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Notary Sona Veranyan was assassinated in her notary office located on 22 Tigran Mets street in Vanadzor on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Police arrived at the scene of the crime and are taking measures to reveal the case as soon as possible. The assassination took place in the presence of the notary workers. According to …

After the New Year, Armenians were surprised when they came face-to-face with the transportation realities. There are no state motor vehicle inspectors on the streets for over a month now. This shouldn’t have been a surprise because it had been talked about frequently during social (even political) discussions. After coming to power, Georgian President Sahakashvili …

On January 21 the 7th ceremony of award giving of the International Foundation of Orthodox Nations’ Union took place in Moscow’s Jesus Savor’s Church. An award was given to Robert Kocharyan as well, dedicated to the fact that he’s a devoted religious supporter and disseminator. Kocharyan’s award was taken by Armenia’s Ambassador to Russia, Armen …

The basis of democracy is elections, where the majority wins by forming government. Therefore, it turns out that the democracy is the power of the majority. However unfortunately the intelligent people over the period of centuries and millenniums always have made minority in different states and societies. The history repeats all the time and in …

Tens of Internet Service/connection provider workers organized a protest on Monday in front of the Public Services Regulatory Commission building. The posters of the demonstrators that had gathered at 11:30 a.m. read: “The number of unemployed will increase by 3000 in one day”, “We demand licensing”, etc. Demonstrators were shouting “Na-zar-yan” while the commission representatives …

On Friday at around 5:10 p.m. Yerevan time, chief editor of the “Agos” weekly Hrant Dink was shot 5 times in Istanbul with two of the shots fired at his head. According to CNN, Dink was assassinated on his way out of the editorial office. NTV reports that the police are searching for an 18-19 …

Thirty to thirty five children have been left on the streets due to the sale of real estate for government needs. A New Years’ celebration was organized for the children with help from the OSCE Armenian office. Since December 2005 until now, the Government of Armenia has been returning the 10% income taxes taken from …

“My dear girl, go and drink for a week so you can understand what I’m saying. You can’t ask serious questions to a sober man. Now, when you go and gather information from political activists, don’t you understand that it’s unethical to ask serious questions to a man who has been drinking for 13 days?” …

Motorists will not see traffic policemen in streets of Armenia any more. This reformation is done for the purpose of cutting down corruption, thus motorists will not have to stop their cars and negotiate with policemen. They say that the old system will be fully replaced with new technologies such as cameras, chips, recorders. Traffic …

Question: What’s the similarity between the Chinese and the Armenian Patrol officers? Answer: They both feed themselves by sticks. Surprisingly even the patrol officers don’t feel bad about speaking about this and kidding. However, soon this riddle and all the other jokes about patrol officers will become outdated. No the patrol officers will not be …