Author: Hovhannisian John

329 CITIZENS ALREADY RECEIVE MONEY THEY WON AS A RESULT OF JUNE LOTTERY OF CASH REGISTER RECEIPTS

NOYAN TAPAN
JULY 1, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JULY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of the lottery of cash
register receipts (for May) held on June 5 by the State Revenue
Committee (SRC), 329 winners have already received sums of a total
of 2.3 million drams as of June 30.

According to the SRC press service, 294 citizens won 5 thousand
drams each, 29 citizens received 20 thousand drams and 6 citizens –
50 thousand drams each.

ARMENIAN CB PUTS INTO CIRCULATION "ST SARGIS THE COMMANDER" GOLD COMMEMORATIVE COIN

/ARKA/
July 1, 2009
YEREVAN

The Central Bank of Armenia put into circulation "St Sargis the
Commander" gold commemorative coin.

According to the CBA press-service, the coin has been issued under
"The History of Armenian Culture" series.

Some 5,000 gold commemorative coins were issued with nominal value
of 5,000AMD each. Coins are made of 900° gold, with a diameter of
18milimeters and weighing 4.3grams.

The year of issue ("2009") is on the obverse of the coin with nominal
value in two rows under it. "CENTRAL BANK OF REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA"
is minted in top.

St Sargis saddled on a horse and conquering the serpent is on the
reverse of the coin. "ST Sargis the Commander" is minted on top
in Armenian.

The coin was minted in the Mint of Finland LTD and designed by Karapet
Abrahamyan.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM OF ARMENIA 122ND AT FIFA CLASSIFICATION TABLE

NOYAN TAPAN
JULY 2, 2009
YEREVAN

The FIFA publicized on July 1 the new classification table of national
teams where the Armenian team is the 122nd, the Georgian team is
the 104th, and the Azeri one is 139th. The national teams of Brazil,
Spain and Holland are in the leading three.

A REPEATED HEARING OF VAHAGN CHAKHALYAN’S CASE TO BE HELD ON JULY 22

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
01.07.2009 15:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On June 30 a final confirmation was given to a new
Georgian law, forbidding foreign attorneys from defending Georgian
prisoners’ rights, Robert Tatoyan, Program Coordinator of Yerkir
Social Organizations’ Union for Repatriation told a news conference
in Yerevan. According to him, Georgian authorities, intimidated by
Vahagn Chakhalyan, do their best to prevent him from being liberated
from prison.

Tatoyan noted that Chakhalyan and his family are permanently abused
by Georgian authorities.

In his turn, Head of Yerkir Union Sevak Artsruni added that Georgian
authorities repeatedly offered Chakhalyan to plead guilty in exchange
to freedom, yet, Chakhalyan refused.

The Akhaltsikhe district court found United Javakhk Democratic Alliance
leader Vahagn Chakhalyan guilty at all points and sentenced him to
10 years in prison.

Chakhalyan’s family appealed the verdict. A repeated hearing of Vahagn
Chakhalyan’s case will be held on July 22.

WORKSHOP OF ITALIAN MACARONI ESTABLISHED IN TOGH SUB-REGION OF NKR’S HADROUT REGION

ARMENPRESS
July 1, 2009

STEPANAKERT, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS: A workshop of Italian macaroni has
been established in the Togh sub-region of the Hadrout region of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic.

The founder of the workshop Arthur Aghabekyan told Armenpress
that it was possible to establish with the collaboration of few
business friends. The installation of the "Andy Italia" equipment
and experimental start has been implemented by the Italian specialists.

The businessman said that the new workshop has today 8 employees and
part of the raw is still being imported. During one working day up
to 2 tons of macaroni are being produced.

PACE PAPER GIVES A POSITIVE ESTIMATION TO ARMENIAN SITUATION

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
30.06.2009 22:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I believe that the PACE Resolution 1677 is an
integral link in the chain of previous documents on Armenia. This
document is important since it gives a generally positive assessment
to the situation in Armenia and to implemented measures aimed at
overcoming the political crisis after elections, as well as to steps
aimed at promoting democracy and human rights in the country," Armen
Rustamyan , MP of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun fraction of the National
Assembly, member of Armenian delegation to PACE told journalists today.

Armen Rustamyan informed that did not put his signature neither
under papers of opposition nor coalition. "I have not signed the
proposal of Zaruhi Postanjyan, because I don’t’ like to be in a
team with Azerbaijani and Turkish deputies. And if someone thinks
that the deputies of Azerbaijan and Turkey, all activities of which
are directed against Armenia, will fight for democracy in Armenia,
I feel sympathy for this person ," he said.

According to Armen Rustamyan, thanks to the resolutions of PACE, a
consistent policy of the Armenian authorities and amendments made the
Criminal Code of Armenia, the country has already formed a legal field.

EQUAL CONDITIONS FOR EDUCATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
Sona Hakobyan

"Radiolur"
01.07.2009 14:48

The handicapped persons are the most vulnerable group of our
society. During the two-day international conference on "Long-term
objectives of special education reforms: New view, new approaches"
organized by the Armenian Ministry of Education Science and the
"Bridge of Hope" NGO, the participants are expected to discuss issues
of special education and reforms in the sphere.

Guests from Latvia, Serbia, Hungary and the Czech Republic participate
in the conference alongside Armenian specialists.

"Our Ministry has implemented a number of reforms in the fields of
special and inclusive education over the past years. It pays special
attention to children who need special educational conditions. A number
of legislative amendments have been adopted. I’d like to emphasize
the role of the "Bridge of Hope" NGO in the revolutionary reforms
implemented in Armenia," RA Minister of Education and Science Armen
Ashotyan said in his opening remarks.

RIOTS START IN UKRAINIAN CITY OF MARGANETS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
30.06.2009 16:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Riots started after a fight in a cafe of Ukranian
city of Marganets, at which a young police inspector was killed,
representatives of the Armenian community of Dnepropetrovsk
region state. Some of those who took part in the cafe incident were
Armenians. According to community’s lawyer Alla Arakelova, after the
fight large-scale riots stared in city: houses have been burnt, more
than 15 cars have been destroyed. "There are victims, women and elderly
people are among them. Their relatives are now took off to other
cities: Zaporozhye, Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk," she added. Police
reports, that the situation in Marganets is controlled, and denies
occurrence of incidents after the fight in the cafe. They insist that
it was purely domestic incident. According to the first deputy head of
internal affairs ministry administration of Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk
region Igor Shovikov, "it was a small conflict, which was localized
in the short term." About two dozen participants of the fight from
both sides have been detained. There is no information if a person
who killed a young police officer is among them. Representatives of
the Armenian community accuse police for inaction. According to them,
police did not intervene in the conflict, and community activists are
going to picket the Regional Prosecutor’s office and the Regional
Department of the Interior. 22 -year-old policeman died from stab
wounds in the city of Manganets. He tried to stop a fight at the
local cafe. Sergeant of the patrol-sentry service was not performing
his duties, he was dressed as a civilian. Another four people were
hospitalized with injuries, tsn.ua reports.

71% ARMENIANS THINK CRISIS AFFECTED COUNTRY’S ECONOMY

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
30.06.2009 12:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Marketing Association has published the
results of a survey conducted among 1082 residents of Yerevan and
some regions from April 20 to 30.

100% of the respondents proved awareness of the ongoing global economic
crisis. 71% of them said the global recession has already struck
at the country’s economy. 20% said the crisis is still to come. 5%
said Armenia will be partially affected. 1% said they do not care.

79% said expressed deep concerns over the crisis.

60% think the crisis is a lingering process. 24% see the soonest end
of the crisis. 16% found difficulty in answering.

Asked which countries are mostly affected by the crisis, 47% said it’s
the United States, 43% named Ukraine, 38% pointed out to Russia. Only
4% think that Armenia is the country mostly struck by the global
financial crisis.

DEPUTY HEAD OF YEREVAN-KENTRON PENITENTIARY CHARGED WITH ABUSING AUTHORITY

Noyan Tapan
June 29, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The charge brought against the deputy
head of Yerevan-Kentron penitentiary A. Muradian was substantiated in
the criminal case investigated by the Special Investigation Service
of Armenia. The prosecutor’s office approved the indictment and the
case was sent to court.

A criminal case had been opened in connection with the fact that on
April 1, 2009, A. Aghababian convicted of attempted murder broke out
of Yerevan-Kentron penitentiary. The investigation into this case
revealed that the deputy head of the penitentiary A. Muradian abused
his authority, thus committing the crime envisaged by Article 309 of
the RA Criminal Code.

In particular, according to the evidence obtained by investigators,
A. Muradian violated the requirements of Article 24 of the RA Law
on Keeping Arrested and Imprisoned Persons and Chapter 11 of the
RA Criminal Enforcement Service’s Regulations on Keeping Prisoners
in Places of Detention and Correctional Facilities: he abused his
authority established by law by regularly taking the prisoner Arshak
Aghababian convited of a particulary grave crime out of his cell
(without Aghababian’s written consent and a written decision of the
penitentiary head and without making any records) and involving him
in work of economic nature at the penitentiary. On April 1, 2009, at
about 2:30 pm, Aghababian was once again taken out of his cell and told
to unload foodstuffs from a truck and carry them to the penitentiary
storehouse. During this work, the prisoner was not under control,
as a result of which he managed to climb out of a storehouse window
to Nalbandian Street and escape.

According to the press service of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office,
based on the obtained evidence, A. Muradian was charged under Article
309 Part 1 of RA Criminal Code. The criminal case has been sent to
the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marsh
communities for examination.