On May 3 – the International Day of Press Freedom, National Press Club will publish the names of 2004 title-holders of “Press Enemy” and “Press Friend”. {BR}

On April 23 Ombudsman Larisa Alaverdyan refused to take action on the application by Griselda Ghazaryan, wife of Academician Rafael Ghazaryan. Mrs. Ghazaryan in the application describes the barbarities towards her son and her at April 13. {BR} ”Taking into account that ombudsman doesn’t consider the appeals under the 10th article of the Law on Ombudsman in case other state body or...

”During 70 years Sevan Lake water volume reduced by 41%”, Boris Gabrielyan, Vice-Director of Hydro-Ecology Institute of National Academy of Sciences, said during the seminar on ecology held be OSCE Yerevan Office. {BR} According to him, water decrease influenced on ecosystem of Sevan Lake. In particular, the aboriginal fish – koghak, ishkhan and beghlu face the...

”Our projects are envisaged for finding the ways to protect ourselves from corruption in Armenia and not for elimination of it”, Steven Clare, partner of reform project carried out in the public sphere of Armenia, announced during presentation organized by United Kingdom International Development Ministry. {BR} In 2003 March UK International Development Ministry and the Armenian Government...

Historian Samvel Karapetyan, representative of the Armenian Office of Organization Studying Armenian Architecture, says the Armenian monuments in Georgia are treated the same way like in Nakhijevan. {BR}“What was being done in Azerbaijan by bulldozers and dynamites, is done in Georgia secretly, like a stab in the back” Many Armenian churches and memorials are represented as Georgian....

Armenian Commission on Coordinating Public Services has today held a sitting. The least demands for quality of drinking water supply introduced by “Water and Sewerage” CJSC were approved. {BR} Under the passed water supply schedule, the consumers are to be provided with 4-hour-long water supply daily. Company is obliged to cause people to be informed beforehand by Media or other means...

This morning the residents of N 143 building of South-Western block have held a protest action demanding to preserve the park they have themselves planted nearby their houses. It has been given to someone to build a shop there. {BR} The residents are more concerned about the fact that Municipality has rejected their application on improving and protecting the territory. People say the park where the...

Today the society in the Musical Comedy Theatre after Paronyan took leave of famous dramatist Jirayr Ananyan. He was 69-years-old. {BR}

In 2004 Yerevan Municipality together with Education and Science Ministry will implement regulation project on off-budget school means. {BR} ”We must possess a paper package and will control the expenses of schools thus staying away from gossips”, Vice-Mayor Kamo Areyan said at a conference. ”The aim of the program is to find whether the sums envisaged for one pupil annually by...

Edward Simonyantc, member of the leadership of Intelligentsia Forum, ex head of State Department of National Security felt bad yesterday. He was taken to “Erebuni” Medical Center in fore-infarct state. {BR} Edward Simonyantc was the last man Ashot Manucharyan had a phone talk with before being beaten.

”EuroPhotonica” international conference was staged in Strasburg on April 26 and will last till April 30. {BR} Asatur Lalayan, the representative of Laser Physics Chair of Yerevan State University will make a report at the conference. The report is on application of laser irradiation in biomedicine.

During the first 3 months of 2004 “Armavia” Air Company transported 63.700 passengers. Majority of them, 85,4% left for CIS countries. {BR} ”Armavia” has passed on to the summer flight-table, which will be in force till October 28, 2004. It is planned to carry out a few new flights. Flights to Moscow and Novosibirsk will increase. Beginning from May it is envisaged to perform...

Garegin II, Catholicos of all the Armenians together with President Robert Kocharyan visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial for Great Genocide victims. {BR} Armenian Parliament Speaker Arthur Baghdasaryan, Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, Constitutional Court Chair Gagik Harutyunyan, high rankers and foreign diplomats were present, too.

Opposition has today held a march to Tsitsernakaberd from Freedom Square to pay homage to the victims of 1915 Genocide. {BR} Before marching Albert Bazeyan, member of “Republic” Party political board addressed to people in the Freedom Square. He stated the action wasn’t of a political purpose. He said they just want to prove to the world that all the countries must condemn the Genocide...

Some Ambassadors in Armenia including United Kingdom Ambassador Thorda Abbott-Watt who refuted the fact of the Armenian Genocide have today visited Tsitsernakaberd. {BR}

Opposition has today marched to Tsitsernakaberd along Baghramyan Avenue to do homage to memory of Genocide victims. {BR} Though the march obstructed traffic, no one tried to disperse it. A few police cars were standing near the presidential residence.

April 24 is the Genocide Day of the Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. In 1915 the Turkish regime in Ottoman Empire committed the first Genocide of the 20th century slaughtering more than 1.500.000 Armenians and exiling thousands.{BR} Armenians worldwide and here commemorate the innocent victims paying tribute to all of them.

Armenian Nationalist Youth Bloc has today held a protest action near Great Britain Embassy against Ambassador Thorda Abbott-Watt over her statement denying the fact of the Armenian Genocide. {BR} ”We demand the Ambassador for honor to have insulted dignity of our people. She must apologize to the Armenian people for her statement. Each Armenian has the right to demand for explanation”,...

The Court of Appeal left unchanged Economic Court decision on A1+ TV Company suit against Radio and Television National Commission.{BR} The company demands the commission to present justification for its refusal to give A1+ broadcasting license at tender held in June and July of 2003. The courts made their decisions in a clear breach of the law. It is specified in the law that the commission ought...

The youth organizations expressed condemnation of homicide attempt by skinheads upon an eleven-year-old Armenian boy in Kostroma, Russia.{BR} “We are deeply concerned about the lack of proper reaction from Russian law enforcement bodies and authorities to such actions”, they said in their message handed Friday to Russian Ambassador to Armenia.

On Thursday, a cross-stone memorial to the 1915 Armenian Genocide victims in Akhaltskha was removed from the place by the local police.{BR} The opening ceremony of the memorial was scheduled for April 24, the day when Armenians worldwide commemorate those killed in the genocide. As A-Info news agency reports, before removing the stone the police arrested Ludvig Petrosyan, the head of the memorial...

Government decided to allot 17. 028.000 drams to Armenian Education and Science Ministry to reconstruct the roof of the building of Yerevan State Art Academy. {BR}

From the reserve fund Government has allotted 15 million drams to Yerevan Municipality to allow to Eghishe Charentc’s daughter Anahit Charentc without compensation to purchase a 1-room flat in Center Commune of Yerevan. {BR}

Government made a decision to celebrate October 16 - the day of publication of the first Armenian periodical “Azdarar” in Madras City of India in 1794 as the Day of a Press Employee. October 7 will be the Day of a Librarian in Armenia. {BR}