Author: nina hovnanian

AZERI PRESIDENT URGES ARMENIANS TO WAKE UP AND TO COME BACK TO REALITY JUST TO COMPARE THEMSELVES WITH TURKEY

arminfo
July 28, 2011

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a bleeding wound for both
Azerbaijan and Turkey. It has proved that the Azeris and the Turks
must act together against such problems, and Turkey is ready to share
Azerbaijan’s difficulties in this matter, Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan said during his joint press-conference with Azeri President
Ilham Aliyev.

He reprimanded Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan for using “a style
and an attitude that do not befit a statesman.”

Erdogan believes that what Sargsyan said during his meeting with
Armenian teens was a provocation, an attempt to implant hostility
and hatred in children’s minds. He said that if the Armenian leaders
continue doing this, their youths will be ignorant and ill-disposed.

“The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is occupied and the occupants
are known. Until now the Armenians have shown a negative attitude
towards the attempts to resolve the conflict, unlike Azerbaijan,
who has always been positively disposed,” Erdogan said.

He said that, according to the Armenians’ logic, “since today they
have occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, tomorrow they can occupy the Mount
Ararat.” “How can one give such guidelines to young people?” Erdogan
said indignantly, urging the Armenian President to apologize and to
try “to correct his historical mistake.”

In his turn, President Aliyev said that he did not expect anything
else from Sargsyan. “I have met him many times and I am well aware
of his aggressive mentality,” he said.

He noted that the real population of Armenia is 1,800,000. “And those
people claim Turkey’s historical lands!?” Aliyev said indignantly.

“The Armenians are mistaken if they think that they have solved the
Nagorno-Karabakh problem. Nagorno-Karabakh is and will be an Azeri
land. Sooner or later, peacefully or not, Azerbaijan will restore its
sovereignty over that territory. But their territorial claims against a
great power like Turkey prove that they have something missing in their
heads. They live in a world of illusions. They must wake up and come
back to reality just to compare themselves with Turkey and to see that
one can’t compare an ant with an elephant,” Aliyev said in conclusion.

To remind, when asked by one of the winners of the 5th Armenian
Language and Literature Youth Olympiad what borders the future Armenia
will have and whether they will encompass Western Armenia and the
Mount Ararat, President Sargsyan said: “Everything depends on your
generation. My generation has fulfilled its mission by protecting
part of our homeland, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), from the enemy in
the early 1990s. Each generation has its mission and must be able to
fulfill it well.”

“ARMAVIA” RENEWS DAILY FLIGHTS TO TBILISI

/ARKA/
July 28, 2011
YEREVAN

Airline “Armavia” informs about the renewal of daily flights to
Tbilisi from August 5, 2011.

“The flights U8 021/022 and U8 023/024 will be made by the frequency
of 2 times daily”, said press-secretary of “Armavia” Nana Avetisova.

>>From August 6, 2011 the airline “Armavia” starts regular flights
U8 929/939 Yerevan-Bryansk-Yerevan. The flights will be on Saturdays.

ARMENIANS ONLY IMAGINE THEY HAVE SETTLED KARABAKH CONFLICT – ALIYEV

Tert.am
28.07.11

The Armenians only imagine that they have settled the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, but they are mistaken, theAzerbaijani president has said.

Ilham Aliyev made the statement at a joint news conference organized
after his meeting with the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, the Azerbaijani news agency Salam News reported.

“The Nagorno Karabakh is an Azerbaijani land and will remain a part
of Azerbaijan. Some time in future Azerbaijan will reinstate power
over Karabakh,” Aliyev was quoted as saying.

Addressing Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan recent statement at
a meeting with participants of a pan-Armenian Olympiad, he said,
“I could not have expected anything else of Sargsyan. I have had
several meetings with him. I am well aware of his mentality. As a
matter of fact he demonstrates the aggressive character of Armenia.”

FRESNO AREA PBS TO AIR ARMENIAN SPECIALS
Hagop Goudsouzian

asbarez
July 27, 2011

FRESNO-The San Joaquin Valley PBS, ValleyPBS, will present two
special nights of Armenian-focused programming featuring back-to-back
documentaries by filmmaker Hagop Goudsouzian on Tuesday, August 9; on
Friday, August 12 feature film Screamers by director Carla Garapedian
will air featuring the band “System Of A Down,” all to highlight the
rich culture, music and history of the local Armenian community during
this special time of year-the holy celebration of the Assumption of
St. Mary and the Blessing of the Grapes.

ValleyPBS is broadcast on 18.1 over the air, Cable channel 8, Comcast
HD 708, and Dish, U-verse and Direct TV channel 18.

On August 9, local news anchor and television personality Stefani
Booroojian, along with Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Director of the
Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State, will host the evening.

Armenian Exile begins at 7:00 p.m., followed by Armenian Minstrels
at 8:30 p.m.

Filmmaker Carla Garapetian In Armenian Exile (2009), his second film,
Goudsouzian paints a self-portrait in which he pursues a greater
understanding of his Armenian roots. In 1988, Nagorno-Karabakh’s war
for independence was in the headlines worldwide. Halfway across the
world in Canada, Goudsouzian’s peaceful world was suddenly shaken:
“I had forgotten I was Armenian, until I saw the courage of these
people who had never forgotten who they were and knew what they had
to do.” Seeking clarity of both history and self, Goudsouzian reflects
on Armenian identity, which is at the heart of all his films.

Armenian Minstrels-the newest film in Goudsouzian’s trilogy of
documentaries showcasing the vibrant culture and rich history of
Armenia-traces the long tradition of folk music through performances
and interviews with musicians and fans. Filmed in Armenia, Armenian
Minstrels features Professor Tovmas Poghosyan, the “Sayat-Nova
Minstrel Song Ensemble” and impromptu interviews with well known
Armenian minstrels Andranik Ujanci, Astghanush, Kochar, and Makhmour,
who sing and recount the critical role their songs and music play
in keeping alive a once dying art form, and the role music and songs
play as a tool for cultural survival.

Born in Egypt, Hagop Goudsouzian is of Armenian descent and currently
lives in Toronto. In partnership with TVOntario TFO, he has produced
and directed a number of television and documentary series.

The movie Screamers will air on August 12, at 8:30pm and features
multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band “System Of A Down” as
they lend their music to this critically acclaimed political movie-an
impassioned synthesis of concert and hard-hitting expose about genocide
in the last century-from Armenian Genocide through the many other
genocides in the world up to and including Darfur. Filmmaker Carla
Garapedian will be in studio with Leslie Davis and Prof. Sergio La
Porta of the Armenian Studies Program as the hosts for the evening.

AUGMENTATION DES RECETTES FISCALES ARMENIENNES EN 2011
Marion

armenews.com
jeudi 28 juillet 2011

ARMENIE

Les recettes fiscales de l’Armenie ont augmente de 10 %, passant a 315
milliards de drams (863 millions de dollars) au premier semestre de
cette annee. Le gouvernement est sur la bonne voie pour atteindre ses
objectifs budgetaires pour 2011, selon les statistiques officielles
publiees mardi.

Les donnees du ministère des Finances armenien montrent que ces
resultats sont dûs a une hausse de 30 % de l’impôt des benefices sur
les societes. Ils representent pour 18% du total des impôts, contre
14% enregistres l’an dernier.

Le ministère fait etat de gains davantage modestes quant a la collecte
d’autres impôts majeurs par le Comite national des impôts (SRC). La
première moitie du chiffre d’affaires de la TVA, la plus importante
source de fonds budgetaires, n’a augmente que de 6 % et atteint 151
milliards de drams.

L’impôt sur les benefices a traditionnellement genere une fraction
des recettes fiscales en Armenie. Ce fait reflète le problème de
l’evasion fiscale dans les entreprises locales. Les benefices des
grandes entreprises lucratives et qui appartiennent au gouvernement
ont ete particulièrement modestes. Leur contribution a l’augmentation
des recettes fiscales n’est pas si evidente.

Lors d’un discours le 26 mai, le president Serge Sarkissian a
declare que les magnats doivent cesser l’evasion fiscale ainsi que
la concurrence dans les principaux secteurs de l’economie armenienne
qu’ils dominent. Il n’a nomme aucun d’entre eux.

Il a demande a la direction du SRC le lendemain d’augmenter
sensiblement les recettes publiques et de rendre simultanement
l’administration fiscale ” plus acceptable, plus juste, plus equitable,
plus simple et conviviale ” pour les entreprises. ” Cela est une tâche
très difficile, mais je n’ai aucun doute que cela soit realisable “,
a -t-il dit.

Les recettes fiscales ont ete l’equivalent d’un peu plus de 17% du
produit interieur brut (PIB) en Armenie l’annee dernière, l’une des
plus faibles proportions dans l’ancienne Union sovietique. Un haut
fonctionnaire du Fonds monetaire international a declare plus tôt
cette annee que la collecte des impôts dans le pays reste moindre.

Le gouvernement armenien a affirme avoir intensifie ses efforts pour
lutter contre la fraude fiscale. Le Conseil de securite national a
approuve un plan triennal d’actions en la fin du mois d’avril.

Ces efforts sont encore entraves par la corruption au sein du SRC et
en particulier au sein du service des douanes. Les petites et moyennes
entreprises continuent aussi a accuser les autorites fiscales d’un
traitement arbitraire.

Ameliorer la collecte de l’impôt a aide le gouvernement a reduire le
deficit budgetaire a 6,6 milliards de drams au premier semestre. Le
deficit devait atteindre 56,3 milliards de drams.

Ce dernier devrait se creuser dans les prochains mois car le
gouvernement depense plus de 10% de ce qui etait prevu pour le
budget 2011.

ARMENIA IS RANKED 70 IN A NEW RANKING LIST OF FIFA

Noyan Tapan

27.07.2011

(Noyan Tapan – 27.07.2011) On July 27 FIFA announced the new list of
national football teams. Armenia is ranked 70 in a new ranking list
of national teams issued by FIFA.

Lets’ add that Spain is in the first place with 1588 points. The
Netherlands(1542) is ranked the second and , Germany(1305) is in the
third place.

RUSSIAN MIGRATION SERVICE OPERATES IN ARMENIA ILLEGALLY

Lragir.am

27/07/2011

In March of this year, the youth organization ‘Hima’ (Now) said about
the illegality of the functioning of Russian migrant centers in
Armenia.

Expert opinions were issued on TV shows, meetings. It was found that
these centers operate in Armenia absolutely illegally, and the project
“Countrymen” is just a way to solve the demographic problems of remote
areas of Russia via emptying Armenia. Authorities had to react, and
the government acknowledged that “a project according to these
standards cannot be done”. But instead of finding and punishing those
guilty, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan intends to put the question on
the project “Compatriots” on the level of intergovernmental
discussions.

Hima organization demands to conduct negotiations with Russia on this
project, close all the immigration centers in Armenia, like other CIS
countries did, to punish officials who have shown criminal negligence
and allowed exodus from the country.

HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: ARMENIA’S HIGH-RANKING OFFICIAL UNAWARE OF GRAVE SITUATION

Tert.am
27.07.11

Listening to Armenian high-ranking officials’ carefree speeches,
one concludes they are unaware of the grave economic situation in
the country.

Two official documents made public on Tuesday give an idea of the
economic situation in Armenia. Specifically, the documents deal with
budge performance and real estate prices, the newspaper reports.

According to the Jauary-March budget performance report presented by
the Armenian minister of finance, budget revenues proved about 4 bn
less (0.7%) than planned, and budget expenditures about 45 bn less
(11.5%).

The State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre reported that reported a
10% average decline in real estate prices this June against last June.

Both the documents are evidence of a worsening economic situation in
the country. Listening to Armenian high-ranking officials’ carefree
speeches, one concludes they are unaware of the grave economic
situation in the country.

ZHAMANAK: ROBERT KOCHARYAN COUNTING

Tert.am
27.07.11

Robert Kocharyan’s main task is to form an alliance with them in case
activities intensify in Armenia’s political arena, says the paper.

It is the second month since Armenia’s second president, Robert
Kocharyan, has sent a delegation to all the people that have for
the past three years and a half had political or economic problems
with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and with President
Serzh Sargsyan.

Robert Kocharyan’s main task is to “count all the rest ‘afflicted
ones'” to form an alliance with them in case activities intensify in
Armenia’s political arena.

OSHIN HAROOTOONIAN NAMED TO NORTH VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION
Oshin Harootoonian

asbarez
July 26th, 2011

LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Oshin Harootoonian
to serve on the North Valley Area Planning Commission. On Tuesday,
July 26 the City Council confirmed his appointment.

“An engineer and Valley entrepreneur, Oshin brings years of management
experience and a wealth of knowledge on construction projects within
the City,” Mayor Villaraigosa said. “His strong business acumen and
technical expertise will be important assets to the North Valley Area
Planning Commission.”

Harootoonian is the founder and CEO of Primex Clinical Laboratories,
Inc., a clinical diagnostic laboratory based in Van Nuys. Since its
founding in 1996, Primex has grown from a small business of five
employees into a global company with over 200 employees.

Before founding Primex, Harootoonian worked for the City of Beverly
Hills as a Senior Plan Review Engineer. Prior to this, he served
as a Plan Check Engineer for the City of Los Angeles where he
was responsible for issuing permits for construction projects and
reviewed all building plans for structural safety and compliance
with city zoning requirements. He helped establish the West Valley
Permit Office during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake to accommodate
the reconstruction permit needs of residents.

Harootoonian maintains strong ties with the Armenian community. He is a
board member of the Armenian General Athletic Union and served as board
member of the Armenian National Committee of America from 1992-2005.

Harootoonian is a Registered and Licensed Professional Engineer in the
State of California. He received a B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering
from the University of Southern California.