On July 2nd Artak Zeynalyan will release some details of the happenings on 31st October in the Ministry of Defense - at the funeral of the victims of the October 27 terrorist action in the House of the Parliament. It's worth to be reminded that on that very day the Counsellor of the Presidetn Kocharyan Mr. Alexan Haryutyunyan blamed the president for that terrotist action. Zeynalyan is going to...

As firefighters report, fire accidents number grew, because of intense rains. The thing is that rains are the cause of vegetation growth, which is being easily burnt from a lit match or cigarette. 80 accidents were recorded only in Yerevan, 40 of which occurred the last week. Deputy Chief of Fire Service Pavel Geozalyan says the fires brake out not by chance: children set to fire green plantations...

Today a seminar on "Germany's Institutions of Local Government and Civic Communities" held. It's the 4-th seminar organized by the "Fund of Guardians" after Fridrich Nauman. The aim of the seminar was to inform the perticipators of the system of the institutions of local government and management of civic communities of Germany.

Today the Chamber of Civic and Economic Cases of the Court of Appeal again justified the illegal actions by "Televion Network of Armenia" State CJSC . Let's remind that on April the 2-nd, at 12:01 AM the employees of TNA switched off the transmitter of "A1+" TV Company. It was situated in the territory of TNA on lease.Under the treaty concluded between "A1+" and TNA, problems appeared must be solved...

Parliament deputy Armen Mkhitaryan's testimony can be considered sensational. Mkhitaryan didn't lie down like others when Karen Hunanyan burst into the Parliament Hall. He watched the events happening. He saw a dark-haired and a black-bearded man, in a black coat and a white shirt, standing in the Hall for journalists . Even after the journalists had left, the man kept on standing there for half an...

Today Gagik Khachatryan, the former deputy of Parliament testified upon a trial. He remembered that first the terrorists had demanded the Armenian president to come to the Parliament Hall and hold a special session. After it had been evident Kocharyan wouldn't come, they demanded Alexan Harutyunyan / the head of the management of the president / to come. They even threatened to shoot down the deputies...

Armenian Government approved the order for the safe conveyance of Nuclear and Radioactive materials which meets the requirements of the International Agency for Atomic Energy.

Gagik Markosyan, the chair of the Nuclear Power Station of Armenia, said today at 2:00 PM the atomic pile had been switched on. At 7:20 PM the Nuclear Power Station of Armenia was linked up the general power grid.

The claim by "Meltex" LTD "A1+" TV Company against "Television Net of Armenia" State CJSC will be brought before the Court on the 28-th of June in the Chamber of Civic and Economic cases of the Court of Appeal of Armenia. The claim demands to declare invalid the document by TV and Radio National Commission which contradicts the Law.

Yesterday Russian radioprogram "Power and Press" / author and host Oleg Pamfilov / was on "A1+" TV problem.

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Today at 14:30, an emergency cut off was made at Armenian Nuclear Power Plant. As a result of precipitous leaps in power voltage, security system operated on time and reactor was cut off. That’s why power voltage plummeted to the lower level all over the republic. At 19:00 representatives of the ANPP assure our correspondent that situation is stable and controlled.

Armenian National Assembly’s session is suspended today for almost 3 hours. The thing is that the Parliament House’s power supply has been cut off and as a result of voltage fluctuation the electronic facility for voting got out of order just before the parliamentarians were going to discuss the bill on amendments to the Parliament Charter. Deprived of working conditions lawmakers were sitting...

The Global Campaign for Free Expression, today expresses concern over the lack of independence of the Armenian National Commission on Television and Radio. The Campaighn considers that "the Law on Television and Radio Broadcasting, adopted in October 2000, establishes the Commission but fails to ensure its independence, in clear breach of the right to freedom of expression. The President directly...

According to unconfirmed information, one more victim of the June 24 shooting in one of Yerevan’s yards died in a hospital. The criminal appeared on site in taxi and opened fire on a family, which was in the yard of the house. Three members of the family are still in the hospital. Life of one of them is in precarious state. In Erebuni district Deputy Procurator Rudik Harutyunyan’s words, despite...

Today, Former Minister of Communication Ruben Tonoyan gave testimony at the hearing on the October 27 terrorist action case. The witness provided details on Leonard Petrosyan assassination to the court. At the October 27 parliamentary session, Tonoyan sat next to Leonard Petrosyan. When the terrorists rushed into the session hall and opened fire, Petrosyan tried to stand up but didn’t manage it as...

Grigor Amalyan's / the Chair of TV and Radio National Commission/ patience was exhausted. Today he commented upon the accusations to him on the situation for "A1+" and "Noyan Tapan" TV Companies.First Amalyan referred to the annual report by OSCE Press Freedom representative. One page was about "A1+". The representative of OSCE suggested to announce for a new competition as soon as possible to correct...

"ArmenTel"'s owners are to be at prison, as their activity is subversive",- Vahram Mkhitaryan, the head of Armenian Computer Center, says. The Center has claimed against "ArmenTel" to the Court. The statement of claim says that "ArmenTel" CJSC has been putting obstacles in services provision and realization to the Armenian Computer Center since 1999. Because of that "Armenian Computer" has had waste...

Last night tradegy occured in Chelyuskintsineri Street. VAZ 2106 car drove in the 44-th building yard and the man, getting out of the car, began shooting at those at the yard. These facts are according to the official report by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As the witnesses say, the murderer called out businessman Lyova Mehrabyan, who had just returned from Kiev, and shot at him. 40-year-old Mehrabyan...

Grigor Amalyan, the Chair of TV and Radio National Commission, oversensitively reacted to the statement by OSCE on the free frequency ranges are to be put to the competition. Of course, he doesn't mind, but..."We have what we have. What is to put to the competition if there are no vacated frequency ranges now? Of course, "AR", "Prometevs", "NTV", "Cinemax" have no licence but they are allowed to broadcast,...

"The present-day district of Kashatagh includes 5 occupied or liberated territories which Armenian president Robert Kocharyan makes object of commerce", - Garegin Ghazaryan, the official of Kashatagh Management, says. According to Alexan Hakobyan, the Head of the Management, about 12.000 people reside in the district and they are not very anxious for the talk, reached their ears, on Armenian-Azerbaijan...

84 DAYS SINCE "A1+" TV CHANNEL WAS BANNED FROM AIR

This is the third day of Turkish women delegation visit to Armenia. The delegation aim is to establish cooperation with Armenian women-parliamentarians and representatives of public organisations engaged in women issues. During their three-day staying in Armenia Turk women understood that reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey could begin from women collaboration. And what for 1915 Genocide, the...

Victim of the October 27 terrorist action, MP Myasnik Malkhasyan made testimony at today’s hearing. He said to those day, when the crime was committed, terrorists was waiting for something. The witness is convinced the security of the country was in danger on October 27 and enemies could take advantage from this. Hence, Malkhasyan says, terrorist attack in the House of the Parliament is treason and the criminals deserve death penalty. The MP’s...