On June 9 the representatives of the RA Service of Compulsory Execution of Judicial Acts visited the editorial office of “A1+” TV company and demanded to vacate the premises, as the court ruling required. The premises had been leased to “A1+” by the RA National Science Academy, and the litigation between the parties started in 2005, ending in favor of the Academy, after all the judicial instances were passed. “A1+” said its refusal to meet the demand of the NSA was due to the violation of the existing financial arrangements by the Academy. In July last year the Director of “A1+” Mesrop Movsesian made a written request to the RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian to assist in the prolongation of the lease agreement with NSA (otherwise, having no office “A1+” would have to suspend its “Ayb-Feh” weekly, the web-site and the higher TV journalism courses, as well as “Hamaspyur” TV network, uniting 11 regional companies). Another attempt to evict “A1+” was made by the NSA on March 16, 2006. The “urgent” eviction was prevented by the intervention of the Prime Minister. On May 4, 2006 the Government allocated the founder of “A1+”, “Meltex” LLC, new premises with a right of free use for five years (see YPC Weekly Newsletter, May 5-11, 2006).
After the negotiations with the administration of the TV company the compulsory executors gave “A1+” a week to move to the premises, allocated by the Government.
Meanwhile, as YPC was informed by “A1+”, the delay in the move occurred because of the lack of an appropriate agreement between “A1+” and the Government. Besides, the new premises so far have no power supply and telephone connection.
