RAT ESCAPE FROM ORINATS YERKIR CONTINUES
Panorama.am
14:21 10/05/06
The leader of democratic party Aram Sargsyan is sure that rat escape
from Orinats Yerkir will continue since “they have no principals and
have not joined the party based on their convictions,” A. Sargsyan
told a briefing today. “Orinats Yerkir was once strong and now they
are looking for another strong one,” he said.
According to him, this is a revenge against Orinats Yerkir for very
expensive seats at the parliament.
“Parliamentary elections are the start for the presidential elections,”
he said. Sargsyan said we will never build a normal society unless
a businessman and a parliamentary are scared of the executive
branch. “They may be called at any time and be guided to certain
actions.” Sargsyan is sure that this tendency is encouraged by the
president of the state.

BIG SUMS TRANSFERRED TO BANK ACCOUNTS FOR RELATIVE A320 VICTIMS
By Gohar Gevorgian
AZG Armenian Daily
11/05/2006
On May 4, special bank accounts were opened at the Finance and Economy
Ministry of Armenia to raise money for the relatives of A320 crash
victims. By 3.45 pm on May 6, the total sum on the accounts amounted
to 22 million 521 thousand drams.
Armavia air carrier also has opened accounts at Armsavingsbank,
Inekobank and Armeconombank but the latter refused provide
information on transferred money saying they can tell it only
to Armavia representatives. Soon after speaking to the company
representatives Inekobank told daily Azg that by 4.00 pm on May
6 there was 2 million 357 thousand drams on the account. Armavia
assured that it will provide information on the size of donations
and will disclose the names of benefactors if allowed.

STATE AND SOCIETY SHOULD COOPERATE
Panorama.am
17:11 10/05/06
The regional development center of Transparency International Armenia
has organized a discussion today on Orhuss convention. Sona Aivazyan,
Transparency International Armenia representative said that the aim of
the discussion is to promote implementation of some of the provisions
of Orhuss convention. Armenia has ratified the convention in 2001.
As mentioned by discussion participants, Armenia will submit a report
to Orhuss committee on steps taken to implement the convention. The
committee has submitted a package of suggestions and Armenia has to
come up with a report on that to be submitted 6 month earlier before
the next meeting, which will be in May 2008.
Regular meetings are planned to make the report a real
action.

FRENCH SPECIALISTS STARTED SEARCHES OF “FLIGHT RECORDERS” OF ARMENIAN AIRPLANE A-320
Yerevan, April 10. ArmInfo. The French specialists started searches
of “flight recorders” of the Armenian airplane A-320, which fell into
the Black Sea on the night of May 3, the Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Russia Armen Smbatyan told to ArmInfo
correspondent. He had categorically denied the information spread
that the works will be interrupted till Thursday.
Smbatyan also said that the relatives of the dead had already returned
to Armenia. As it was informed earlier, the French equipment will
be mounted on the “Navigator” boat from Novosibirsk. The flight
recorders, installed on A-320 board, may keep during 30 days at a
depth of up to 6000 meters and their radio beacons continue to work
within this period. One of the self-recorders is intended for the
flight parameters recording during the whole flight , the other one
records the talks in the plot cabin. The total weight of the “black
box” is 10 kg, 7 kg of which is the weight of the armored cladding.
The self-recorder can withstand temperature of 1100 0C within an hour
and force compression of 2,2 tons.
The “Armavia” airplane, which was carrying out Yerevan-Sochi flight,
fell into the Black Sea on May 3 flying up to Adler, in 5-6 km from
the beach.
There were 113 people on board, including 8 crew members. All of them
had died. The rescuers succeeded to find 51 bodies of the dead until
now, 46 of them are identified. Thirty four of them are citizens of
Armenia and 12 people are citizens of Russia.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMENIAN DM: NAGORNY KARABAKH WON IN WAR IMPOSED BY AZERBAIJAN
Stepanakert, May 10. ArmInfo. “I don’t agree with the view that
our victory in the war imposed by Azerbaijan was just half the
work. Victory is victory.
I think that Nagorny Karabakh was won,” Armenian Defence Minister
Serzh Sargsyan said during the May 9 celebrations in Stepanakert.
Sargsyan said that the Karabakh problem must be solved
through mutual concessions. “No peace is possible without
mutual concessions. Azerbaijan must recognize the right of the
Nagorno-Karabakh people to free life. They must understand that a
people has the right to live the way it wants,” Sargsyan said.

NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC CELEBRATES TRIPLE HOLIDAY
Stepanakert, May 10. ArmInfo. May 9 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
celebrated triple holiday – the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic
War, of Liberation of Shushi and of Formation of NKR Defence Army,
reports ArmInfo’s correspondent in Stepanakert.
May 9 morning NKR President Arkady Ghukassyan, Parliament Speaker
Ashot Ghulyan, Prime Minister Anushavan Daniyelyan as well as Armenian
Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan and Defence Minister Serzh Sargsyan
laid flowers to the graves of the heroes of the Great Patriotic and
Karabakh wars. They also visited Shushi.
An army parade, meetings with veterans, concerts, exhibitions and
other festivities were held all over the republic.

NKR DM: NAGORNY KARABAKH WILL NOT BE SUBORDINATE TO AZERBAIJAN IN ANY SCENARIO OF KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Stepanakert, May 10. ArmInfo. “When we liberated Shushi we understood
that we can protect our homeland, our faith, our rights and dignity
on our own.
And today we can say that the liberation of Shushi was the beginning
of all our further victories,” NKR Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan
said during the May 9 celebrations in Stepanakert.
Ohanyan said that the formation of the NKR defence army was one of
the key achievements of the Karabakh movement.
Speaking about the Karabakh conflict settlement, Ohanyan said that
any settlement scenario will be based on the present realities in
the region – that is, Nagorno Karabakh will never be subordinate to
Azerbaijan, will have land communication with mother Armenia and strong
guarantees of security for its people. “In any case the NKR Defence
Army is strong and ready to rebuff any encroachments,” Ohanyan said.

MORE THAN 4,000 UNEMPLOYED IN NKR
Arminfo, Yerevan
10 May 06
Stepanakert, 10 May: The number of unemployed people in Nagornyy
Karabakh totaled 4,309 in the first quarter of 2006, and 3,943 of
them are women, the national statistics service of Nagornyy Karabakh
has told an Arminfo correspondent.
According to the source, 65 people found jobs in this period. More
than 50 per cent of the unemployed in Nagornyy Karabakh are aged
between 30 and 50.
The number of those who received unemployed status is 3,515. A total
of 406 unemployed people have higher, 1,004 – vocational and 2,046 –
secondary education.

PREMIER RECEIVES TURKISH ENVOYS TO FRANCE, CANADA ON ARMENIAN ISSUE
Anatolia news agency
10 May 06
Ankara, 10 May: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received
on Wednesday [10 May] Turkish ambassador in Paris Osman Koruturk and
ambassador in Ottawa Aydemir Erman.
Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ali Tuygan also attended the meeting
at Prime Ministry building in Ankara, lasting for nearly one hour.
The two ambassadors were asked to visit Ankara to hold consultations on
so-called genocide discussions in the countries where they are serving.

ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE INVESTIGATION GROUP DRAWS CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING THE CRASHED ARMAVIA AIRBUS
Yerevan, May 10. ArmInfo. The investigation in the criminal case on
the crash of Airbus A320 flying from Yerevan to Sochi on May 3 night
initiated by the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) is still underway.
However, the investigation group has arrived to certain conclusions,
Press Secretary of the RA PGO Gurgen Hambaryan told ArmInfo.
Thus, he said, the investigation group rules out the version of a
terrorist act or shortage of fuel of the possible crash reasons. G.
Hambaryan said more details will be announced after the investigation
is completed.
To recap, the crash killed all on board. 51 of 113 killed were found.
The RA GPO initiated a criminal case on Article 241.3 RA Criminal Code
(violation of the safety rules when exploiting a railway, air and sea
transport). Another criminal case on a similar article was initiated
by the Russian PGO.