Starting from May 1 Armenian communities can receive the signal of Armenian Public Television live in USA and Canada. GlobeCast company starts to broadcast the first Armenian channel through Telstar 5 satellite.

As we have already reported, four of the seven victims of the natural disaster were Armenians. Some old buildings were demolished in Havlabar. Surb Gevorg and Echmiadznots Armenian churches are damaged. The building of the Armenian Dramatic Theater after Petros Adamian is also harmed. It is out of fix.

The Azeri President confirmed the information that the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia would be held in Reykjavik this May. Let us remind that the Turkish side has initiated it.

Yesterday Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia lieutenant general Manvel Grigorian was reelected chairman of "Yerkrapah" volunteer union at the fifth congress of the organization held yesterday.

A memorial of the genocide victims opened in Meizio.

A trial of the case against hijackers of Azerbaijan’s branch of the “Hisbut-Tahrir” international terrorist organization has started in Baku. We recall that 6 Azerbaijani citizens are being accused of an attempt to overthrow the state regime and to prepare terrorist acts using firearms. “Turan” agency of Baku informs that they are particularly accused of preparation of the terrorist acts against the U.S. Embassy and offices of international organizations in Baku. According to investigation materials, the members of the group, the center of which is in Palestine, under the pretence of religious propaganda were intending to change the political system of Azerbaijan and to create an Islamic state there.