Author: Nadirian Emma

AZERBAIJAN SEEKS ALTERNATIVES TO KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS

news.am
April 16 2010
Armenia

Azerbaijan seeks alternatives to Karabakh peace process, Azerbaijani
Presidential Administration Public-Political Department head Ali
Hasanov told journalists Friday.

"Azerbaijan takes necessary steps to find a viable solution to
Karabakh conflict. Presently, anti-American propaganda directed
primarily against Armenia’s imperialist policy in Congress and the
U.S. authorities," Trend agency quotes Hasanov.

According to him, Azerbaijan was backing the U.S. in peacemaking
mission and considered its interests in energy issues, coming so
close to upsetting relations with Islamic world.

"We have repeatedly recalled U.S., that it is one of OSCE MG
Co-chairing states settling Armenia-Azerbaijan issue on Karabakh
conflict. We urged Armenia to mind the issue for breaking through
the tight situation it is trapped. In this regard, recently
Azerbaijani society voices righteous discontent both in media and
amid parliamentarians," the official concluded.

NEW TURN IN THE SCANDAL REGARDING THE OPEN-AIR HALL OF ‘MOSKVA’ CINEMA: THE GOVERNMENT HAS ADOPTED A DECISION AGAINST RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CULTURE MINISTER

ArmInfo
2010-04-14 15:43:00

ArmInfo. The scandal connected with a decision about wrecking the
building of the open-air hall of the ‘Moskva’ cinema and construction
of a church instead, has got a sudden turn. As it has become clear,
the governmental decision was adopted against the recommendation of
Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Pogosyan.

The activists of the group "SAVE Cinema Moscow Open-Air Hall" have
found Pogosyan’s letter to the leader of Armenian government’s
administration David Sarkisyan dated 25 January, that is to say a
month before the government’s decision dated 25 February. The letter
says that taking into consideration where the hall is situated and
the fact that many important culture events are held there, including
the Open-air Music Festival, Culture Ministry thinks that the Open-Air
Hall should be preserved as a monument and restored later.

READOUT OF THE PRESIDENT’S BILATERAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSIAN OF ARMENIA

White House Documents and Publications
April 12, 2010

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2010

Readout of the President’s bilateral meeting with President Serzh
Sargsian of Armenia

President Obama met with Armenian President Sargsian on the margins
of the Nuclear Security Summit earlier today.

The President commended President Sargsian for his courageous efforts
to achieve normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey and
encouraged him to fulfill the promise of normalization for the benefit
of the Armenian people. President Obama also urged that both Armenia
and Turkey make every effort to advance the normalization process
and achieve legislative ratification of the protocols of normalization.

President Obama also expressed his support for Armenian democracy.

CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS IN KARABAKH CONFLICT ZONE

news.am
April 12 2010
Armenia

Last week a number of ceasefire violations from Azerbaijani side were
registered on the contact line of NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces.

According to NKR Defense Ministry, April 5-11, Azerbaijani side
fired at Karabakhi positions in all directions from different types
of small arms, including sniper rifles.

As a result of actions by NKR Defense Army the adversary was silenced.

Karabakhi side incurred no losses, press service reports.

news.az, Azerbaijan
April 9 2010

International community ‘softer’ on Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijani lands
Fri 09 April 2010 | 12:27 GMT Text size:

Efraim Sneh ‘More than 20 percents of the Azerbaijani Land is
illegally and forcefully occupied’ former deputy minister of defense
of Israel said.

Talking to young diplomats at Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, former
deputy minister of defense of Israel Efraim Sneh, referred to the
problem of double standards, media department of the embassy of Israel
said.

Sneh said that whereas the Security Council and the international
community denounced sharply acquisition of land by force, by Israel
and titled it ‘not admissible’ (in spite of the fact that the land was
acquired in a defensive war) it (the international community) is much
softer when it comes to the case of Armenia’s occupation of
Azerbaijani land.

He underlined that more than 20 percents of the Azerbaijani Land is
illegally and forcefully occupied.

APA

Financial Mirror – Cyprus
April 9 2010

Armenia Eurovision hopeful Eva Rivas in Cyprus

April 09, 2010 –

Armenia’s Eurovision song contest hopeful Eva Rivas will be in Cyprus
for a number of promotional performances, including an appearance at
the Sipan dance ensemble annual performance at the Strovolos Municipal
Theatre on Saturday night.

Earlier in the day, the Greek-Armenian former model, invited to Cyprus
by the Armenian Representative Vartkes Mahdessian, will plant an
apricot tree at the Nicosia municipal park together with Mayor Eleni
Mavrou, which symbolises her song, `The Apricot Stone’.

Rivas has embarked on a European promotion tour of Armenia’s entry and
concluded several performances in Athens and Thessaloniki during the
Easter holidays.

rus_and_World_News/19980

LA police ID suspect in cafe killings

Thomas Watkins, Associated Press Writer – Fri Apr 9, 8:42 pm ET

LOS ANGELES – A man who opened fire in a North Hollywood restaurant
and killed four people following a dispute during a party last week
remained at large Friday, Los Angeles police said.

The suspect was identified at an afternoon news conference as Nerses
Arthur Galstyan, a 28-year-old Armenian national. He is also wanted on
a federal indictment for weapons charges, Police Chief Charlie Beck
said.

Galstyan was attending a birthday memorial celebration April 3 inside
the Hot Spot Cafe when he got into a dispute with several men at the
party, Beck said. In anger, Galstyan fired multiple rounds, hitting
and killing four men, the chief said.

Three men died at the scene and another died later at a hospital. Two
others were injured. The celebration was being held for an
acquaintance who had died in a traffic accident a year earlier, Beck
said.

"These are people who had some standing or relationship that may or
may not have contributed to this," Beck said. "This was not a random
act."

Los Angeles police have identified the victims as Harut Baburyan, 28;
Sarkis Karadjian, 26; Vardan Tofalyan, 31; and Hayk Yegnanyan, 25.

Most of the victims were also from Armenia, officials said.

Also Friday, a federal grand jury indicted Galstyan on suspicion of
dealing firearms without a license and possessing a weapon with an
obliterated serial number. Officials said there was physical evidence
linking Galstyan to the shooting but would not describe it, including
whether he used a gun listed in the federal indictment.

Authorities served two search warrants Friday at residences Galstyan
uses in North Hollywood and Glendale.

RA government gifts new computers to Stepanakert school

April 10, 2010 – 13:25 AMT 08:25 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net

In the framework of his visit to Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended Sakharov senior school of
Stepanakert, which was gifted 10 computers by the RA government.

As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from NKR, the Prime
Minister also attended a military unit of the NKR Defense Army.

The Armenian delegation includes head of government’s administration
David Sargsyan, Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan, Minister of
Finance Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan, Minister
of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan, Minister of Energy and Natural
Resources Armen Movsisyan, and other officials.

Turkmenistan.ru
April 9 2010

Turkmenistan and Armenia to exchange trade missions

In the course of the Turkmen-Armenian business forum Armenian Minister
of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan announced the intention of the two
countries to open trade offices in Ashgabat and Yerevan.

As the Minister noted, the parties already reached specific agreements
to this effect, and the relevant documents undergo the internal
approval process in both countries, ARKA news agency reports.

"The signing of these agreements will help establish direct business
contacts between the countries that will serve as an incentive to open
trading missions, organize exhibitions, and develop trade and economic
relations," Nerses Yeritsyan said.

According to him, "it will lead to further development of the entire
spectrum of bilateral economic cooperation for which a relevant legal
basis has been already put in place."

The business forum in Yerevan was attended by members of the
Government of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Armenia, as well as
representatives of 40 major Armenian companies.

Le Parcours atypique de Nara Noïan

Chanson

vendredi9 avril 2010, par Jean Eckian/armenews

Je vous en avais déjà parlé voici quelques mois à l’occasion de la
sortie de son album "Cristal". Nara Noïan est une de ces
auteurs-compositrices-interprêtes habitée par son art, tel qu’en
témoigne son superbe titre "Les mes immortelles".

Fille de musiciens, pianiste, multilingue, née à Erevan et vivant à
Bruxelles, Nara Noïan s’est faite connaître du public belge en
composant l’Hymne du numéro d’appel d’urgence européen 112 chanté pour
la première fois au Parlement européen lors de la journée européenne
officielle du 112, le 11 février (11-2). On lui a également commandé
une version 911 pour les USA qui a été distribuée dans les écoles à
Washington.

Interview 2009

Aujourd’hui sort "Kino" (Disques Dom), deuxième album auto-financé par
ses fans, une "invitation à devenir l’acteur de sa propre vie",
dit-elle ; reflet de sa diversité intérieure. À découvrir ICI.

Par ailleurs, la talentueuse Arménienne, premier prix du Conservatoire
Supérieur de Musique « Komitas » et du Conservatoire Supérieur d’Art
dramatique d’Erevan en 1990, a enseigné en France de 1991 à 1994. Elle
obtient par la suite le Prix d’interprétation féminine, en Russie,
pour le film « Nostalgie », avant de débuter dans la chanson, adoptée
par la Belgique.

En ce mois d’Avril la Radio Télévision Belge Francophone diffuse un
spot publicitaire dans lequel elle annonce l’inauguration de la Villa
Empain (1), le 21 Avril. Le 23 Avril, Nara est invitée à participer à
la veillée Place de la République à Paris et le 28 Avril elle donnera
un concert à la Villa Empain (Bruxelles). Et par dessus tout cela la
belle est interprète officielle auprès du Commissariat général aux
réfugiés et apatrides.

Gageons qu’avec ses multiples talents la conquête de l’Europe est pour
bientôt. Il serait regrettable que la France soit à la traîne…

Jean Eckian

(1) Un millier de convives assisteront à cette cérémonie dont le
Président de la République d’Arménie, Charles Aznavour, des Sénateurs,
Ambassadeurs et Ministres de la Belgique, de la Suisse et de
l’Arménie.

Nara Noïan avait participé à l’inauguration du début des travaux de la
Villa Empain en septembre 2007.

A la limite de l’abandon dans les années 1990, ce chef d’oeuvre de
l’Art déco bruxellois a été acquis par la Fondation Boghossian –
fondation qui `uvre pour l’amélioration des conditions de vie des
jeunes en Arménie et au Liban en finançant des projets sociaux,
éducatifs, artistiques et médicaux – qui l’a fait classer en 2007 et
obtient ainsi les subventions nécessaires pour sa restauration alors
confiée aux architectes Francis Metzger et Philippe de Bloos. Elle est
aujourd’hui un centre de création et de dialogue entre les cultures
d’Orient et d’Occident.