ONE DEAD AS A RESULT OF THE BREACH OF THE CEASE-FIRE BY THE AZERI SIDE
ArmRadio.am
29.05.2006 10:36
At 21.30 May 27 breach of the cease-fire by the Azeri side was
registered.
Soldier Levon Adamyan born in 1985 was wounded and died on the way to
hospital in the result of the fire in the direction of the military
positions of Noyemberyan.

“ARMENPRESS” TO REPRESENT ARMENIA AT THE FOUNDING MEETING OF NEWS AGENCIES
ArmRadio.am
29.05.2006 11:00
The founding conference of the national news agencies of Black
Sea Countries will start today in Kiev. It will be financed by the
sponsors and the state budget of Ukraine. Armenia will be represented
by “Armenpress” agency.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

CENTER TO FIGHT BIRD FLU IN CIS WILL BE OPENED IN RUSSIA
ArmRadio.am
29.05.2006 11:20
A joint laboratory center to fight bird flu in CIS countries may be
opened in Russia, Director of the institute of flu investigation
of the Medical Academy of Sciences of Russia Oleg Kiselyov told
“Interfax” Agency.
“We try to unite the CIS countries and to lay the basis of a real
cooperation, since we are interested in controlling the bird flu
situation in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia and other CIS member
states,” the specialist said.
“It is especially important to control the situation where bird flu
cases have been registered,” he underlined.
The center to be opened in Moscow or Novosibirsk will carry out
inspection and will control the situation.

ARMENIAN MEN’S TEAM LEADING IN THE WORLD CHESS OLYMPIC GAMES
ArmRadio.am
29.05.2006 12:16
Armenian men’s team is leading in the 37th World Chess Olympic Games
held in Turin. The team has gained 21 points in 7 rounds. In the 6th
round the Armenian scored 2.5:1.5 against Uzbekistan and in the 7th
round played 3:1 with the Dutch. With 20 points the Russian team is
the second. The team of Cuba is in the third place with 19.5 points.
In the 8th round today the Armenian chess players will meet the team
of Cuba.

VARDAN OSKANYAN: PARTIES TO THE KARABAKH CONFLICT STILL TOO FAR FROM SIGNING A DOCUMENT
ArmRadio.am
29.05.2006 12:43
During the meeting in Bucharest scheduled June 4-5 Presidents of
Armenia and Azerbaijan Robert Kocharyan and Ilham Aliev will be
suggested a document of principles of the Karabakh conflict settlement.
In case the parties agree upon the document, it will take the
shape of an agreement, RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan told
“Armenpress.” According to the Minister, no document is expected to
be signed in Bucharest; the parties “are still too far from signing a
document,” up to now some of the principles have not been agreed upon.
According to Vardan Oskanyan, progress in the settlement may be
expected any time. At this point, however, it depends on the meeting
of the Presidents.
In the Minister’s words, the visit of the high officials of the OSCE
Minsk Group Co-Chair countries and the Special Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office aimed at emphasizing the importance of the
next meeting of Presidents.
To remind, the meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
will be arranged in the framework of the “Dialogue and Cooperation”
summit of the Black Sea countries.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEROIC BATTLE OF BASH-APARAN CELEBRATED IN APARAN
ArmRadio.am
29.05.2006 13:27
May 28 hundreds of people gathered in Aparan to celebrate the
anniversaries of creation of the firs Republic of Armenia and the
heroic battle of Bash-Aparan. Later the celebration continued in the
square of stone-letters.
Hovhannes Tumanyan’s monument has been erected next to the letters
and the Anania Shirakatsi’s monument. It will be officially opened
next week.
When putting up the stone-letters, the initiators promised
that a complex of memorials would be founded all around Aragats
Mountain. Honorary President of “Nig Aparan” patriotic union Aghvan
Hovsepyan assured that monuments of all who created outstanding works
in Armenian will be erected in the square of letters.

ARMENIAN CONSULATE TO BE OPENED IN BATUMI SOON
ArmRadio.am
29.05.2006 14:20
Armenian consulate will open in Batumi soon, RA Ambassador to Georgia
Hrach Silvanyan stated upon completion of the meeting with chairman of
the Adjarian government Levan Varshalomidze. In his words, the opening
of the consulate will contribute to the development of cooperation
between Georgia and Armenia in the tourism sector. Hrach Silvanyan
did not rule out that in the near future Armenia will make major
investments in Ajaria, specifically in the output of dairy products
and construction of restaurants.

REP. PALLONE CONDEMNS AMB. EVANS FIRING
Yerkir
29.05.2006 15:06
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – In a May 25th statement on the House floor,
Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) forcefully condemned the
Administration for forcing Amb. Evans to vacate his post for publicly
affirming the Armenian Genocide, reported Armenian National Committee
of America (ANCA).
He voiced his “fear that the Government of Turkey may have played a
role in this unfortunate event. We must not allow a third party to
interfere in U.S. diplomacy and refrain from declaring the truth in
order to promote relations with Turkey.”
Congressman Pallone noted that he has yet to receive an explanation
from the State Department, despite having written a letter to the
Secretary more than two months ago requesting a thorough description
of the reasons behind the Ambassador’s recall.
He closed by expressing his “hope that the newly-appointed
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, Richard Hoagland, will not play the
word games of the White House, and comply with Turkey’s campaign of
genocidal denial.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

THOUGHTS ABOUT INDEPENDENCE
Editorial
Yerkir.am
May 26, 2006
The independence is when a nation decides its fate on its own, when
it creates its history (the past and the future) all by itself in
line with its own national spirit and traditions. Independence means
no interference from other states, conducting domestic and foreign
policies on its own.
When analyzing the history of the Armenian people, we see that due
to various reasons, this nation has not been free for centuries to
build its own fate.
For centuries, the Armenian people lived under the dictate from
other nations.
Independence and freedom are not strangers to the Armenian people. But
the issue is how these notions are realized in real life. Gaining
independence does not automatically mean a nation became independent
and free immediately.
Russian author Alexander Solzhinitsin says there are two types of
freedom for a person (nation): inner freedom and external freedom. The
inner freedom is more important. A person should be free inside. Any
external freedom would not serve its purpose if a person or a nation
is not ready to accept it and materialize.

ARF PARTICIPATES IN SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL’S CIS AND CAUCASUS CONVENTION IN MOSCOW
ARF’s Press Service
Yerkir.am
May 26, 2006
The convention of the Socialist International’s Committee for CIS
and the Caucasus was held in Moscow on May 19-20.Representatives of
16 parties from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Bulgaria, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland,
Russia, Sweden and Ukraine as well as representatives of women’s
organizations and Party of European Socialists (PES) participated in
the convention. The Russian social-democrat party chaired by Vladimir
Kishenin was hosting the event.
ARF’s delegation included Kiro Manoyan, ARF Bureau’s Political Affairs
Office director and Eduard Ghazarian of the same office as well as
Yura Navoyan, who heads the Hay Dat office in Moscow. Co-Chairman
of Azerbaijan’s social-democratic party, the first president of
Azerbaijani Republic Ayaz Mutalibov who had been exiled to Moscow
many years ago participated in the convention.
Chairwoman of the Committee, Member of the European Parliament
from the Hungarian Socialist Party Alexandra Doboji opened the
convention. Secretary General of Socialist International Luis Ayala
and the chairman of the hosting party made welcome remarks.
The two main issues on the convention’s agenda were Russia and
Byelorussia.
A number of political figures from these two countries attended
the convention.
The convention delegates discussed the situation with socialist
democracy in Russia first hearing the opinions of the Russian political
leaders and then analyses provided by the convention participants.
The Russian delegated voiced their concerns with the problems existing
in the country and the public administration system in general. The
delegates acknowledged that the federal programs initiated by President
Putin do have a socialist orientation. However, they also noted that
there are no social-democratic political movements in the country.
The delegates from the CIS countries stressed that consolidation
and development of social democracy in Russia will contribute to
the further development of social democracy in their countries and
natural development of the relations between CIS member states.
After the situation in Byelorussia was discussed the convention
adopted a resolution demanding the Byelorussian authorities to
release all political prisoners and calling upon the socialist and
social-democrat forces in the country to unite and jointly struggle
for the success of social democracy in Byelorussia.
At the convention the delegates reports on the political situation
in their countries after the Committee’s previous convention in Kyiv
was heard.
The Committee’s further plans were discussed. It was decided to
discuss the issue of Chechnya. Secretary General Ayala reiterated
the Committee’s previous decision that the next convention will be
held in the fall in Yerevan. At this convention issues of regional
importance will be discussed. Secretary General informed that Socialist
International’s Committee on Migration will convene in Moldova.
In addition to the official sessions of the convention ARF’s delegation
members had a number of meetings with participating delegations.
Socialist International is an organization that unites 170
political parties and organizations from all continents. The Armenian
Revolutionary Federation Party is the only party in the CIS that has
full membership in the Socialist International Organization.