DEAD BODY WILL BE TAKEN TO YEREVAN
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[07:20 pm] 04 October, 2006
Today the rescuers took out the dead body of M. Poghosyan (b. 1979)
from a pit under rocks, near the St. Varvara chapel on Mount Ara. Let
us remind you that the young teacher was lost on September 30 when
she went hiking together with a number of pupils.
The search for the girl started on that very day. The reasons for
her death will become known after forensic examination.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS MADE A SUCCESSFUL START
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[07:26 pm] 04 October, 2006
The Chess youth World Championship was launched in Yerevan. Armenia
is represented by 11 boys and 11 girls.
In the first round Arman Pashikyan, Zaven Andreasyan, Levon Babujyan,
Hrant Melqumyan, Robert Hovhannisyan, and Gevorg Alaverdyan celebrated
victories.
As for the girls, only Liana Aghabekyan won in the first round.
STEPAN DEMIRCHYAN REMINDED
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[08:16 pm] 04 October, 2006
The rapporteurs who were in Armenia last week have represented their
impressions in the PACE monitoring session, member of the Armenian
delegation Stepan Demirchyan informed "A1+".
Demirchyan himself made a speech in that session. He reminded the
members of the Monitoring group that the opposition of Armenia demands
to punish those who fabricated the 2003 elections and to reopen
"A1+", but nothing has been done so far. He also reminded that the
Constitutional referendum was also fabricated.
"And yet they speak about the fairness of the coming elections",
Stepan Demirchyan said.
During the session the amendments to the RA Electoral Code were also
found important. In connection with this Stepan Demirchyan hinted that
the 2003 Electoral Code was quite normal according to the experts and
observers, but it did not prevent the elections from being fabricated.
Tomorrow Stepan Demirchyan will address the PACE session.
"I will naturally speak about the Armenian Genocide. I will mention
that the fact that the Armenian Genocide was not condemned on
time resulted in new crimes", Stepan Demirchyan informed "A1+"
from Strasbourg.
NEUTRALITY HAS ITS PRICE
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[10:21 pm] 04 October, 2006
Today the Parliamentarians were interested in the possible losses
of Armenia due to the tension in the relations between Armenia and
Georgia. Politician Hmayak Hovhannisyan blamed the Government for
not doing everything possible for the interests of our country.
"We are too kind towards our Southern neighbor. We are member of the
Collective Security Treaty Organization where the responsibilities of
the countries are clearly mentioned. In particular, when Azerbaijan
threatened Armenia to launch war, Russian Defense Minister announced
that in that case Russia will carry out its responsibilities within the
framework of the treaty. Today we can remain undecided long… we must
make up our mind", Hmayak Hovhannisyan said and added that everything
has its price in politics.
"If Georgia expects us to remain neutral, our neutrality must have its
price. Isn’t it high time to ask Georgia to renounce the construction
of the railway Kars-Akhalqalaq? " Asked this question, the Prime
Minister said that he will pass it on to the Government which means
that it will be answered no sooner than in a month.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
NA TO CONSIDER LAW ON BODYGUARDS
Panorama.am
13:40 04/10/06
Vahan Hovanisyan, NA vice speaker, stood against the impressions
that the Law on Body Guards supports skinheads. "On the contrary,
it is about restriction of their rights and putting them under state
supervision," Hovanisyan said.
Hrair Karapetyan, co-author of the law and chairman of Armenian
Revolutionary Federation block at NA, said, "We try to bring
illegal acts of body guards under the law." The law will also cover
bodyguard services providing more complex procedures for their
licensing.
ROBER KESHISHYAN: ARMENIA IS DEVELOPING AND IS A COUNTRY WITH POTENTIAL
Panorama.am
13:59 04/10/06
Rober Keshishyan, renowned French producer of Armenian decent,
is in Armenia for the fourth time. He is shooting a documentary,
Reviving Armenia, ordered by several French film producers. The film
is expected to be shown in January-February, 2007. Keshishyan said
he does not speak about the genocide in the film, as he does not want
to make a correlation between Armenians-Armenia-genocide in the minds
of French people. "I want to show the West that Armenia is developing
and is a country with potential," the producer says.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
PARTY LEADER REFUTES CHARGES AGAINST HIM
Panorama.am
15:42 04/10/06
Today, New Times Party (Nor Jamanakner) headed by Aram Karapetyan
responded to yesterday’s statement-accusations made by Tigran
Urikhanyan, chairman of Progressive Party.
On October 3, a young chairman of a party who thinks he is a "man"
has suggested to public officials in a press conference to check
tax documents of Aram Karapetyan, Nor Jamanakner Party leader,
investigate his apartment and make a blood test on him performing
the political order of Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsyan and
Armenian National Security Services Head Gorik Hakobyan. The special
services will unveil that Aram Karapetyan avoids tax obligations,
keeps illegal arms and is simply a drug addict.
Nor Jamanakner is going to apply to the Armenian Prosecutor’s Office
requiring to check the information. When the evident libel (which
we do not suspect) will become clear, the leader of Nor Jamanakner
Party is going to call the chairman of the Progressive Party for
responsibility based on point 1, 2, 3 of article 135 of the Armenian
Criminal Code which proposes punishment for libel, Nor Jamanakner
announced.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
DALLAKYAN SKEPTICAL ABOUT FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
Panorama.am
19:17 04/10/06
The Convention on Corruption obliges to call to responsibility
for bribing national and public officials. Justice Minister Davit
Harutunyan also said officials will have to file statements on their
property.
The minister admits corruption is wide-spread in all spheres in the
republic. Answering to the question of Tatul Manaseryan, deputy of
parliament, on the recent data release by World Bank according to
which corruption has grown in Armenia, the minister answered, "these
data are based on sociological surveys and do not refer to facts." The
minister said no cases of corruption were reported in customs whereas
the WB report especially points to this field as very corrupt.
Viktor Dallakyan, deputy of parliament, is sure that corrupt top
officials cannot fight corruption in the country. Speaking about
filing about the property, Dallakyan said some officials wear more
expensive underwear than dozen times of some people’s salary.
Dallakyan is skeptical about the Convention on Corruption because the
car of Aghvan Hovsepyan, chief prosecutor who is supposed to fight
corruption, costs $70,000.
There were only seven deputies in the session hall while the parliament
was discussing the issue of prime significance.
PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE END OF TALKS IS REFERENDUM
Panorama.am
01:49 05/10/06
Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan had difficulty in
forecasting the developments in case the conflict of Nagorno Karabakh
is moved to U.N. at the initiation of GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine,
Azerbaijan, Moldova) states. The prime minister said it has not
yet included in U.N. agenda. "There was a decision connected with
fires which does not relate to the settlement of Karabakh conflict,"
Margaryan said.
In his opinion, package deal is most preferred at the moment, which
will show where they started and where they are going to. "Our end
is the referendum which will decide whether Karabakh is a separate
state or not," the prime minister said. He considered urgent the
deliberation on the status of Karabakh after which she may cooperate
with international organizations, receive credits and humanitarian
assistance.
ARMENIAN SHIPS MAY ENTER ROMANIAN PORTS
Panorama.am
01:55 05/10/06
The streets of the Armenian capital were filled with the Romanian
flag these days to commemorate the visit of Romanian President Trayan
Basesku to Armenia.
Basesku told a joint press conference with the Armenian president
Robert Kocharyan, saying relations with Armenia is a priority for
Romania.
President Robert Kocharyan also mentioned that Armenia has closer
relationships with Romania among Eastern European countries. He pointed
out that the two presidents have signed a statement on cooperation
in the fields of culture, education and science for 2006-2010. The
foreign ministers of the two countries have also signed a memorandum
on European and Euro Atlantic cooperation.
President Kocharyan underscored bilateral economic cooperation
and said Romania is a direct rout to Europe. This country may join
EU early next year and expressed readiness to support Armenia in
facing challenges. Romania also is willing to provide its ports to
Armenia. President Kocharyan said the air communication may also
develop between the two states.