Yesterday in Italy the workers of “Interpol” arrested and then set free writer Zori Balayan, who travels with the Armenian ship “Kilikia”. Let us remind you that the writer has appeared in the lists of “Interpol” as a result of the efforts of the Azerbaijani authorities. {BR} Zori Balayan has been set free thanks to the interference of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The investigations showed that70% of the discharged prisoners commit a second offense. The reason for it is the absence of job, attitude of the society and the relatives. {BR} Law and Right public organization with the financial assistance of Hayastan Foundation are carrying out a special program for those, who leave jails. It turns out that the former prisoners have more problems when set free. To...

Today the residents of the Northern Avenue gathered at the building of the National Assembly to demand the compensation. In the words of resident of Lalayan Street Gohar Asatryan, the money allocated to them as a compensation is not enough for buying a flat. {BR} «They did not counted the square meters, did not take into account the height of the ceiling and thickness of the walls», she complained....

Today the trial of former employees of Credit Service Bank was continued in the Court of First Instance of Kentron and Nork Marash communities. Artashes Davtyan, Boris Arakelyan, Vahagn Martirosyan, Svetlana Karamyan and some others are accused of misappropriation according to Article 179.3 of the RA Criminal Code. The Article provides for 4-9 years of imprisonment. Artashes Davtyan, for instance,...

50 Ukrainian buses were put into operation in Yerevan today. Alleging commercial secret head of the transport department Tigran Ghazaryan refrained from naming the organization, which paid $26000 for the buses. {BR} However Mayor of Yerevan Yervand Zakharyan revealed the secret. Bus CJSC received the credit from the Intergovernmental bank subordinated to the city administration. The interests of...

“One must not suppose that alternative service must be easy like a game. From the very beginning we wanted it to replace the hard service of those who serve with weapon”, said NA Deputy President commenting on the latest protest of lawyers about alternative service. {BR} Let us remind you that the Law was adopted within COE framework and today 24 young people are in alternative service. Co-author...

“What necessary terms should be laid down to the parties?” This was the theme of the previous week’s poll of the internet site “A1+”. 212 people have taken part in it. 30.2% thinks there must be no terms. 28.8% thinks parties must have certain number of members. {BR} 9.8% thinks it must be the presence of branches in majority of regions, and 13.2% thinks that the parties must participate in elections. 8% of the participants found it difficult...

“The donation agreement has been signed without taking into account the fact of existence of the third party”, said Melanya Aroustamyan, advocate of the company “A.H.A. Invest”, alias café “Luna”. The company rented the area next to the then-building of the National Science Academy Language Institute for 15-20 years investing 61 million drams. By the decision of the Government the building has been donated to the Holy Echmiadzin. {BR} Now...

The Armenian soldiers who had left the Akhaltskha Georgian military point at the beginning of May have finally been transported to Gori. Let us remind you that on May 2 14 Armenian soldiers of the Akhaltskha Georgian army 3rd brigade 31st battalion, unable to tolerate the violations of the Georgian soldiers, left their serving point. {BR} According to “A-Info”, with the silent consent of the Commanders,...

“The round dance will not be in the same place. It is our symbol, our eagle which will be like a fire ring when shot from above. Dancing holding each other’s pinkies will have no power, we must stretch like a string to have power”, said Vanoush Khanamiryan, President of the Dance Union, about the Round Dance around Aragats on May 28. Vanoush Khanamiryan was the guest of the club “Pakagits”. {BR} Vanoush Khanamiryan was angry by the fact...

“We will not allow the sale of any area in the city pantheon except the court building”, said the municipality urban development and architecture administration chief architect Samvel Danielyan during the usual briefing. According to him, the Komitas Park was to be reconstructed 2 years ago by the project of architect Stepan Qyurqchyan, but because of the death of the architect the project will...

Today the Civic Debates Club had organized the following seminar in the hotel “Yerevan” with the theme “Dual Citizenship in Armenia”. United Labor Party member Grigor Ghonjeyan and coalition member Hrayr Karapetyan were invited to the seminar. Both of them are NA deputies, and the latter was not present at the seminar. {BR} Grigor Ghonjeyan represented the point of view of the United Labor...

With the support of the UN Armenian office on May 3013 the RA Alpinism Federation sent delegates to Elbrus. The mountain stands 5642 meters tall. About 600 mountaineers from16 countries, mainly from CIS, took part in the expedition. The main aim of the expedition was to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, calling people to peace and combat against terrorism from...

Today in the Science National Academy the 14th session of the Writers' Union took place. Levon Ananyan, the present President of the Union, informed the journalists that the elections of the President will take place tomorrow, and he cannot say if he will be the only candidate or not. At the same time he did not exclude the possibility of another candidate, although at he today's session no other candidate...

On May 22-24 in Armenia an International Talish Conference is held. Although the Azeri Government has ordered their Talishes more than once not to take part in this conference, the delegation of the Talishes from Azerbaijan arrived in Armenia on May 19. Their main aim is to make people aware of their problems during the conference. {BR} The Talishes are the main Persian-speaking minority of Azerbaijan,...

Two years ago in the Geneva phase of the UN Informational Society World Summit our country won a Grand prize. And the competition was for those representing electronic scientific softwares. The work of the Yerevan Institute of Physics Space Rays Investigation Center was estimated as the best even in comparison to those from the United States, Canada and China. {BR} Today the Information development...

“The young people are forced to look after disabled people, to cut nails, to wash a dead body, etc, etc, so what? These are not humiliating works are all. If they are Christians, they must bear it. Jesus Christ too washed the feet of his apostles”, said Artemis Lepejyan, head of the non-governmental organization «Saint Sandoukht» during the discussions of the alternative military service. {BR} As for how an 18-year-old boy can wash a body,...

«The people preferring alternative military service are also Armenians. The society and the military men must not have negative attitude towards them», said Avetik Ishkhanyan, head of the Armenian Helsinki Committee. He is surprised by the fact that the Government does not want to amend the RA Law on “Alternative Military Service” which was adopted in 2004. {BR} Today by the initiative of the...

Nina Hovnanyan, head of the Tourism Development Armenian Agency, has represented a program to the RA Ministry of Commerce and Economic Development and to that of Culture and the program has been approved. {BR} Mrs. Hovnanyan intends also to develop all the floors of the History Museum and the National Gallery. For example, on the 9th floor we will have a first-class restaurant, which is so much needed...

«If they want to chop down the trees, let them do so, but please leave one so that we can come and hang ourselves here after the trees have been chopped down», said the residents of the Yerevan Zaqaria Sarkavag street 151/1, 151/3 and 151/4 houses during the act of complaint today. {BR} The history repeats itself. The problem of the Sebastya areas has not yet been solved when these areas have deserved...

Human Rights Defender Larissa Alaverdyan was shocked by the results of the January survey organized by the Peace Initiatives Caucasus Center. Asked the question «Are you aware that in Armenia there is an Institute of the Defender of Human Rights? » 42.5% of the participants of the survey answered «Yes». {BR} «I wonder if the numbers can be trusted as the opinion about the Human Rights Defender...

Today in the Goght village square the workers of the Garni police were gathered. The reason was the anticipated meeting of Stepan Demirchyan with the electors. Before the meeting at 5:00 p.m. there were about 150 people in the square, but at that hour only 15-20 were left. We managed to find out from those present that Manvel Andreasyan, chief of the police simply terrified people ordering them to...

“The Bank has been robbed of more money than the sum named today”, said Artashes Davtyan, ex-executive director of the bank “Credit-Service” who was the accused to day in the Notq-Marash communities Court of the first instance. {BR} Today the Court heard the case of the workers of the Bank – Artashes Davtyan, Boris Araqelyan, Vahagn Martirosyan, Svetlana Qaramyan and others who are accused of stealing money from the bank. Particularly,...

Today at about 5:30 p.m. finally an agreement was signed between «ArmenTel» and «K-Telecom». Previous to it long negotiations have taken place in which experts both from Armenia and from abroad took place. {BR} According to our sources, the final variant of the agreement was ready on Friday, but the sides needed time to agree upon the 100-page document which must put an end to the problems of...