settlements and the
economic development of the region of Hadrut. Donations in Artsakh
began in early November, and hundreds of companies, organizations,
communities, educational institutions and individuals contributed to
the Rebirth of Artsakh project. According to the republic headquarters
of the telethon in NKR, the preliminary results exceed the results of
the previous telethons. So far 60 thousand people have made donations
compared with 57 thousand last year. Against 60 million drams in 2005,
by November 23 65 million drams (174 US dollars) had been raised in
NKR. It is notable that even the elderly people gave part of their
retirement benefits to the region of Hadrut. Donations continue.
ANDRANIK’S SWORD AND ORDERS HANDED TO THE HISTORY MUSEUM OF ARMENIA
Public Radio, Armenia
Nov 29 2006
RA Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan handed the sword and orders of
Andranik Ozanyan to the History Museum of Armenia.
After the ceremony Serge Sargsyan told the journalists that for some
period of time these were kept in the Armenian Embassy in France
and were later conveyed to Armenia through diplomatic ways. In the
Minister’s words, the sword was bought at the expense of non-budgetary
funds of the Defense Ministry. Serge Sargsyan refused to mention the
cost of the sword, refuting the rumors about any oligarch’s assistance.
In response to the question whether today’s ceremony can be assessed
as a pre-election step, the Minister noted he does not have such
fears. "We must do our work, the biter tongues should do theirs. If
someone thinks that I have been specially searching for Andranik’s
sword all over the world to hold an election campaign, I leave it on
their conscience," Serge Sargsyan declared.
KOCHARIAN – ALIYEV TALKS HELD IN MINSK
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Nov 29 2006
November 28 RA and AR Presidents Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev
held a meeting on the Karabakh conflict settlement at the Russia’s
Embassy in Minsk.
Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov also participated in the talks. Then the
Presidents held a tete-a-tete meeting.
To note, the top-level talks on the Karabakh conflict settlement were
held within the frames of the summit of the CIS Presidents.
The decision to hold the meeting was rendered in the course of the
visit of the OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia)
and Bernard Fassier (France) to Baku and Yerevan November 21 – 23.
OLLI REHN: EU-TURKEY TRAIN SLOWED DOWN BUT DID NOT STOP
PanARMENIAN.Net
28.11.2006 16:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ EU term president Finland has announced that
its attempts to find a solution to the Cyprus problem have ended
unsuccessfully. Yesterday however, EU Commissioner for Expansion,
Olli Rehn, noted that Finland’s efforts had not been wasted, commenting
"We must keep our promises, and carry on with the EU program presented
to Turkey. As far as the commission is concerned, the talks cannot
be stopped.
The train has slowed down, but not stopped." Rehn had originally said
that the diplomatic crisis surrounding Cyprus might be responsible
for a "train wreck" for Turkey in December.
The EU Commission will be able to recommend that, at the most, 6 areas
of Turkish EU talks be stopped. In addition, it is expected that the
EU Commission will call for isolationary measures against Northern
Cyprus be lifted, as well as calling for the United Nations to begin
debates and talks on Cyprus including both sides, reports the Hurriyet.
OSKANIAN TO MEET WITH CE AND NATO SECRETARIES GENERAL IN DECEMBER
PanARMENIAN.Net
28.11.2006 13:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ December 5 Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian will leave
for Brussels, where he will take part in the session of the Council
of OSCE FMs December 4-5, reports the Press Office of the RA MFA.
December 6 the FM will leave for Strasbourg, where he is scheduled
to meet with CE Sec. Gen. Terry Davis and other CE high-rank
officials. December 7 Oskanian will return to Brussels to meet with
NATO Sec. Gen. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. December 8 the Armenian FM will
head for Paris to take part in events marking the 100th anniversary
of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU). December 17 Oskanian
will pay a working visit to Iran.