CASSATION COURT OF CYPRUS MAKES DECISION IN FAVOR OF AGBU

NICOSIA, DECEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Cassation
Court of Cyprus cancelled the government’s decision on recognizing the
area owned by the Melkonian Seminary as national heritage, which will
allow the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) to sell the
seminary’s property. Radio Liberty reported this, citing the Cyprian
press. According to newspapers, the court ruled that "there are no
sufficient grounds" for recognizing the seminary as national
heritage. "Now the union can implement its programs and sell lands,
while part of the received money will be go into pockets of some
greedy people who helped the union," Masis Ter-Bartogh, an activist of
the movement for the seminary’s retention, said. In his opinion,
"there are people in Nicosia and Yerevan who believe the union’s lies
and allow their illegal activities." Months ago the AGBU decided to
close the Melkonian Seminary, explaining that it incurs financial
losses.