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The Food Administration of Canada has called on all consumers to not purchase the “Jermuk” Armenian mineral water. “The reason for this is because of the arsenic found in the water which may exceed the norm,” based on the information of the Canadian “CCN-Matthews” agency. The warning released by the Food Administration also lists the …

The upcoming Armenian parliamentary elections, which are going to be a serious milestone for securing democratic developments in Armenia, “promise” the Armenian people not only inter-political tension, but also distrust or manifestations of “militant” disagreements. This does not mean that we are “making” the reader believe that the elections are going to be fraudulent essentially …

The investigation department of the RA general public prosecutor’s office has instituted proceedings against a new defendant connected with the murder of the head of the RA tax inspection investigation department, Shahen Hovasapyan. Basing on the witnessing facts of the prosecutor’s office the investigation department has decided to accuse citizen of Yerevan Haik Israyelyan (born …

On March 8th, the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) published its final investigation results of the “A-320” plane crash of “Armavia” airlines as it was approaching Sochi last year. The IAC had published its preliminary conclusion back in July 2006 and the new one doesn’t differ in any way from the previous one. In the preliminary …

U.S. health authorities have banned sales of Armenia’s most famous and popular brand of mineral water, saying that it contains excessive amounts of arsenic, a poisonous chemical that can cause cancer. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on March 7 that it has ordered all importers of Jermuk bottled water to recall the product …

Volkan K., 19, who was arrested because of firing a gun in the yard of St. Mary Church of Istanbul, announced that he went to the church to kill the Patriarch of Turkish-Armenians, Mesrop B. Mutafyan. According to “Zaman” newspaper of Turkey the police has arrested two suspects, Volkan K. and Ylmaz Jan O. for …

Yerevan Press Club monitored the programs on 7 Armenian TV channels to find out the state of information on the political specter and the activities of separate parties before the election and whether the parties have equal opportunities to present their political stance and programs. This monitoring report covers the period of February 1-28, 2007. …

The year of Russian language in Armenia kicked-off on Wednesday at the Armenian-Russian (Slavonic) University. Russian Ambassador to Armenia Nikolay Pavlov presented the rector of the university Armen Darbinyan with a letter of acknowledgment from the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Russia for his effective work in Russian Federation integration. 2007 is declared as …

Head of the Armenian Customs Department Armen Avetisyan says that they have bought technical facilities worth of several million dollars to monitor the mobile phone import capacities and discover illegal imports. According to our information, the monopoly of mobile phone importing business has been given to the monopolist of sugar import business, Samvel Alexanyan. He …

A 50-year old woman was attacked near the “SAS” supermarket a couple of days ago. The strange man approached the woman, gave the woman two strong blows on the head with his fist and ran away. The lunatic has not been found. According to witnesses who helped the woman, this is not the first case. …