"Amnesty International” researchers are concerned about freedom of speech in Armenia and the situation created in the aftermath of the events of March 1.

On November 14 at 12:00 p.m. the Kentron and Nork-Marash general jurisdiction court presided by Judge Armen Khachatryan will hear the “Case of the Seven” of the attorney group. The case is against the verdict of prosecutor Koryun Piloyan, who supervised the inquiry of the seven detained in the aftermath of the events of March 1 and 2.

The protest of the advocates’ group against Judge Koryun Piloyan, submitted to the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash districts earlier this month, has been forwarded to Judge Armen Khachatryan.

“My impressions are very good, but at the same time rather contradictory. I see and rejoice at the quality of our food and manufactured products, but at the same time I wonder why this high quality is not wide-spread all over the world.

Advocate Seda Safaryan has appealed the decision of Yerevan’s Criminal Court in the Court of Appeals. Remind that on October 23 the Criminal Court announced a verdict of sentencing Mushegh Saghatelyan to five years’ imprisonment.

It is a few days the miners of Agarak and Kapan have been staging protest actions in defence of their rights. They demand that the administration stop the unlawfulness aimed at reducing their wages and sending hundreds of employees to a forced leave and pension. Parallely, harsh measures are taken against taxi-drivers.

“Are you here again, Mr. Colonel? Is there no murderer out there so you can go and catch them?” These were the words that former deputy Prosecutor Gagik Jhangiryan told the police colonel who had come to guard him before the start of the court session, in the Kentron and Norq-Marash communities General Court.

“Heritage” party is not going to give attributive evaluations to the steps of the RA authorities concerning the Karabakh conflict and at the moment is only demands the “Madrid principles” to be revealed. “The Madrid principles, of which we are aware from non-official sources, are not acceptable for “Heritage”, and the authorities of the country must not accept them are basis for negotiations”.

“I have said a number of times and I would like to repeat again that the Armenian officials have never spoken and will never speak in favour of stopping the process of the international recognotion of the Armenian Genocide. Moreover, Armenia cannot tolerate any demonstration of denial of the Aremenian Genocide”, announced RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian today.

Yesterday evening, the Board of the Republican Party of Armenia elected deputy head of the party Galust Sahakyan as head of the Republican faction in the National Assembly.

"If the mayor of Yerevan is not elective it will be a big concern regarding the local democracy in Armenia because Yerevan is the capital city and the capital needs an elected mayor."

Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash districts sentenced Iranian Armenian Vardges Gaspar, Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s proxy during the February 19 Presidential election, to a one - year prison sentence.

Leader of the Union for National Self-Determination (AIM) Paruyr Hayrikyan doesn’t consider the Moscow declaration signed by the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan on November 2 as a dangerous one. He underscores that the declaration rules out the settlement of the Karabakh conflict by force.

Local elections took place in the settlements of Odzun (Lori Marz) and Berd (Tavush Marz) on November 9.

Hovhannes Hovhannissyan, one of the ten victims of the March 1 events, had a long cherished dream: he wanted his daughter Gayane to go to university. But the tragic events of March 1 preceded the entrance exams. March 1 thwarted the family’s dreams.

The trial of three chairmen of Ijevan’s three precincts is drawing to an end in First Instance Court of Tavush Marz. They are charged with major violence /intervention with proxies' activity and fabrication of election results/ during a December 16, 2007, election of Ijevan Mayor.

Today the Office of Prosecutor General got the 30th letter titled “Free Political Prisoners!” The authors of the letters, the wives of political prisoners, have been conducting protest actions with the same demand every Friday since April 7.

Armenian parliamentarian Sasun Mikayelyan detained in connection with the March 1 unrest will stay in jail for another two months, by January 8, 2009. The decision has been made by the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan's Kentron and Nork-Marash districts.

According to a preliminary arrangement in Vienna, the Minsk group Co-Chairs will arrive in the region at the turn of next week.

Serzhik Sarkisyan, who did not receive the vote of confidence of the people and came to power through violence and blood, and has no tie whatsoever with Armenians in spiritual and moral terms ratified a document, which he did not have the right to do.

The case of former Deputy Prosecutor General Gagik Jhangiryan started with Jhangiryan’s statement in which he recalled that he had heard the testimonies of the witnesses against him and his brother, which contradicted one another.

Director of “Pizza di Roma” and waitress Anush Ghavalyan were released from the courtroom a couple of hours ago. Judge of the Criminal Court of Yerevan Eva Darbinyan ratified today the intermediation of attorney Diana Grigoryan to release the defendants due to health problems. Anush had been imprisoned since March 21 of this year and is currently at home after eight months in jail.

The government finally decided to fulfill the demand of the European Court for Human Rights, at least by the compensation part. The government conceded the equivalent of 30,000 euros in drams to the RA Ministry of Justice with the purpose of fulfilling the requirements of the verdict reached on June 17, 2008 by the European Court for Human Rights on appeal 32283/04 of Armenia against “Meltex” INC and Mesrop Movsesyan.

I believe that we must realize the existence of the issue and move towards establishing normal relations with Turkey. Based on this judgment, as President of the Republic of Armenia, I made the first symbolic step by inviting Turkish President Abdullah Giul to Armenia.