SERGE SARGSYAN SUPPORTS ILYUMJINOV
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[08:46 pm] 16 May, 2006
Soon Chess World Olympiad will be held in Turin during which the
session of the FIDE will be convened.
Alongside with other issues, the members of the FIDE will elect a
new president. The main candidate of the post is Kirsan Ilyumjinov,
current president of the FIDE whose rival is Dutch Vesen Coc.
Serge Sargsyan, president of the Armenian Football Federation released
an official letter to Ilyumjinov offering his assistance to the FIDE
president. “We voice hope that you will do your best to promote the
development of chess all over the world in order to keep the ancient
game away from politics.”
Let us remind you that Ilyumjinov has criticized Armenia many times for
holding international tournaments in NKR. Ilyumjinov spoke negatively
about the tournaments held in Artsakh during his election campaign
in Baku underlining the fact they don’t accept the results of the
tournaments.
By the way, Azeris also support Ilyumjinov and they have made their
decision public lately.

AND WHY WAS BAGHDASAROV AWARDED?
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[09:15 pm] 16 May, 2006
Today in the Russian Embassy to Armenia a number of Armenian
authorities were awarded with great military orders of the pan Russian
academy on security, defense and legal issues.
RA Attorney General Aghvan Hovsepyan was awarded the medal of the
first degree of Peter the Great. RA Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan
will also be awarded with that medal but a bit later, as he wasn’t
present at today’s ceremony.
Colonel-General Michael Haroutyunyan, deputy minister of the RA Defense
and chief of the RA military main headquarters, was awarded with the
medal of the first degree of Alexandre Nevski, and Gurgen Dalibaltayan,
RA Military Attorney General and RA President’s councilor, was awarded
with the medal of “Great Victory.”
Michael Baghdasarov, president of the company “Mika Limited” was among
them and he was awarded with the medal of the second degree of Peter
the Great (it is difficult to say for which service exactly)
The official registration of the awards is as follows, for their
personal share and service in the establishment of RA and RF national
security and increase of fighting ability.
The ceremony was held at the head of the Russian ambassador to Armenia
Nikolay Pavlov who was also awarded with the medal of first degree
of Peter the Great.
By the way, Mher Shahgeldyan, chairman of RA Defense and National
security and Internal affairs standing committee was awarded the
medal of the first degree of Alexandre Nevski but the medal was not
given to him for certain reasons.
Nobody made a speech at the ceremony. They merely enjoyed drinks and
spoke of their personal affairs.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

YOUNG ORINATS YERKIR PARTY MEMBER ABOUT THE OLD MEMBERS
Panorama.am
15:24 16/05/06
Orinats Yerkir young members presented a symbol of a broken chair with
a paper with $ sign and several ?? stick on it with black ribbon. The
chair symbolizes the people who left Orinats Yerkir. The young members
assure that no rat movement is present among their lines. According to
youth department head of OY Samvel Faramanyan, no person has left the
party from their department. Moreoever, 500 new members joined. Tigran
Lazarian, department member, said that morality has not developed
within politics.
Young OY members have called extraordinary assemblies several times to
discuss the present situation. They issued a statement approving their
leader’s steps and rendering their support to him. Speaking on those
who left the party they write “such people are sometimes loved but are
never forgiven. We are sure that their steps are not only reflection
of being non-principle but also put en end to any human morality.”

BARGAVACH HAYASTAN TO HAVE THE SAME FATE OF ORINATS YERKIR
Panorama.am
15:26 16/05/06
National Democratic Union Head Vazgen MANUKYAN talked to a news
conference today, saying that gagik tsarukyans, prosecutors and others
must understand that being involved in the game they have either to
serve till the end or have the same fate as Orinats Yerkir. Manukyan
said so in a response to a question by Panorama.am whether Bargavach
Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) will have the fate of Orinats Yerkir.

ALL ARMENIAN CONGRESS HOLDS A SESSION IN YEREVAN
Panorama.am
16:37 16/05/06
All Armenian Congress (AAC) opened its session today in Yerevan. The
session discussed AAC activities in the course of the last 2 years
and participants watched a film about the organization.
However, the participants think that only half of the information on
what the congress does was presented.
“I can assure you that you don’t know even 1 % of what we do. I did
not want to talk about the programs of the congress as it would take
much time,” the head of the Congress and chairman of the Union of
Armenians A. Abrahamyan told Panorama.am.
A. Abrahamyan mentioned that they have provided Armenian schools with
computers and the organizers intend to continue the project both in
Armenia and Diaspora. During the last 2 years, refugees were provided
with 130 flats. “It is very important since by providing refugees
with flats we connect them with Armenia,” Abrahamyan said. They also
engage in building schools in Nagorno Karabakh. The most important
among programs may be considered AAC’s initiative to apply to the
International Court on Human Rights with a request to consider the
Armenian Genocide.
Another important aspect Abrahamyan considered the development of
Armenia-Diaspora relation which, in his opinion, is not sufficiently
well developed.
In the words of NKR prime minister Anushavan Danielyan, a more
professional and organized attitude is needed to the problem
of Diaspora. “Up till now we have been dealing on amateur
level. Concurrently, if we ask Armenians what is our economic
and intellectual capital, most frequently we will hear the answer
“Diaspora,” Danielyan said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

THE POLICE COMPUTER NETWORK WILL BE SIGNED
Panorama.am
20:14 16/05/06
On May 16 at the US Embassy in Yerevan, a contract for $699,000 for
development of the Police Computer Network will be signed. The company
AEAI (Advanced Engineering Associates International) with its Armenian
partner Yerevan Computer Research and Development Institute (YCRDI)
have been selected by the US Embassy to develop the Network.

KOCHARYAN APPOINTS S. MNATSAKANYAN CHAIRMAN OF RA NATIONAL STATISTIC SERVICE
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
May 15 2006
YEREVAN, May 15. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharyan again appointed
Stepan Mnatsakanyan the Chairman of the RA National Statistic Service.
According to the Press Service of the RA President, Kocharyan signed
this decree on May 12, 2006.
Mnatsakanyan has been the Minister of State Register Statistics and
Analysis since 1998, which has been renamed RA National Statistic
Service in 2000.

NK SETTLEMENT WITHIN OSCE IMPORTANT, KOCHARYAN STATES
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
May 15 2006
YEREVAN, May 15. /ARKA/. At his meeting with OSCE Secretary General
Mark Peren Brichambaut , RA President Robert Kocharyan pointed out
the important fact that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is being settled
within the OSCE, which format is a rather efficient one.
The RA President made a high appraisal of the effectiveness, level
and prospects of the Armenia-OSCE cooperation.
The sides thoroughly discussed the processes going on in the OSCE
member-countries and the organization’s structural reforms. They also
addressed the Armenian-Turkish relations.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

SITTING OF WORLD ARMENIAN CONGRESS GENERAL COUNCIL TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN ON 16 MAY
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
May 15 2006
YEREVAN, May 15. /ARKA/. The sitting of the World Armenian Congress’
General Council (WAC) will be held in Yerevan on 16 May, the WAC
public relations department reported.
The report on the activity in 2005-2005 of the WAC General Council
Bureau will be discussed at the sitting. President of the congress Ara
Abramyan is to give the report. The WAC’s tasks, related to the third
forum “Armenia-Diaspora” to be held in 2006, and also the project of
the program “Days of World Armenian Congress in Armenia and Artsakh –
2006″will also be discussed.
On 17-18 May the international conference “Caucasus Without Conflicts
and Terrorism: Dialogue of Civilizations on Caucasus Intersection”
will be held in the frameworks of the WAC activities.
The conference is organized together with “Dialogue of Civilizations”
Armenian National Center in association with the Russian Center of
National Glory.
Besides this, a sitting of the WAC experts’ commission who deal with
Armenian genocide issues will be held on 17-19 May in Yerevan.

CBA CHAIRMAN: ECONOMIC JOURNALISM INSTITUTE NOT DEVELOPED IN ARMENIA YET
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
May 16 2006
YEREVAN, May 16. /ARKA/. Institute of economic journalism has not
developed in Armenia yet, as the head of the CBA Tigran Sargsyan
said during interview with “ARKA” News Agency. He finds that it is
conditioned with the fact that in times of Soviet Union there were
no such independent and effective institutions.
“Today the exacting market decides and determines itself analytical
products worth paying. Development of professional economic journalism
is at a top important stage, in the process of which objective analysis
and demand appears in the market, Sargsyan said.
In his words, especially thanks to this gradually appear professional
economic journalists.
He emphasized that the CBA intends to put forth all efforts to
development of the sphere of economic journalism.