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UNFORESEEN INCIDENT HAPPENED IN FIRST DAY OF SPANISH CORRIDA IN ARMENIA

SEPTEMBER 8. An unforeseen incident happened in the first day of the Spanish corrida in Armenia.

During a regular fight with a matador one of the bulls broke out from the barrier and began to rush about the stadium. Corrida was held in a Portuguese style, so the bulls were not to be killed. It took 4 hours for the matadors and their assistants to drive the bull back into the enclosure by using the Armenian bulls and an ambulance. The numerous spectators were encouraging the matadors standing. After making several unsuccessful attempts, the matador Jorge Jesus de Gleason had to kill the bull. The matadors said that the above incident is a very rare event and will go down in the history of corrida.

PER MINUTE FEE FOR LOCAL PHONE CALLS NOT TO BE APPLIED IN ARMENIA

SEPTEMBER 8. The system of per minute payment for local phone calls, officially introduced by the ArmenTel telecom company in Armenia Sept 1, will not be applied, Armenia's prime minister Andranik Margaryan told journalists today.

He said Armenia's government has the necessary levers to force ArmenTel into abandoning its plans. "The terms of ArmenTel's license give the government the right to impose a ban on the per minute fee and there is no need to make any changes in the law on telecommunications," Margaryan said. He added that there are some procedural problems, which ArmenTel has failed to ensure.

Besides, the inter-department commission probing into ArmenTel's investing in Armenia's telecoms development has not yet finished its work. Only after the commission has done so and the government has held negotiations with ArmenTel, will it be possible to introduce the system.

Margaryan also said in case the negotiations have given a negative result the government together with the parliament will consider amending the law on telecoms. Particularly, the government is considering ensuring competition on Armenia's telecoms market and is planning to deprive ArmenTel of its monopoly.

ArmenTel's license has some legal inaccuracies playing into the government's hands. So it should take advantage of them.

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARYAN INSTRUCTED GOVERNMENT TO PROHIBIT ARMENTEL TO INTRODUCE PER-MINUTE PAYMENT SYSTEM

SEPTEMBER 8. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan instructed the minister of transport and communication to prohibit the per-minute payment system introduced by the "ArmenTel" company in September. Armenia's President today told the journalists.

According to him, the government has the right to prohibit the introduction of the above-mentioned system, controlling all the relevant levers. This debatable issue between the government and ArmenTel should be settled in legal way and not through demonstrations, Kocharyan pointed out commenting upon the September 7 events organized by the country's oppositional forces. "We should have to go out of the period of revolution romanticism. It's simply senseless and useless to accumulate political dividends in such a cheap way", the president said

"ARMENTEL" COMPANY'S PROPOSAL TO INCREASE RENTAL FEE INSTEAD OF INTRODUCING PER-MINUTE PAYMENT WAS REJECTED BY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

SEPTEMBER 8. The "ArmenTeL" Company's proposal to increase rental fee instead of introducing a per-minute payment system was rejected by the Armenian Ministry of Transport and Communication, Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Andranik Manukyan told journalists today.

He said that the license number 60 issued to ArmenTel provided for introducing the above system in January 1999. But this license also includes the terms of introduction of the system. The minister said that the company's attention was drawn only to the point of the license providing for introduction of the per-minute payment system. Other points were ignored by the company's management. Meanwhile, ArmenTel has not fulfilled other terms of the license either. In this connection, an official request demanding to prohibit the per-minute payment system.

LEADER OF "DEMOCRATIC MOTHERLAND" PARTY PETROS MAKEYAN IS SENTENCED TO 10 DAY ADMINISTRATIVE ARREST

SEPTEMBER 8. Leader of "Democratic Motherland" Petros Makeyan is sentenced to a 10 day administrative arrest.

As Makeyan's spouse Aida Hakobyan told ARMINFO, the court carried out at 4 a.m. took this decision. According to her, she does not know what is his husband's guilt, as well as how and in which court this decision is taken at this early time. At the moment, Makeyan is detained in the solitary confinement facility of the Erebuni community of Armenia's capital.

According to her, yesterday at about 8 p.m. several persons in civil dress visited their apartment, represented themselves as police officers and ordered to follow them. She also said that after her husband's refuse, they run to the force. "About 30 policemen have taken him against his will toward the car, beating and shouting on the way," she said. All this happened in presence of Makeyan's 17 years-old daughter. His house has been surrounded by two dozens of cars.

According to the issue in the law inforcement bodies, except the leader of the mentioned party, two people were also brought to the police department. Their names are not yet presented.

The occasion took place after the rally organized on 7 Sept by a number of political parties, including "Democratic Motherland" against the introduction of the per minute payment for the local telephone calls. As it is known, the rally hardly failed to grow into a debauch.

Armenia's premier-minister Andranik Margaryan, commenting this situation said there is ni need to search the guilty among the police officers in any incident. "There are some rules of game and approaches to be kept by the authorities and law inforcement bodies," he said.

MUSIC FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF FAMOUS COMPOSER ARNO BABAJANYAN STARTED IN YEREVAN

SEPTEMBER 8. The "Arno Babajanyan-80" Festival started in Yerevan. These days the Yerevan citizens fully enjoy the heritage of the great composer. Numerous symphonic and chamber concerts and variety shows are being held in Yerevan, and the best Armenian musicians play Babajanyan's music.

The festival is organized by the Ministry of Culture on Youth and Sport Affairs and the "Arno Babajanyan" Charity Fund. Babajanyan's family arrived from Moscow to take part in the organizational works, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra press-service told ARMINFO. The Maestro's son Ara Babajanyan invited Russian musicians Sergey Musaelyan (piano) and Vladimir Tartakovski (trumpet) to participate in the festival.

Arno Babajanyan remains one of the best popular Armenian composers of XXI century. People all over the CIS space still sing melodies of Babajanyan's numerous compositions written for popular Soviet films.

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARYAN TO RUN FOR SECOND TERM

SEPTEMBER 8. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan is to run for the second term. The president made this statement today, commenting upon the statements of a number of the country's political forces, who called the parliamentary deputies to begin a procedure of the president's impeachment yesterday.

The president pointed out that people, who are in such angry and venomous mood, should not be in power. "This venom will poison the country, if they gain the power," Kocharyan said. He also pointed out that the aforementioned statement strengthened his decision on running to the second term.

It is known that the Armenian "Republican" and "National Unity" parties as well as the Peoples Party of Armenia came out with a joint statement on September 7, demanding the president's immediate resignation and preliminary presidential elections. The representatives of the above parties intend to rise this question at the expected panoramically session.