The RA Government has violated a number of articles of the Orhus Convention which our country signed in 2001. This assessment was given by the Orhus corresponding committee on April 7 of the current year while investigating the application about the appropriation of the Dalma gardens.

Today the Committee Regulating Public Relations convened a session to discuss the application of the company “Yerevan Water”. According to the application, the company offers to raise the tariffs of water to 172.8 AMD instead of 125 AMD.

The Armenian NGOs which will be involved in the program “Consolidation of Human Rights” don’t contemplate over their financing. The Armenian branch of the Open Society Institute Assistance Fund (OSIAF) and the Netherlands Embassy in Tbilisi announced about the new grant 3 – month program on the “consolidation of human rights through development of abilities of the chosen NGOs.”

The NA deputy and the member of the Armenian People’s Party Vardan Mkrtchyan called on the sufferers from the greenery to struggle and recover their rights saying that the party will shoulder them with everything possible. There were many residents present in the party office today from Kozern, Byuzand, Northern and Main Avenues and the gardens of Dalma who came to listen to specialists’ opinion...

The drawings of 15 schoolchildren from Armavir, Vayots Dzor, Tavush and Yerevan were presented in the UNO Armenian Office with the title “School is for everyone.” The results of the composition with the same title were also made public during the exhibition.

The cold and rainy weather did not hinder the strikers from launching an appeal in the yard of the Government building. The residents of Northern and Main Avenues, and Abovyan, Kokhbatsi, Saralanj and Kozern Streets and the gardeners of Dalma gathered opposite the Government today.

Human rights are violated systematically in Armenia and the defense of human rights is not perceived in itself especially by the RA highest authorities. This was the announcements of the first Ombudsman of Armenia, Larissa Alaverdyan.

On April 26 at about 11:40 AM as a result of the violation of the ceasefire regime from the Azeri side Harout V. Manoucharyan, a 19-year-old soldier of the Vayq military department was injured in the shoulder. His situation is assessed as satisfactory.

The trial of the three soldiers who are accused of the murder of Hovsep Mkrtoumyan and Roman Eghiazaryan which has been continuing in the Court of Appeal for months has been paused again, until Razmik Sargsyan will cease the hunger strike.

The residents of Akhalqalaq city of Javakhq closed the road which was to lead the equipment of the Russian 62nd military basis out. They did not allow the armored car of communication to pass and demand it to return to the basis. According to them, the car was heading for Tsalka.

The world keeps changing very quickly today and people cannot but accept it. They also have to change their profession in order to be able to find work in today's world.

The workers of the company “Ashlid” have been visiting the buildings of the capital for the last few days and persuading the subscribers to sign a contract of gas service with them. Nevertheless, this right is given to “ArmRusGasArd” only, and all those citizens who have already paid “Ashlid” and signed a contract, will have to make payment to “ArmRusGasArd” too.

“I still claim that my son’s murderers are to be sentenced to life imprisonment. The date of my son’s murder does not correspond to the date mentioned in the trial - December 24,” The successor of Hovsep Mkrtumyan started the trial with the following words in the Court of Appeal on Criminal cases while hearing the case on the murder of the NKR Martakert regiment soldiers Hovsep Mkrtumyan and Roma Eghazaryan.

Today an agreement on international automobile communication was signed between the RA and Georgian Governments in Tbilisi. The two sides are to contribute to the cooperation in the automobile sphere in the realm of the agreement.

“The boycott against Turkish goods is the matter of an Armenian’s dignity,” says the RA Consumers’ Union chairman Armen Poghosyan and appeals to the Armenian consumers, “Let us respect ourselves and buy home products.”

“The RA has always been and still remains the only country having the greatest scientific potential in the region,” states economist Tatul Manaseryan. He claimed that the greatest threat for the economic security is the “brain drain” and presented his bill on “the law on the RA science duty” to the RA NAS for further discussions.

The national discrimination manifestations do not cease in Moscow. There was another assault on an Armenian citizen after the murder of a 17 – year - old Armenian student. This time a group of adults made an assault on the Armenian Cinematography Union secretary Mikajel Dovlatyan.

The April 24 of the year 1915 became one of the most tragic days of the Armenian nation and of the humanity in general. One and a half million Armenians living in the Western Armenia fell victims to the yataghan of the Ottoman Empire, and about 800 million Armenians managed to escape taking refuge in Eastern Armenia and in different corners of Europe and the civilized world.

Tomorrow at 07:00 AM the dead body of Indian student of the Yerevan State Medical University Prashant Anchalya aka Sandy will be taken to India in a zinc coffin. Today the Indian students, as well as the authorities of the University participated in the service for the dead with candles and flowers.

“The development of the NKR army is obvious,” says Commander of the NKR Defense Army Seyran Ohanyan. Still, he accepts there is much to do. According to the Minister, the main problems are connected with the officers. The number of crimes has reduced by 2.5 for the last few years.

Over 60 young people donated their blood today. Following the motto “Our blood is life for others” more than 60 members of the Armenian Youth Union of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYU) donated marrow in the charity fund «Marrow Donors Armenian Register».

Exactly nine years ago a new news program appeared in the Armenian television titled “Ayb-Fe” (the first and the last letters of the Armenian alphabet). That meant information about everything, from A to Z.

Today at 1:30 p.m. Indian student of the Yerevan State Medical University Sandi Anchali fell down from the 6th floor. He died 5 minutes later after being taken to hospital.

“Corruption does not emerge from money, it is closely connected with distort of ideas,” the participants of the public hearings held by “Political National Initiative” NGO.