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29 Dec 2005
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 28. ARMINFO. "Viva Cell" company covers the most of the territory of Armenia, reported Ralph Yirikian, the director general of "Viva Cell".
He said that at present the citizens of Tavush region have become customers of "Viva Cell". Mr. Yirikian emphasized the importance of cell communications development and said that it would promote development of tourism in Armenia. Besides installing newest technologies and extending the roaming, "Viva Cell" also implements a number of social programs. Together with "First for the Children" beneficiary organization "Viva Cell" will grant $50 thousand for the reconstruction of N.11 kindergarten in Dilijan town.
In turn, the head of "First for the Children" organization Ms. Nani Oskanian noted that the aforementioned kindergarten has become a perspective educational center for the children of Armenia and diaspora.
29 Dec 2005
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS: The British embassy in Yerevan has said today that Tony Cantor, a British diplomat who will succeed the outgoing ambassador, Thorda Abbott-Watt, will arrive in Armenia in mid-January.
Miss Abbott-Watt has been the British Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia since January 2003. She will return to the United Kingdom to take up another Diplomatic Service appointment.
26 Dec 2005
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Yerevan, December 26, Armenpress: Yerevan mayor Yervand Zakharian told a final news conference this year that around $10 million of a $60 million assistance pledged by the US-based Lincy Foundation will be used for construction of a new highway in Yerevan which he said will take the brunt of heavy traffic off the central streets.
The new highway will stretch from downtown Yerevan to Davidashen district. The mayor said the construction will kick off early next year and is supposed to be over in 24 months. He said the construction of the new road was suggested by president Kocharian. Overall some $20 million of the aid from the Lincy Foundation, run by the Armenian-American billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, will be utilized for repair of Yerevan streets.
The mayor reiterated that another measure to solve commuter problems is bringing in more buses. He said next year the municipality will bring around 150 buses.
26 Dec 2005
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Krasnodar, December 26, Noyan Tapan - Armenians Today. Three Armenians became Sambo Wrestling Championship winners of the Southern Federal Okrug (region) of Russia which took place in the city of Armavir, Krasnodar region. According to the "Yerkramas" (Country) newspaper of Armenians of Russia, our compatriots took the whole pedestal of honour in one of weight categories.
Results of the sportsmen of the Armenian nationality are the following: Mher Poghosian, Artem Margarian and Artur Sahakian (all the three from Armavir) took the first, second and third places correspondingly in the weight category of 52 kg, Armen Bidzhasian from Adigei took the first place in the weight category of 57 kg, David Balayan from Anapa took the third place in the weight category of 82 kg, Eduard Kurginian from Armavir took the second place in the weight category of 90 kg, and Samvel Sarkisov from Armavir took the first place in the weight category of 100 kg.
21 Dec 2005
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Yerevan, December 21. /Arka/. A world e-content Summit and Eurasian electronic contest winner award will be held in Armenia in 2006, Executive Director of the "Information Technologies Foundation" Garegin Chukaszyan told a press conference. According to him, a relevant memorandum was signed at the World summit of the international community in Tunisia. He pointed out that this event is the most outstanding one in the post-Tunis period.
According to Chukaszyan, among the participants will be IT experts from all over the world, representatives of well-known corporations and public sector. "The summit participants are expected to discuss international progress in the IT sphere and the information community, as well as business models of IT development," he said. The world's largest IT developers will take part in the Summit, and an exhibition of the best IT works will be held.
An Armenian delegation led by Premier Andranik Margaryan was in Tunisia at the World Information Community Summit on November 16-18. Participating in the summit were officials from 170 countries. The Armenian multimedia CD "Aram Khachaturian: life and activity" was recognized as the world best cultural CD/DVD-ROM in 2005. Another multimedia CD "Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923" became one of the ten best education projects and was awarded a special diploma.
20 Dec 2005
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Yerevan, December 20, Armenpress: The Armenian embassy in Canada and the Armenian Organization of Ottawa organized on December 18 the screening of a film called The Long Road to Home at Canada's foreign ministry's premises.
The film is a 60-minute narration of the prominent Canadian Armenian singer Isabel Bayrakdarian's visit to Armenia. The film was produced by Stormy Nights Production Canadian firm. The screening was attended by Canadian lawmakers, foreign ministry officials, diplomats and members of the Armenian community.
19 Dec 2005
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Khanty Mansiysk, December 19. Former world junior champion Levon Aronian of Armenia comprehensively defeated former world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine 2-0 in the tie-break games of the final to annex the World Chess Cup.
Winning both the games under rapid time control, Aronian stamped his authority on the event and remained the only contestant in this long seven-round grind to remain undefeated.
17 Dec 2005
AZG Armenian Daily #231, 17/12/2005
The children from various Yerevan schools and orphanages had the opportunity to watch the performances of the British "Chipolatas" troupe at the Yerevan state Puppet Theatre. This troup consisting of three young actors was formed in 1992 in Great Britain. The performances combine elements of the circus, musical and dancing styles. The actors stated that their plays are interesting for not only adults but for children, too. They represent folk tales and contemporary stories in their performances.
"Everyone enjoys his time here, both the spectators and we, the actors," said one of the British actors during the press conference. They said they are playing everywhere, in the theatres of cities and even in the streets.
The actors are friends from childhood. They compose plays together.
The troupe has performed plays in 35 countries of the world. It is in Armenia by the invitation of the British Council.
By Tamar Minasian
15 Dec 2005
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15. ARMINFO. The discounts for internal and international transportation allowed by Aeroflot for the current year will not apply to Armenia, Representative of Aeroflot in Yerevan Gamarnik Ghaghramanyan told ARMINFO.
He said such action is unnecessary in Armenia as Yerevan-Moscow-Yerevan flights are carried out by fully occupied planes. The decision of the Russian air carrier is to some extent connected also with the fines imposed on Aeroflot for unfair competition this year by the Armenian Commission for Protection of Economic Competition.
The specialists of the Commission fixed that Aeroflot had violated the country's legislation when campaigning for halving of ticket prices. The company was accused of not announcing the number of the tickets sold from stock, which created agiotage among the population. Today Yerevan-Moscow- Yerevan ticket costs $300, while from stock it would cost $129.
It is noteworthy that of all the seven members of the Commission, four voted for the decision to fine Aeroflot, the rest three voted against it concerned about possible stoppage of discounts by the Russian company.
15 Dec 2005
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DotEurovision, December 15, The Republic of Armenia hopes to make its debut at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.
Yesterday during the annual Armenian Music Awards, it was announced that the country has applied to be included in the 51st contest.
Earlier this month, Diana Mnatsakanyan, the Head of International Relations at the Public TV Company of Armenia confirmed that the broadcaster was interested in taking part next year. Today she commented, "We do have plans to participate, but it is not yet confirmed by EBU."
Bjørn Erichsen, the Director of the EBU Television Department has previously voiced his support for their bid, saying, "We learned how important the Eurovision Song Contest was for Armenian TV. Besides the five hours of highly professional TV entertainment, this programme has a strong symbolic importance. To take part is to be a real and respected member of the live European TV family. And that is important in Armenia."
The EBU has not published a provisional list of participants this year, preferring to keep the line up under wraps until after 23 December, when the deadline passes for broadcasters to withdraw without facing any financial penalty. Broadcasters will learn tomorrow about how much it will cost to take part in 2006 when the EBU notifies provisional participation fees
14 Dec 2005
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Yerevan, December 14, Noyan Tapan. The solemn opening ceremony of the skating-rink of "Swan Lake" of Yerevan took place on December 14 with participation of RA President Robert Kocharian. The skating-rink with surface of 1033 square meters will operate during the months of November-March and will be free. 100 people may be on the skating-rink at the same time.
According to Frunze Basentsian, the Chief of the Improvement, Construction and Communal Economy Department of the Yerevan Mayor's Office, the construction of the skating-rink which lasted for 7 months was implemented by the "Sahakianshin" and Moscow "Efkarest" companies. The sum of 450 mln drams (about 1 mln US dollars) envisaged by the pre-accounting was spent on the construction works.
13 Dec 2005
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Yerevan, December 13, Armenpress: Nine Armenian families-24 people- have returned from Switzerland since 2004 after Armenia and this country signed a readmission agreement. Seven of these families have returned this year and according to Armenian officials, another 50 families are in queue.
Haykush Yenokian, who coordinates a program for assisting these Armenians said a special re-integration program was developed for them. Under the program they are provided with various assistance, jobs, education for children and those who want to start a business are given a $4,000 loan.
Armenia signed also readmission agreements with Denmark and Lithuania. In a related development the French-Armenian Development Program opened an office in Paris on November 15 to help 50 Armenian families living in France without official permission repatriate. Armen Ayvazian, who runs the program, said 5-6 Armenians have already asked the office to help them go back.
10 Dec 2005
An exclusive boutique of Armenian hand-made souvenirs and clothes was inaugurated this week in Yerevan’s center. American –Armenian designer Nina Hovnanian-Alexanian, believes that the expressive name of her boutique “Treasures of Armenia� best of all reflects her idea of marketing Armenian products.
“This is not just a souvenir shop,� she says. “Armenia does not have rich natural resources but it has other treasures- its people, its culture. What we are trying to do is promoting Armenian products, to create the notion of a luxurious brand, to discover talented designers and to develop the concept of Armenian quality production. Whatever is introduced here has a mission to present Armenia in the best way.�
The work of more than 50 Armenian artists and designers are represented in paintings, on women’s suits, embroidered with Armenian ornaments, sculptures and other things. And these are not items for the vernisage shopper: Small holiday ornaments cost about $15, while other pieces range from $100-300, and the most expensive reaches $3,000 for a set of gilded cups and knives.
Hovnanian-Alexanian says that she does not like the idea that exclusive items should be cheap in Armenia, just because it is a developing country.
“Armenia has great stuff, a great potential. I don’t want anybody to think that they have to pay less because it is a developing nation. If a tourist can pay $1,000 for a pair of shoes outside of Armenia I want them to pay $1000 for a pair of shoes in Armenia.�
Her personal works, bags with replicas of Armenian prominent painter Martiros Sarian are also on sale in the store, which has a studio next door.
“Our doors are opened for all artists who have talent but do not have a space to exhibit their handicrafts. We accept everything- with the only condition that it should be unique, Armenian and really exclusive,� the owner says.
Hovnanian-Alexanian started to work in Armenia as a designer in 1995. In 2001 she founded the Information Center, a guide office for tourists.
She said that after being involved in tourism development for 5 years she realized that Armenia is a great but still undiscovered country which does not have a very distinguishable image and has few chances to represent its culture abroad.
In 2004 Hovnanian-Alexanian founded “Treasures of Armenia: Designers Guild and Armenian Crafts Emporium�. However she succeeded to open a store only now. She says that the reason is that the renovation of the building took a lot of time and efforts, because it was old.
The store is located upstairs Abovian 1, next door of Sil Plaza, Armenia’s first up-scale shopping mall. The building was built in 1914 and a number of prominent Armenians lived there, such as prominent doctor Aram Ter-Avetikian, and writer Hovaness Toumanyan.
During Soviet times the building was nationalized and was turned into an apartment building. The designer acquired the building from four families, who were living there in 1999. She first was planning to turn it into an apartment and studio, but then had the idea of creating the boutique and studio.
The shop, too, is a metaphor of sorts for the changing neighborhood. On the street below, pensioners sell trinkets and seeds for pennies, while above them are luxury items unreachable in every way. (Perhaps in unplanned irony, the shop has decorative archways that were salvaged from demolition sites of the Buzand street area, where disadvantaged residents complain about being made homeless by rich entrepreneurs.)
“I love Armenia,� says Hovnanian-Alexanian. “ I still feel a little confused about running a business in this country. I heard some horrible stories of people who came from abroad and failed at business here for some unclear reason. But I am hoping that everything will be getting better.�
The designer/businesswoman is also planning to open similar Treasures of Armenia stores abroad, or to place a section in the exclusive stores of the USA and Europe.
09 Dec 2005
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 07. ARMINFO. "Call of Nostalgie" concert of singer-potes will take place at Aram Khachatrian Concert Hall on December 9. The concert is dedicated to 400th anniversary of the Iranian Armenians' culture (1604-2004). In 1604, 30 thousand Armenians moved to Ispahan from Jugha and established the large community of Nor Jugha. They built here Armenian churches, many cultural and educational centres.
Masis Baghdasarian, head of the American Armenian Cultural Foundation, said that such concerts have already taken place twice in Los Angeles. He said that 24 pieces by 14 singer-poets will be performed at the concert. The fund also issued 8 CDs of the singer poets' music. Baghdasarian said that they are going to hold the presentation of "Call of Nostalgie-9" CD on the very day of the concert. He added that their organization is going to carry out various cultural events in Armenia, Iran and USA in 2010.
09 Dec 2005
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Yerevan, December 9, Armenpress: The UN Armenia office started today a two-day seminar to mark the International Mountain Day, celebrated on December 11. Around 50 students from various Armenian universities will deliver their reports.
Ashot Khoyetsian, dean of Geography Department of Yerevan State University, said the International Mountain Day is an opportunity to create awareness about the importance of mountains, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to build partnerships that will bring positive change to the world's mountains and highlands. It was the UN General Assembly who designated 11 December, from 2003 onwards, as 'International Mountain Day'. This decision results from the success of the UN International Year of Mountains in 2002, which increased global awareness of the importance of mountains, stimulated the establishment of national committees in 78 countries and strengthened alliances through promoting the creation of the International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions, known as the 'Mountain Partnership.
Every year, International Mountain Day is observed with a different theme relevant to sustainable mountain development. The theme chosen for International Mountain Day in 2005 is: 'Sustainable Tourism for Poverty Alleviation in Mountain Areas'. Armenia is a mountainous country with high peaks and highland plateaus of volcanic origin. Only 10% of the country lies below 1,000 m, the average level above sea is 1,800 m.
08 Dec 2005
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Yerevan, December 8, Armenpress: A museum in a small village of Jajour in the province of Shirak, where the prominent painter Minas Avetisian was born in 1920, reopened yesterday after undergoing a massive repair. The building was hit severely in the 1988 earthquake. In 2003 part of a generous donation by an Armenian-American billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, was earmarked for its repair.
Though the repair was over in 2004 it stayed empty because there were no paintings of the artist to display. Minasian's family had asked private collectors to donate some of Minas' works and several responded. Other items are copies of his works.
Minas Avetisian is one of few Armenian painters who distinctly influenced Armenian art in the 20th century. He intertwines his own artistic personality into his work, using bright colors and mixed media to pay tribute to the cultures and traditions of Armenia.
07 Dec 2005
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 07. ARMINFO. The Yerevan Office of "Austrian Airlines" is going to open new routes to the Hungarian city Pecs, to the Italian city Brindisi, to Donetsk. Odessa and Yekaterinburg, in 2006.
The first flight to Pecs will take place on March 27, 2006. The flights will take place four days a week on OS 725 planes. The flights to Brindisi are also envisaged to take place four days a week on OS 8071 planes. The first flight to Donetsk will take place on March 26, 2006, three times a week with transit landing in Vienne. The flights to Donetsk will be carried out on OS 639 plane. Besides, the flights envisaged on Monday, Thursdays and Fridays will be carried out on Boeing 737.
The aircompany suggests air tickets to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Jeneva, London, Paris, New York, Washington, Tornonto at the price of $559.
07 Dec 2005
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December 7, /PanArmenian.Net/ November 26 the solemn founding ceremony of Armenia Square took place in the Brazilian town of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, RA MFA press center reported. After unveiling the memorial board the Mayor and Town Council Chairman delivered speeches highly evaluating Armenians' contribution to the development of the town and condemned the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turkish government at the beginning of the 20th century. On behalf of the Armenian community professor Aris Kuyumjian thanked the town authorities for immortalizing the memory of Armenians. To note, Sao Jose do Rio Preto is situated in the state of San Paolo, the population of which makes 400 thousand including 350 Armenians. 05 Dec 2005
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Yerevan, December 5, Armenpress: Most of current Armenian Egyptians who are permanent residents of Egypt were born in Egypt. Armenian Egyptians are full Egyptians with an extra cultural layer. Their small community numbered around 8,000(before 1952 there were around 60,000 Armenians in Egypt) is in Cairo and Alexandria.
Clubs, schools, and sports facilities run by Armenian Egyptians, the Armenian Church and the apolitical structure of the Armenian community have a very important role in unifying Armenians in Egypt. Armenian Egyptians work in the private sector, as successful businessmen, skilled handicraftsmen (especially as jewelers). Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, Armenians fled to Egypt from the Ottoman Turkey with a range of skills in the field of business, commerce, and finance. In addition they came to Egypt mastering foreign languages. Nowadays, Armenians who master foreign languages work in offices and branches of international organizations as well as foreign embassies in Cairo.
The Armenian community operates two benevolent and one cultural associations, the Armenian Red Cross Association, the Armenian General Benevolent Union and the Houssaper Cultural Association. The community has four social clubs in Cairo and two in Alexandria, in addition to three sporting clubs in the capital and two in Alexandria. There is one home for the elderly, and many activities for young people, including a dance troupe, Zankezour, a choir, Zevartnots, and a children's choir, Dzaghgasdan. Egyptian Armenians run two daily papers and one weekly publication. Armenian Egyptians are divided into Orthodox (Gregorians) and Catholics. Catholics comprise the majority of Armenian Egyptians. There are five Armenian churches in Egypt, one in Alexandria and four in Cairo:
The Prelacy of the Armenian Church in Egypt, which is under the jurisdiction of Holy Etchmiadzin, is the primary guardian of community assets such as endowments, real estate in the form of agricultural land and other property bequeathed by generations of philanthropists. The most famous Egyptian Armenian is Boghos Nubar Pasha (1825 - 1899), Egyptian statesman, politician and the first Prime Minister of Egypt. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt three times during his career.
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