ArmInfo. The Special Investigative Service of Armenia (RA SIS) doesn't consider the statements on existence of political prisoners in Armenia to be grounded. Senior Investigator of the RA SIS Vahagn Harutyunyan, who heads the investigation of the criminal case on
ArmInfo. The interpretation of the criminal articles applied with respect to oppositionists is unclear, CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg said at a press- conference in Strasbourg. Nevertheless, he noted that he doesn't consider it to be a professional
ArmInfo. Today President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan decreed to relieve Armen Avetisyan of the post of the head of the State Customs Committee of Armenia and to appoint Gagik Khachatryan as acting head of the committee.
ArmInfo. The Special Investigation Service of Armenia has refuted Levon Ter-Petrossyan's report about 150 arrested supporters.The senior investigator of the service, the chief investigator of the Mar 1 case Vahagn Haroutyunyan says in an interview to ArmInfo that Ter-Petrossyan is
ArmInfo. The ceremony of giving diplomas to the winners of ecological photo competition within the frames of USAID programme "Water resources of south Caucasus" will take place on 16 April in Yerevan. As representative of EurAsia foundation Alisa Alaverdyan told
ArmInfo. The arrested oppositionists' wives held a protest action in front of the French embassy in Yerevan, Tuesday. As ArmInfo correspondent reports, about 50 people gathered in front of the French diplomatic mission's building. They held the portraits of the
ArmInfo. Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan signed a decree today to appoint Yuriy Khachaturov the commander of General Headquarters of Armenian Armed Forces, the first deputy defence minister, dismissing him from the post of deputy defence minister. According to another decree
ArmInfo. Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Tigran Torosyan met experts of the Council of Europe Venice Commission Finola Flanagan and Simona Granata-Menghini, as well as OSCE/ODIHR experts Denis Petit and Neil Jarman. The Armenian parliamentary press-service told ArmInfo that the
ArmInfo. 'PACE draft resolution on Armenia contains very important points', - a member of the Armenian parliamentary delegation to PACE Avet Adonts said. He also added the draft law says about importance first of a dialogue between the parliamentary and
ArmInfo. The Council of Europe expects the Armenian authorities to make a specific proposal on possible cooperation with the CoE in the matter of conducting investigation of the March 1 events, CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg said, replying
ArmInfo. Armenian government will stop subsidizing Russian natural gas prices for consumers beginning from 1 May of the current year, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan said at the briefing in the government today. He also added that in 2008 the
ArmInfo. Appointment of true professionals in the composition of the government should restore trust of the people in the power, ex-prime minister, leader of Christian-Democratic Union Khosrof Harutyunyan said at Pastarq discussion club. He thinks that appointment of the new
ArmInfo Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 310 drams for 1 dollar, 488drams for 1 EUR and 13 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 311 drams for 1 dollar, 491
ArmInfo. The symbol of America, the Statue of Liberty, is made of Armenian copper.Serob Ter-Pogosian, the president of Metal Prince, a US company owning Akhtala Ore Mining and Processing Works, has documentary proofs that the Statue of Liberty - built
