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CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE BY RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ON THE 90TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF COMPOSER EDWARD MIRZOYAN

National Assembly

May 12 2011
Armenia

Dear Mr Mirzoyan,

In the name of the RA National Assembly and me personally I warmly
congratulate you on the occasion on your 90th jubilee!

You are one of the honoured persons of Armenian music, due to
whom, our culture has reached international recognition. Your works
distinguishing by sincerity and powerful sensibility inspire for dozens
of years several generations being unique samples of world music.

Today you are continuing your creative productive activity, as a
result of which, I am sure new masterpieces will be born for the
enrichment of our cultural treasury.

Again congratulating on the occasion of your jubilee I wish you,
honourable maestro, health, creative new successes and optimism.”

AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTRY REJECTS ARMENIAN MEDIA REPORTS

news.az
May 12 2011
Azerbaijan

Press officer of the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry Teymur Abdullayev
has commented on the Armenian media reports. Armenian media reports
claim that Armenian civilian Araik Nelsonovich Balasanyan died from
a bullet received from the Azerbaijan side on the contact line of
troops on 11 May.

Balasanyan is said to receive a gunshot wound to the head at about
18:05 on 11 May while working on a tractor in the south-eastern
section of the contact line.

33-year-old resident of Kuratag village of Hadrut region died on a
way to Hadrut civilian hospital, according to Armenian media.

Press officer of the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry Teymur Abdullayev
said ceasefire was not violated in this direction on 11 May and no
fire was opened.

The Armenian side~Rs claims that the Azerbaijani side has shot at
Armenian tractor driver are untrue, he added.

THREE RECTORS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED

Tert.am
12.05.11

Armenia’s government approved the results of elections of the heads
of three institutes of higher education on Thursday.

Armen Mazmanyan was officially confirmed as the rector of Yerevan
State Institute of Cinematography and Theatre.

With another decision the government confirmed the results of the
elections at the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar
Heratsi where Derenik Dumanyan had been elected as rector.

Koryun Atoyan was officially confirmed as the rector of Armenia’s
State University of Economics.

ARMENIAN PAVILION AT “ART BY GENEVE” ART FAIR

ARMENPRESS
MAY 12, 2011
YEREVAN

The Armenian pavilion achieved unprecedented attention at the “Art
by Genève” International Contemporary Art Fair, which was held from
April 29 to May 3 in Geneva.

Sona Harutyunyan, head of the RA Culture Ministry contemporary art
department, said today at a news conference that Narek Avetisyan’s
“Simulacrum” project, presented in the pavilion, was the focus of
attention of European art lovers.

“The participation in the fair was an unprecedented phenomenon for
Armenia, as at last Armenia was given an opportunity to present its
contemporary art,” Sona Harutyunyan said. She added that RA President
Serzh Sargsyan, RA Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Culture and Diaspora,
a number of NA deputies visited the pavilion. RA Ambassador to
Switzerland, world-known singer Charles Aznavour visited the pavilion
two times.

Narek Avetisyan’s “Simulacrum” project features 33 variations
on the theme of Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring”,
some animation, computer effects and music, written specially for
the project.

BYURAKAN OBSERVATORY TO BE MODERNIZED
Karen Ghazaryan

“Radiolur”
12.05.2011 17:44

The Armenian and Russian Academies of Science and the Roskosmos – the
Russian Federal Space Agency – are launching a new program, under which
the infrastructures of Byurakan Observatory will be modernized, turning
it into one of the best research centers of the world. The new program
was discussed today at the Armenian National Academy of Sciences.

According to Igor Molotov, coordinator of the International Scientific
Optical Network for Space (ISON), as a result of that cooperation
the Byurakan Observatory will become the 24th member of the ISON.

The infrastructures of the Observatory will be modernized to allow
studying the space objects, particularly the ones that are dangerous
for cosmonautics and space research.

According to Radik Martirosyan, President of the Armenian National
Academy of Sciences, the project will be of great scientific and
financial importance. New jobs will be created for young specialists.

GENOCIDE MUSEUM PROPERTY TO REVERT TO CAFESJIAN BY MAY 23

asbarez
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

The Genocide Museum building in Washington)

WASHINGTON-The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday
ruled that all properties for the planned Armenian Genocide Museum
and Memorial must revert to the Cafesjian Family Foundation by May 23,
court papers indicate.

The ruling comes after the court ruled in favor of the CFF on January
26 in a bitter lawsuit with the Armenian Assembly of America.

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly also denied a motion by the Assembly
for a new trial after it lost the initial case.

“I welcome the court’s concluding verdict that finally frees us all
to build this long-awaited museum and memorial about the fact and
ongoing consequences of the Armenian Genocide,” CFF chairman Gerard L.

Cafesjian told the Armenian Reporter, commenting on the verdict.

“Thankfully, this case is finally over,” CFF counsel, John B.

Williams, told the Armenian Reporter. “The properties have to be
transferred to CFF in the next two weeks. That is what we have all
been fighting for. We hope that the Assembly leadership will be
willing to amicably resolve the few loose ends that remain.”

CFF board member Ross Vartian reiterated the call to the leadership
of the Armenian Assembly to “cease blocking the project and instead
to abide by the May 9 ruling ordering the transfer of all properties
to the CFF no later than May 23, 2011,” according to the Reporter.

“Further delay serves no constructive purpose,” Vartian added in a
comment to the Reporter, which is published by Cafesjian.

The ruling is the final judgment in the case.

NEW RECORD OF ARMENIAN ATHLETE IN GUINNESS BOOK

news.am
May 11 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Armenian athlete~Rs record gained a place in the Guinness
Book of Records.

David Fagradyan, physical training teacher at the Armenian State
Linguistic University, set a world record turning around the horizontal
bar with one hand 76 times in two minutes.

Back in 2009 he was listed in the Guinness Book when he completed
354 turns on a horizontal bar with both hands.

Head of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan
handed Fagradyan a certificate and golden chain.

GENETICALLY MODIFIED SAUSAGE SOLD IN ARMENIA

news.am
May 11 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Laboratory studies revealed sausage made in Armenia contains
genetically modified soybeans, expert from laboratory Artyom Mehrabyan
told journalists on Wednesday. He also noted fish feed is genetically
modified.

However, Mehrabyan failed to name the company supplying genetically
modified sausage to the Armenian market.

GMO were not found in other food products subjected to laboratory
analysis, among them tomatoes imported from Turkey, baby food,
imported meat and meat food.

Laboratory studies of food products have been carried out in Armenia
for a year.

RI HOUSE AND SENATE RECOGNIZE GENOCIDE WITH RESOLUTIONS

Wed, May 11 2011

PROVIDENCE, R.I.-On April 26, the Rhode Island House and Senate both
paid respect to the 1.5 million Armenian martyrs brutally slaughtered
by the Ottoman Turkish government.

State Senator Hanna Gallo of Cranston and State Rep. Arthur Corvese
of North Providence, along with all the lawmakers present, sponsored
and supported the 2011 version of their respective bills recognizing
April 24 as Armenian Genocide Day.

Community members present and recognized on the House and Senate
floors included CPA’s, retired car salesmen, state and city workers,
philanthropists, real-estate brokers, postal workers, UPS drivers, a
priest, and many others who took the time to make sure we do our part
here in Rhode Island to keep the record straight. Maybe someday soon,
the message that we bring along with so many other states will find
its way to Washington and to our president to make him keep his word.

Don’t hold your breath, but just remember, we helped get him elected
and we can do our best to make him a one term president.

Also, newly elected Governor Lincoln Chafee issued a proclamation as
previous governors have done recognizing April 24 as Armenian Genodice
Remberance Day.

-By Steve Elmasian and George Mangalo, co-chairs of the Armenian
National Committee of Rhode Island.

ARMENIA STRENGTHENS THE CONTROL OVER THE IMPORTED TOMATOES TO THE COUNTRY

/ARKA/
May 11, 2011
YEREVAN

Inspection on the security of products of Armenia strengthened the
control over the tomatoes imported to the country, said Armenian
Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan in the government hour of the
parliament on Wednesday.

Representatives of greenhouses of Armenia applied to the State
Commission on the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) with
the complaint on the unequal competitive conditions of the imported
vegetables, particularly tomatoes imported from Turkey. Imported
vegetables are sold by lower prices which hinders the activity of the
local manufacturer. In this regard, SCPEC plans to study the activity
of the companies importing vegetables from Turkey.

Karapetyan said that State Revenue Committee of Armenia ensures that
there are no problems of unofficial import of tomatoes in the country.

As for the prices, the minister said that the market is regulating
gradually and the government is not interfering in this process. It
defines strong control over the quality of the imported tomatoes
which influences on the import volume.

Greenhouses in Armenia are developing and it is expected that their
territories will be cultivated in the nearest future.