Author: Emil Lazarian

THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA ALLOCATES 250,000 US DOLLARS TO ARMENIAN SCHOOLS
ArmRadio.am
06.09.2006 13:57
The “Khatchig Babikian” Fund, operating under the sponsorship of
the Catholicosate of Cilicia, will donate 250,000 US Dollars to the
Armenian national schools of Lebanon, announced His Holiness Aram I
during a special interview with the Catholicosate’s Communications
Office.
“As we had previously announced through the media, the yearly income
of this fund will be channeled for use in educational, cultural,
social and publishing projects. However, considering the hardships
created in Lebanon as a consequence of the recent war, we decided to
exceptionally grant the largest part of the fund’s allocation this
time to our schools. We believe this was a wise decision considering
the importance of the Armenian school in the life of the community,”
said His Holiness Aram I during the interview.
“The Catholicosate of Cilicia and We, personally, will continue to
consider the Armenian school as one of the most important aspects of
our mission,” Aram I added.
The decision was taken on September 1 to make the grant for the
academic year 2006-2007. The Khatchig Babikian Fund was established
recently at the Antelias headquarters of the Catholicosate of
Cilicia. It is run by a special committee under the direct supervision
of the Catholicos.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

RA STATE TAX SERVICE OFFICIAL KILLED IN YEREVAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.09.2006 12:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The service car belonging to Shahen Hovasapyan,
the head of the operating and investigating department of RA State
Tax Service, exploded in Baryon street, Yerevan, September 6 at about
10 a.m. local time. Shahen Hovasapyan died immediately; his driver
was gravely injured. The crime is being investigated by the Armenian
Office of Prosecutor General, reported IA Regnum.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TURKEY TO SEND PEACEKEEPERS TO LEBANON
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.09.2006 13:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ With 340 votes for and 192 against the Grand National
Assembly of Turkey has approved the sending of several hundreds
peacekeepers to Lebanon, reported Gazera.ru. To note, the Armenian
community of Lebanon protested deployment of Turkish peacekeepers.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

“EURO-2008” STARTS FOR ARMENIA TOO
A1+
[12:30 pm] 06 September, 2006
Today at 09:00 p.m. the National football team of Armenia will host
the national team of Belgium in the “Hanrapetakan” stadium. This is
the first match of Armenia within the framework of the qualifying
round of “EURO-2008”, whereas the Belgians have already drawn with
Kazakhstan 0:0.
According to the bookmakers, the favorite of the match is Belgium. The
index of their victory is 1.3. The index of the victory of Armenia
is 8.4 which is rather high. The index of the draw is 4.3.
In the first qualifying group of “EURO-2008” where Armenia is included
the following matches will take place today:
Poland – Serbia
Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan
Finland – Portugal
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TATUL MANASERIAN LEAVES “ARDAROUTIUN” FACTION
Noyan Tapan
Sept 05 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The number of the RA National
Assembly “Ardaroutiun” faction members reduced by one more: Doctor
of Economy Tatul Manaserian, a non-partizan deputy, elected by the
proportional list of the mentioned faction left on September 4 the
faction rows, according to his own application. He will complete
the row of independent deputies. To recap, a month ago, faction
secretary Victor Dallakian also left the party, according to his
own application, and became an independent deputy. So, 12 deputies
are members of the faction. In the application addressed to faction
head Stepan Demirchian, T.Manaserian particularly mentioned: “Taking
into consideration the “Ardaroutiun” faction’s noticeable pasiveness
during the political activity, factual stopping of an active struggle
as well as my future programs, I inform with this about my leaving the
bloc and faction.” As Ruzan Khachatrian, the Press Secretary of the
faction and the People’s Party of Armenia informed the Noyan Tapan
correspondent, the deputy at the same time thanked “for the human
and working relations created in the joint political struggle” and
expressed readiness to cooperate “within the framework of legislative
and other important initiatves addressed to the country’s progress.” In
the August 25 interview to the Noyan Tapan correspondent, Stepan
Demirchian mentioned that he is not of the same opinion relating to
some estimations presented in press about the opposition’s pasiveness
as the faction, including the PPA, has always expressed publicly its
position concerning the processes taking place in the country and
issues of public interest. To recap, Tatul Manaserian still refuses to
speak about his future political programs, and particularly about the
recient roumors concerning his possible membership to the “Bargavach
Hayastan” (Prosperous Armenia) party.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TURKEY CONDEMNS REPORT ADOPTED BY COMMITTEE OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Sept 06 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Turkey condemned
on September 5 the report adopted on the previous day by the European
Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, in which it is particularly
said that “Ankara’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide must be a
precondition for Turkey’s membership to the European Union.” Radio
Liberty states about it. “We are desperate from efforts of imposing
non-objective preconditions on issues demanding a serious scientific
study. Some elements of the report written for political reasons are
incoferent for such an authoritative organization of the European
Parliament,” according to Francepress, it’s said in the statement
spread by the Foreign Ministry of Turkey.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

MURDER IN THE CENTER OF YEREVAN
Armenpress
Sept 06 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: The head of the Operative and
Investigation Department of a government-affiliated State Tax
Inspection Shahen Hovasapian was killed today in the morning after
a bomb placed in his GAZ-31 car exploded.
The law enforcement officials are at present working on the scene. No
other details are available presently. The President of Armenia has
instructed the law enforcement bodies to undertake all the necessary
measures to disclose the crime as soon as possible.
A spokesperson for the president Victor Soghomonian told Armenpress
that Robert Kocharian expressed his condolences to the family of
Shahen Hovasapian.
Soghomonian said the criminal way of acting, which is directed against
the efforts to improve tax administration and ensure equal conditions
for all must be condemned. He said it is not able to affect the
government’s policy to eliminate problems and shortcomings in tax
administration.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

RA PROSECUTOR’S GENERAL OFFICE EXAMINES CIRCUMSTANCE OF DEATH OF CHIEF OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT OF RA STATE TAX SERVICE
Noyan Tapan
Sept 06 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Prosecutor’s General Office
starts examination on the explosion of the office car of Shahen
Hovasapian, the Chief of the Investigation Department of the RA State
Tax Service attached to Government, and on the latter’s death. As
Noyan Tapan was informed by the Public Relations and Information
Department of the RA Police, The RA Police Central Department got at
9:35, September 6 an alarm on the explosion in the Bayron street in
Yerevan. The operative group left for the accident place found out
that the explosion took place in the “GAZ 31” car with the “005LL03”
registration number, in the consequence of what Shahen Hovasapian,
the Chief of the Investigation Department of the RA State Tax Service
attached to Government, died. The car driver got bodily injuries. To
recap, according to non-official data, the explosive placed in the
car was the reason of the explosion.
Sh.Hovasapian’s son was also in the car, but he got no bodily injuries.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

CAR OF HEAD OF OPERATIVE DEPARTMENT OF RA TAX SERVICE EXPLODED BY EXPLOSIVE ASSEMBLY OF REMOTE CONTROL
Yerevan, September 6. ArmInfo. The murder of Shahen Hovasapyan, the
Head of the Operative Department of RA Tax Service, had premeditated
character, it is said in the message of RA Prosecutor General’s Office.
According to the message, an office car of S. Hovasapyan of GAZ 3102
model was exploded by an explosive assembly of remote control.
Besides S. Hovasapyan, his son Grigor Hovasapyan and the driver
Andranik Charchyan, who have survived, were also in the car during
the explosion.
To be noted, the incident happened today at 9:15 AM by Yerevan time
in the Bayron Street. The RA Prosecutor General’s Office has filed
a suit on the fact of murder as per part 2, article 104 of the RA
Criminal Code (premeditated murder under aggravating circumstances).
An investigating group is also formed, which includes the crime
investigators of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the National Security
Service and the Police.

EDITOR OF THE IRAVUNK WAS ATTACKED ON HIS WAY TO WORK
Lragir.am
06 Sept 06
Hovanes Galajyan, Editor-in-Chief of the Iravunk newspaper, who was
attacked on Wednesday morning, provided the details of the incident
to the Lragir. Hovanes Galajyan says he was attacked early in the
morning on leaving his house, in the yard. He was attacked by two
men, both skinheads. They attacked the journalist from the back,
caused him fall on the ground and started hitting him, mostly on
the head, Hovanes Galajyan says. The journalist says he could defend
himself from strong blows with his arms. When people appeared from
the neighboring houses, the skinheads ran away. Hovanes Galajyan has
already gone to the Police. On September 7 he will pass a forensic
examination. Hovanes Galajyan says the attack is connected with his
professional activities and the newspaper where he works.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress