Politics

“H1” National TV channel is not a cheap market

07.05.2006

The head of the “H1” national TV channel, Alexan Harutyunyan says that each time the head of “New Times” party, Aram Karapetyan appears on TV, he loses some of his voters which, in fact, are few in number. During the rally yesterday Aram Karapetyan said the following about this: “Let me appear on TV and …

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They made Robinson believe

07.05.2006

According to the grant agreement between the World Bank and Recoverable energy and energy economizing foundation, Armenia will receive $3,1 million for helping needy citizens living in multi level buildings with gas and water supply services. The idea of the program was thought up by a cooperating organization founded by the UK International Development department …

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President’s house in blockade

07.05.2006

Leader of the “New Times” political party Aram Karapetyan told one of our reporters that during the party meeting yesterday, eight cars with special teams “arrived” at the presidential dome. However, what’s interesting though is that the march after the meeting didn’t include Baghramian street, where the presidential dome is actually located. So, Karapetyan’s announcement …

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RA transportation minister violates human rights

01.05.2006

The first RA ombudsman Larisa Alaverdyan made an annual speech on human rights yesterday, where she said that the RA transportation and communications minister Andranik Manukyan had violated the rights of a limited liability company and taken a mill from it. Alaverdyan’s report writes that in spite of the fact that the RA court made …

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Advocating

01.05.2006

Yesterday the foreign affairs ministers of the US and Greece, Condoleezza Rice and Dora Bakoyani, announced that they advocated Turkey to join the European Union. “We believe that Turkey should join the Euro Union. In parallel to this there is much work to do, for example, the Cyprus issue should be solved. We are sure …

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Again a wrong translation?

01.05.2006

According to “Azatutyun” radio station, on April 25 the RA foreign affairs press secretary Hamlet Gasparyan said that the RA president didn’t have any official visits planned for the US. He said this after the Turkish “Zaman” newspaper published an interview with deputy minister of foreign affairs, Arman Kirakosyan, on April 24. According to the …

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“Law violations are systematic”

01.05.2006

Besides these pages the report also contains attachments, where there are letters addressed to different officials and other relevant documents. The most interesting part in this report is the conclusion. This conclusion states that public bodies violate the rights of different groups of the people by adopting different legal provisions and decisions, which contradict the …

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Skinheads in international politics

01.05.2006

Again fascist groups (skinheads) killed an Armenian young man in Russia and again this murder made people express their concerns both in Russia and in Armenia. Anyhow, people both in Armenia and Russia (as well as in the Armenian Diaspora in Russia) prefer not to speak about the reasons of this murder. But I think …

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Family

01.05.2006

Mayor of Gyumri Vartan Ghukasyan still has the desire to learn more things and is a student to this day. He currently studies in the history department of the Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute. The mayor’s son and his wife also study in the same department.

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No limit to illegalities in Gyumri

01.05.2006

The illegalities of the mayor of Gyumri and his close friends have gone over the limit. The mayor’s son Spartak Ghukasyan has once again found himself in a scandal and the police are currently keeping an eye on him. However, judging from the intolerance in Gyumri, everyone is almost certain that Spartak will be able …

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