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Another suicide was committed at around 3 or 4 p.m. on October 30 in Yerevan. Armen Kalajyan, 25, jumped off of his eighth floor apartment located on 13 Adonts street in the Arabkir community and died. According to a well-informed source, Kalajyan committed suicide based on personal reasons; he was depressed a couple of days …

“168 Hours” has been asking for the opinions of taxi drivers on this or that topic for quite a while now. Taxi drivers complain about nearly everything and mainly pinpoint at the injustice, poverty, immorality and the criminal environment of Armenia. This time we decided to hear their opinion on the recognition of the Armenian …

The immigration department of the U.S. National Security has decided to make a change in the exam required to take in order to become a U.S. citizen. According to “Washington Post”, those who wish to become U.S. citizens must take harder exams, if such a bill passes. The U.S. citizen applicant must know U.S. history …

The community social services territorial centers are coordinating the family subsidy program of the Yerevan municipality. Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Kamo Areyan said during a press conference that 25,000 families have received subsidies during the nine months of 2006. There are 2960 families that have received some help. A total of 4,247,000 drams has been …

On October 26, police officers were stopping cars on the Ashtarak-Yerevan highway and checking them. According to the information of “A1+”, the reason is that a prisoner had escaped from the prison of Kosh. The RA Justice Ministry has confirmed that piece of information. On October 26, Liparit Hovhannisyan, 26, who was imprisoned in 2003 …

According to The Independent, the Indian government has passed a law, according to which men may be arrested for abusing or causing moral damage to their wives. Before, the law about violence didn’t refer to violence in the family, in other words, violence in the home between man and wife was considered normal. By breaking …

The authorities, in particular the corresponding bodies of the social and health sectors, have announced several times that they have come up with a strategy to increase birth rates in Armenia. However, despite that “strategy”, many of the children being born in Armenia are raised in horrible, inhumane conditions. It’s hard to point out who’s …

It’s quite possible that drivers parking their cars in central Moscow will have to pay a parking fee. “We think it’s quite possible that there will be parking fees for parking in the center of Moscow. Transportation is changing every day and there are more and more cars on the streets, exceeding the development rate …

October 28 markes the 99th anniversary of the “Time” Armenian newspaper edition based in Istanbul. The PhotoLur” agency and “168 Hours” congratulates editor Ara Kochunyan and his colleagues, wishing future success and the increase in the number of readers.

“Yerevan is a community. The methods of forming the local government and municipal institutions are defined by the law. Also, the law can also define that the mayor of Yerevan can be elected directly or indirectly” as stated in Article 108 of the RA Constitution. Based on this constitutional amendment, the government made a decision …