The execution process of Armenia's CE commitments will be discussed in September. The representatives of the monitoring group of CE Irene Belohorska and Jerzi Jaskerna are in Yerevan and are preparing for the report. During the meeting with journalists the process of the licensing of radio and TV companies mostly interested the CE representatives. Belohorska and Jaskerna were informed that as a...

The October 27 terrorist action trial continued today. Ervand Zakharyan, the then Transport Minister and current State Income Minister, gave testimonies on the case. In his opinion the terrorist attack wasn’t organised as the crime perpetrators relied on people support. “When the criminals saw people had no intention to join them, they have realized that failed in their coup attempt”, Zakharyan...

Accused on the October 27 terrorist action case was brought today to the courtroom in handcuffs. When his turn to ask questions to the victim came, he announced: “I have been deprived of my right to work for 3 hours. My hands were handcuffed all this time”. But the accompanying him officer objected that the defendant himself refused to free his hands. Then prosecutor and the Demirchyans' attorney...

Hearing on A1+ and Noyan Tapan TV companies consumers’ suit against Armenian National Commission on Radio and Television is to start in law-court on August 21 at 11:00 a.m. local time. The court decision to suspend presiding judge Ruben Nersisyan from the case hasn’t been released. This is the first time in the Armenian court system practice the third side – 712 consumers - has joined the key...

”Yerevan’s Underground after Karen Demirchyan” CJSC was awarded a golden prize for excellent quality of work by the International Center of Independent Researches and Analyses. The main criteria for appraisal were safeguarding of security for passengers’ transportation, uninterrupted execution of route schedule and rendering services to the passengers in due course. It is the second prize given to Yerevan’s Underground . The first one...

The experimental flight of ”VE-200” Russian plane will be registered in Record Book of Guinness. For the first time in the world the fire plane took water from a high mountain lake. Within a few seconds the plane took 4000 liters of water from Sevan and then poured it into the lake like rain. The expectations of Russian constructors realized.The plane was designed in Taganrog’s Design Office after Beriev. There is no other fire plane having...

Today October 27 trial didn’t take place because of the victims who defaulted. MPs Ruben Gevorgyan, Vram Gyurzadyan, Misak Mkrtchyan and Samvel Avetisyan were to appear before the Court. The Court is not going to take strong measures yet or to make a decision on calling them to account for.

Entrance examinations are over in culture institutes of higher education but there is no information on their results in Republican Selection Committee. Entrance examinations in institutes of art and theatre are conducted without control . The entrants for those institutes of higher education complain that examining lecturers are partial. They also use marking criteria which are not clear for the...

3 days before the end of this year’ entrance examinations the Minister of Education and Science thinks over changing the examination order for the next year. Levon Mkrtchyan worries about the abundance of the highest mark / 20 / in Armenian and Foreign languages. He says the university entrants learn by heart the solutions to program tasks .20 of those passing their exam in Mathematics received...

From August 26 to September 4 the World Summit of Stable Development will take place in Johannesburg and Armenia’s representatives will make reports at it.10 years ago our country undertook to carry out number of ecology measures and ratified the Conventions adopted by Planet Summit in Rio de Janeiro. “For the time being no national council of stable development was set up at Government level and...

Why do soldiers with malignant diseases of blood serve in the Armed Forces of Armenia? 13 soldiers under that diagnosis have been hospitalized from various military units of Armenia. Death cases were fixed On July the 22-nd 19-year-old Ashot Khachatryan was first taken to hospital from one of Vanadzor’s military units, then to “Republican Center for Blood Transfusion after Professor R. Yolyan” under the same diagnosis. As the doctors say,...

“Government carries out hazardous activity under the pretext of improvement in Shirak Province” ,- today the doctors of Gyumri’s N 1 hospital said.According to hospital urologist Lernik Mkhitaryan, the Government decided to improve structure of city hospitals and as a result the hospital N 1 is to be closed and joined the hospital after Gyulbenkyan with lower medical and sanitary potentialities . Mkhitaryan says the state has a debt of 39...

Consumers of “A1+” and ”Noyan Tapan” TV Companies were trying not only to protect their right but also to do their best to preserve the trial from becoming something like “street thing” .From the very beginning of the trial Ruben Nersisyan, the newly-appointed Judge evidently put pressure upon the consumers’ representatives – Ashot Bleyan, Artak Zeynalyan and Vigen Khachatryan. They were trying to find out whether Ruben Nersisyan...

A few years later Yerevan’s streets will be repaired through Japanese technical equipment. Today an agreement was concluded between Yerevan’s Municipality and Japan’s Government according to which road building equipment of 541 million yen will be allocated to Yerevan .Negotiations with the Japanese have begun since 1999. Ashot Sargsyan, the Head of Construction and Improvement Department of Yerevan’s Municipality hopes quality of asphalt...

“Consumers Versus Tyranny” trial, presided by new judge Ruben Nersisyan, is to begin on August 13 at the first instance court of Nork-Marash Yerevan’s district. Previous judge was suspended from presiding on plaintiffs’ motion. Comsumers’ representative Ashot Bleyan is convinced that the claim to announce the decision of the National Commission on Radio and Television can’t be declined without law violation. A new suit is filed to the...

Court session on the October 27 terrorist action case failed today because of the absence of the victims in court. MPs Ruben Gevorkyan, Samvel Avetisyan, Misak Mkrtchyan and Vram Gyurzadyan had to testify at today hearing. None of them find time to fulfil their duty. Karen Demirchyan heir’s attorney, Ashot Sargsyan, claimed “the court ought to take measures to bring the victims to testify at the trial as they were witnesses of the crime”....

Entrance examinations in 12 subjects are over. More than 22.500 university entrants have passed their exams. Those passing their exams by the sophisticated version in English received the highest marks . If compared, results of written and oral exams in Spanish are much higher. None of those 20 received unsatisfactory. Unsatisfactories are in Mathematics mainly . 108 out of 384 university...

Ashot Giziryan, the Head of Yerevan's Foreign Affairs Department who has beaten a MP , was favoured for service progress. He was appointed the Head for the 6-th Department . It's a republic structure unlike the town council, i. e., he was promoted and his status increased. If following the same logic, Ashot Giziryan will be granted a post of deputy minister if beats Parliament Speaker Armen Khachatryan...

The members of the examining board for "Common History" were in hopeless situation today. 3 minutes before the examination was over, one of the members had noticed a university entrant re-copying something from under a skirt . The members suppose the girl has made cribs on the legs . The girl didn't even hide that she had made use of the unique crib but asked not to look at her legs. After having...

Today the Court of Appeal heard the criminal case of Mushegh Saghatelyan, the former Head of Penitentiaries Department. Prosecutor Piloyan was absent. The defence introduced substantiation for disputing the decision of the Review Court. Robert Grigoryan, Saghatelyan's defence counsel solely within the case adduced the Court facts proving Saghatelyan's guiltlessness . Judge Mher Khachatryan asked...

In Nor Nork and Malatia Communities Araratyan Diocese had pitched yard camps for the children who couldn't have summer holiday . The aim of it was not only to divert children from the streets but also to keep them away from the sectarian movements thus pushing them closer to Apostolic Church. The children gathered according to the statement. More than 30 children from 9 to 14 are on holiday in...

On August the 13-rd "Consumers against TV and Radio National Commission" trial will re-begin in the First Instance Court of Center, Nork - Marash Communities presided by judge Ruben Nersisyan. Before that, on August the 2-rd, Ashot Bleyan, Artak Zeynalyan and Vigen Khachatryan, the representatives of 712 consumers, i.e., the complainants, informed the Court by an ordered letter that they estopped...

Freedom of speech in Armenia is put at danger, which is becoming increasingly serious day by day. “A1+” Independent TV Company remains deprived of TV frequency and Grigor Amalyan, the head of the National Commission on Radio and Television, doesn’t rule out that the company will remain deprived of broadcasting up to the end of the year. Despite the criticism and demands of the CE and other international organisations, the commission has no...

National Assembly members Napoleon Azizyan and Sasun Sargsyan testified today at the October 27 terrorist action trial. Napoleon Azizyan says he has been in the session room for only 15 minutes at that tragic day. Upon coming out he heard a shot for intimidation, as he thought then. Assassination of Vazgen Sargsyan Karen Demirchyan and Yuri Bakhshyan is deliberate action, the MP says. Then Azizyan...