Gevorg Asmalyan’s and Vaxinak Karapetyan’s remains have been discovered. They died in “Shirak” hotel dismantling dropped from 9 floor, when one of hotel’s walls was collapsed. As Gyumri “Tsayg” TV channel reports, Asmalyan’s body was found today, at 00:15 AM local time. He was a chief of dismantling-workers team. Karapetyan’s corps was found at 3:30 AM.

An accident took place today in "Shirak" Hotel in Gyumri . As "Cayg" TV Company of Gyumri informs, at dismantling of the hotel a wall crashed down and the huge panel fell on the people. Workers Gevorg Asmalyan and Vaghinak Karapetyan fell down from the 9-th floor. There's no information about how they are now. The rescue groups of Yerevan and Stepanavan haven't found them yet. It may well be that...

"Many Armenians of Diaspora don't want to come back to Armenia as they don't want to lose the idealized image of Homeland" . This was proved after culture workers had carried out researches. At the seminar on "Keeping of National Cultural Values" symbols of Armenian essence were being represented. During globalization the national symbols become somewhat of visiting card adopted by the world public....

450 young people (18-30) of Armenia, Artsakh and Javakhk will spend their holiday and compete in Dilijan for 8 days. From July 29 to August 5 "Baze" / Falcon / Armenian-Wide Young people's meeting will take place for the first time. Arthur Poghosyan, the Executive Director of Armenian-Wide Youth Fund says the elite of Armenian youth will gather in Dilijan . According to him, appellation of the...

Long-awaited witness on the October 27 terrorist action case, Armenian Parliament Speaker Armen Khachatryan, appeared before the court today. He said the terrorist action has been a well-conceived crime, having its masterminds. Kachatryan also said terrorists deserve capital punishment. He refrained however from pronouncing words of “death penalty”. Murder of key victims has been deliberate,...

Government sitting headed by president Kocharyan was held Thursday. The issue on the Law on Civil Services was discussed at the sitting. According to the law, the competition for vacancies for leading positions at a number of ministries is to be held in November. The problem of Vokhchaberd village residents, who rendered homeless after landslide has damaged their homes, was also discussed. Government...

After their meeting with President Kocharyan Armenian Communist party activists assured they’ve never taken pro-governmental bias. The meeting with the president was the dialogue between people and authorities, Communist party leader Yuri Manukyan says. “Now our aim is to assemble all faithful communists around our party. We provide people with decent future”, he says.

Extremely high prices in Armenian hotels constitute considerable set-back for tourism development in the country. There is not a single hotel in Yerevan up to 5-star hotel standards. Genrikh Ter-Markosyan, director of «Zakinturtrans» company says low level of tourism in Armenia due to tourism agencies' wrong activity. To develop this area, not only government control over proper structure but also...

Author rights should be protected also in digital sphere, AEPLAC experts say. In their words, it takes a lot of time to compose electronic database, while it isn't protect by the law. European Union decided to protect rights of Internet-specialists. Only those authors, who display creative approach in their work, are to be given lisence, the experts say.

Member of Armenian National Assembly, Gagik Melikyan, testified today at the hearing on the October 27 terrorist action case. The group of the terrorists pursued a goal of the Prime Minister, Speaker and Vice Speaker assassination. Melikyan also heard Nairi Hunanyan called somebody by phone. “I’ve killed both of them”, the witness quoted him as saying. MP doesn’t rule out that the crime was masterminded. Also former Minister of Public Health,...

On July 22, President Kocharyan signed an edict on granting qualification degree to the judges of the Appeal Court as well as the chairs of the Chamber on Civil and Economic Cases and the Chamber on Criminal and Military Cases. It is remarkable that many of them headed the list of sycophants issued by “Aravot “ newspaper. They assumed earned so called reward for their “impartial” approach to the A1+ TV Company imbroglio.

“Crimes, linked to documents forgery, constitute the base for terrorist actions”, foreign experts said today at the seminar of “Struggle against Terrorism – Measures for Prevention of Forgery of Documents and Identity Cards.” Experts invited from German and United Kingdom presented remarkable cases of forgery in their countries to the seminar attendees and tell them about a government crack down on forging.

A1+ and Noyan Tapan TV companies consumers won the first victory today. The presiding judge of the first instance court sustained the motion filed by plaintiff demanding to suspend judge, Hrachik Hovhannisyan, from the case on the ground of numerous violations of Civil Code by the judge. In consumers’ representative Ashot Bleyan opinion, the court decision was due to the circumstance that it isn’t...

On July 23 at 22:09, earthquake was registered in Armenia 25 km far from Yerevan. Emergency Department reports the tremor was of 2,5 by Rikhter scale – 3,4 by MSK_64 scale. Hypocenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 17 km. That is why Yerevan residents felt the shock.

Today the claim by the consumers of "A1+" and "Noyan Tapan" TV Companies against the decisions by TV and Radio National Commission was being heard in the First Instance Court of Center, Nork - Marash Communities. 3 sides took part in the trial. There were about 500 consumers besides complainants and the answering side. As in the previous session, presence of the answering side was not provided...

"We have nothing to lose. Neither home, nor property or clothes. The 3500 deaf residents of our country will stand up for defence of our rights. We'll take an extreme step if need be - to put bomb in the Municipality building" ,- 12 families threaten. In 1995 the head of Yerevan's Arabkir Community sold the territory the deaf used to reside on and they had to settle in the Deaf's School of Nork...

As the Internal Affairs's Department for Information and Public Relations informs Vardan Petrosyan, the Chair of "Hayots Tun" party was not beaten in Police Department . The release by IA says on July the 20-th Vardan Petrosyan put in an application to Arabkir Police Department that Arthur Grigoryan, one of his acquaintance beat him in the morning. An investigation is held.

This year university entrants were suggested complicated versions for tasks on Physics. None of those 150 passing the exam received the highest mark /20/, only 5 received 19 and 27 ones - unsatisfactory .The results of today's exam will be released tomorrow at 4:00 PM.

Before examining MP Melik Gasparyan advocates wondered whether he was diabetic, too or had high blood presssure or not .On October 27-th, 1999, Gasparyan heard Karen Demirchyan's voice after the terrorists had burst in the Parliament Hall: "Boys! Problems are not solved that way!" ,- Demirchyan had said.Melik Gasparyan says the terrorism action was directed against the nation and state system and...

MP Vrej Shahgeldyan's testimony was odd to the particpants of the trial.He said he had undergone a heart operation and was a diabetic, so he hadn't seen or remember anything . "Were you in coma?" ,- the Prosecutor asked ironically. He said he didn't remember anything as he had gone out of the Parliament Hall to bring some foods for the "boys" . He didn't say what boys exactly? Shahgeldyan spent night...

On October the 27-th, 1999, MP Armen Hakobyan addressed the terrorists after shooting: "We don't control the situation. Leave us alone!" .The Prosecutor asked him what the motive for that initiative was . Armen Hakobyan said he used to rule plane staff while being a pilot and was accustomed to take risks when extremal situation.At the demand of the terrorists Hakobyan went to the room of Parliament...

Vardan Petrosyan, the Chair of Union for "Armenian House" as well as the Editor-in-Chief of "Hayots Tun" / "Armenian House" / was taken into custody by police. As the information we have says, early in the morning police officers burst in Petrosyan's flat and beat him . After they took him to the police department. Vardan Petrosyan left the department with investigator Ashot Hakobyan after having...

Today is the first day of entrance examinations. They are conducted in Yerevan State University. 1078 university entrants are passing their exams. " Examinations are administered without any obstacle" ,- the heads of examinig board say. The Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchyan confirms everyting is all right.The university entrants are passing written examinations in Armenian, English...

Grigor Amalyan is in psychological crisis. And the journalist of a pro-governmental newspaper having interviewed with him, understands it well. Amalyan has exhausted all his "brain pearls" on "A1+" TV Company banning from air. And now through one of the most independent Media of Armenia, ie "Hayots Ashkharh" / Armenian World / he tries to cast slurs upon those whose standpoints on right for information...