On June 19 Member of Parliament Samvel Nikoyan conducted the meeting of the interim commission formed to investigate the events of March 1 and their consequences. The committee voted for the principle of inviting non-parliamentary representatives to participate in the activities of the commission with advisory rights and made the list of the participants.

On June 18 Serzh Sargssian signed a decree on appointing Hayk Harutyunian head of the State Officials Protection Service. Hayk Harutyunian is the former RA Chief of Police. The position of the head of State Officials Protection Service had been vacant since May 27, when Grigori Sarkissian was relieved of this post.

Fire was opened from an Azeri frontier post on resident of Chinar village Levon Petrossian, 21, at about 15:40, June 18.

At 11:00, June 17, Turkish frontiers arrested RoA citizen, resident of Artashat town Arsen Avagian.

Resident of Gyumri town, Spartak Ghukassian, intruded into the “Artik” Penitentiary Institution without any permission, report Armenian mass media.

On June 16 a delegation headed by RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan left for the Russian Federation on a two-day working visit. In the framework of the visit today RA Defense Minister met the Defense Minister of Russia Anatoly Serdyukov.

RA Prime-Minister Tigran Sargssian signed a decree on naming Narek Sargssian deputy minister of urban development. As deputy minister of urban development Narek Sargssian has been entrusted the position of RA chief architect.

In compliance with the 2008 programme of military cooperation between the Ministries of Defense of Armenia and Russia, the Armenian delegation headed by RoA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian left for the Russian Federation on June 16.

Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian leaves for Brussels on June 17 for a two-day working visit. He will meet with the leadership of Belgium and the European Union.

On June 12 RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian participated in the sitting of the North Atlantic Council held in NATO Headquarters on the level of Defense Ministers of the countries participating in the Kosovo operations. The Armenian Defense Minister reconfirmed the resoluteness of Armenia to continue its support to ensuring stability and security in Kosovo and informed his counterparts about the doubling...

Georges Colombier (France) and John Prescott (United Kingdom), the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the monitoring of Armenia’s obligations and commitments, will arrive in Armenia on June 16.

“In 100 days, the world will take part in the International Day of Peace. We need to take this Day of ceasefire and non-violence very seriously. We need to start planning for it now.

The Government issued a decree on appointing Vardges Hovakimian to the position of Regional Governor of Ararat Region, RA. Before the appointment Hovakimian used to work in the RA Realty State Cadastre as Head of “Marash” regional subdivision.

RA President Serzh Sargssian sent a message of condolence to the President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev in connection with the death of world-famous writer Chingiz Aytmatov.

On June 11 President Sargssian signed a decree on relieving Head of the Service for Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Orders Gagik Ayvazyan of his post and appointing Mihran Poghossian to the same position.

In response to a request from the MCA-Armenia Stakeholders’ Committee, a presentation and discussion of the 2008 MCC Indicator Scorecard for Armenia took place at the Embassy of the United States of America.

The Second “Asia Society” international business forum will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 12-14. The conference will feature senior officials of international and regional organisations, and representatives of the business world. The first “Asia Society” international forum took place in June, 2005.

Today RA President Serzh Sargssian visited the Russian Embassy in Armenia on the occasion of the National Day of Russia – Adoption of the Declaration on State Sovereignty.

RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs with bitter grief that Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Peoples’ Republic of China 47- year-old Vahagn Movsissian passed away on June 10.

On June 11 the delegation headed by RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan will leave for Brussels to participate in the sitting of the Defense Ministers of the North-Atlantic Council to be convened in the format countries participating in NATO’s action in Kosovo.

On June 9 Serzh Sarkissian signed a decree on releasing Christian Ter-Stepanian from the responsibilities of Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe. Jivan Tabinian was dismissed form the position of the Head of Mission of the Republic of Armenia at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

On June 9 Serzh Sarkissian received the President of the Amateur Boxing Association Ching-Kuo Wu.

Addiction is a terrible thing. It consumes and controls us, makes us deny important truths and blinds us to the consequences of our actions. Our world is in the grip of a dangerous carbon habit.

Serzh Sarkissian signed a decree on relieving Ararat Mahtessian of the post of the first Deputy Chief of the RoA Police at the RoA Government. Under another decree of the President Armen Yeritsian was appointed Deputy Chief of the RoA Police.