PRIME MINISTER WILL LEAVE FOR FRANCE
A1+
[01:46 pm] 26 June, 2006
On June 26 RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan took a short
vacation. Andranik Margaryan will spend his one-week vacation in
France in order to undergo a prophylactic medical examination.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

EDITOR OF THE NEWSPAPER SUMMONED TO THE OFFICE OF PROSECUTOR
A1+
[02:27 pm] 26 June, 2006
At about 11:00 AM this morning seven or eight agents in plain clothes
entered the publishing house of newspaper “Zhamanak Yerevan” and
took editor-in-chief of the newspaper Arman Babajanyan in an unknown
direction.
This is all the information the staff of the newspaper had. The
Office of Public Prosecutor confirmed the news adding that the editor
was simply summoned to the Office and they will make an official
statement later.
By the way, according to our sources from the Prosecutor’s Office,
the incident has nothing to do with Arman Babajanyan’s activity in
the newspaper.

SEVAN DEPRIVED OF DRINKING WATER
A1+
[03:24 pm] 26 June, 2006
The town of Sevan has been deprived of drinking water for the last
four days. We tried to find out the reason in the local office of the
“Armenian Water Pipes” LTD but the director was out. We called him
several hours later, but Mr. Avetisyan avoided our questions and said
that he will render a press conference this week and will answer all
the questions.
It is noteworthy that district “Dzuktrest” of Sevan has been deprived
of water for a whole month.

PACE SESSION TO CONVENE
A1+
[07:37 pm] 23 June, 2006
On June 26-30 the PACE summer session will convene in
Strasbourg. During the session no issues directly connected with
Armenia will be discussed.
Nevertheless, the name of our country will be mentioned during the
discussions of other issues, namely, the freedom of speech in the
member-countries of the PACE or the questions to the Prime Minister of
Turkey. Debates on alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state
transfers in Europe will also be conducted.
On the morning of Tuesday 27 June Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE)
will present his report on “alleged secret detentions and unlawful
inter-state transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member
states”. Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for
Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini and the European
Parliament’s rapporteur on this subject, Giovanni Claudio Fava,
will take part in the debate.
The President of the Council of the Russian Federation Sergey Mironov
will address the Assembly on Wednesday 28 June and Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko will present the Communication
from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly the following day.
The parliamentarians will also discuss domestic violence against women,
ahead of the launch of a three-year Council of Europe campaign on
this theme, with the participation of the UN Special Rapporteur on
violence against women Yakin Erturk.
The website of “A1+” will represent details about the session during
the coming week. The “A1+” correspondent will highlight the whole
course of the PACE summer session from Strasbourg.

BEGINNING FROM JUNE 1 ARMENIANS CAN SEEK JUSTICE AT CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Armenpress
Jun 26 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 26, ARMENPRESS: Chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional
Court, Gagik Harutunian, said those Armenians who would like to take
their case to the highest judicial body of the country, should first
of all learn provisions of the revised law on Constitutional Court
that was enforced on June 1.
Under the revised Armenian Constitution, beginning from July 1 all
Armenians can seek justice at the Constitutional Court but only
after exhausting chances to find it in lower courts. Harutunian said
to Armenpress that article 69 of the revised law on Constitutional
Court sets in a clear way mechanisms of how individuals can apply
to the Constitutionals Court. He said the procedure of accepting and
consideration of applications will be developed very soon.
But he predicted the majority of first applications will be those of
unaware applicants, ‘because many people still think they can take
any case to the Constitutional Court.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

JAVAKHETI DOCTORS MAY LOSE LICENSES
Lragir.am
26 June 06
On the decision of the Georgian Ministry of Employment, Health and
Social Security the doctors of the district hospitals of Akhalkalaki
and Ninotsminda need to pass a qualification test, reports the news
agency A-Info. The doctors are going to pass tests in Georgian,
and it is possible that the Armenian doctors will not get a license
because they do not speak Georgian, which they do need strongly
in treating the Armenians of Javakheti. Testing will start July 1,
when submission of applications is over.

LENNMARKER TO REPORT ON KARABAKH AT OSCE PA SESSION
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.06.2006 13:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The discussions at the 15th annual session of
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Brussels July 3-7
will focus on the regional security, human rights, conduction of
elections, secret jails and trafficking in people. The resulting
document with recommendations on the issues discussed will be adopted
during the session. The report on Nagorno Karabakh prepared by OSCE
PA rapporteur Goran Lennmarker will be heard at the sitting of the
Permanent Committee July 4.

RA PREMIER TO PARTICIPATE IN ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE SITTING
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.06.2006 13:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan will
depart for Georgia July 7 to take part in the recurrent sitting of the
Armenian-Georgian Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation,
RA government’s press office told PanARMENIAN.Net. The sitting of the
Committee will be held in Ajaria according to a bilateral agreement.

TURKS-MESKHETIANS ARRIVED IN JAVAKHK AS “TOURISTS”
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.06.2006 13:40 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Some 40 Turks-Meskhetians arrived in Javakhk. They
visited the villages of Khavet and Davni, Akhalkalak region, where
their ancestors used to live. When talking with Armenians residing
in the villages the Turks said they arrived as tourists and have no
intention to resettle there, reported A-info news agency. To note,
after the expulsion of Turks-Meskhtians in 1944 their houses in
the Aspindza and Adyga regions in Samtskhe Javakhetia were occupied
by Georgians.

CONGRESSMEN CALLED ON U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE TO RECONSIDER AMB. EVANS RECALL
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.06.2006 15:04 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Four leading Congressional friends of Armenia, George
Radanovich (R-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Congressional Caucus
Co-Chairmen Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), have
strongly encouraged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to reconsider
the recall of Ambassador John Evans, reported the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA). In a June 22nd letter, the legislators
noted that “after months of speculation,” the recall of Ambassador
Evans “was confirmed when the President nominated Richard Hoagland
to serve as the new United States Ambassador to the Republic of
Armenia on May 23. While there has been no official acknowledgement
that Ambassador Evans removal was a result of his February 2005
statement that the Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th
Century, all evidence points to that conclusion.” The Congressional
letter closed with the four legislators expressing their belief that
“the United States must formally recognize the Armenian Genocide,
and we will continue to work towards that goal. Allowing John Evans
to continue as Ambassador to Armenia sends a strong message on the
necessity of Turkish recognition, and will be an important step in
establishing the U.S. position on the Armenian Genocide.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress