On Friday at 12:00 Radio and Television National Commission will release the results of the tender for broadcasting frequencies. Tender proposals were presented on July 14. Tomorrow it will be clear whether A1+ TV Company will resume broadcasting or not.

18 hours remain till tender results’ release…. In 18 hours It will be clear whether A1+ TV Company will resume broadcasting…

Will “A1+” be back to air after 1,3 year of broadcast ceasing? We will know this on July 18. TV and Radio National Committee will announce the results of the tender for 5 frequency ranges. Committee members have two days to reflect upon such a serious political decision. “Announcing the tender, the Committee put all the parties under equal conditions. We will look through the tender proposals, then it will be easy to make decisions”, TV...

Reception of applications of this year’ university entrants is over. According to Alexander Grigoryan, secretary executive of Yerevan State University’ entrance commission, 3846 entrants have appealed to YSU this year. Applied mathematics and Armenian and Literature have received most of applications, each 350. Psychology speciality gained most of applications, 147 entrants will compete for...

“How’s your memory?” , before examination judge Samvel Uzunyan asked case witness Lieutenant Colonel Misha Manucharyan, former commander of the regiment for protecting Home Affairs’ Ministry’ important establishments, who was dismissed after October 27 terror action. The terror day Manucharyan was on leave, and came to Parliament to settle a personal problem. According to him, he had a 6-month-old grandson, and his finance to buy...

What has artificially been dragged out for 8 months through trials, took place at last. The tender for 5 frequency ranges was conducted in TV and Radio National Commission. It is to remind that “A1+” TV Company has claimed for 3 out of the 5 frequencies put to tender. “Dar-21” musical channel is competing alone for its won frequency, and Noyan Tapan is claiming for one frequency, on which CNN broadcasts. Will “A1+” and Noyan Tapan...

468 DAYS SINCE A1+ TV COMPANY WAS BANNED FROM AIR

Wedding ceremony of Sedrak Kocharyan and Zara Badalyan took place today at St. Hripsime church. Sedrak Kocharyan is elder son of Armenian president Robert Kocharyan and Zara Badalyan is MP Volodya Badalyan’s daughter. Our congratulations!

Long-awaited tender for broadcasting frequencies is to be held on coming Monday. A1+ TV Company is one of the contenders. The company president said yesterday that A1+ has submitted a very feasible proposal. “I think we have a good deal chance for victory. Most important is that we give no unrealistic promises and take the competition and the audience very seriously", he said.

Today the Constitutional Court held a sitting to consider the case over disputing re-voting in N 12 election district. Versand Hakobyan, Harutyun Gharagyozyan and Rafael Khachatryan were competing in N 12 election district. Gharagyozyan won by majority of votes. Hakobyan had put an application demanding to review the election results, which he says passed through obvious election fraud. The candidate...

Today at 2:00 – 3:00 PM a skirmish took place near Victory Park in Gyumri. Jirayr Harutyunyan died. The 2 injured people were taken to hospital, and one of them, Serob Grigoryan, died, too. Most probably, the accident continued, and as a result of it 3 more people were killed.

Journalists have gone into the problems of students in Zeytun hostels for many times. But Lori Yapujyan, Chair for student board on the 5th building of the hostel says, both journalists and the public have obscure idea of the real purpose of their struggle . To make the problem clearer to the society though journalists the students have decided to hold a press conference. The 4 floors of the...

Large-scale job cut is expected in aviation system on July 20. Significant part of the system employees will be dismissed. Besides, Zvartnots airport fate is also under threat. Under the contract Argentine Armenian businessman Eduardo Ernekyan has a right to mortgage the airport with Armenian government consent. “I think as the government agreed with the terms of the contract, it would give its consent for mortgage”, economist and MP Tatul...

On July 14 TV and Radio National Commission will conduct the tender for 5 frequency ranges, dragged out for 10 months. Ago’s Group, which is in Armenia to study the process of meeting Armenia’s obligations, knows it, too. “We have talked about the 2 TV Companies of Armenia. It is very important that especially “A1+”, which used to possess broadcasting licence, wins in the new tender. It will best prove that there is no problem over speech...

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Armenia along with 190 UN member countries signed Millennium Declaration in 2002 accepting commitments to rid the republic of poverty, to promote sexual equality and expansion of women’s rights, to deal with AIDS and other problems. Today a seminar was held at the UN Yerevan office in order to attract journalists’ attention to the Declaration aims and urge them to watch what the government is...

October 27 terrorist action case trial was once again adjourned this time because of Judge Samvel Uzunyan mother’s death. The case hearing is postponed to July 14.

Today CC continued examination of Ghukas Ulikhanyan’s case, the candidate from N 3 election district. The respondent and the complainants appeared with final speeches. The respondent, the representative N 3 district electoral committee, announced as an argument against the complainants’ accusation in the press over the election bribes: “Accusation of the election bribes in the press doesn’t correspond with the reality as the Office of...

Metro drivers are obliged to work since they undertook not to strike signing a working contract. The Information Department of Yerevan Subway after Karen Demirchyan released this. It also told us that engine drivers will restart working today as they have reached agreement with the leaders. We didn’t manage to find what agreement was made. We couldn’t either contact with machinists, as no telephone...

Today at 10:00 AM a man was killed by 2 fire shots near the Radio House . As the witnesses say, the murderers were in “Niva” car . The Information Service of Home Affairs Ministry told us that the man murdered is Karen Mkrtchyan, the Dean of Russian Philology Faculty of Yerevan State University. He was murdered after leaving his child at the kindergarten on his way back. Karen Mkrtchyan...

Yerevan’s subway employees went out on strike Tuesday demanding to increase their wages. They have come up with the same demand for many times but Subway authorities asked them to wait until presidential and parliamentary election completion. Either presidential or parliamentary elections are over and their demand remains ignorant.

“From my imprisonment day till the last injection was by force, against my will. I have never put in a claim on my health state”, defendant Vram Galstyan, the uncle of the Hunanyans, announced today at October 27 trial. He says he has never been ill or needed any pill whereas October 27 trial has been postponed since April because of his bad health condition /before that judge Samvel Uzunyan...

On June 30 the international exhibition on “Medicine and Health - 2003” opened in the sitting hall of Government. 34 enterprises, importing and producing medicine, medical institutions, clinics, took part in the exposition. At the exhibition opening Armenian Health Deputy Minister Hayk Darbinyan stated it is symbolic that on the threshold of the first pan-Armenian medical conference such an event is taking place. He also voiced hope that ...

12 organisations’ representatives united in Yerevan Green Territories Protection Coalition marched today across the Armenian capital’s streets. Children, students and elderly people joined the march. As Yerevan mayor Nazaryan is on vacation, the head of the municipality staff Suren Koshetsyan received the coalition members who handed him a message addressed to the mayor demanding to stop illegal...