President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives Herman De Croo is fascinated with the hospitality of the Armenian people, the ancient history, the temples of Garni and Geghard. «Armenia is a ship that lived a hard life on the waves of history», he said. {BR} Herman De Croo said that to date Armenia is trying to bring her legislation to the European standards and compared the process with receiving...

“Imagine one of the parties in the court insists of its stealing a caw. How will the judge act?” professor of the chair of philosophy and logic of the Yerevan State University Alexander Manasyan said when commenting on the Karabakh conflict settlement. {BR} In his words, contrary to reality Armenia speaks of the seized territories while as matter of fact it has never seized any territories....

On March 8, 2005 fees for U.S. immigrant visas and some other consular services were increased. However, the application fee for a non-immigrant visa to visit the U.S. remains USD 100.{BR} U.S. visa fees are expected to at least partially recover the expenses involved in providing visa services. In recent years costs have gone up. Since September 11, 2001 the U.S. government has introduced many...

Today the Court of original jurisdiction of the Kentron and Nork Marash districts of Yerevan proceeded to the examination of anticorruption problems. The legal procedure is held by Judge Martirosyan. {BR} Chairman of Human Rights and Democracy party Ruben Torosyan brought a suit against the commission for the monitoring of the anticorruption strategy, the activities or to be precise inactivity of...

CIS executive secretary, head of the executive committee Vladimir Roushailo is in Baku on a 4-day visit. According to official information, the organizational issues of the following summit of the CIS heads on August 26 in Kazan will be discussed. {BR} By the way, a non-official suchlike summit will be organized in Moscow on May 8. Roushailo has informed that before the organization of the official...

Today the RA NA Committee on affairs of integrating into European structures discussed the «Local self-governing» part of the draft constitutions. NA delegate Vostanik Maroukhyan represented the draft of the coalition and the fraction «Democratic Delegate».{BR} What was interesting was the part abut Yerevan; in both variants it was clearly mentioned that Yerevan is the RA capital. In the coalition...

In the coming days the Foreign Ministers of Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and Dnester Republics will meet in Moscow. Sergey Bagapsh, President of Abkhazia has spread this information. {BR} A memorandum is anticipated to be made in the Moscow meeting which will be signed by the heads of the three countries in the meeting in Sokhumi. The dates of the meeting are not yet mentioned. The only fact known is...

Members of the Armenian National Movement and Justice bloc headed by Stepan Demirchyan joined the protest action of A1+ today. {BR} “We always supported A1+ and organized rallies when it was closed. The company provided the society with objective information and we ought to be here today”, Stepan Demirchyan said when signing the demand on conduction of a frequency tender. ANM member...

By police chief Hovik Tamanyan’s order the A1+’s car with loud-speakers, posters and other equipments essential for a rally was driven to the penalty ground. {BR} The car will be kept at the penalty ground for ten days.

Today at 6 p.m. the A1+ initiative group will call a rush press conference dedicated to the consequences of the protest action. {BR}

April 2, 2002 member of the National TV and Radio Committee Hrachya Bayadyan was absent from the committee sitting and did not sign the decision on depriving A1+ of air license. Several months later he sent in his resignation on his own will. Today he took part in the action organized on occasion of the depriving of A1+ of air. {BR} -What was the reason for your being absent from the sitting? -Nothing...

In December 2004 the Venice Commission noted in its conclusion that Armenia has serious problems as regards to the freedom and independence of speech. Among the fundamental freedoms Vardan Poghosyan, a specialist of the constitutional right, attaches importance to the guarantees of the freedom of mass media within the Constitution. «In this view the coalition draft contains items, which can create...

Today an action demanding open, transparent and public tender for free frequencies started at the building of A1+ TV Company. {BR} Journalists, heads of journalist organizations and representatives of public organizations, political figures and ordinary citizens took part in the procession accompanied by the police of the Kentron district headed by police chief Hovik Tamanyan. The latter feeling himself...

“Our state does not secure human rights not to mention of freedoms. We do not have freedom of press and freedom of speech is restricted badly», representatives of the opposition parties say. The oppositionists state that the acting Constitution provides for the standards of human rights and fundamental freedoms. «If 5% of the rights fixed in the Constitution were preserved we would be a...

This year 8 Jehovah's Witnesses were arrested in Armenia on the accusation of avoiding military service. However, last year Armenia adopted the law “On Alternative Military Service” according to which they should have been released. Chairman of the Helsinki Association, human rights activist Mikael Danielyan considers that from the viewpoint of human rights the situation with fundamental...

“Our national features are concordant with the European standards of human rights and freedoms and the European Charter. From our part should exert efforts to reach the real level of human rights and freedom in Armenia”, National Democratic Union head Arshak Sadoyan says. His draft constitution accentuates the freedom of speech and right of expression. “People should have the right...

«The state secures the protection of human rights and freedoms on the basis of the Constitution and laws in accord with the principles and norms of jus gentum», Article 4 of the RA Constitution says. The second chapter of the Constitution provides for fundamental human rights and freedoms of a citizen. Are human protected in Armenia? We addressed 100 citizens with this question. No one of those...

The 12 leaders of the Syrian North-Eastern tribes who have come to Armenia in connection with the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, appealed to the international organizations today. The leaders of the Arabian tribes think that «the world must reconsider their attitude towards the Armenian Genocide and return to the Armenian nation their just rights and demands». {BR} The Arabs who first...

April 13 opposition will held a meeting, Armenian NA deputy Arshak Sadoyan stated today in the National Democratic Union office.{BR} According to him, the public is too passive anchoring hopes with the referendum on the constitutional amendments. «If the coalition's draft is not adopted it will be the first sign of people's activation. If we don't want to change the power by force we should come...

Today a rally with the participation of 2500-3000 people (twice less that on March 13) organized by United Javakhk public bloc took place in Akhakalaki. {BR} As reported by A-info, the rally initiators presented the results achieved after the first rally referring to the opening of an international passport department in Akhalkalaki, officials’ promise to repair the roads, simplification of...

“The territories that we consider to be liberated and the Azeris – occupied, really belong to the Armenians of Azerbaijan and only they can determine the fate of these territories”, head of the Armenian Social Forces Ashot Manucharyan stated at the seminar-discussion entitled “National Citizens' Initiative”. {BR} In Manucharyan’s opinion, the activation of discussion...

It’s three years already since A1+ TV Company was deprived of air. Today a press conference was held in the House of Journalists to officially announce that April 2 at 12.00 p.m. local time on the initiative of several public organizations a protest procession will start from Grigor Lusavorich 12 and finish at the monument to Komitas. To remind, April 2, 2002, the National TV and Radio Committee...

Today Secretary of the Security Council under the RA President, Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan met with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Gunther Altenberg {BR} During the meeting Serge Sargsyan stated, in part, «The NATO-Armenia relationships are rapidly developing, what, in my opinion, is very useful for Armenia». The parties also...

Philip Kirkorov refused to visit Yerevan of his own will, IA Regnum reports according to ITAR-TASS.{BR} «I did not even think I am considered to be such an important person in Armenia. I was planning to come, sing, and afford pleasure to the audience. But it turned out that I have no right to visit the country especially on the threshold of the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. And if something...