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ARMENIAN ART PRESENTED AT FESTIVAL IN TURKEY

May 27, 2003 - 23:23 AMT  22:49 GMT
An art festival is being held in Diarbekir Turkish city, during which Armenian works were also performed.

NATO TO CONSIDER SOUTH CAUCASUS NOT AS A WHOLE BUT AS THREE SEPARATE STATES

May 27, 2003 - 23:22 AMT  22:49 GMT
NATO official representatives stated at a seminar on partnership with the South Caucasian countries in Brussels.

RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT EXPECTED TO RATIFY AGREEMENT ON CONVEYING ARMENIAN ENTERPRISES TO RUSSIA ON ACCOUNT OF STATE DEBT

May 27, 2003 - 23:21 AMT  22:49 GMT
As stated by Russian ambassador to Armenia Anatoly Dryukov, one can expect the ratified agreement to be already signed in early June, and then the five Armenian enterprises will be passed to Russia before the end of July.

"JUSTICE" OPPOSITION BLOC NOT ACCEPTING ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RETURNS

May 27, 2003 - 23:19 AMT  22:49 GMT
According to a statement by the bloc, "the whole of the process of election of the National Assembly of Armenia was held with gross violations of the Electoral Code and neglect of Armenia's international commitments.

KARABAKH CONFLICT STILL OPEN WOUND IN SOUTH CAUCASUS, NATO REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDER

May 27, 2003 - 23:18 AMT  22:49 GMT
In their words, it would be extremely hard for countries included in serious territorial conflicts to join the NATO not having solved those problems.

6 PARTIES OVERCOME 5% BARRIER FOR ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT

May 27, 2003 - 23:16 AMT  22:49 GMT
These are the Republican Party of Armenia, "Justice" bloc of opposition political forces, "Orinats Yerkir" party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun, "National Unity" party and the United Working Party.

OPPOSITION HAS YIELDED ITS POSITIONS

May 26, 2003 - 05:00 AMT  22:49 GMT
The main surprise of the recent Parliamentary elections was the unexpected law level of opposition's popularity. Parties and blocks counting on the votes of the protesting electorate, gathered in total about 27 percent of the votes. This is not enough if taking into account that during the first tour of presidential elections the same political forces managed to attract more than the half of the voters.
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