GOVERNMENT LIQUIDATES YEREVAN STUDIA CJSC
Noyan Tapan
Apr 13 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN. At the April 13 sitting, the Armenian
government made a decision about liquidation of Yerevan Studia
CJSC. The decision was made taking into account the fact that although
the company has paid all its debts, it is impossible to organize normal
activities of Yerevan Studia CJSC under conditions of small allocations
from the state budget and low commercial incomes. According to the
RA Government Information and PR Department, it was also decided
to separate property of balance value of 42 mln 84 thousand 433.5
drams (about 93.5 thousand USD) from property of Yerevan Studia CJSC
in order prescribed by law and to transfer it, as state property,
to Public Television and Radio Company Board state establishment,
increasing the company’s authorized capital in the amount of the
property value by issuing additional shares.

ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT LIQUIDATES “YEREVAN SPORT AND CULTURAL CENTER AFTER K. DEMIRCHIAN” STATE NONCOMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION
Noyan Tapan
Apr 13 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN. At the April 13 sitting, the RA
government made a decision to liquidate Yerevan Sport and Cultural
Center after K. Demirchian state noncommercial organization. According
to the RA Government Information and PR Department, the decision was
made in connection with alienation of the property attached to the
above mentioned organization to BAMO LLC under the RA governmental
decision No 1321 of August 25, 2005.

3 TOURS REMAIN TO THE END OF CHESS EUROPE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Noyan Tapan
Apr 13 2006
KUSADASI, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN. After 8 tours in the men’s and
women’s chess Europe individual championships being held in the
Turkish city of Kusadasi, Croatian Zdenko Kozhul is the only leader
in the men’s competitions. He has gained 6.5 points. Vasili Ivanchuk
(Ukraine) who is currently in second place lags behind him by 0.5
points. A number of chess-players share 3-19th places with 5.5 points
each. Representatives of Armenia Ashot Anastasian and Artashes Minasian
are among them. One more Armenian chess-player, representative of
Georgia David Haroutiunian, is also in this group. The results of
another Armenian chess-players are the following: Tigran L.Petrosian,
Tigran Kotanjian 4.5 points each, Arman Pashikian 3.5 points. Tea
Bosbum-Lanchava (Holland) and Yekaterina Atalik (Turkey) are in the
lead in the women’s competitions. Elina Danielian and Lilit Mkrtchian
among representatives of Armenia perform most successfully. Each of
them has gained 5 out of 8 possible points and shares 11-30th places
with a group of chess-players. Another 2 representatives of Armenia,
Nelli Aghinian and Siranush Andreasian, have 4.5 points each. 3 tours
have remained to the end of the men’s and women’s Europe championships.

FORMAT OF KARABAKH TALKS DID NOT CHANGE
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.04.2006 02:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is
and will be in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group, OSCE MG French
Co-Chair Bernard Fassier stated in Yerevan. In his words, the format
of the talks can simply be adapted to the current conditions.
“If we are not content with our activities, we have the right to
utilize everything that can help solve the NK conflict,” Bernard
Fassier said.
At that he remarked that the issue of deployment of peacekeeping forces
at the contact line, equally as EU and NATO joining the talks is part
of the concept of adaptation of the format of talks over settlement
of the NK conflict.

FASSIER: THERE WILL BE NO WAR BETWEEN PARTIES OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.04.2006 02:33 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries are convinced
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict cannot be solved by force, OSCE MG
French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier stated in Yerevan. In his words,
there will be no war between the parties to conflict in any conditions.
“A war will be a catastrophe to all parties to conflict and the region
as a whole. War means new victims, destruction, refugees, unnecessary
and unjustified expenses, which can be spent on peaceful development
of the region. War is the worst script, at which there are no winners,”
the French diplomat underscored.
Bernard Fassier said the OSCE MG officially calls the parties to
conflict to arrive at a peace accord, in spite of past losses. “It
should not be specified who attacked the first, who seized something
or lost it.
If we give hope to both parties for continuation of the peace talks,
this means we have found new principles of settlement. These are not
new talks, these are new principles,” the French Co-Chair remarked.

LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR ‘NATIONAL HERO’
By Ruzan Poghosian
AZG Armenian Daily
14/04/2006
Yesterday, the Budapest Municipal Court convicted Ramil Safarov to
life imprisonment with no right to amnesty for 30 years. Charged
with axing to death Armenian serviceman Gurgen Margarian in his
sleep on February 19 2004, Safarov received the ultimate punishment
under Hungarian law. All efforts of the Azerbaijani side to portrait
Safarov as not guilty proved futile as the evidence of premeditated
murder triumphed over Azeris fake proofs.
“That was the ultimate verdict for the Hungarian court,” Nazeli
Vardanian, attorney of Gurgen Margarian, told daily Azg over the phone.
Prior to bringing in the verdict the court listened to Safarov’s final
words. The embarrassed “national hero” of Azerbaijan said at first
that he has a poor command of Russian and the court should review
his initial evidence, then he went on the last try to persuade the
court that he has mental disorder and murdered Margarian while having
an attack. He said he remembers nothing, even why he had bought the
axe. He had no intention to murder the Margarian and did not attempt
the life of Hayk Makuchian, the other Armenian serviceman.
“He said no words of regret; never felt sorry for taking the young
Armenian’s life,” Nazeli Vardanian added.
Upon hearing the verdict, Safarov’s defense said they will file an
appeal, though the judge’s words clear up any doubt of the defendant’s
guilt.
The Azerbaijani “national hero” and “man of the year” will stand the
next trial on the second charge on May 3.

KARABAKH ISSUE INCLUDED IN ISTANBUL DECLARATION
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.04.2006 02:15 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Nagorno Karabakh problem is included in the
Istanbul Declaration at the recurrent conference of the Parliamentary
Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Azeri
delegation member, Chair of Social Welfare Party of Azerbaijan, MP
Hanguseyn Kyazymly reported. He remarked that Azeri delegation members
addressed the Karabakh issue at the event in question. “This is our
biggest achievement. Azeri representatives being included in three
commissions of the OIC Executive Committee is another achievement,”
Kyazymly said.
Problems of Islamic countries and solutions to these were discussed
at the conference, he remarked. The event, in which 437 delegates
from 47 countries took part, was organized April 8-13, Trend reports.

NUMBER OF PLASTIC SURGERY PATIENTS ON UPWARD CURVE
AZG Armenian Daily
14/04/2006
The fifth international congress of plastic, reconstructive and
aesthetic surgery is being held in Yerevan these days. Specialists
from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Germany, Spain, France, USA,
Netherlands, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan participate in the congress. RA
First Lady Bella Kocharian was present at the opening ceremony of
the congress. Norayr Davidian, RA healthcare minister, said that the
congress will greatly contribute to the development of plastic surgery
in Armenia. Meanwhile academician Nikolay Milanov, chairman of Russian
Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, said that the
Armenian specialists have elaborated relevant skills in the sphere of
the plastic surgery. The International Congress of Plastic Surgery
was initiated by AAPRAS, SPRAS, RA National Academy of Sciences,
RA Healthcare Ministry and the Yerevan State Medical University.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

SAFAROV’S LAWYER TO APPEAL AGAINST BUDAPEST COURT VERDICT
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.04.2006 03:13 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The sentence of the Budapest regarding Azeri officer
Ramil Safarov is “unfair,” lawyer Adil Ismaylov stated in an interview
with ANS TV channel. Budapest court judge Andras Vaskuti announced the
verdict, according to which officer of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan
Ramil Safarov is sentenced to life imprisonment. In Ismaylov’s words,
the resolution can be appealed against in 30 years.
To remind, within the framework of NATO Partnership for Peace Program
Azeri military officer Ramil Safarov was sent by the Ministry of
Defense to Hungary for participation in English language trainings
in January-February 2004. Several days before the completion of the
course, on February 19, he hacked Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan
with an axe. Safarov and his lawyer decided to appeal against the
Budapest court decision, Trend reports.

MEETING OF ARMENIAN AND AZERI PRESIDENTS CAN BE HELD IN JUNE
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.04.2006 02:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “The negotiation process over settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict did not decease after Rambouillet, it
continues,” stated OSCE Minsk Group French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier
at a news conference in Yerevan. In his words, the possibility of a
meeting of Armenian and Azeri FMs is not ruled out in May.
Speaking of the schedule of the OSCE MG visits to the region, Bernard
Fassier remarked, “the co-chairs visit the region in compliance with
a clear agreement and after consultations among themselves. After the
Easter (April 16) US mediator Steven Mann will arrive in the region. I
will leave for Moscow from Yerevan. There I will meet with Russian
Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov and Russian Deputy FM Grigory Karasin,”
he remarked.
The diplomat also said the MG intends to form new conditions for a
meeting of Armenian and Azeri Presidents. “Nothing is decided yet,
however we want very much the meeting to be held in June admittedly
and in a venue, where the Presidents will agree to meet,” the French
diplomat said.