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Our editorial has received a letter from Gafesjian Family Foundation, which was signed by Gerard Gafesjian. In this letter he assures that the information concerning the foundation published in a past edition of 168 newspaper is not true. Read the full text of the letter below: 9 October, 2009Editor 168Zham Your article entitled, "Cafesjian is …

– On September 27 Iran’s armed forces successfully tested the mid-range Shahab1 and Shahab2 missiles. On September 28 they tested the Shahab3 missiles as well, which are intended for attacking targets in 2000 kilometers distance. Iran’s defense minister came up with an announcement saying that “the tests came to prove that Iran is ready to …

American Armenian businessman Gerard Gafesjian will probably stop his business in Armenia and will leave only the Gafesjian Museum for symbolic purposes. The problem is that the businessman who has invested millions in Armenia has been cheated and his money was embezzled. It was done through certain financial mechanisms and methods, which was ignored by …

– What was the Soviet Union’s strait jacket which did not let people get lost in freedom? – The water and mirror are our first philosophy. The human being can’t look at his face with his eyes. He should believe based on the experience of the humanity that the appearance in the mirror is himself …

On August 30, 2007 in N military base located near the village Karchaghbyur of Gegharkunik region a temporary military servant Tigran Ohanjanyan died, who according to the official version was electrocuted when working on the electrical mast. The latter had resided in the Russian Federation since 2000. He was a sophomore student at the Polytechnic …

We believe this story will surprise you as much as it surprised us. Ashot Grigoryan, aged 19, does not have parents. Such people in our country as a rule don’t have a shelter and are living as homeless people, just like the hero of this story. In 2004 Ashot Grigoryan was included in a project …

In the last release of the National Statistics Service of Armenia among the economic slump indices there were also rates of the increase of crime in the country, which wasn’t taken into account in the country at all. In January-July 2009 compared to the same period of the last year the level of crime in …

Yesterday in Yerevan another big traffic accident occurred. On Azatutyun avenue at around 8:40 p.m. while making a u-turn a BMW, number plate 15 ss 499, hit a pedestrian, who was trying to cross the street at the time and then hit into another car, Mercedes, moving on the opposite side. After that the BMW …

She recalls with anger how she 16 years ago left at the war not only her two hands and part of the right leg but also her belief to the life in general. Her mother, Ms. Nina was trying to save a little hope about the life but she left the secular life 8 years …

It turns out that the group of the Georgians, who robbed branch #4 of the VTB Bank located on Baghramyan 22, during the last 1-2 years have robbed the apartments of various statesmen. According to our information the number of these statesmen reaches 8. And so this group has robbed the apartments of the chief …