The first action of NATO takes place in Armenia. In June 2002 in the framework of "Cooperation for peace" NATO programme the military exercises will be carried out in Georgia. And the main preparatory conferance of studies is taking place in Armenia. All the 13 countries - participants of the programme, including Turkey, are taking part in the conferance. The arrival of Azerbaycan representatives...

While working on his farm in the province of Shirak, citizen of Armenia Aharon Shirinyan has found a Mongolian coin dated 13th-14th century. This finding proves that the present area of Beniamin was populated centuries ago, believe the experts. Soon an Armenian-French expedition will leave for Shirak to investigate the area.

The law “About mass media” is aimed at protecting economic clans patronized by the authorities, believe managers and representatives of mass media. The law gives the authorities an opportunity to block the reporter by all means from performing his professional duties, to make a mass media company go bankrupt through moral damage being covered financially or through the emoluments paid to officials for an interview, Mass media representatives...

Today is a mourning for all the Kurd people in the world. 3 years ago the leader of Kurd people Abdullah Odjalan was arrested. The Kurdish community united today after a long interval. Kurds announced about their unflinching will-power. In existence of this mourning day they accuse not only Turkey but also Europe where Odjalan was arrested. The meeting of Kurdish community was carrying out exclusively...

Robert Kocharyan was not the only President to have been operated yesterday. By a surprising coincidence Heydar Aliev was also operated on February 14, in Clivland. Aliev underwent an surgery on prostate adenoma. The doctors and the ambassador of Azerbayjan in the United States informed that Aliev feels good after the operation and will leave for Azerbayjan not long after.

Samvel Arakelyan, killed on the 14-th of October, 2001, was informed and in some way participated in many crimes, including murders of Vahan Khorkhoruni and Gagik Poghosyan, and also "27-th of October" assassination. Samvel Arakelyan's relatives testified sensational evidences these days. According to their words, all the crimes mentioned above and many others were aorganised by the head of "Labour,...

Today during the meeting with pedagogical staff of the State Yerevan University Robert Qocharyan announced that the Constitutional referendum will pass together with one of 3 forthcoming elections. This decission is determined by the following: there are 3 versions of Constitution – the functioning one, the one provided by the president and the parliamentary one. People will have to choose between...

Today the tape on the 27-th October case was demonstrated again in the trial at prosecutor's request. Defendant Edik Grigoryan's lawyer Karo Aghadjanyan was against this procedure – he considers this as an infringement at this phase of the case as the tape has not been examined at the Court yet. But the prosecutor and the judge think that the watching wouldn’t be an evade as the tape is a real evidence.While watching the prosecutor was...

Members of “Defence of the Liberated Territories” social organisation consider their obligation to present community information about the latest meeting of Foreighn Affairs Minister Vardan Oskanyan and Co-chairmen of OSCE Minsk group. According to their words, Co-chairmen planed to deprive Karabakh of its independence by means of returning the liberated territories and aboliting the NKR president...

1915’s genocide of Armenians can't be compared with Holoqost, acclaimed the Israeli ambassador to Georgia and Armenia Rivka Koyen yesterday. According to her, Holoqost unlike the Armenian genocide is a fact approved by the historians. It is the main reason for Izraeli not to accept Armenian genocide. What about armenian - izraeli bilaterial relations, Rivka Koyen said, that oficial Israeli encouraged...

Today in "Azdak" club the representative of “Socialistic Armenia” union and the head of RA Democratic party Aram Sarkisyan represented the national model of democratic socialism. As he said Armenian socialists will realise the veritable democratic socialism principles taking into consideration the specialities of our state. Aram Sarkisyan and his associates from “Socialistic Armenia” are already ready for the elections.They will use all...

People of Artsakh deprived of their right to be a part of international community because they have not been participating in RA parliamentary elections, says the head of the Human Rights Commission Paruyr Hayrikyan. Mr. Hayrikyan submitted a proposal to give Artsakh people a right to be participants of all the elections in Aremnia. His proposal wasn't unambiguously accepted and will be discussed at the next meeting.

Yerevan’s “Banants” continues trainings in Cyprus. The team has held an elimination match with “Metalurg,” Donetsk, which is interested in Banants’ leading footballers Ararat Arakelian and Samvel Melkonian.