The student union of the New National Conservative Movement has labeled the steps taken by the police yesterday to prevent them from delivering a letter to the foreign ministry as a violation of their freedom of speech.

In a statement distributed today to the media, the students’ union lambasted this most recent incident of police excess, claiming that law enforcement had singled out their group for “special treatment”. »»»»»

Today, NKR Prime Minister Arayik Haroutyunyan met with representatives of the Hayastan-All Armenia Fund and French-Armenian benefactors Haroutyun and Hermineh Aydabiryan.

During the meeting the issue of reorganizing the Muratsan School in Shushi was discussed and proposals were made to use the structure for a new educational complex that will incorporate old as well as new curriculum with an emphasis on trade vocations. Most of the funding will come from the inheritance bequeathed by Yeznik Mozlyan, a relative of Hermineh Aydabiryan.

53 year-old Aziz Baghdasaryan, a single Yerevan resident, is deadly afraid that her neighbors will have her declared insane as a ruse to take possession of her house.

She confessed her worst fears during a visit to the offices of “Hetq”. “There are two homes in our courtyard. One belongs to me and I’ve always have had problems with the family that lives in the other,” she said, claiming that she’s already had an interview with a psychologist dispatch to her house by the troublesome neighbours. »»»»»

Today, the Criminal Appeals Court rejected the suit brought by Anna Pamboukhchyan seeking to overturn the decision by the Erebuni and Nubarashen District Court regarding her claim that Sonya Tovmasyan, the sister of her deceased husband, has illegally taken over possession of real estate located in Nor Aresh.

The investigations division of the lower court had initiated a criminal proceeding on the charge of “forging documents”. The case was dropped seven months later by the prosecutor due to a lack of “corpus deliciti”. »»»»»

Asbed Kotchikian

The deed is done and all the demonstrations, objections, and insults directed against the government of Armenia fell on deaf ears. The governments of Armenia and Turkey signed the protocols normalizing the relations between them. This raises the question, what now? »»»»»

ANKARA – On October 21, the Armenian-Turkish protocols will be submitted to the Turkish parliament for ratification. In a few days, the Turkish foreign ministry will sign them.

This was the opinion expressed by Goksel Bogyut, who heads the press division of the Turkish parliament, to a group of visiting Armenian journalists. »»»»»

(ANKARA) According to Turkish Culture and Tourism Deputy Minister Ismet Yilmaz, some 50,000 Armenians from the RoA travel to Turkey to look for work every year. He said that the ministry does not keep figures on the number of tourists entering Turkey which annually receives 26 million vacationers, ranking it third in the world.

Mr. Yilmaz stated that if the border were to be opened with Armenia, many of these would also travel to Armenia. “The opening of the border would establish a road to peace. Our two peoples are very much alike. After the border is open we will see exactly how much alike we are,” he stated in a conversation with “Hetq”. »»»»»