The Alia and Resonance newspapers have responded to detained photo reporter Giorgi Abdaladze’s appeal.

The newspapers made a black inscription on photos of officials in the newspaper. The inscription says ‘here should have been photos, though the photo reporters are detained’.

The Alia Holding released an address of detained Giorgi Abdaladze to media outlets and journalists yesterday: “First of all I want to thank you for the support the media outlets and journalists. I learn about it with the help of lawyers and radio and it gives me strength. I reiterate that I will not surrender to this unlawfulness. I address all photo reporters and all the editions in Georgia and abroad, who believe in our innocence. Put a black cube on the faces of the high rank officials proclaiming “Here must be a photo but photo reporters are detained”. 

Source: Interpressnews.ge

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Every morning a group of youth from Diaspora gather near the statue of Shahumyan, and begins their journey to sightseeing and historic sites of their Homeland. The youth have already been in Sardarapat, Echmiadzin, Oshakan,  visited the temple of Zvartnots. This time they’ll go to the Museum of Ancient Manuscripts, that is Matenadaran.

20-year–old Mkrtich Baghdasaryan is one of them. Mkrtich came to Armenia with his sister Ani. Despite the first time in Armenia, he speaks Armenian fluently.

 “I wanted to see my homeland very much, to see my country and the places I saw in photos.I learned Armenian in my family- my mother, father, grandma speaks Armenian.There are 12 participents from Romania, but only me and my sister knows Armenian language,” says Mkrtich.

He is one of the hundreds of youth from Diaspora, who this year  participates in the  program “Come Home”  organized by the Ministry of Diaspora in Armenia .

Read More »“Come Home”: Diaspora Youth Discovers Armenia

The first thoughts of flashmob occured in a tea-house last year, when 3 friends Armen, Eduard and Vaghinak, after long discussions, decided to implement the plan. 

”Flashmob culture is a type of PR technology. That culture is rather rootted in West and we initiated something like that in Yerevan. The first flashmob was dedicated to the 95th unniversary of the Armenian Genocide” says 22-year-old economist Armen Suqiasyan.

On the exact planned time  from differnt sides of Abovyan street there gathered groups of youth in Aznavour Square and standing in rows lifted up the papers of their hands.It shaped the 95 simbolizing the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. 

Flashmob is a planned chain of actions during which a group of people suddenly appear in a public place, carry out an illogical action and then dissapear as quickly as they appeared. 

The psychological side of flashmob is that the participants create an illogical situation but act as if everything is all right. In spite of the strange atmosphere the participiants should be serious.

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The Alia newspaper of July 9 published a letter by Giorgi Abdaladze indicted for espionage in favor of Russia. The author of the letter says to sacrifice himself “to reveal the truth.”

Giorgi Abdaladze’s “urgent statement”, citing the Alia, has been published in a handwritten form.

Giorgi Abdaladze, who has been cooperating with the Alia in addition to working for the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a photographer requests all of the journalists “being concerned about revealing the truth in regard to this unfair case conducted by the authorities against media,” to prevent another illegality like in the cases of Imedi, Ninth Wave, Iberia and many more.”

“I am going to sacrifice myself to reveal the truth since I hope for you all. The only thing we can do, jointly, is to deny them a right to carry out new “Enveri” scenarios. Today the Alia is being fought, who is going to be the one tomorrow….” reads the letter by Giorgi Abdaladze writing from the temporary detention isolator.

Giorgi Abdaladze, the Alia reports, has been on hunger strike in protest.

Read More »The Alia Newspaper Publishes Letter by Giorgi Abdaladze

It is already the third week that continues the signature against the activities of religious sects, which is initiated by Armenia’s youth foundation in collaboration with student councils of universities  and youth organizations.

The occasion for such signatures became the dispute between Jehovah’s Witnesses  and south-western district pastor of Holy Trinity ChurchTer Esayi priest Artenyan on May 15, which immediately stirred active public discussion.

 Through the  signature  the youth wanted to show that they are with Apostolic Church: a few days before the signature they sent  an open letter addressed to the President of Armenia Serge Sargsyan.

 “It is not we, that started the signature, neither the Church organize it,” noted Ter Esayi priest Artenyan: “This is personal initiative of our faithful people , and signatures are based on our request and demand to the National Assembly and  relevant authorities of Republic of  Armenian to give clear definition of what is proselytizing,” says Ter Esayi.

Read More »Against proselytizing: Ter Esayi priest explains the demand of youth

The American authors Roland Marches, a professor of Minnesota University, and Marlene Bru, a Michigan University professor, lately presented their book titled ”Splendor and Pegeantry: Textile Treasures from the Armenian Orthodox Churches of Istambul” in the National Academy of Sciences.

The book is dedicated to the art of the Armenian embroidery.

”As soon as being informed about the publication of the book in Istambul we invited the authors to Armenia to present it,” says Gagik Sargsyan ”The Future is Yours” NGO vice-president co-founder.

Studying the Armenian churches and the specimens of embroidery art the authors found inscriptions which tell about the Armenian cultural values and their role in Polis in 19 century. The book is in English, it was published with 1000 copies and was sponsored by the Turkish Citlembik Publications.

”The book pretends to be a part of the educational program in the Armenian school of California, ” says professor Bru.

Professor Marches is going to study the very art in the churches of Ejmiadzin.

The authors were received by His Holiness KareKin II, Catholicos of all Armenians in Ejmiadzin.

Source: Jnews.am

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Samvel Martirosyan, information security expert and a well-known blogger Kornelii Glas, with the help of google map created a map of free Wi Fi internet in Yerevan, particularly public places and cafes of the center.

“After activating the map I turned to my blog and social network friends to guide me about run-outs. At present I have added 40 points and still contiue adding new ones,” Samvel told JNews. 

The blogger mentions the fact that there are many Wi Fi points in the city but mainly they are private networks, which subscribers either forgot or are ignorant to put a password  for that not to become a public staff. ”It would not be correct to state those points in the map as that way we would violate the area of private property. In the map only the points for pulic use are stateds,” he mentiones. 

Only the creator has the right to add new points on the map. 

Samvel confesses the restriction aims to avoid cyber-vandalism and to make the map a reliable information source. ”If there are any new points let everyone post them in my blog or social network page and they will be added in the map” Samvel says. 

Read More »Free Wi Fi Internet Map of Yerevan

Georgian news agencies have reported on the detention of President’s personal photo correspondent Irakli Gedenidze and his spouse. Photographer Gia Abdaladze of the press MFA center, Zurab Kurtsikidze of EPA agency and photo correspondent Shakh Aivazov of Associated Press have been detained too.

InterPressNews has cited Gia Abdaladze’s spouse Nestan Neidze alleging that his husband had been accused of spying (Article 314 of Criminal Code of Georgia).

According to the Ministry, the detained are accused of providing different types of information, harming the interests of Georgia to an organization operating under patronage of an intelligence service of one of foreign countries.

Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched the investigation.

Tbilisi-based photo correspondent Shakh Aivazov of Associated Press has been released soon, Shakh Aivazov’s spouse Samaya told Media.ge.

“He is now going back to work,” she said reporting to Media.ge.

Source: Media.ge

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The movement of BookCrossing starts to activate in Armenia due to efforts of 21-year-old Arman Ghazaryan and Inessa Sagheyan. On Sunday the first BookCrossing took place in Armenia at Cascade Park, during which the participants exchanged books they brought with them.

This kind of reading movement has a history of ten years. In July 2007 Singapore became the first official BookCrossing country in the world. According to the rule of BookCrossing the book studied must be left in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then should do the same. As a result of this movement, according to the ancestor of BookCrossing, specialist of the Internet technology Ron Hornbaker, the world will turn into a huge library.

 “We want to activate BookCrossing in Armenia. It starts in little cities and turns into a global movement,” says Arman.

16-year-old Syune Sargsyan is one of the participants in Yerevan. She brought “Goncharov” and exchanged it with “Federico Fellini”.

Read More »BookCrossing: Yerevan Joined to BookCrossing Public Movement

From now onwards the lovers of extreme sports have the opportunity to try a new developing sports in Armenia called Planking.

During Planking one should lie in horizontal position on an extraordinary places and maintain the state for a few time.

The extreme sport,originating from Britain was formed in Armenia lately and we already have  Armenian Planking Federation.

According to Varazdat Ghazaryan, the initiator-founder of the federation, planking gives an opportunity to make life more colourful and joyful. “Our life is so dull and dark: with this initiation we try to make our life more interesting. Our goal is to teach people to smile,” says Ghazaryan.

People at any age can join the federation.One should have photo lying in horizontal position on a strange place and send the photo to the federation or post it in the wall of the Facebook page of the federation. The  oldest member of the group is 50-year-old Narine Mouradyan.

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The federation faces positive and negative commentations, though the group is not against healthy critisizm.

For instance, Ani Gabrielyan, 20-year-old student has a negative approach to the sport and thinks it is illogical and may risk one’s life. In Australia a 20-year-old youth died in an unsuccessful try of planking in balcony.

Read More »Plank Yourself but Watch It: Planking Reinforces its Horizontal Positions In Armenia