Vahan ISHKHANYAN

Rafik looks closer to 80 than his real age, 55, because the nine years he spent in virtual slavery in Russia ruined his health. By the time he returned to his home in the Armenian capital Yerevan four years ago, his wife had given him up for dead. Rafik’s case is only one of many …

“I don’t think there may be any honest person in Armenia, who can go against and not to endorse us. It is a pity that there are a lot of scoundrels but believe me that the bigger our movement is becoming the less scoundrels there are”.This is a part from Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s speech on February …

Of course, it was a symbolic ceremony, as the Armenian Apostolic Church does not condone gay marriages. They exchanged rings in the church and staged a small wedding party at a restaurant with Misha’s mother and their friends. They came from Paris especially to exchange vows in Echmiadzin. Both grew up in environments – one …

Evelina Gevorgyan is laying cards to read her fortune, although it is a pastime she no longer believes in. “My future was foretold long before, I was to be a great singer. But Article 58 was stuck on my back. Who would allow me to follow a singing career?” she says. Article 58 of the …

A dispute over a door has opened a window into the finances of a Yerevan judge, revealing a mass of wealth far greater than his moderate salary provided by the Ministry of Justice. The judge, whose salary is about $642 a month, owns six cars (including those given to his sons) worth about $61,000, a …

Programmers have already worked out Armenian texts for cell phones. Although the text is only for Samsung model phones, however, programmers are working on new texts now. (The texts of cell phones that appeared in our market about nine years ago were only in Russian and English). Sergey Avagyan and Henrik Sargsyan have taken this …

On the referendum day I returned home from the empty and quiet streets of Yerevan and turned the TV set on. During the “Haylur” evening broadcast Artak Alexanyan asked his colleague from Gyumri whether there was snow in Gyumri and whether it didn’t influence on the referendum procedures and voters’ turnout. His colleague answered that …

Seven Jehovah’s witnesses, who have refused to continue alternative civil service, are sentenced to imprisonment for leaving the site voluntarily. The sentenced are in the list of the 22 young people who have stopped completing their alternative civil service, claiming that they have been under the supervision of the Ministry of Defense and that goes …

The lawyers of Vahe Grigiryan have presented new documents which prove the innocence of the jailed lawyer. These facts prove that the legal proceedings against him were false. The prosecutor’s office has instituted legal proceedings against Vahe and wants to prove that he has made false documents and taken money. His lawyers and a lot …

Leonardo DiCaprio plays the leading role in the film “Aviator”. The actress playing in that film has been given an Oscar for her role. The film has been advertised so much, that everyone should watch it. This film is advertised on a Public Television Channel (H1) starting from September of this year. At the beginning …