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The Public Services Regulatory Commission ended the monitoring conducted on the water-supply system of Yerevan last week. The commission was conducting monitoring in order to find out whether the volumes of water-supply in Yerevan have decreased or not. Let us recall that on February 27, the “Yerevan Water” company had filed an application to the …

Yesterday many Yerevan residents, guests from marzes and guests of the capital city visited the pantheon to pay tribute to the late Prime Minister, Andranik Margaryan. “For our history, he became like an open page for the coming generations to read, and today we came to his grave to commemorate him. He was a leader, …

About two months ago, National Assembly deputy and Armenian Popular Party member Vardan Mkrtchyan filed a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court to complain about some of the propositions stated in the RA law on “Alienation of property for social and state needs” approved by the National Assembly. Mkrtchyan needed the signatures of 27 deputies to …

Armenian contemporary singers announced once again that they support the Republicans and are ready, true, with honoraria, to travel from village to village and steer the Armenian villagers towards the Republican Party. Another group of young singers is getting ready to do the same thing for the “Prosperous Armenia” party. Arto Tunjboyadjyan has already shown …

The French Mason organization GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE (Grand Middle East of France) delegation also visited the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex on April 24. Representatives of the delegation are visiting Armenia for the first time “with the purpose of personally sharing the sorrow of the Armenians dispersed around the world and expressing their condolences in memory …

Does any Armenian have an opportunity to get a Nobel price? The genre of literature can be appreciated the best by the president since he does not have time to read them. However, we think that there is an opportunity when an Armenian may be accepted by the whole world too. It will happen when …

The Prosecutor General’s office of Armenia has quashed the criminal case that was filed concerning the crash of “Armavia” airlines’ “A-320” plane in Sochi on May 3, 2006. The Prosecutor General’s office accepted the final conclusion of the Intergovernmental Aviation Committee (IAC) as the basis for quashing the case. Based on that conclusion, the plane …

Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan convened a consultation with the purpose of discussing the results of his working visit to Aragatsotn Marz on April 17 with the responsible persons of different fields. Among the participants of the consultation were the Minister of Urbanization of Armenia, head/minister of the government administration, head of the State Committee …

These days, television airwaves are overflowing with pre-election campaign advertisements, and the public is actively discussing elections. Taxi drivers are also trying to evaluate the pre-election campaign. Will they participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections? As a rule, the drivers responded with the following question in response: “What party do you represent?” “These elections are …

Yesterday the head of “Photolur” agency, Herbert Baghdasaryan, passed away at night (aged 69). He was a person that contributed his talent in Armenian history, took many photos, and always did his work with pleasure. Baghdasaryan was a wonderful person, a very good citizen, and a good professional; he liked beauty and always appreciated honesty. …