Category: 2018

By the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Vahagn Harutyunyan was dismissed from the post of deputy Chairman of the RA Investigation Committee, Head of the main department for investigating especially important cases, according to his own statement.

On 18 July President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on appointing Gagik Khachatryan member of the NKR State Commission on Regulating Public Services and Economic Competition with a 5-year term of office.

The swearing-in ceremony of judge of first instance 

court of general jurisdiction of Lori province Aram Mkrtchyan, judge of first instance court of general jurisdiction of Gegharkunik province Armida Voskanyan and judge of first instance court of general jurisdiction of Shirak province Ivan Baghmanyan was held at the Armenian Presidential Palace on July 18.

President Sarkissian congratulated the newly-appointed judges and wished them success in their responsible work.

The current authorities regard the Soviet period as an integral part of our history. The evidence of this is the study “Overestimating the Soviet past”.

“The present and past elites regard the Soviet past as an integral part of our history and they are for considering it as an organic part of the development of our people. Unlike the Baltic countries, neighboring Georgia, where this period is considered an occupation period,” political scientist Edgar Vardanyan said, presenting the results of the study.

The study was started in February 2018 and has been recently completed.

The results of the research showed that part of the representatives of the post-revolutionary ruling political forces note that in the Soviet period there were also positive phenomena. “Among them is the development of science and industry, and negative phenomena are an authoritarian, totalitarian culture.”

According to the political scientist, the ruling political elite of the transit stage is more cautious in the matter of condemning the repressions of the Soviet period. According to Edgar Vardanyan, they condemn the repression, but are more cautious in official statements.

South-Caucasian Railway CJSC informs that on July 17, Yerevan-Batumi and Batumi-Yerevan trains were delayed by 2 h 10 min due to insufficient work of Georgian frontier service.

Thanks to the coordinated work of the SCR staff, the time of late arrival of the train Batumi-Yerevan was reduced by 1 hour already on the territory of Armenia and the train arrived in Yerevan with a delay of 1 h 10 minutes.

“South Caucasus Railways” CJSC is requesting passengers’ forgiveness for inconveniences caused not by the fault of the Company.

“We all want to see him, say that you have won, good job, and we are sure you will find out the cases of our children.”

The parents of 10 victims of March 1, 2008, want to meet with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. “We all want to see him, say that you have won, good job, and we are sure you will find out the cases of our children. We also have several questions to ask, the  monument should be installed,” Sargis Kloyan, father of Gor Kloyan, told “A1 +”.

Parents of the victims hope that the case of March 1, though not at once, will be fully discovered during Nikol Pashinyan’s government. “The moment of the parents’ dream – April Revolution, led by Nikol Pashinyan, came. If it were no power, the parents would continue to be deceived  “said Vachagan Farmanyan, father of Armen Farmanyan.

“It is already our power, we can say that a new Armenia, a new government. The investigators have already changed, the NSS has changed, the SIS has changed, it can be said that Aghvan Hovsepyan has run away, and our senior investigator Vahagn Harutyunyan has left the case on March 1,” Sargis Kloyan said.

Former Defense Minister Mikayel Harutyunyan is wanted for the March 1 case.  Head of Robert Kocharyan’s office Victor Soghomonyan has already stated that the army was brought to the capital those days for internal security and thus the Constitution was not violated.

“I am sorry, but Soghomonyan is wrong. There is no state of emergency in the Constitution, there is only a martial law, and in that case they could bring in the army during an ultra-violent situation. I saw with my eyes the soldiers in cars, in streets of Melk-Adamyan and Tigran Mets, from 17:30 to 18:00,” Sargis Kloyan said.

The relatives of the victims of March 1 await Robert Kocharyan’s interrogation and are eager to hear the answer of the key question: as a supreme commander-in-chief, why did he order to shoot people? Robert Kocharyan promised to come to the SIS after July 25, when he returns to Yerevan.

It turns out that today’s unexpected statement by defendant Pavlik Manukyan in the case of “Sasna Tsrer” does not express the general viewpoint of the members of the group.

To remind, today he said that Edvard Grigoryan “accidentally” shot and injured the policeman, while Smbat Barseghyan is charged with murder.

“This statement is not everyone’s point of view, but his personal statement, which has not been agreed with the group and does not express a common view,” Varuzhan Avetisyan stated during the court hearing that there would be no disagreement among the public. One of the members of the group, Areg Kyureghyan, who was released from custody, told reporters that he would not comment on any information or statement on the criminal case.

The full article is available here.

Minas Avetisyan Foundation Board Chairman Arman Avetisyan said today that Minas Avetisyan’s frescos were in danger.

“There is no direct funding and it is ingired now. It was not directly spoken of during the former Minister of Culture, and now we have been asking for more than a month to meet with the newly appointed Minister. ”

To date, the Fund representatives have been waiting for the response from the Ministry of Culture.

Arman Avetisyan stated that Minas Avetisyan’s “Night” fresco was at stake. According to him, all the paintings of Minas Avetisyan should be returned to Gyumri, but there were no conditions for that.

“The problem of the “Night “fresco costs about $ 18-20 thousand and the “Armenia” fresco should be studied yet,” Arman Avetisyan said.

The board chairman suggested to finally collect all the frescoes in one place.

“I suggest creating a monumental museum in Gyumri. This will also stimulate tourism development.”

Armenian MP Edmon Marukyan touched upon Vanadzor Mayor Mamikon Aslanian’s recent statement on Facebook about his Olympic relationships.

Speaking about the absence of a revolution in Vanadzor, the MP noticed that Mamikon Aslanyan is in the mood of the mandate, so the agenda of Vanadzor residents should be Mamikon Aslanyan’s resignation. Details are in the interview.

Yervand Varosyan, the advocate of the member of Sasna Tsrer group Edward Grigoryan, told “A1 +” that Edward Grigoryan did not shoot randomly two years ago in the police patrol regiment. “The fact is that Edward Grigoryan has nothing to do with injuries to any person during the seizure of the police patrol regiment.” said the lawyer.

To the question why today Pavel Manukyan announced that Armen Bilijan, member of Sasna Tsrer, was charged with false accusation, he replied: “Armen Bilyan is not the one who accidentally shot at the police station. The man who died because of accidental shooting, he wad wounded by the friend of mine, my dear friend Edward Grigoryan. Please restore justice,” said Pavel Manukyan.