SURENIANTS CONTINUES HIS HUNGER STRIKE
AZG Armenian Daily
01/04/2008
Post-election
Member of "Hanrapetutyun" party council Suren Sureniants continues
his hunger strike. Suren Sureniants’ state of health is normal and
he is under continual control of doctors, RA Ministry of Justice
Criminal-Executive Department Press Secretary Arsen Babayan informed
"Noyan Tapan agency. The demands of the hunger striker were satisfied –
the inspector, Human Rights Office workers and MPs visited him.
RUSSIAN "STEP LOGIC" CO. CONSIDERS ARMENIAN IT POTENTIAL SUFFICIENT
ARKA
March 28, 2008
YEREVAN, March 28. /ARKA/. The Russian system integrator "Step
Logic" company considers Armenia’s IT potential quite sufficient, the
President of "Step Logic" Co. Ltd. Yury Kantarovskiy told journalists
in Yerevan.
He stressed the current active growth of investments in Armenian
economy.
"We see how many major enterprises open their branches in Armenia.
Interest of the business in application of efficient high technology
solutions is apparent. We sincerely hope to be able to help our
partners and clients make their business most efficient and profitable
and, through it, to take the leading positions in IT industry in
Armenia," Kantarovskiy said.
In his turn, the Vice-President of "Step Logic" Yevgeniy Yuditskiy
said that Armenian state agencies showed interest toward the services
of the Russian company, but no certain agreements have been made
yet. "We have great experience of work with state agencies in Russia
and are ready to apply it in Armenia," he said.
He also pointed out that the services offered by the company are
not expensive and "cost what they cost under severe competition
circumstances". "Step Logic" is coming to Armenian market with a
service-oriented approach, he said.
Yuditskiy also reported the company’s intention to implement
educational programs for young specialists in the country.
Preliminary agreements have been made with Yerevan State University
and State Engineering University of Armenia. He said that manpower
competition is quite severe, but "the company is not afraid of
competition as it assesses the situation more soberly and as it is
more solvent".
"Step Logic" Russian system integrator opened its regional office in
Armenia – "Step Logic South" – on March 27.
Russian "Step Logic" company offers networking and system integration
services and is the leader on the Russian information technologies
market. The company’s headoffice was opened in Moscow in 1992.
"Step Logic" is also an authorized partner of world’s leading producers
such as Alcatel, APC, Avaya, Cisco Systems, EMC, HP, Ð~icrosoft,
Huawei, Nortel, Siemens and SUN.
The company is developing solutions based on a wide range of products
– networking and channel-forming equipment, telephony and video
conferencing tools, call centres and IP-telephony, computers and server
equipment, as well as bundled software for different purposes.
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LET’S WAIT FOR LEGAL SOLUTIONS
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
March 27, 2008
What’s in store for L. Ter-Petrosyan? Will the chief organizer of
"March 1" be finally held accountable or not?
"The main flow of accusations is directed to Levon Ter-Petrosyan. In
my opinion, there should be no political solutions here; no political
tasks should be carried out. There should be legal solutions; this is
the position I support," GALOUST SAHKYAN said yesterday. Mr. Sahakyan
also added that making a legal assessment on LTP’s activities is the
task of the inquest body and the court vs. the parties and activists.
NKR WILL HAVE ITS ATLAS
Azat Artsakh Daily
Published on March 26, 2008
NKR Republic
The works of formation of NKR atlas have begun from 2007 and it
is foreseen to finish during this year. The chief-in-editor of NKR
atlas Manuk Vardanian assured at the meeting, within the circles of
the visit to NKR on March 24th, with the specialists and scientists
involved in formation of atlas.
According to the viewpoint, "It should be not a scientific work, but
a work reflecting a state policy". On March 25th M.Vardanian met with
the NKR President and Prime Minister. The same day he participated in
the openning of a new building of Martakert territorial subdivisions
of NKR state committee of real estate’s cadastre. "Such works will
be done by us also in other regions of NKR" assured M. Vardanian.
OSKANIAN TO ATTEND CIS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN MOSCOW
PanARMENIAN.Net
26.03.2008 16:24 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will
depart for Moscow March 27 to attend the CIS Foreign Ministers meeting,
the RA MFA press office reported.
The participants will discuss organization of events dedicate to the
65th anniversary of victory in World War II, development of a program
of information security for 2008-2010 and struggle against illegal
drug traffic as well as further development of the Commonwealth.
VIVACELL AND ARMAVIA GAVE SURPRISE WELCOME TO THE 100,000TH PASSENGER
RIA Oreanda
Economic News
March 24, 2008 Monday
Russia
Yerevan. ">OREANDA-NEWS . March 24, 2008. The Armenian national air
carrier, Armavia company, saw off its 100,000th passenger in 2008
with a bunch of spring flowers and a gift. The happy passenger was
determined during the registration of U8 – 512 Yerevan-Moscow flight.
It was housewife Maria Mirzoyan, a citizen of Armenia. VivaCell joined
Armavia’s action. VivaCell presented the 100,000th passenger of Armavia
a "Nokia" cell phone of the last model, and a GSM number starting with
the new 077 code. This was quite unexpected for Maria Mirzoyan. She
told journalists that she was going to buy a cell phone in Moscow,
and it was a big surprise for her to get such a valuable gift.
RUSSIA PLEDGES SUPPORT TO ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES AND PEOPLE IN EFFORTS TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES
ARKA
March 25, 2008
YEREVAN, March 25. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged
support to Armenian authorities and people in their efforts to restore
stability in the country, Armenian governmental press office reports.
According to the report, Serge Sargsyan, Armenian president elect,
met with Putin on Monday in Moscow.
Putin and Sargsyan spoke about domestic political situation. The
latter said that Armenian authorities remain steadfast in their
determination to establish stability and peace in the country.
Putin expressed hope that the new president will solve domestic
problems.
On February 20, Armenian opposition headed by former president Levon
Ter-Petrosyan launched protests in Yerevan’s Libery Square disputing
the results of the recent presidential election and insisting that
the election was fraudulent.
The police attacked protesters Saturday night. Protesters gathered
in the square near France’s embassy and city hall.
The police department says one policeman and seven civilians were
killed and 131 injured in clashes.
President Kocharyan imposed a 20-day state of emergency on March
1.
SITUATION GETTING BACK TO NORMAL IN ARMENIAN CAPITAL
ITAR-TASS
March 21 2008
Russia
YEREVAN, March 21 (Itar-Tass) – Life in Yerevan is getting back
to normal after the period of the state of emergency expired last
midnight. It was imposed after massive unrest on March 1.
All the newspapers were on sale on Friday morning, including the
opposition ones which were not published during the state of emergency,
because restrictions were put on the work of the mass media. It
was forbidden to hold meetings, demonstrations and strikes during
the state of emergency. Now army and police posts outside government
buildings, on bridges, trestles and transport conjunctions of Yerevan
were removed.
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan and Peter Semneby, special
representative of the European Union in the Southern Caucasus,
discussed the domestic political situation in Armenia here on Friday.
"They discussed possible steps to be taken for restoring public
solidarity in the country," representatives of the press and
information department of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told
Itar-Tass. In their opinion, the maintenance of stability is a
guarantee of the development of the country, as well as of the
continuation of regional programmes.
Meanwhile, the radical opposition announced that "a silent protest
action" would be held in the central part of Yerevan on Friday in
protest against "violence staged on March 1" and for "honouring the
memory of all those who died" during massive unrest in the city.
The organisers of the protest action plan to make a chain of people
standing on the pavement, which will extend from the square outside
the opera theatre to the square in front of the mayor’s office.
Eight people died in Yerevan during massive unrest on the night of
March 1, including a police officer. 210 policemen and men of the
Interior Ministry troops, as well as 55 civilians, were injured.
The radical opposition refuses to recognize the official results of
the presidential elections in Armenia and maintains that it is Levon
Ter-Petrosyan, the first president of Armenia, who won the elections.
On March 8 the Constitutional Court of Armenia left without changes
the results of the voting, made public by the Central Electoral
Commission, which showed that Prime Minister Serge Sarkisyan had been
elected president.
At present the Special Investigation Service of Armenia is doing
preliminary investigation on the criminal case of the forcible
seizure of power and the organisation of massive unrest, aimed at
undermining the constitutional order, which involved the loss of life
and violence against officers of law enforcement agencies, who acted
as representatives of the authorities.
KOCHARYAN: UNREST IN YEREVAN NOT TO HAVE IRREVERSIBLE IMPACT ON ARMENIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH
ARKA
March 21, 2008
YEREVAN, March 21. /ARKA/. Unrest in Yerevan is not to have
irreversible impact on economic growth in the country, Armenain
President Robert Kocharyan said on Thursday.
He told journalists that economic growth in Armenia exceeded 10%
in passed two months.
"It is natural that these events will impact economic growth, but
later, in follow-up months, but I don’t think this impact will be
irreversible", he said.
He said public confidence in stability and stable economic environment
are the best guarantees for attracting investments from the outside.
The president reminded journalists that after terrorist action in
Parliament committed on October 27 1999 the economic growth was equal
to zero in the first half of 2000, while at the second half of the year
the authorities managed to raise it 6%. Kocharyan is convinced that
the authorities will back things to normal just in a couple of months.
He said if the unrest stops, pensioners will have their retirement
benefits increased, otherwise the situation will strike hand at them.
Kocharyan also warned that other low-income citizens will be stricken
as well.
National Statistical Service of Armenia says economic growth for
January and February was recorded at 10.1% and GDP totaled AMD 221.4
billion ($719.4 million).
Foreign trade turnover reached AMD 211.4 billion or $687 million in
January and February 2008 after growing 24.1%, compared with the same
months of the previous year.
In January and February 2007, economic growth was recorded at 9.2%.
GDP growth id planned to be 10% in 2008.
THE BEST WAY OF BEING CHEATED IS TO PRETEND TO BE THE MOST INGENUOUS
KarabakhOpen
21-03-2008 13:05:55
The fact that Azerbaijan has turned to the secretariat of the OSCE with
a proposal to dissolve the Minsk Group makes think rather than demands
an evaluation, says the NKR parliament member Gegham Baghdasaryan. The
member of parliament thinks it is more important to understand the
cause and effect relations and expectations from this move.
"After all, nothing terrible for the Armenian sides has happened and
will happen, even if Azerbaijan thereby achieves its tactical goal
– to destroy the format of the OSCE Minsk Group and to have the UN
discuss the conflict. Everyone knows that the proposals offered by
the Minsk Group include a number of elements favorable for Azerbaijan,
and to put it mildly, causing doubt in the Karabakh side."
The NKR member of parliament says Azerbaijan must realize that the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs have a key role in the UN, so the change of the
"playground" cannot change the rules of the game, especially that the
United States, Russia, France, as well as a number of "heavy-weight"
countries either voted against the resolution presented by Azerbaijan
or abstained, once again affirming their intention to observe the
rules of the game.
"Hence, it is necessary to realize what makes Azerbaijan in such
unfavorable conditions assume responsibility for thwarting the peace
process and increasing the possibility of resuming military actions. I
do not rule out "undercurrents", backstage games, since Azerbaijan,
to put it mildly, is not a state which can afford such independent
and risky steps," Gegham Baghdasaryan says.
At any rate, the member of parliament thinks that in the visible
space there is no danger for the Armenian sides, on the contrary, the
non-constructive stance of Azerbaijan is an additional trump card for
them. Although it is also necessary to see what is happening behind
the stage, if there is a curtain at all.
"It is highly probable that there is not a curtain, at least it is
not the first time when it is difficult to get a logical explanation
to one move of Azerbaijan or another," concluded Gegham Baghdasaryan,
recalling the famous saying by La Roche Foucault: "The best way of
being cheated is to pretend to be the most ingenuous."