“I was put in the situation I will never be back to Armenia” , journalist Tigran Nazaryan, October 27 case victim said at the interview to the Armenian TV Company of Los Angeles. Let’s remind the terror day he had gone to Parliament Hall and had talked to defendant Nairi Hunanyan for about 2 hours. The record of the above interview made about 4 months ago, was today introduced in the...

“There are 1200 orphans in Armenia” , Razmik Martirosyan, Armenian Minister for Social Welfare says. According to him, for the first time Armenian Government envisages sums for social care of graduates of children’s homes . By the state budget 158 million drams are envisaged for solution to the problem next year. Mr Martirosyan says the funding will apply to the persons, having left...

Justice Deputy Minister Ashot Abovyan, who is the author of the Mass Media Bill, told journalists the Bill wasn’t Justice Ministry’s sole burden. He said different proposals are to be taken into consideration by working group, however, without specifying what kinds of proposals he meant. “If so, why our opinion was omitted?”, the Yerevan Press Club representative Mesrop Harutyunyan asked many times before obtaining the answer. The Deputy...

Speaking at the National Assembly Tuesday’s session the head of the Radio and Television National Commission Grigor Amalyan didn’t inform MPs about the amount the government allocated for the Commission needs. Instead, he just said the Commission is badly in need of additional means to purchase property, transport and equipment. Finance Minister Vardan Khachatryan immediately pledged him the required...

This time, the opposition has succeeded in its effort to reach justice. The thing is that 13 opposition parties have filed motion to the Court of Appeal challenging the first instance court decision on the parties’ suit against the Parliament Speaker Armen Khachatryan and Vice-Speaker Gagik Aslanyan, who, violating the regulations, had ignored MP Ghukas Ulikhanyan’s motion of non-confidence in President Kocharyan. The Appeal Court sustained...

Orientalist Murad Bojolyan, charged with high treason said he had confessed to have been cooperating with Turkish special services since 1993 in order that National Security bodies might set his wife at liberty and not to use violence to him . Bojolyan’s statement on that he had made extracts from Armenian newspapers and gave them to Turkish special services was enough for National Security bodies....

“All that happens is strange. A qualitative specialised investigation is to be conducted and not an amateur one” , Parliament Vice-Speaker Tigran Torosyan (October 27 case victim)says. 10 more case victims, besides Torosyan, were re-subpoenaed to Court to watch the tape on October 27 terror action in Parliament. “Through the tape an attempt is made to make more precise episodes, based...

Participants of tender for frequency ranges, announced by TV and Radio National Committee, are known. 6 companies have produced claim for broadcasting on 5 frequency ranges. 27-th / “Dar 21” / 31-st / “Armen Akob”/ 39-th / “TV – 5” / 51-st / “Yerevan” / 58-th / CNN / decimetre frequencies were put to tender. The Companies, broadcasting on the above frequencies, claimed for them, too. Only “A1+” TV Company is to compete...

November 8 is the time-limit for claim acceptance for tender, announced by TV and Radio National Committee on October 15, 2002. “A1+” TV Company produced a tender proposal for 4 frequency ranges – 27-th decimetre / “Dar 21” /, 31-st decimetre / “Armen-Akob” /, 39-th decimetre / “TV-5” / , 51-st decimetre / “Yerevan” / . 5 frequency ranges were put to tender. “A1+” didn’t put in a claim for 58-th frequency...

There are 2000 social organisations, functioning in Armenia at present. But majority of them is displeased with their work. Since those organisations put the emphasis on gaining foreign grants, it is supposed that social organisations in Armenia are not satisfied with the volume of overseas grants . Problems of social organisations, future trends for collaboration with each other will be discussed...

The Court completed the examination of the October 27 terrorist action victims, despite many of them still haven’t appeared at the trial. The Court is to begin examining witnesses soon.

Rumour about an attempt to bribe relatives of Poghos Poghosyan slain by Armenian president’s bodyguard in café “Aragast” is confirmed today. The exact amount is known: 90,000 USD. Andranik Poghosyan, the brother of victim, says he rejected the bribe and isn’t going to take it. As “Taregir” Internet page reported, the president bodyguard Aghamal Harutyunyan, sentenced to a year-long probation, handed the sum to Poghosyan’s relatives....

Armenia’s General Prosecutor won’t take part in Court sessions over October 27. Today the Court ignored solicitation of Oleg Yunoshev, Vazgen Sargsyan’s assignee. Under it, “Participation of the General Prosecutor in this trial is obligatory. ” According the assignee, he is aware of that under Armenian Legislation Court has no right to make such a decision regarding the General Prosecutor....

Today orientalist Murad Bojolyan, accused of high treason, continued testifying before the Court. He was indicted on charges of placing military and state secrets to disposal of Turkish Authorities. Information over Bojolyan’s arrest was an interesting part in today’s testimony. Being deprived of his job, Bojolyan (he used to be the interpreter-in-chief of Armenian president as well as former...

Eduard Madatyan, former Minister of Transport and Communication, has been a shield for Nairi Hunanyan for 8 hours. On October 27 sitting in secretary office of Parliament, Hunanyan made him stand in front of him as a shield “if there were any shots at him” . Eduard Madatyan assumed the “role” of his own free will. At first Andranik Manukyan was to stand there. A few days earlier the terror action Manukyan was operated on, so Madatyan...

“Consumers against TV and Radio National Committee” trial will take place in the Review Court tomorrow at 10:00 AM .

“I haven’t understood yet if I left the Parliament Hall unconsciously or consciously ” ,- MP Hakob Hakobyan from Gegharkunik Province says. Today he testified before the Court upon October 27 trial, too. Like his namesake from Yerevan, he managed to leave the Parliament Hall, too. But he didn’t think over coming back and protecting others. Today he refused to ”make conclusions based on suppositions” . he is sure there was an attempt...

“Information about any secret service man is both state and military secret as long as he is alive”,- orientalist Murad Bojolyan, indicted on charges of high treason, announced today in the First Instance Court of Kentron-Nork-Marash Communes. Basing on this principle, the defendant raised a question: “What logic are Office of Public Prosecutor and preliminary inquest body guided by? ” . There was no answer. Bojolyan also announced...

Internal Affairs bodies didn’t bring MP Hakob Hakobyan, October 27 case victim, to court. He has appeared before the Court of his own free will today. Hakobyan is supposed to avoid Court because of preliminary inquest testimony. Under it, 10-15 minutes earlier the October 27 terror action, Hakobyan saw MP Mushegh Movsisyan leaving the Parliament Hall . Movsisyan announced he hadn’t left the Hall. Today Hakobyan confirmed his preliminary...

It became known “A1+” TV Company case was put today under jurisdiction of European Court of Human Rights . Registration number is 37780/-02. It’s the first case from Armenia to be put under jurisdiction.

On October 31, 2002 the ordinary issue of "Aravot" daily did not reach the readers. By our information, the print run of the daily was handed to "Haymamul" Dissemination Agency, but later "disappeared". "Aravot" was not received either by the newspaper stands of the Agency, the subscribers or other distribution agencies who get their share of periodicals from "Haymamul". The disruption of dissemination...

Today defendant Karen Hunanyan’s assignee Hamlet Avetisyan solicited the judges to meet 3 wishes of the defendant. The defendant wished to meet his relatives “outside”, demanded to give back his clothes, seized by preliminary investigation body (e.g. his raincoat). The third is that he didn’t want to be alone in the cell any longer . The Court met none of his wishes. “What is he going to do with the raincoat?” ,- judge Samvel Uzunyan...

10 victims of October 27 case who haven’t yet given judicial inquest testimony, didn’t appear before the Court as before. Today’s session was put off because of default. It will take place on November 4.

Defendant Edik Grigoryan can no longer prove he hadn’t used a gun in Parliament Hall . Today MP Gevorg Davtyan, October 27 case victim, announced before the court Edik Grigoryan is the one who took his gun, kept it and gave to employees of Office Public Prosecutor . Davtyan is sure of it as he had been attentively watching Grigoryan “in order he might not kill anyone by that gun“. Davtyan had noticed Grigoryan shooting in the air. Davtyan...