Author: Albert Nalbandian

HEAD OF POLICE CANNOT DO THAT
Panorama.am
18:48 26/06/06
“Now any person can become a victim of some gang in the broad day
light,” Ararat Zurabyan, All-Armenian National Movement Board Chairman
said commenting on the incident in Malatia-Sebastia community.
In his words, in civilized countries such an incident would result
in resignation of high rank officials whereas here the relatives of
the innocent victim were not even delivered a condolence.
Speaking about the moral-psychological atmosphere in Armenia, Zurabyan
thinks that such developments will result in the loss of Armenian
statehood. According to him the only way is change of power.
Zurabyan thinks that it is unlikely that the authorities fight against
such incidents “since there are parliamentary elections coming and the
power authorities must cooperate with such criminal elements.” In the
words of the orator, these people have helped authorities to manage
demonstrations and they are quite sure that they will stay unpunished.
He is sure in case of will these criminal elements may be unveiled
in two-three days but the “head of the police cannot do that,” he said.

TO RETAIN CURRENT PACE OF GROWTH ARMENIA HAS TO MAKE EFFORTS FOR FORMING JUSTICE SYSTEM
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 10 2005
YEREVAN, October 10. /ARKA/. To retain current pace of growth Armenia
has to make considerable efforts for forming justice system and making
it an additional impetus for its development, Armenian Justice Minister
David Harutyunyan said Monday at the Armenian Judges Union’s General
Assembly opening ceremony. In his words, a new judicial system is
operating in Armenia for 7 years and many problems have been solved
for that period. “The step was very important, but nobody can be
satisfied with the current situation and it is natural that we have
new goals”, Harutyunyan said. In his opinion, approaches to judicial
institutions’ independence need revision. In this connection, the
minister attached great importance to constitutional amendments,
which, he said, solve new problems, especially considering judicial
institutions independence aspect.
At the same time, he noted that the new package of constitutional
amendments give no answers to some questions, but said the Constitution
shows the directions, in which justice system should move. That’s why
the next step after constitutional reforms project approval will be
a new judicial code for regulating all the matters related to courts
and judges, including judges’ education, skill upgrading training,
the nomination of judges and courts financing.
Besides, Harutyunyan said, under the new code, General Assembly of the
Union of Judges of Armenia would become the supreme body implementing
judicial power self-governing and solving all important problems. In
his words, time came for developing the General Assembly from mere
NGO into a state body.
Today General Assembly of the Union of Judges of Armenia gave its
approval to the package of constitutional amendments and Judge Conduct
Code.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

DEDICATED TO THE TRANSLATION OF HOLY BIBLE
Panorama
15:25 05/10/05
An international conference dedicated to the Armenian translation of
Holy Bible will be opened tomorrow in St. Etchmiadzin . Opening
ceremony will chair All Armenian Katholikos Garegin the II. According
to the information department of St. Etchmiadzin, many famous
scientists from different countries will participate in the
conference. The conference will last two days.It coincides with the
events of 1600 anniversary of Creation of Letters. /Panorama.am/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

PRESSED GAS IS SAFER
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| 20:12:08 | 28-09-2005 | Politics |
The second official who made speech during the Governmental briefing
today was the Transportation and Communication deputy Minister Hrant
Beglaryan. He gave some information about the documents processed in
order to make the exploitation of transport safer and more civilized.
The most important point was that the Ministry will not allow the
installment of gas-cylinders into the cars which are initially not
supposed to have them. According to Hrant Beglaryan, the number of
such cars is high.
Today there are about 40 000 cars with gas-cylinders in the
Republic. The deputy Minister voiced hope that about 3-4 thousand
cars will become subject of investigation annually, and the violations
will be eliminated by special organizations.
The deputy Minister did not deny that there are gas-cylinders in the
route taxis; instead he claimed that in 4-5 years they will be ousted
from the system of transportation. He considered pressed gas safer and
excluded the possibility of increasing the fares as a result of usual
“reforms”.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ACCIDENT IN NOR NORQ
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| 17:34:34 | 29-08-2005 | Social |
On August 28 at about 08:30 a.m. on the roof of the building near the
Nor Norq 9th quarter house N15 the dead body of Amalya Matevosyan,
resident of the above mentioned building has been found.
The Police have not aroused a criminal case, as according to the
Nor Norq and Avan Prosecutor chief assistant Hovsep Hovsepyan, there
were no traces of violence on the dead body. “It was an accident”,
said Mr. Hovsepyan.
Amalya Matevosyan’s husband informed the workers of the Prosecution
that his wife went out to the building entrance where possibly
approached the balcony to look down. She fell down from that very
balcony. The Matevosyans’ house is on the 7th floor of the building.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER INVITES HIS HUNGARIAN COUNTERPART TO YEREVAN
YEREVAN, AUGUST 25. ARMINFO. Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Artur
Baghdasaryan met with the members of a Hungarian parliamentary
delegation today, inlcuding Hungarian MPs Budapest Cetner Mayor Paul
Staner and Mayor of the 18th District Laslo Meshter (names as given).
Participating in the meeting were Armenian MPs Vladimir Badalyan and
Prefect of the Central community of Yerevan Gagik Beglaryan.
The Armenian Parliamentary press-service informs ARMINFO that in the
course of the meeting Artur Baghdasaryan pointed out the importance
of the ties between the two states and sent his greetings to his
Hungarian counterpart, confirming his invitation to pay an official
visit to Armenia. Soeaker Baghdasaryan said it could become an
important impetus for development of interstate ties. The parties
also pointed out the great role of the Armenian community in Hungary
and establishment of regional ties between the two countries and
implementation of specific programs. The guests presenting the goal
of their visit, pointing out the good prospects for development of
Armenian-Hungarian ties. An agreement for cooperation of the central
communities of the two capitals can also become a basis for
implementation of mutually advantageous programs. In particular, the
importance of tourism was emphasized as well as opening of a direct
flight Budapest-Yerevan which could become a good impetus for it. The
parties discussed also other issues of mutual interest.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

RA PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES CREW OF “CILICIA” SAILER
YEREVAN, AUGUST 19, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Robert Kocharian sent a
message to Karen Balayan, the Capitan of the “Cilicia” sailer and all
the crew. The message, text of which was submitted to Noyan Tapan by
the RA President’s Press Office, reads: “Dear friends, I congratulate
you on the occasion of the end of the regular stage of the “Cilicia”
sailer’s voyage of many years. Overcoming long distances and
dangerous difficulties, you have proudly sailed under our
Fatherland’s flag and showed will and steadfastness. Since 2004, you
have passed through many seas and come to the Atlantic Ocean on a
dublicate of the 13th century sailer of the Armenian Kingdom of
Cilicia. We follow attentively each stage of sailing and are glad
that “Cilicia” arrived with success at the English port of
Portsmooth, from where, it will continue its voyage next year. I wish
all the crew good health and kind return.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Azeri prosecutor says youth activist not to be prosecuted
ANS TV, Baku
15 Aug 05
[Presenter in studio] Prosecutor-General Zakir Qaralov has said that
Osman Alimuradov, who was involved in negotiations with Armenian secret
agents together with [leader of the Yeni Fikir youth movement who is
charged with plotting to overthrow the government] Ruslan Basirli,
will not be prosecuted.
[Qaralov shown addressing a news conference] Osman Alimuradov is an
active member of the Yeni Fikir youth movement. You know, there is
a norm in the Criminal Code which says that if a person reports the
crimes he may have committed to the law-enforcement bodies, he is
exempt from prosecution.
Therefore, all citizens who have information about serious crimes
should share it with the prosecutor’s office and other law-enforcement
bodies, and they will not face any charges.
[Presenter] Zakir Qaralov also told the news conference that the
people facing charges can certainly have their candidacies registered
to stand in the [November] parliamentary election, but the registration
does not make them immune from prosecution.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Russia ranked 6th in GDP growth in CIS
The Russian Journal
August 10, 2005 Posted: 16:57 Moscow time (12:57 GMT)
MOSCOW – Russia ranks sixth on its GDP growth (value of goods and
services produced in key industries) of 5.1 percent in the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the first half of 2005,
the Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS has reported. As of
the end of 2004, Russia shared ninth position with Kyrgyzstan in the
GDP growth rating.
According to the committee’s report, in the given period, the highest
GDP growth rates in the CIS were reported from Azerbaijan (16.5
percent) and Armenia (10.2 percent). Belarus posted 8.9-percent
growth, followed by Tajikistan (8.1 percent), Georgia (6.8 percent),
Ukraine (4 percent), and Kyrgyzstan (2.4 percent). No data are
available for the GDP growth in Moldova, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan. On average, the CIS GDP rose by 5 percent.
In the 1st half-year of 2005, Russia ranked third for its inflation
rate of 13.4 percent in the CIS compared to the 1st half-year of
2004. In the 1st half-year of 2005, the highest inflation rate in the
CIS was registered in Ukraine (14.1 percent), while Armenia boasted
the lowest inflation rate (2.3 percent). In Azerbaijan, inflation
stood at 13.5 percent, in Moldova at 13.3 percent, in Belarus at 11.5
percent, in Georgia at 9.4 percent, in Kazakhstan at 7.3 percent, in
Tajikistan at 7.1 percent, and in Kyrgyzstan at 4.5 percent. The
average CIS inflation rate amounted to 13 percent.
This said, in June 2005, Russia shared first place with Ukraine for
inflation (0.6 percent from May 2005). In Kazakhstan the inflation
rate stood at 0.4 percent, in Tajikistan at 0.3 percent and in Belarus
at 0.2 percent. Meanwhile, most CIS states witnessed deflation in June
2005 compared with May 2005. Thus, Azerbaijan reported a deflation
rate of 1.8 percent, Armenia and Georgia- 1.4 percent, Kyrgyzstan –
0.5 percent, Moldova – 0.8 percent. No data are available for
inflation in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
As for industrial production growth in the CIS countries in the 1st
half-year of 2005 from the same period in 2004, Russia ranks 9th with
a growth rate of 4 percent. The highest industrial production growth
was observed in Azerbaijan (20.1 percent); in Georgia the rate stood
at 12.8 percent, in Belarus â=80` 10.5 percent, in Tajikistan – 8.9
percent, in Kazakhstan – 7 percent, in Armenia – 5.3 percent, in
Ukraine – 5 percent, and in Moldova it amounted to 4.6 percent. In
Kyrgyzstan, on the contrary, industrial production declined by 9.8
percent.
The average CIS industrial production growth totaled 5 percent in the
1st half-year of 2005. The statistical committee’s report points out
that higher growth rates could have been observed in the industry of
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Tajikistan during the period under
review.
In June 2005 against May 2005, the average industrial output grew by 7
percent in the CIS (compared with 3 percent in June 2004). In the
given period, industrial output was boosted by 11.5 percent in
Moldova, 8.7 percent in Russia, 6.2 percent in Armenia and 5 percent
in Georgia.
In the 1st half-year of 2005 compared with the 1st half-year of 2004,
Azerbaijan posted the highest growth of industrial producer prices (23
percent). In Tajikistan, producer prices declined by 1.1 percent.
Russia saw a 19.6-percent increase in industrial prices. The average
CIS industrial producer prices advanced by 19 percent in the given
period from the 1st half-year of 2004, when the growth rate stood at
20 percent. No data are available for Turkmenistanand Uzbekistan in
the committee’s report.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TURKISH HISTORIANS SENT OPEN LETTER TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
PanArmenian News network
Aug 1 2005
01.08.2005 03:17
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A group to Turkish historians have sent an open
letter to Armenian President Robert Kocharian. The authors of
the letter are concerned over the fate of Turkish scholar Yektan
Turkyilmaz, taken into custody in Yerevan. “No one notified him in
advance,” the message authors write, urging Armenian leaders not to
exacerbate the already fragile Armenian-Turkish relations, reported
Turkish Daily News. It should be reminded that Yerevan-Istanbul
flight passenger – Turkish citizens Yektan Turkyilmaz – was taken
into custody at Zvartnots Airport. A large lot of books of 17-20th
centuries was found in his luggage and seized.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress