Author: Kharatian Ani

Interfax, Russia
May 6 2009

No link between settlement of relations with Turkey and Karabakh
conflict – Armenian official

YEREVAN May 6

There is no link between measures to sort out relations between
Armenia and Turkey and the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, Armenian presidential press secretary Samvel Farmanyan told
the local Mediamax news agency.

"We have repeatedly stated that the problem of Karabakh conflict
settlement efforts has not been addressed as part of the
Armenian-Turkish negotiating process at any level," Farmanyan said on
Wednesday.

The president’s press secretary also ruled out a possible trilateral
meeting of the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey in Prague.

"A trilateral meeting of the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and
Turkey has not been arranged. Naturally, it will not take place.

Moreover, such a possibility is ruled out," he said, referring to
certain foreign media reports.

FRENCH FM: ALIYEV, SARGSYAN HELD DIFFICULT TALKS

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.05.2009 10:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan held difficult
talks on Nagorno Karabakh, French Foreign Minister said.

"There is a lot of misunderstanding between the sides," Bernard
Kouchner said in Prague. "Each insists on going his own way."

"But we shouldn’t lose heart. Presidents Aliyev and Sargsyan have
still much to do," Mr. Kouchner said, Echo of Moscow reported.

2009 ARMENIAN NIGHT AT THE POPS TO FEATURE CELLIST NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN

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May 8, 2009

The Friends of Armenian Culture Society will present the 58th annual
Armenian Night at the Pops on Sat., June 20 at 8 p.m. at Boston’s
Symphony Hall. The evening will feature the young, award-winning
cellist Narek

Hakhnazaryan, who will perform the "Variations on a Rococo Theme"
by Tchaikovsky with maestro Erich Kunzel conducting the Boston
Pops Orchestra. Also on the program will be ballet music by Aram
Khachaturian, and pianist-singer Michael Feinstein will pay tribute
to the legendary Frank Sinatra.

Hakhnazaryan won First Prize at the 2008 Young Concert Artists
Auditions. In October 2008, he made his debuts in Carnegie’s Zankel
Hall in New York and in the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater in
Washington, D.C., to critical acclaim. "He produces powerful and
colorful sound in all registers, and flashes all the virtuoso’s tricks
with insolent ease…" wrote the Washington Post, while the New York
Times praised his "intense focus and expressive artistry."

Hakhnazaryan is also the laureate of several international
competitions, including first prize in the 2006 Aram Khachaturian
International Competition, first prize in the 2006 Johansen
International Competition for Young String Players, and fifth prize
at the 2007 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow. He has
received scholarships from the Rostropovich Russian Performing Arts
Fund and has performed in Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria, France,
Great Britain, Greece, and Canada.

Born into a family of musicians (his father is a violinist and his
mother a pianist), Hakhnazaryan attended the Sayat-Nova School of
Music, studying with Zareh Sarkisyan. At the age of 12, he began his
studies at the Moscow Conservatory of Music with Alexey Seleznyov.

The Friends of Armenian Culture Society is proud to have Hakhnazaryan
as its soloist for this year’s Armenian Night at the Pops; his
Symphony Hall debut appearance with the Boston Pops Orchestra is a
widely anticipated musical event.

Tickets for this special event can be purchased online by visiting
A limited number of tickets are also available
for K-12 students at a discount.

MEETING IN GYUMRI PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE

NKR Government Information and
Public Relations Department
May 06, 2009

The solution to begin the official start of cooperation programme
between the NKR and the RA regions from Shiraki province was not
casual; it was by the NKR Prime Minister A.Haroutyunyan’s proposal,
reasoning from the results of already built up relations and
collaboration between Artsakh, in particular, its Askeran region and
the RA Shiraki province. In November 2008, the delegation of Gyumri
Pedagogical Institute was just on a visit in Karabakh for the first
time, and only two months ago Gyumri received the NKR delegation of
educational sphere.

Yesterday, during the meeting the Rector of Gyumri Pedagogical
Institute V.Grigoryan announced that there is already an agreement
connected with the programme of students’ exchange and soon students
from Gyumri will have a chance to continue their studies for some
time in the NKR. On his behalf the NKR Prime Minister proposed the
leadership of the pedagogical institute to send all eager senior
students in Artsakh during the summer.

Speaking on his first visit to Gyumri, the Prime Minister
A.Haroutyunyan had first of all expressed gratitude to the RA
Government for giving an opportunity to such cooperation between the
two republics.

"In case we want to know our country and to have it as a developing
one, then organization of such meetings is of great importance. Once,
Shoushi and Gyumri were historical, cultural and educational great
centers. Both these cities have all prerequisites to be such great
centers in future too. We shall move different government structures
and services in Shoushi, in order to make it the second capital of
Artsakh. I think that Gyumri needs to have such opportunities as
well. In a very short period of time I had made certain that Gyumri
really has a potential of becoming the second capital, for which great
programmes and investments are not needed, but only implementation
of proper state policy. These mutual visits may, certainly, give no
economic results but getting familiarized with each other we shall
create all those prerequisites, which will allow having a country
with developing and prospering life," the Prime Minister noted.

At the end of the meeting V.Grigoryan, the Rector of the Gyumri State
Pedagogical Institute after M. Nalbandyan, conferred A. Haroutyunyan
with the title of honorary professor and awarded with golden medal.

In the evening, a joint concert of ensembles from Karabakh and Shiraki
province took place in the state dramatic theatre after V.Adjemyan.

300 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE ARMENIAN PROVINCES TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAM OF DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS FOR ENTERING THE LABOR MARKET

ARMENPRESS
May 7, 2009

YEREVAN, MAY 7, ARMENPRESS: More than 300 young people from the
Armenian provinces took part in the program of development of the
required skills for entering the labor market.

Head of the program-coordinator "Center of Professional Orientation of
the Youth" of the Armenian Labor and Social Affairs Ministry Haykuhi
Gevorgyan told Armenpress that during the continuative meetings
in April the participants got acquainted with the ways of finding
jobs, peculiarities of intercourse with the employers, main types
of conduction of an interview as well as peculiarities of methods of
influence of the mass media.

The key project objectives are to foster the participation of the youth
of the provinces in the processes which develop in the province life
as well as to assist them in finding jobs. Practical works as well
as discussions and debates have been held. During the meetings the
participants have themselves proposed important factors of finding
a job and discovered possible ways of solution of the issues.

The "Center of Professional Orientation of the Youth" has implemented
the mentioned project in collaboration with the Center of organization
of youth events of the Armenian Sport and Youth Affairs Ministry.

Works are also conducted with the visitors of the resource-center in
the office of the institution; they get information on the education
opportunities, labor market and the vacancies as well as work out
the required documentations necessary for applying to an employer by
making use of the technical resources of the center.

The informative materials necessary for the resource-center are
regularly being worked out.

"YAKOV ZAROBYAN AND HIS EPOCH" BOOK TO BE PRESENTED IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.05.2009 12:13 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University will
host Thursday a presentation of "Yakov Zarobyan and his epoch" book.

The book dedicated to the life of first secretary of the Armenian
Communist Party. It contains 140 documents and recollections of
Zarobyan’s son.

Thanks to Yakov Zarobyan a solution of Sevan problem was found, ties
with Diaspora were strengthened and a number of issues referring to
the Armenian Genocide were addressed.

SARKOZY STAND ON TURKEY’S EU BID UNCHANGEABLE

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.05.2009 14:22 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday
the EU should quickly start talks with Turkey on creating a common
economic and security forum as an alternative to Turkey’s membership
in the bloc.

The 27-member bloc "must cease to dilute itself in endless enlargement"
and open talks with Turkey "as of now" toward a common economic and
security forum, Sarkozy was quoted by AP as saying a month ahead of
June 7 EU elections.

He also said this "great ambition" should be proposed for Russia,
too, because Moscow must be considered Europe’s partner not adversary.

Sarkozy is a vocal opponent of Turkey’s entry into the bloc but did
not block talks during his term at the helm of the European Union
presidency in the second half of 2008, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

ALEXANDER MANASYAN: ARMENIA DIPLOMACY HAS NOT SUSTAINED A DEFEAT
Alisa Gevorgyan

"Radiolur"
06.05.2009 17:39

The analysis and comments on the "road map" still belong to the genre
of predictions. Political scientist Alexander Mansayan told a press
conference today that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs constantly urges
to follow and trust only the official sources, while the official
source itself stubbornly keeps silent.

The political scientist today commented on the current stage of the
process targeted at the improvement of the Armenian-Turkish relations,
noting that he doesn’t share the view that in the current stage the
Armenian diplomacy is losing. "At last, this resembles a chess game,
where the knight can always be returned to its initial position,"
the political scientist said.

According to Alexander Manasyan, Armenia, Turkey and the international
community are the three participants of the game.

The political scientist considers that Turkey’s future behavior depends
on whether there will be serious forces in the country to dare to
carry responsibility for the historic mistakes. In this regard,
the predictions are more than uncertain. As for the international
community, Alexander Manasyan specially emphasizes the expectations
of the European family.

"Europe is seriously concerned that it could accept someone, whose
fangs are still bloody," he said.

According t o the political scientist, one of the important
achievements is that the Armenian-Turkish relations have been finally
distinguished from he Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. "Our neighbors
understood that they should speak separately to Yerevan," he said.

CHAIRMAN OF LAWYERS’ CHAMBER: I HAVE GOT AN IMPRESSION THAT COURTS ARE DEALING ONLY WITH CALCULATION OF CONCLUSIONS TO INDICT

Arminfo
2009-05-05 13:49:00

I have got an impression that courts are dealing only with calculation
of conclusions to indict. The court system of our country has started
working accusation-biased, Chairman of Armenian Lawyers’ Chamber Ruben
Sahakyan said at today’s press-conference. He thinks that voluntary
activity of the prosecutor’s office, imposing pressure upon the
courts, is one of the reasons of the impunity atmosphere created in
the country.

‘Our judges cannot make just verdicts as they are always suppressed by
prosecutors..I think we should demand resignation of the prosecutor
general, as he is the culprit of all this’, – Sahakyan said. He also
added that for their part judges cannot adopt decisions independently
as are afraid of the prosecutors to disclose their ‘sins’. ‘Once the
prosecutor general required concrete facts from the ombudsman. There is
only one serious concrete fact – distrust of the people in the court
system’ – Sahakyan said and added is not pleased with the quality of
work of the lawyers either.

SWINE FLU NOT FOUND IN ARMENIA: PASSENGERS IN ZVARTNOTS AIRPORT PASS MEDICAL CONTROL

Panorama.am
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15:43 04/05/2009

About 3000 passengers having arrived in Yerevan have passed a
medical control in Zvartnots airport to reveal swine flu infection,
Gayane Sahakyan of the Health Ministry told Panorama.am. According
to her the situation is under control and it is useless to worry as
the virus has not been found out. Panorama.am has been informed by
one of the passengers that the control in Zvartnoth airport "is not
strict enough". But G. Sahakyan ensured that no one of the passengers
suffer H1N1 virus. Note that about 100 people died in Mexico suffering
swine flu.