“When we sacrificed our lives in the war, we could have never thought that one day it would become subject for sale. Today some people want to sell high ideas in order to solve personal problems. Everything is distorted, even the concept of being Armenian”, this was the statement made by NGO “Brotherhood of Liberation War” today.

The next meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will take place on November 28 in Minsk within the framework of the CIS summit. According to the head of the Azeri Foreign Ministry information service, the agreement was reached in Brussels yesterday during the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the countries, agency «Trend informs».

The NA adopted the RA draft Law on «Alienation of property for state and public needs» after the second hearing today. 67 deputies voted for it, whereas 3 abstained from voting.

The democrats celebrated victory in the Parliamentary elections in the USA. Who will this fact influence the Armenian community in America. We asked this question to RA deputy Foreign Minister Armen Bayburdyan.

The discussions of the 2007 State budget in the RA NA were so heated that deputies Viktor Dallakyan and Rafik Petrosyan picked up a raw and were likely to come to blows.

Arman Melikyan, advisor to NKR president, assured that the NKR president doesn’t intend to run a third term. “I contend that Mr. Ghukasyan believes that there cannot be a third term. This is a credo and this is a real political approach, which is not opportunistic and is not affected by personal preferences. Arkadi Ghukasian cannot run for the third time under the acting law.

On the occasion of the three Cooperation Councils between the European Union (EU) and Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, to be held on 13 and 14 November 2006, and which should lead to the adoption of three Action Plans with those countries, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) wishes to express various concerns about the situation of human rights in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Arman Melikyan, the NKR President’s Foreign Policy Advisor, is not delighted by the announcements on the existing open windows and doors in connection with the Karabakh conflict settlement.

“The referendum in South Ossetia was unnecessary, unhelpful and unfair”, declared Terry Davis in reaction to the voting in the breakaway Georgian region on Sunday.

Leader of the People’s Party Stepan Demirchyan treats the announcement of the RA authorities about the 2007 Parliamentary elections humorously. Let us remind you that the authorities claim that the 2007 Parliamentary elections will be a step forward from all the elections in Armenia. “The greatest problem is that the people do not believe that Armenia can organize free and fair elections”, Demirchyan said in “Pastark” club today.

Armenian senior lieutenant Georgi Nalbandyan who was injured as a result of a terrorist act in Iraq on November 11 is out of danger. Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan informed today that the officer has been taken to Germany and after recovering will return to Armenia to continue his military service.

Member of the presidium of democratic union «United Javakhq» Vahagn Chakhalyan who had been arrested in Yerevan on October 10 was set free ten days ago, but he cannot return to Javakhq. Only the RA National Security Service knows when he will be able to, Javakhq-Info reports.

The Embassy of the United States of America in Yerevan would like to express its deepest concern for the Armenian soldier who was seriously injured in Iraq, as well as its condolences for the Polish and Slovak soldiers who were killed during the incident.

In the streets of the capital Tskhinval, there are few posters urging the population to take part in the November 12 referendum on independence, and no placards or leaflets singing the praises of candidates contesting the presidential ballot on the same day.

According to the law adopted in 2003, all those citizens who are over 27 years old and have once escaped from military service, can pay a certain sum to the committee and avoid imprisonment. According to the advocates of Arman Babajanyan, the law is applicable in his case too. But it turned out that it is not.

“When the most important moment comes, I will decide how to participate in the 2007 Parliamentary elections”, today in “Pastark” club NA deputy Viktor Dallaqyan neither confirmed nor refuted the information about his participation in the elections as member of “Prosperous Armenia”. Instead, he referred to the possible developments of the inner political situation in Armenia.

Several Azeri experts think that the period of the authorizations of the President must be prolonged.

RA Government has initiated draft bill on “Motor-ways” which was submitted to the NA for the first hearing.

Two days ago the Constitutional Court (CC) upheld the claim of the Opposition and found the involvement of judges in the electoral commissions anti-constitutional.

According to the data of the Azeri media, Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime at about 11:40 p.m. on November 8 and shelled the Azeri side.

Today the RA NA plenary session passed the draft bill on “Alienation of Property for State and Public Needs” with 61 votes for and 11 abstentions after the first hearing.

Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, is currently in Moscow on working visit. Today, he is to meet with Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.

WASHINGTON, D.C., 8 November 2006 - The electoral environment in the United States is characterized by a high level of transparency and professionalism of election officials.

How come people leave Javakhq for Armenia in order to tell about their problems but meet violence against them instead?