Author: Kamalian Hagop

CATHOLICOSATE TO MARK ADANA MASSACRES OF 1909

Daily Star
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Feb 5 2009
Lebanon

BEIRUT: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the massacres
of Adana, the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia has announced it
will organize conferences, exhibitions, and memorials to mark the
incident. The Catholicosate will also oversee the publication
of books and documents related to the tragic events. "This sad
page in the contemporary history of the Armenian nation should
be remembered with due importance and seriousness," Catholicos of
Cilicia Aram I Kichichian told the Armenian news website Pan Armenian
on Thursday. According to Pan Armenian, a large-scale conference
dedicated to the Adana massacres will be held in Antelias on October
29-30. – The Daily Star

WOMEN ONLY REFEREE BEGINNERS COURSE

A2Z Soccer
articleId/3E74BE69-057F-122A-379AE91A9703CBF7.htm
Feb 4 2009
Ireland

What do the following Women Internationals have in common? Denmark
v Netherlands; Norway v United States; France v United States;

Slovakia v Denmark or Norway v Sweden. What about the UEFA Women U19
Poland v Armenia and Armenia v Austria Championship games or the UEFA
Women U17 fixture between Faroe Islands v Romania?

Add in the first ever UEFA Women U17 Final refereed by Rhona Daly and
you have some of the major European appointments received by Irish
Women Referees in the last year….and already the invitations have
already started coming in for 2009.

There are also plenty of Women and Schoolgirl games in all age-groups
locally in what is one of the fastest growing areas of the game. So
there are plenty of opportunities for an enthusiastic and committed
Woman official.

The Football Association of Ireland is organising a Women Only
Referee Beginners Course on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February at
the Inchicore Community Sports Hall, St Michaels, Inchicore, Dublin 8
(opposite St. Patricks Athletic Ground)

This is a course with an emphasis on practical and interactive
participation, and is open to Women over 16 years of age. It will
encompass the latest UEFA, FAI and Coaching Ireland methodologies.

This is a course for those who intend to actively participate as
Referees. Support systems will be in place to help and advise them
in their refereeing and Certificates will be presented on completion
of a set number of games.

The cost of the course will be â~B¬50 and includes all materials and
FAI Referee registration fees for the current season.

–Boundary_(ID_mHsflDpRZiY2vJHBfIcBGg)–

BAKU TO BLAME FOR KARABAKH PROCESS PROTRACTION

PanARMENIAN.Net
04.02.2009 15:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Nationwide stance on resolution of the Karabakh
conflict has been already developed, the President of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic said.

We are grateful to Armenia for advocating our interests in the process,
which is presently dragged out due to defective format of talks. Baku’s
non-constructive position prevents resolution of the lingering
conflict, Mr. Bako Sahakyan said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.

He emphasized that NKR possesses human potential and natural resources
essential for sustainable development.

"We will strengthen our statehood and develop economy. We will work
for the glorious future of our people," President Sahakyan said.

YOUSUF KARSH (1908-2002) ARMENIAN/ CANADIAN

Auction Central News
Jan 3 2009
NY

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, 1943, silver gelatin print, mounted to card
with artist’s stamp on verso of card, signed in white ink, from the
edition of 100, sight 12 ¼ x 10", framed with glass.

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–Boundary_(ID_2zJ3xpwthKftk40zN8NBlw)–

EASTERN PARTNERSHIP ONE OF EU CZECH PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.02.2009 18:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Eastern Partnership will be one of priorities
of the Czech presidency in the European Union, the Polish Ambassador
to Armenia said.

Ambassador Tomasz Knothe reminded that the Polish Embassy will
represent the Czech Republic in the tenure of its presidency in the EU.

"The increasing importance of cooperation with the Eastern European
region and the development of relations with countries in the
Caucasian region sped up the preparation of the Eastern Partnership,"
he said. "Poland does support the initiative, which supplements
the European Neighborhood Policy and offers 6 post soviet states a
possibility to join the European family.

The Ambassador informed that projects will be submitted during the
Eastern Partnership Summit in Prague on May 7. "Implementation of
proposals depends on the participant countries," he said.

Ambassador Knothe emphasized that the EP doesn’t suppose exclusion of
Russia from regional projects and shouldn’t be eyed as a counterbalance
to the Russian Federation. "The European Union wants stability in
neighbor countries," he said.

ARMENIA IS HOLDING NEGOTIATIONS WITH WORLD BANK TO ATTRACT CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF LORI-BERD HPP

ArmInfo
2009-01-30 12:11:00

ArmInfo. Armenia is holding negotiations with the World Bank to
attract credit for construction of Lori-Berd HPP, Minister of Energy
and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan said during the annual report
in the government on Friday. He also said that development of own
renewable energy sources in the republic is a top- priority task of the
Ministry. However, it failed to find financial assets for the project
implementation because of the global financial and economic crisis.

According to the preliminary assessments in 2006, the capacity of
Lori-Berd HPP will make up 65 MW. The cost of the project was assessed
of 80 mln Euro that time. To recall, KfW German Bank earlier claimed of
its intention to take part in the project and agreed to allocate about
12 mln Euro for this purpose. The government of Australia, the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development were also potential investors.

"YERKIR" UNION’S STATEMENT REGARDING AN ARTICLE IN "AZERBAIJAN" OFFICIAL PERIODICAL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

"Noravank" Foundation
27 January 2009

At the end of December an article entitled "The Javakheti Armenians
Raise New Claims to the Official Tbilisi" was published in the
"Azerbaijan" Official Periodical of the National Assembly of the
Republic of Azerbaijan. A significant part of the article is dedicated
to the activities of "Yerkir" Union directed towards the protection
of the Armenian Minority Rights in Georgia.

However, the activities of "Yerkir" Union are presented in the article
in a grossly distorted way. Inter alia, according to the newspaper,
the aim of "Yerkir" Union is "achieving the independence of Javakheti
by implementing separatist politics".

"Yerkir" Union wouldn’t have been obliged to draw attention of
the public to a commonplace example of Azerbaijani disinformation
propaganda machine, if this article hadn’t been published in one of
the official periodicals of Azerbaijan, and, therefore, written by
request of the Azerbaijani authorities.

Thus, the main objective pursued by the mentioned publication is
to cause а misunderstanding concerning the processes=2 0that are
taking place in and around Javakheti and the activity of "Yerkir"
Union there. The author of the publication by breaking all the norms
of the journalist ethics simply misrepresents the views expressed by
Chairman of "Yerkir" Union Sevak Artsrouni in his interview to the
"Azg" daily on December 5, 2008 (See: ).

Nonetheless, the objectives pursued by "Yerkir" Union in Georgia are
clear and precise:

1.To support the legislative-normative standards, providing for the
use of the Armenian language at the level of local government and
administration in the areas with the compact settlement of persons
belonging to the Armenian minority,

2.To seek a solution to the socio-economic, linguistic,
educational-cultural and religious problems of the Armenian Minority of
Georgia (non-registering of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia,
insufficient representation of the Armenians in local and central
governance bodies, the impossibility to get higher education on the
basis of mother language etc).

(See detailed at: ;level _id=10)

The activity of "Yerkir" Union in addressing the problems of Javakheti
and Georgian Armenians is mainly based on the obligations undertaken by
the Georgian government with respect to protection of ethnic minorities
of the country. It should be mentioned that the necessity to give a
proper pro tection to the ethic minorities of the country has been
emphasized in the recommendations of various international structures
and human rights organizations, among others – the recommendations
of the UN Human Rights Committee.

Therefore, "Yerkir" Union carries out committed work directed to
representation and protection of Javakheti and Georgian Armenians
and promotion of the human rights protection standards set forth by
the relevant international structures (UN, OSCE, the European Union,
the Council of Europe etc).

–Boundary_(ID_h07NA6xRPEySY6GRRFCyhQ)–

MAJOR PART OF SPOKEPERSONS AGAINST DEBARING ARMENIA FROM VOTING

ArmInfo
2009-01-27 14:30:00

ArmInfo. Today over the PACE hearings on Armenia major part of
spokepersons were against debaring Armenia from voting. the debates
are regarding fulfillment of PACE Resolutions 1609 and 1620 by Armenia.

Members of the Armenian delegation David Harutyunyan, Armen Rustamyan,
Avet Adonts and Naira Zohrabyan said that despite difficulties after
the 1-2 March tragic events in Yerevan Armenia has demonstrated the
real steps in the matter of fulfillment of the PACE resolutions. This
was expressed in setting up of the working group, free pardon of 20
persons detained on the 1 March events. Moreover, progress was fixed
in making reforms in the legal system.

To note, majority of delegations mentioned progressed reached by
Armenia in fulfillment of the PACE resolutions and said the republic
should be supported on their way towards reforms. In particular, the
Russian delegation was categorically against debaring the Armenian
delegation from voting. Final decision will be adopted today after
the debates.

13 ARMENIAN BANKS AMONG COUNTRY’S TOP 300 TAXPAYERS IN 2008

ARKA
Jan 27, 2009

YEREVAN, January 27. /ARKA/. Last year, 13 local commercial banks were
included in the top 300 taxpayers’ list issued by the RA State Revenue
Committee. Total allocations of these banks reached 11.8bln drams.

ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank was last year’s number one taxpayer-bank
with 2.3bln worth budget allocations (28th on the list).

Ardshininvestbank ranked 32 among 300 taxpayers, with its allocations
for the state budget reaching 2.1bln drams. HSBC Bank Armenia was
the 52nd largest taxpayer with 1.5bln drams worth allocations.

The following banks were among the major taxpayers: Armeconombank
(949.4bln drams, 80th place) Unibank (869.2bln drams, 87), Converse
Bank (833.6mln drams, 92), VTB Bank Armenia (787.5mln drams, 97),
Inecobank (537.2mln drams, 37), Armbusinessbank (535.7mln drams,
147), Ameriabank (377.4mln drams, 204), Anelik Bank (376.7mln drams,
205), Areximbank (295.3mln drams, 258) and Armenian Development Bank
(285.7mln drams, 262).

Three universal credit organizations with 1bln drams worth total
allocations were included in the list of the largest taxpayers. Aregak
UCO ranked 218th with its payments totaling 349.3mln drams. Finca
allocated 329.1mln drams for the state budget (227) and Norvik Credit
paid 328.9mln drams (228).

Twenty-two commercial banks and 25 credit organizations are currently
operating in Armenia.

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Armenian Genocide Survivor Ghazaros Kademian Passes Away

Los Angeles, CA – Ghazaros Kademian, a longtime ANCA supporter and one
of the oldest remaining survivors of the Armenian Genocide passed away
on January 24, 2009 at his home in Glendale, California. Kademian, who
was born in the historic city of Zeitoun in 1907, lived a life full of
faith and dedication. Over the past several years he had become a
regular attendee at community events organized by the ANC, the Armenian
Youth Federation and Homenetmen. more…

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1) Pasadena ANC Meets with Councilman Holden
2) ANC-WR Gears Up for Massive Voter Registration Drive
3) Asbarez: The Opposite of Silence
1) Pasadena ANC Meets with Councilman Holden
Pasadena, CA – Members of the Armenian National Committee of Pasadena
met with Councilman Chris Holden on January 24, 2009 to discuss issues
of mutual concern regarding the City of Pasadena. Holden, the son of
former Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden, has served on the City
Council for nearly two decades. Holden is running unopposed for a new
term representing Council District 3. Pasadena’s municipal elections
are slated for March 10, 2009.

"We were pleased with our dialogue with Councilman Holden,"
remarked Pasadena ANC Executive Director Ishkhan Boghosian. "Our
dialogue included a number of important items, including how the
Pasadena ANC can work with him to build a bridge between the African
American community and the Armenian American community in the City of
Pasadena" added Boghossian.

The Councilman also shared that he had worked in support of President
Barack Obama’s campaign and was pleased that the ANCA had supported the
new President. Participating in the meeting were Pasadena ANC members
Ishkhan Boghossian, Nerses Melkonian, Donig Donabedian, and Raffi
Hamparian. more…
2) ANC-WR Gears Up for Massive Voter Registration Drive
Los Angeles, CA — An unprecedented voter registration drive has been
put under way by the Armenian National Committee-Western Region
(ANC-WR) for the upcoming local and state elections in Southern
California. Volunteers, led by Voter Registration Coordinator
Christopher Yemenidjian will be coordinating the drive in an effort to
increase Armenian American voter registration throughout the greater
Los Angeles area and to raise awareness about the importance of voting
regularly and how to remain informed about issues of concern to the
community.

"The voter registration effort is critical to thrive as a
community while relaying our concerns to the public," said
Yemenidjian. "Over the next few months we will be working with
local ANC chapters, youth organizations, activists, and volunteers to
spike voter registration in Southern California" he added. more…
3) Asbarez: The Opposite of Silence
Pasadena, CA — As millions of people continued to pour into the
nation’s capital on the day dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr.’s
memory, America’s first black president prepared to make history by
taking the oath of office.

On the eve of that inauguration, while the world anxiously waited to
see Dr. Kings dream move closer to a reality, hundreds, young and old,
gathered in Pasadena, California for a "moment of noise" to
honor the countless individuals who throughout history, in times of
"challenge and controversy," dared to do more than just dream
of a better world.

The event, titled "the Opposite of Silence," was organized by
the United Human Rights Council (UHRC) at Pasadena’s Armenian Center, a
building itself erected to honor the legacy of a people who stood for
justice in the face of oppression. Marking the second anniversary of
the assassination of Hrant Dink, the "Opposite of Silence"
sought to highlight the lessons that emerged from that fateful day two
years ago when a gunman attempted to silence truth by killing its
advocate at the doorstep of his Istanbul office. more…
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