The statement given by Samvel Nikoyan, President of the National Assembly’s Temporary Committee examining the March 1st events, to a foreign reporter in which it was disclosed that there was at least one sniped within the ranks of the police and the subsequent publication of the news by Levon Zurabyan who coordinates the Armenian National Congress (HAK), has absolutely created a new reality in the ongoing March 1st case.
The last school bell rung for 26yera-old Meri Asatryan didn’t usher in the beginning of a new and wonderful life; just the opposite. In her words, “it was the start of a slow road to hell”. Her dreams of going on to college and of following in her mother’s footsteps and becoming a teacher fell to pieces just one year after finishing high school.
During the years 2205, 2006 and 2007, Armenia imported 1,955 tons of molybdenum ore from a variety of countries. The importation of the ore has officially been registered by the Customs Service as, « Temporary importation for reprocessing ». The value of the imported ore according to Customs is 19.7 billion drams (approximately $66 million).
On September 13, 2008, Grigor Igityan, the former translator and representative for the Najarians, was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment by the Kentron and Nork-Marash Court on the charge of swindling Carolann and George Najarian out of their personal property. The court decided to let Mr. Igityan free on his own recognizance until the sentence went into effect.
"My conscience does not accept the insensitivity showed to and the denial of the Great Catastrophe that the Ottoman Armenians were subjected to in 1915. I reject this injustice and for my share, I empathise with the feelings and pain of my Armenian brothers. I apologise to them."
Nino Aptsiauri, Advisor to the Georgian Ambassador to Armenia, turned down a "Hetq" invitation to participate in a roundtable discussion on recent events surrounding the plight of Armenian churches in Georgia. Mr. Aptsiauri explained that he had conferred ...
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