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According to “Regnum”, the RA Civil Aviation Central Board (CACB) has sent a package of corrections in the text of the final conclusions made for the International Aviation Committee (IAC) concerning the investigation of the Armenian A 320 jet that crashed in the Black Sea on May 3. The document consists of three parts: main, …

Based on the proofs of the criminal investigation of the Chief Prosecution of Armenia regarding the illegal circulation of drugs, it has turned out that Andranik Volodya Stepanyan was accused of illegally acquiring drugs with the purpose of using them in October 2006 and has taken an overdose of the “Apion” drug without the permission …

The RA prosecutor’s office has brought cases against seven more people connected with the incident in the Ararat regional branch of “ArmRusGazard” company on October 8. These people are currently under arrest. The police have instituted legal proceedings against them based on Article 258 of the RA Criminal Code (hooliganism with the use of weapons). …

A couple of minutes after midnight on October 22, some lights went out in different parts of Armenia. One electrician claimed that the shutdowns had to do with the accident which had taken place in Tavriz, Iran. The thing is that Armenia receives a small amount of electricity from Iran and that’s how the distribution …

The collection of wines belonging to French president Jacques Chirac was sold for 1 million Euro during a two-day auction. The president had started collecting the wines throughout the years 1977 and 1998. He had collected 5,000 types of wines. It is worth mentioning that Chirac had not purchased these wines with his own money, …

Last year, the American government provided $236 million to implement the “Millennium Challenges” program in Armenia and founded an office in Armenia, boards of directors and benefactors and other departments for that purpose. The most active department of this institution seems to be the board of benefactors, especially the sector of non-governmental organizations. The mentioned …

“Today, you can find 110 religious TV channels. There are new unregistered religious sects coming into the light, but they are rather active,” says president of the “Recuperation and Help Center for people suffering effects from destructive religions” Alexander Amaryan. According to Amaryan, the center has been able to track down the names and gathering …

The European court of human rights will reach a final verdict for the actions presented to the court by Armenia by the end of the year. It may concern the issue of “A1+” TV Company as well. The representative of the Armenian government at the European court of human rights, Gevorg Kostanyan, has said to …

A journalist from a newspaper edition, which I don’t remember now wrote an article about the “Golden Apricot” third annual international film festival and called it “unprecedented”, perhaps not realizing the fact that the other two festivals had preceded the third. But this is not a matter of misunderstanding, but rather the artificial use of …

The devaluation of the dollar has not only mixed up the plans of the “Hayastan” all-Armenian fund, but also the business and friendly relations between Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora. President of the fund Naira Melkumyan has announced that the devaluation of the dollar has had a negative influence on the insertion of contributions in …