Today during the trial on the ex-head of Penitentiaries Department Mushegh Saghatelyan's case, witness Hovhannes Grigoryan, Sheytan nicknamed agent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the 6-time-sentenced criminal gave testimonies. In 2001 after leaving the penitentiary he went to the "Republic" party and informed that he was in danger. If being financed properly (i.e. $50.000) Grigoryan promissed...

Today the founder of the Army of Independence and the Republican Party Ashot Navasardyan would celebrate his 52nd anniversary. On the occassion the Fund "Ashot Navasardyan" has published the book "Will to the Generations". First copies of the book were given to the brothers-in-arms of Ashot Navasardyan. In the beggining of April the republicans will have the occassion for celebrating the 12th anniversary...

"Restore our violated rights" - this was the demand of students of the humanitarian department in the Armenian State Pedagogical University. 2 years ago the students were promised a 4-year study course in the department. But on the 2nd year there were some rumours occured that the university was to provide only 2 years of study. The rector issued an order to dissolve the department. One more detail,...

During the radio frequency competition in Armenia serious problem caused FM-106 radio channel. Till today that was used by “Tospa” company, which broadcasted “Nostalgie” and now “Hit-FM”programs. Besides “Tospa” company one by the name “Hamanvag” was also applied for its use. During the day of opening the papers and representing the offer orally the members of “Hamanvag” refused to state concrete names of their funds. Due...

”The audience is ready to support A1+ TV channel,” says “Noyan Tapan” TV channel’s Comity of Defense. The comity originated by the audience 6 months ago is going to support all kinds of mass media in Armenia. To support the constitutional principle of freedom of speech the audience is ready to take any means. ”It is difficult for the audience to be separated from his beloved programs,” say the members of the comity, “It’s not...

Today by 9.30 N24 trolley bus crushed N53a micro bus. 8 citizens including drivers received different level damages. 3 victims are placed in hospital N3. 4 wounded are in “ER.” 2 of them are the drivers of trolley bus and micro bus. The Department of Inner Affairs inform that investigation is handled connected with the case.

Till now all the tested defendants on the 27-th of October teract persisted that Nairi Hunanyan gave his red paper folder to the journalist Nairi Badalyan, then entered the lavatory of the National Assembly, spent there a few seconds and then took direction to the hall of the National Assembly. Nairi Hunanyan in the testimony mentioned also that after coming out of the lavatory he saw Vram Galstyan...

The head of the Republic women commission Nora Hakobyan arranged a meeting with the members of 40 social organizations at the office of "Internews" company, where they watched the film “At the bottom.” The film is shot by “Gavar” TV company. Due to Nora Hakobyan those who watched the film will begin thinking about problems that women have. “Armenian peasant woman lives in awful conditions...

Recently rumours have been spread that the idea to strip A1+ TV Company of broadcasting emerged in the Armenian president's staff. Today journalists had a chance to make the information more accurate by the first source. The president said that he sympathized with A1+ TV Company information programs. But it didn't mean the A1+ was to be out of the competition. Robert Kocharyan is sure that making the...

A competition on TV programs broadcasting licence has been carried out for the first time in Armenia. In a short period amendments were made upon the law approved in October 2000. The main logic of them was to do so as private stations were out of pressure by authorities.Grigor Amalyan, the head of the TV and Radio National Committee, thinks that a thing like the Committee staff become implement could...

"The videotape on 27th of October was montaged, Russian experts had come to this conclusion",- announced Oleg Yunoshev, Vazgen Sargsyan's assignee. As Mr. Yunoshev said by the Prosecutor Gagik Jhangiryan's decision the videotape was seized from Public TV Committee head Tigran Naghdalyan not at the same day as was to be but 4 days after the teract and was attached to the case as a material evidence...

Today president Kocharyan was walking in Yerevan to watch building execution.Today the Northern Avenue building has began officially. The information on this was corked up in a capsule checked by the Security body beforehand. The president put the capsule in the building base. As president Kocharyan said if political and economical stability is provided in the country 15.000 job places will be set...

Yesterday Alexandr Arzumanyan, the head of the Armenian National Movement Council and Vahagn Hayotsyan, the member of Council were beaten unmercifully under unknown circumstances in one of the Abovyan Street cafes.According to some data the beaten ones were taken to the Center Community Department of Internal Affairs by those to had beaten them and considered to be the Police system employees.After...

Journalists gathered together in the Press National Club cosider unacceptable new law draft on "Mass Media" that has been so called improved by Government. Those to have been aware of the amendments in the law by Government say that the made amendments are superficial and Government still stands its ground in the fundamental questions.Some political figures as well share the journalists' opinion. Viktor...

The defendant on the 27-th of October teract Vram Galstyan today decided not to answer the questions of the prosecutor. The participants of the trial think the reason is that he has received an order to keep silent. The lawyer Oleg Yunoshev noted that all the defendants are acting in the same way. At first they read the report written by them, then answer some questions and decide not to speak anymore....

“Our party is to support women and protect their rights,” the secretary Marlena Haas presented in this way the role of Sotsinternet company. Since 1907 Armenian Revolutionary Union have been its member. Mrs. Haas being in Armenia on the invitation by Armenian Revolutionary Union had meetings with 2 women Prime Ministers and 2 women associations and came to the conclusion that in National Assembly of Armenia quotes for women should be added....

Today the victims on Mushegh Saghatelyan’s case National Assembly deputy Aghasi Arshakyan and the former worker of the system of Inner Affairs Mkrtich Meghavoryan gave testimony at the first instance court of Kentron-Nork-Marash community. They persisted that Mushegh Saghatelyan and some other people bet them. Aghasi Arshakyan doesn’t consider himself a victim of Saghatelyan. He took an offence...

”If the Armenian Republic doesn’t buy Tumanyan’s house in Tbilisi for 25.000 dollars till the 10th of April, it will be put into auction,” alarms Tumanyan’s granddaughter Irma Safrazbekayan. To cover its debts Georgian government gave Kutaisi’s machinery 3 libraries in 1998 among which there was Tumanyan’s library. The head of the factory Amiran Lejavan kept the library, but now he wants to sell it because faced car accident and needs...

2 weeks ago near the streets Karapet Ulnetsi and Babayan illegal tree cutting took place. Today at that territory a few cedars were planted. The owners of the territory call the cuttings persistently as “works for improvement.” The information received about this territory is contradictory. The head of the architectural and town-planning department Mr. Kotolikyan informed that the territory...

On the 2nd of April the national commission of radio and television will decide the lot of A1+ TV channel. On the 28th of March the commission will open and discuss suggestions of 37 UHF competition members . Its worth to remind that due to the law about radio and television all members of competition are to be provided with equal competition field. But today with A1+ broadcasting on 37 UHF are competing...

Today continued the clean-up month announced by Municipality. The Mayor Robert Nazaryan visited Davtashen, Adjapnyak and Malatia-Sebastia communities. This day was marked in Davtashen by opening the memorial on 1700 anniversary of Christianity. The Mayor declared that after the clean-up month Yerevan will be a clean city. “We’ll try to keep our city clean by the help of Municipality, appropriate...

Till recently there was 4 traffic roads of tramway in Yerevan, but now there are only 2. The government didn’t want to continue this way of transportation reasoning that it’s not profitable. The workers of tramway department of "Electrotransport" company don’t agree with this view point. They suggest the government to give them the company for self-execution and profit. But the collective is...

600 members of the humanitarian organization of war disabled after Vazgen Aragin are the participants of Karabagh, Afghanistan and Patriotic wars. “We don’t beg alms from the government, we just need a job”, they declare. The company of disabled found sponsors and soon will produce wheelchairs, hearing apparatus and other things necessary for the disabled. As the head of the company states those things will be free of charge for the disabled...

While overviewing the progress of the system’s development at UNO the Minister of Health Ararat Mkrtchyan informed that the government owes the system of health 7.7 mln drams. Though there was a success in abolishing or at least decreasing such illnesses as polyomyelitis and malaria social crisis and other factors existing in the country assisted increasing heart disease. Anyway the health system...