NEW RADIO STATION TO OPEN IN JAVAKHK
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Aug 23 2006
AKHALKALAK, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A technically
well-equipted radio station will function in the Javakhk region of
Ninotsminda from October 1. It was founded on the initiative of the
Tbilisi representation of the famous BBC “R” studio. According to
the “A-Info” agency, the Ninotsminda radio will have an information,
funny, sporting programs, ones dedicated to women, etc. 13 employees
of the radio station underwent courses with a number of experienced
journalists. Laura Varjapetian is appointed the coordinator of the
radio, and Ararat Pttian is appointed the editor-in-chief.

COURT-YARD CAMP OF AKHALKALAK SURB KHACH CHURCH CLOSES
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Aug 23 2006
AKHALKALAK, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The closing
ceremony of the court-yard camp having functioned for about one month
took place in the territory adjacent to the Akhalkalak Surb Khach
(Saint Cross) church.
According to the “A-Info” agency, about 170 children from Akhalkalak,
of 7-15 years old, participated in the camp. According to words of
Liana Khloyan, the court-yard head, the director of the Yerevan
“Puprik” children’s and juvenile theater-studio, the camp is
directed to historic-cultural and spiritual education. The camp
detachment leaders were representatives of the youth union of the
Ararat Patriarchal Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. To recap,
pupils of one of Armenian Sunday schools of New York sponsored the
camp. The “Javakhk Call” fund and the Akhalkalak Mayor’s Office also
assisted the camp.

AVERAGE MONTHLY DENSITY OF DUST IN JUNE IN YEREVAN SURPASSES 2.1 TIMES PERMISSIBLE NORM
Noyan Tapan
Aug 23 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Observations of the air basin were
implemented in Armenia, in June, in the cities of Yerevan, Gyumri,
Vanadzor, Hrazdan, Alaverdi and Ararat. According to data of the RA
National Statistical Service, density of substances polluting the
atmosphere in the mentioned settlements was decided with the help of
3253 experimental samples of the taken air.
According to it, the average monthly density of dust surpassed the
permissible norm in June in Hrazdan 3.4 times, in Ararat 3.2, in
Gyumri 2.7 times, in Yerevan 2.1 times, in Vanadzor 1.5, in Alaverdi
1.3 times.

WOMEN MAKE 71.5% OF PEOPLE HAVING UNEMPLOYED STATUS IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Aug 23 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The average number of the
economically active population in Armenia made 1186.9 thousand people
in January-June of this year, 92.4% or 1096.9 thousand of who were
engaged in economy. 90 thousand people had no job and were registered
at the “RA Employment Service” agency of the RA Ministry of Labour
and Social Issues, getting an employed person’s status. According to
data of the RA National Statistical Service, women made 71.5% of the
officially registered unemployed people. 4.4 thousand people found job
from the beginning of the year, and women made 2.6 thousand or 59.1%
of them.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARSHAK SADOYAN EXPECTS ASSISTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN CONTROLLING COMING ELECTIONS
Noyan Tapan
Aug 23 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Some forces in the ruling camp
plan to again falsify the coming elections and create a “pictured”
parliament. Arshak Sadoyan, the Chairman of the “National Democrates’
Alliance” (NDA) party expressed such an opinion at the August 23
press conference. A.Sadoyan informed that the NDA has worked out a
complex program to control the coming elections.
The goal of the program is “to involve representatives of the
international community led by democratic values into the process
of controlling the Armenian elections.” According to the speaker’s
words, the U.S. Ambassador’s UN and OSCE representatives’ attention
was drawn to it and “it was approved by them.”
In Sadoyan’s words, 2.5 mln dollars are necessary for implementation
of the program. As the speaker stated that the NDA discussed the
issue of giving money with “numerous international organizations,”
but there is no result yet. The NDA Chairman believes that a
Board of Trustees must be created which will control the process
of spending those financial resources. The program envisages: a)
creation of a mechanism of electronic control of the elections;
b) mass teaching of confidants and local observers (though courses
for members of electoral comissions were organized in July-August,
Sadoyan insists that they were not held at the corresponding level and
it is necessary to organize new courses), c) broadcast of everyday
TV and radio programs and and publication of weekly to be given to
people free of charge “with the goal of propaganda of just elections’
importance.” The program also envisages meetings with the population,
“with participation of foreign figures having international fame.”
According to the NDA Chairman’s words, the latters’ presence may be
a strait jacket for the RA authorities’ illegal actions. According to
him, “if Armenia does not go in a normal democratic way, the powerful
states of the world will gradually push us out of all processes,
and the Armenian people will face the danger of losing Karabakh,”
A.Sadoyan said. He expressed confidence that in the case of again
“picturing” the elections , falsifiers will not be forgiven any more.

T.TOROSIAN: DECLARATION ON INDEPENDENCE OF ARMENIA HAS HAD EXCLUSIVE MEANING IN LIFE OF COUNTRY
Noyan Tapan
Aug 23 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The Declaration on Independence
of Armenia adopted on August 23, 1990 has had an exclusive meaning
in life of the country. Today as well, it’s the indivisible part of
the legislation of Armenia, as a document mentioned in the preface
of the Constitution. RA NA Speaker Tigran Torosian expressed such an
opinion at the August 23 press conference.
Congratulating the Armenian people on the occasion of the day of
adopting the Declaration, he mentioned that during the recent 15
years, “that document, with the Karabakh movement, was the source
of those important inspirations to which we are under obligation
for all our achievements.” “I also want to specially congratulate my
those partners who had the hapiness on August 23, 1990, to vote for
that document as if the independence itself is the supreme value,
then the Declaration of Independence and voting for it, I think,
is the supreme happiness for every person,” the NA Speaker said.

2 WOMEN CHESS PLAYERS OF ARMENIAN ORIGIN TAKE 1ST AND 2ND PLACES IN PAN AMERICAN GAMES CHESS TOURNAMENT
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Aug 23 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Tatev Abrahamian,
a chess master of Armenian origin, representing the U.S. won the
champion’s title of the Pan American Chess Games Tournament finished
in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. As the Public Radio of Armenia states,
T.Abrahamian got 9 points from 9 possible ones. Maria Sargis, another
chess player of Armenian origin, who is from Argentina, occupied the
2nd horizontal of the tournament, getting 7.5 points.

YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM OF ARMENIA DEFEATS “PYUNIK-3” WITH A SCORE OF 5-0
Noyan Tapan
Aug 23 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Group tournament of the Europe
Championship elimination stage of football players until 17 will
be held in Yerevan from September 30 to October 5. The national
team of Armenia is included in 10 sub-groups. Our football players
will compete with the football players of the same age of Scotland
on September 30, of Hungary on October 2 and with the Bulgarian
football players on October 5. Those who will take the first and
the second places will continue the struggle in the next tour. On
August 22, within the framework of preparation for the tournament,
the national team of Armenia held an unofficial match with “Pyunik-3”
in the Republican stadium. The national team won with a score of 5-0
(coach Arsen Chilingarian).

MOUNTAIN-CLIMBER FROM KRASNODAR TO DEDICATE THIER ASCENT OF ARARAT TO “YEAR OF ARMENIA IN RUSSIA”
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Aug 23 2006
KRASNODAR, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A group of
Krasnodar mountain-climbers, headed by Vardan Vardanian, started
subjugation of the sacred object of the Christianity, the mount of
Ararat. According to the “Yerkramas” (country) newspaper of Armenians
of Russia, there are representatives of creative professions and
business, heads of big companies and entreprenuers, photopraphers and
painters, among mountain-climbers from Krasnodar, who have already
directed to Iran by plane, from where they will go to Turkey and start
the ascent. Mountain-climbers from other countries will join ones of
Krasnodar on the way. The international group dedicates the ascent
of Ararat to the “Year of Armenia in Russia” being held in 2006. In
Vardan Vardanian’s words, the mountain-climbers from Krasnodar will
hoist on the top of Ararat the flag of the capital of Kuban as well.

ACCORDING TO RA NSS HEAD, MULTIFACTOR ANALYSIS SHOULD BE MADE TO ASCERTAIN CAUSES OF DECLINE IN AGRICULTUTRAL OUTPUT
Noyan Tapan
Aug 23 2006
YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, NOYAN TAPAN. “A multifactor analysis is
necessary in order to ascertain causes of the 6.8% decline in the
gross agricultural output in January-July 2006 on the same period of
last year.” Head of the RA National Statistical Service (NSS) Stepan
Mnatsakanian expressed this opinion, adding that the RA NSS published
the agricultural output indices of January-July 2006 by summarizing
the preliminary data which was collected in a hurry. In response to
NT correspondent’s question whether the above mentioned decline was
not due to drought (although the officials of the agriculatural sphere
deny it), S. Mnatsakanian noted that based on the analysis of the 7.2%
growth in the agricultural sphere in January-June 2006 compared with
the same period of last year, it was conditioned by higher temperature
in June 2006 compared with the same month of last year, as a result of
which the plants grew more rapidly this year. “Under such conditions,
some part of July’s harvest was transferred to June – this was the
explanation we heard,” S. Mnatsakanian said.