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Headlines for June 17, 2008

SUICIDE ATTEMPT
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On June 16 the RA Rescue Service was called to Babajanian Str. to open the door of a locked apartment. The rescuers were able to open the door at 23:54. As it turned out one of the family members, who ...
NAREK SARGSSIAN IS DEPUTY MINISTER AND CHIEF ARCHITECT
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 ...
COURT REJECTS OPPOSITION
Today the Administrative Court rejected Levon Ter-Petrossian’s appeal against the June 12 decision of the City Hall to ban the opposition rally in Liberty Square slated for June 20. The 4-hour rally ...
BUYING WATER FOR 7.5 AMD
The 300 residents of the village of Deghdzavan situated near the border of Georgia have been buying water since 2004. The peasants used to buy it for 6 AMD a liter but after the increase of fuel costs ...
NA DECLARATION TO PACE PASSED
Today with 80 pros, 4 cons and 2 abstentions the National Assembly passed the declaration of completion of PACE Resolution 1609 terms. In its 20 points the declaration sums up the work done for the ...
“A1+” WINS IN EUROPEAN COURT
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Minutes ago the European Court of Human Rights upheld the claim of Meltex Ltd and Mesrop Movsesyan vs. Armenia (application no. 32283/04). The applicants were Meltex Ltd, an independent broadcasting ...
CHAMBER JUDGMENT
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing its Chamber judgment1 in the case of Meltex Ltd and Mesrop Movsesyan v. Armenia (application no. 32283/04). The Court held unanimously ...
HE THOUGHT PEOPLE WELCOMED HIM
About a 100 people gathered at the Presidential Residence in the head of Vachagan Hakobian, Chairman of the “Committee for Property Rights Protection” NGO. Each of the demonstrators had their own complaint. ...
RA DEFENSE MINISTER MEETS HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART
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 ...
VARDAN MALKHASIAN DECLARES HUNGER STRIKE
Today detainee of the “Vardashen” Penitentiary Vardan Malkhasian declared a hunger strike joining other political prisoners and the hunger-strikers in Northern Avenue. He has the same demands - special ...
HUNGER STRIKERS MOVED TO SPECIAL CELL
On June 17 detainee of the “Vardashen” Penitentiary Davit Matevosian sent an application to the head of the penitentiary informing about his quitting the hunger strike. On the same day hunger strikers ...
“HERITAGE” NOMINATES DETAINED MPS
Today Chairman of the “Heritage” Party Raffi Hovhannissian sent a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly Tigran Torossian with a request to include Myasnik Malkhasian and Sasun Mikayelian in ...
1 MARCH VICTIMS RECOGNIZED UNINJURED
The RA Prosecutor’s Office officially declares: “None of the victims of 1 March events have been recognized injured, consequently there are no legal successors included in the case.” The declaration ...
“A1+ WON BUT THE SOCIETY HAS BEEN SUFFERING FOR 6 YEARS”
“I am sure A1+ will be on the air. The situation has changed and the authorities might change their attitude,” declared Chairman of the “Forum” center, lawyer of “A1+” Tigran Ter-Yesayan. In reply to ...