Armenia News Bulletin 11-23-10

IN THIS ISSUE

1. Bako Sahakyan left for the United States of America with a working visit
2. Address of Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan to the participants of the annual phonothon organized by the “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund
3. Bako Sahakyan visited Los Angeles city council
4. Armenia’s President not to leave for Lisbon: The draft declaration not acceptable to Armenia
5. Yervand Bozoyan: ‘Armenia Must Attack First in the Regulation of the NK Issue’
6. Hovik Abrahamyan to depart for Syria
7. Karen Avagyan says RA President’s decision not to depart for Lisbon a right step
8. President of Cyprus calls on international community to support recognition of Armenian Genocide
9. 100 companies expected to partake in DigiTec 2011
10. New opportunities of Armenian-Indian cooperation through direct flights
11. 2011 state budget to release totally 40 billion AMD for the spheres of science, education, culture, youth and sports
12. Serzh Sargsyan participates in the opening of “Armprodexpo” exhibition
13. Bako Sahakyan highly rates the role played by the traditional Armenian parties in the Diaspora and their support of Artsakh
14. Bako Sahakyan participates in the “Telethon – 2010” Gala dinner party
15. Memorandum of Cooperation to be signed between Diaspora Ministry and French University
16. The world-spread Armenians have always had a great role in developing and strengthening the Artsakh
17. 29 Armenian educational establishments work in Iran
18. Bako Sahakyan meets with American-Armenian philanthropists
19. Bako Sahakyan visits the city of Montebello
20. Armenia – winner of the Junior “Eurovision 2010” song contest
21. “Armenian cross-stone art. Symbolism and Craftsmanship of Khachkars” included in intangible cultural heritage list
22. Armenian Culture Ministry consistent in making Armenian culture renowned both abroad and in RA provinces
23. ‘Star Boy’ book on Artsakh war published
24. Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II receives French ambassador
25. ‘Beeline’ national entrepreneurial camp in Tsakhkadzor
26. “Austrian” Gyumri children’s hospital and “Gyumri-Maternity Ward” replenished with equipments of neonatal care
27. An incident in NKR army resulting in deaths

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Armenia News Bulletin 11-19-10

IN THIS ISSUE

1. Massis Mailyan says Armenia and Azerbaijan not to adopt a breakthrough document connected with Artsakh issue within the framework of the OSCE Summit
2. Edward Nalbandyan: New negotiations with Turkey on normalization of relations have not been held and are not being held
3. RA President’s visit to Russian Federation over
4. NKR participates in international tourism exhibition with separate pavilion
5. Armenian government intends to register 20-25% growth in the tourism sphere
6. Number of tourists growing in Artsakh
7. 600 Armenian websites participate in “Armnet Awards” web contest
8. U.S. Documents Reveal Pres. Bush’s Duplicity on the Armenian Genocide By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier
9. NKR President rates high the role of compatriots in Russia in developing Karabakh
10. Turkish Foreign Ministry should remove lies from its website and issue apology By Harut Sassounian
11. 10-15 thousand Armenians live in Hungary
12. The NKR President’s meetings in the USA
13. Armenian Assembly of America joins “STAND”
14. Tigran Kocharyan: ‘The festival of Azerbaijani films was condemned to failure’
15. NKR President assigns to organize cultural events in liberated territories of Artsakh more frequently
16. Intellectual festival in Artsakh
17. Exhibition dedicated to International Students’ Day in Artsakh
18. Ruben Gevorgyants says Armenian cinema to surprise us
19. This year Vahan Tekeyan annual award to have 9 nominations
20. NKR Cultural and Youth Affairs Minister meets with heads of Artsakh’s youth organizations
21. British EMI made donation for restoration of Gyumri Musical School
22. Events on 390th Anniversary of Construction of ‘Surb Astvatsatsin’ Church of Silistra Kick off
23. Mother See condemns the statement of Georgian Deputy Minister
24. RA President Serzh Sargsyan partakes in annual gala night of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
25. Armenian PM partakes at the opening of new building of YSUAC
26. International Day of Students celebrated at YSU
27. Computer training classes for teachers and pupils of Stepanakert
28. Armenian secondary schools not to have graduates in 2011
29. Levon Aronyan is the 3rd

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Armenia News Bulletin 11-16-10

IN THIS ISSUE

1. Arthur Baghdasaryan: ‘Armenia expects a more constructive approach from Turkey’
2. President Serzh Sargsyan makes a working visit to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
3. President Serzh Sargsyan will conduct a working visit to Moscow
4. Hovik Abrahamyan says war menace of Azerbaijani authorities formal
5. Daniel Rosenblum: We will do our best to improve business environment in the USA and Armenia
6. Bako Sahakyan met President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
7. US-Armenia Joint Economic Taskforce
8. Culture Center of Shushi being reconstructed
9. Vahan Dilanyan: Armenia’s political field needs new approaches and fresh ideas
10. 120-140 state-funded books published annually
11. Exhibition “We will Preserve the History for you” in Stepanakert
12. An exhibition entitled “Body: Modern Image Art in Armenia” opens
13. ‘I Go to School: 10 Years Later’ Documentary Shown
14. Festival of Christian film opens in Saint Petersburg
15. Education and career expo 2010 in Yerevan
16. Number of unemployed people decreased in Artsakh
17. Conference on Armenian-Turkish relations held in Yerevan
18. Levon Aronyan winner of Mikhail Tal memorial international tournament

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Zaroukian School Featured On Nor Hai Horizon TV

A couple of weeks ago, the AGBU Zaroukian School was featured on the Nor Hai [New Armenian] Horizon TV program. The following is the two-part video report.

Eduardo Eurnekian Tribute Video Now Online

The following was the Eduardo Eurnekian tribute video (09:22) presented during the AGBU’s 86th General Assembly gala on Friday, October 15 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In addition to many of Eurnekian’s many professional accomplishments, the video outlines the great philanthropic and business ventures the Argentinean-Armenian businessman has established in Armenia.

Generation Next’s Glendale Move Attracts Attention

The Glendale News-Press reports that the AGBU Generation Next Mentorship Program’s move to Glendale already been a success:

Just weeks after opening, the mentoring and after-school program Generation Next is already attracting dozens of local teenagers to its new Glendale site, Director Ara Arzumanian said.

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“They are facing all the big-city issues,” Arzumanian said. “People still look at Glendale as a little town, but we are really a big city at this point. There is drugs, there is violence, there is promiscuity.”

In addition, some behaviors once regarded as teenage mischief are now treated as crimes, including skipping class, smoking cigarettes and getting into fights. All are reprehensible, Arzumanian said, and can snowball into a criminal record.

Generation Next now supervises 107 mentor relationships, Arzumanian said, and there is a waiting list 95 children deep.

Read the whole article here.

Shant TV Reports on 86th General Assembly

You can also view the TV segment on YouTube here.

Armenia News Bulletin 11-09-10

IN THIS ISSUE

1. Time for the Artsakh Chamber Orchestra to leave for tour concerts
2. French ambassador hands credentials
3. Galust Sahakyan: Authorities are unified today
4. Galust Sahakyan: ‘For the regulation of the NK issue, it is necessary to involve Artsakh as a negotiating party’
5. Ambassador Arshak Poladyan’s meetings in Aleppo
6. Orinats Yerkir party to participate in NA elections separately
7. Gagik Harutyunyan says the Azerbaijanis lost their trust toward own country
8. Hovhannes Sahakyan: The opposition is mainly engaged in criticizing the leadership
9. Withdrawing Armenia from the list of dangerous enemies of Turkey is exceptionally a PR action
10. Davit Jamalyan: ‘Turkey’s propaganda campaigns cannot mislead our military-political authorities’
11. Lernik Alexanyan: ‘Strong opposition requires strong administration, and vice versa’
12. Bako Sahakyan noted the importance of the Kashatagh region
13. Tigran Sargsyan: The funding of infrastructures is one of priorities of Armenia
14. Number of Tourists Increases in Armenia
15. European Union to discuss ongoing and future investment projects in Armenia
16. Apology for vilifying one nan, yet no apology for killing 1.5 million By Harut Sassounian
17. Children’s paintings to be donated to Chess Academy
18. The restored works of Minas to be moved to the Government building
19. Catholicos of All-Armenians receives Governor of Atrpatakan
20. “Religious Challenges of the 21st Century and Armenia” conference kicks off
21. Contest for studying at Czech higher educational establishments
22. Second forum of teachers using innovative methods launches
23. Tatul Hakobyan and Abraham Manukyan dismissed from offices of deputy health ministers
24. One billion 332 million AMD loan provided as part of “Available Apartment for Young Family” program
25. The main issues the young people of Armenia are facing are the education and unemployment

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AGBU Melbourne’s “Nor Tsayn” October 2010 Newsletter

Click here to download the PDF (3.51MB) of the October 2010 edition of AGBU Melbourne’s Nor Tsayn Newsletter.

Cairo Celebrates its 100th Anniversary

Seven AGBU Cairo board members received commemorative plaques for their service to AGBU Cairo, they were Berdj Terzian, Onnig Garibian, Chris Mikaelian, Missak Tchetchenian, Mardiros Balayan, Onnig Belekdanian and Norayr Deuvletian. (image via agbuegypt.com)

Via AGBUEgypt.com:

AGBU Cairo celebrated its 100th anniversary of existence on Sunday 31st October at the Belekdanian Hall in Heliopolis with some special proceedings marking this important Centennial Jubilee of our Chapter. The celebration was held under the auspices of His Grace Bishop Ashot Mnatsaganian, Primate of the Armenian Apostolic church of Egypt and His Grace Bishop Monsignor Krikor Augostinos Coussan, Primate of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate, with the presence of our communities’ highest dignitaries and representatives of different cultural, sports and philanthropic organizations.

Also:

The celebration was also the occasion to grant AGBU’s Garbis Papazian Award to Dr. Mohamed Refaat El Imam through the hands of the award committee representative, Mr. Razmig Tahmazian who had come especially from Austria for these proceedings.

Since January 1998, Dr. El Imam has served as editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language supplement of Arev, which is an Egyptian-Armenian publication.

For more information on Cairo’s centennial event, visit AGBUEgypt.com.