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ARMENIAN PRESS REVIEW
Tigran Avetisian
http://www.armenialiberty.org/content/article/2208789.html
02.11.2010
Writing in "Hraparak," Arman Melikian, Nagorno-Karabakh's former
foreign minister, says that the authorities in Yerevan and Stepanakert
"have come to terms" with pro-Azerbaijani resolutions discussed or
adopted by various international bodies. He says that is the result of
"the Armenian side's weak positions in the negotiating process."
"These consequences have accumulated for decades and are now
manifesting themselves," concludes Melikian.
"Zhamanak" comments on the release on bail of two Armenian army
officers charged with extortion. The paper links that development
with President Serzh Sarkisian's harsh verbal attacks on critics of
the country's armed forces. "In effect, Serzh Sarkisian is showing
that nothing will change and that he does not consider himself that
weak in order to cave in to public pressure and punish even his remote
loyalists," it says.
"Aravot" says the chairman of Armenia's National Commission on
Television and Radio (HRAH), Grigor Amalian, still makes no secret
of his "hatred" of the A1+ TV station, which is participating in
renewed tenders for broadcasting licenses. Even so, editorializes
the paper, Amalian's personal attitudes will have a zero impact on
the outcome of those tenders. "If Amalian is ordered to give all
broadcasting frequencies available in Armenia to A1+, will he not
comply?" it argues. "Or if the [opposition] HAK comes to power and
appoints, say, Ashot Sargsian, as HRAH chairman and orders him to
wipe out dissent, what will happen? A1+ will be opened, while, say,
Yerkir-Media TV will be closed." It is therefore wrong to "demonize"
Amalian and blame him for A1+'s troubles, concludes the paper.
Citing data from demographer Ruben Yeganian, "Hayots Ashkhar" reports
that between 25,000 and 30,000 people leave Armenia every year.
According to Yeganian, 10,000 of them emigrate for good. "If these
trends continue, there may arise real threats to our national security
already in the near future," comments the paper. It quotes psychologist
Karine Nalchajian as saying that the main cause of the emigration is
a socioeconomic one.
From: A. Papazian
Tigran Avetisian
http://www.armenialiberty.org/content/article/2208789.html
02.11.2010
Writing in "Hraparak," Arman Melikian, Nagorno-Karabakh's former
foreign minister, says that the authorities in Yerevan and Stepanakert
"have come to terms" with pro-Azerbaijani resolutions discussed or
adopted by various international bodies. He says that is the result of
"the Armenian side's weak positions in the negotiating process."
"These consequences have accumulated for decades and are now
manifesting themselves," concludes Melikian.
"Zhamanak" comments on the release on bail of two Armenian army
officers charged with extortion. The paper links that development
with President Serzh Sarkisian's harsh verbal attacks on critics of
the country's armed forces. "In effect, Serzh Sarkisian is showing
that nothing will change and that he does not consider himself that
weak in order to cave in to public pressure and punish even his remote
loyalists," it says.
"Aravot" says the chairman of Armenia's National Commission on
Television and Radio (HRAH), Grigor Amalian, still makes no secret
of his "hatred" of the A1+ TV station, which is participating in
renewed tenders for broadcasting licenses. Even so, editorializes
the paper, Amalian's personal attitudes will have a zero impact on
the outcome of those tenders. "If Amalian is ordered to give all
broadcasting frequencies available in Armenia to A1+, will he not
comply?" it argues. "Or if the [opposition] HAK comes to power and
appoints, say, Ashot Sargsian, as HRAH chairman and orders him to
wipe out dissent, what will happen? A1+ will be opened, while, say,
Yerkir-Media TV will be closed." It is therefore wrong to "demonize"
Amalian and blame him for A1+'s troubles, concludes the paper.
Citing data from demographer Ruben Yeganian, "Hayots Ashkhar" reports
that between 25,000 and 30,000 people leave Armenia every year.
According to Yeganian, 10,000 of them emigrate for good. "If these
trends continue, there may arise real threats to our national security
already in the near future," comments the paper. It quotes psychologist
Karine Nalchajian as saying that the main cause of the emigration is
a socioeconomic one.
From: A. Papazian