According to surveys, many young people in Karabakh do not marry because they have no house to live in. Deputy Gegham Baghdasaryan proposed to double the sum of 200 million AMD allotted foe hypothec credits. He stressed that many people leave Karabah because they lost hope to receive a flat. {BR} The deputy «found» the extra 200 millions in the program of capital construction. It cleared out that...

After the disastrous earthquake of 1988 17 families from Gyumri have not returned to their homeland and continue to live in the hotel “Erebuni”. «I have no money to visit the graves of my relatives», told Svetlana Araqelyan, handicapped of the second group. {BR} Today the part of the hotel in which they live has been sold, and the situation of the people is hopeless. For the last 17 years even...

At 11:41 17 years ago the whole Armenia mourned. The December 7 earthquake in 1988 turned 40% of the territory of Armenia into the «disaster zone». The fortitude of the earthquake in the epicenter which included the city of Spitak and its 12 villages was 10 degrees. 21 towns and 342 villages suffered from the earthquake. 514 thousand people were left shelterless. According to the official information...

An underground organization the branch of which took part in the “orange” revolution in Ukraine is functioning in Armenia at present. It is remarkable that the organization is a religious or to be more precise a sectarian one.{BR} According to the Director of the center for rehabilitation and assistance Alexander Amaryan the organization was founded in Nigeria and belongs to charismats. In Ukraine...

Today the advocates of prisoner Razmik Sargsyan and a number of NGOs rendered a press conference to speak about his health. The reason of the meeting was the announcements of the Justice Ministry that no pressure is exercised upon Razmik Sargsyan. “Irrespective of whether he is guilty or innocent, the problem is that he needs medical aid, but instead of that he is taken to the court and back to the...

“How true are the returns of the constitutional referendum?” According to the results of the internet poll, the majority of its participants do not believe that the draft amendments received 94% “Yes” of the electors. {BR} 709 readers participated in the internet poll. According to the 82.2 % the results of the November 27 Referendum are completely fabricated. 9.2% were undecided, and 8.6% found the results true. This week the poll question...

The illegal constructions can no more be legalized. Head of the judicial administration of the Yerevan municipality Artyom Sargsyan informed us about it today. {BR} According to him, some amendments have been introduced into the Civic and Administrative Code according to which any illegal construction is the property of the state or the community. The municipality calls on all the residents not...

Numerous Armenian businessmen who left for abroad on official duty are not able to return to Armenia. The same goes on with those who must leave Armenia: they are kept hostage in the airport. The reason is the weather or, to be more exact, the fog because of which the international airport «Armenia» has not been operating for the last few days. The flights are realized only in the Gyumri airport....

«The strategic relations between Armenia and Russia must not be contradicted to economic expediency», the RF Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov advised the journalists who were interested in the raise of the costs of gas. {BR} He noted that the issue must be looked upon not in the context of Armenian-Russian strategic cooperation but from the point of view of the situation in the international market....

The announcement of several NGOs about the situation of Razmik Sargsyan was answered by the NGOs themselves. It turn out that the head of the Helsinki Civic Association Vanadzor office Arthur Sakounts was not aware of the announcement and that his name was the first among those who signed the announcement. {BR} Today Arthur Sakounts went to the isolation cell together with the head of the Helsinki...

Today the Kentron and Norq-Marash Court of the first Instance heard the case of Vahe Grigoryan, advocate of 4 families of Buzand Street. Let us remind you that Vahe Grigoryan is accused of crimes not connected with the Buzand affair. According to the supporters of Grigoryan, the accusations do not correspond to reality. {BR} The residents of the North venue and the Buzand street, as well as representatives...

Gagik Sargsyan who had gone on hunger strike opposite the UN building has ceased the strike because of health problems on November 27. «I saw it was all in vain. Now I realize there is no justice in our country. But I will leave this country all the same, and I will continue to apply to Embassies requesting refuge», Gagik Sargsyan says. {BR} The hunger strike which lasted more than 10 days has had...

Today several advocatory organizations made an announcement about the conditions in which 114-day hunger striker Razmik Sargsyan is kept in the isolation cell. {BR} According to the organizations, Razmik Sargsyan is kept in completely different conditions in the isolator. After he fell in a faint yesterday in the court room, the doctor ordered to take him to hospital. Instead, he was taken to an isolation...

According to the All-Armenian Fund «Armenia» Karabakh must not lack behind Armenia when it comes to economic development. «It can result in demographic problems», the head of the Fund Naira Melkoumyan says. Today she rendered a press conference where she gave a report about the results of the latest Telethon. {BR} The marathon organized by the Fund aimed at granting financial aid to the Martakert region of Artsakh within the framework of the...

The presentation of the book about Nagorno Karabakh by advocate Sevak Torosyan took place in the French Parliament. The RA Ambassador to France Edward Nalbandyan, President of the deputy friendship group France-Armenia François Rochbloine, as well as politicians were present at the ceremony. {BR Ambassador Nalbandyan found the publication of the book extremely important mentioning that it represents...

Today the Eurasia Foundation invited its colleagues and Mass Media representatives to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its activity in Armenia. The foreign heads of the American organization were also present at the celebration. {BR} The executive assistant of the head of the Foundation Horton BB-Center said that during the 10-year activity in our country they have managed to crack the press monopoly....

«Protection of liberated territories» public initiative announced with deep regret of the death of one of its founders, honorary national and state figure, security general Edvard Simonyants. {BR}

The World AIDS Day is the international day of action on HIV and AIDS which takes place every year on 1 December.{BR} HIV is one of the biggest social, economic and health challenges in the world. It is a global emergency claiming over 8,000 lives every day. In fact 5 people die of AIDS every minute. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This is the virus known to cause AIDS (Acquired Immune...

The Company “Gasprom” gave a “New Year Surprise” to the Armenian gas consumers. Since January 1 2006 a quarter meter of gas will cost 110 USD instead of 56 USD. Neither the “ArmRusgasard” nor the Ministry of Energy has received an official note. {BR} Of course the raise of the costs of gas is no discrimination for Armenia as the same costs will be offered to Georgia. Ukraine and Moldova will pay 150USD, and the Baltic countries will pay...

The Republican Center for AIDS prevention has been allotted a new building. The reconstructed building has laboratories armed with all the modern equipment. The Republican Center for AIDS prevention was created in 1989. {BR} The program has been realized by the assistance of the RA Government, the Global Fund combating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and the UN Development Program. The opening ceremony...

Today the case of Razmik Sargsyan (who has announced a 111-day hunger-strike), Arayik Zalyan and Musa Serobyan was heard in the Criminal and Military Court of Appeal by Judge Mher Armaghanyan. The boys are accused of the murder of Movses Mkrtoumyan and Roman Eghiazaryan. By the decision of the Court of First Instance they have been sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. {BR} The court room was full...

The CoE Armenian Informational Center has published a new English-Armenian dictionary for those who are interested in the CoE documents and includes about 25 thousand terms and expressions referring to the Council of Europe. {BR} The works of writing the dictionary started 2 years ago. The documents of the CoE, as well as those of the European Court of Human Rights have been used, as well as the English...

Tomorrow is the first day of winter, but still the breath of winter is not felt at all. According to the meteorologists, there will be no snow for the coming 5 days. {BR} There will be no precipitations in the territory of Armenia for the coming days. At nights the temperature will fall for 2-3 degrees.

The Georgian Law on “Secondary Education” has already entered into vigor. It will change the educational system both in the whole of Georgia and in Javakhq. {BR} According to the new law the salary of the teachers will be decided not only according to their specialization and work seniority but also according to the number of pupils and the region in which they work. According to the calculations, the average salary of teachers in the Javakhq...