Society

By interacting with different levels of Armenian society every day, taxi drivers get a lot of confidential information. According to many drivers, National Security Service workers have tried to get some information from them pretending to be an average passenger. Sometimes NSS workers work as taxi drivers with the purpose of getting information. Taxi drivers …

With the purpose of remodeling the 802 bus stops in Yerevan, it was expected to install 80 new bus stops and signs in the first stage, especially in the heart of the city near the administrative buildings. “Today there are nearly 75 bus stops and signs. We will install the rest in a couple of …

Last year, “168 Hours” touched upon the activities of Azeri Parviz Nosrat Alamdari, who is a citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran currently in Armenia. He is working in Armenia and has been state registered since 1996. So, he has been in Armenia for the past ten years and has been doing different things-he …

An accident took place near 48 Mashtots street in Yerevan in the evening of September 22, at around 7-8:00 p.m. A large part of a third-floor building balcony fell and landed on the head of a young girl walking on the street. You could see bloodstains as you approached the site and the girl had …

“Malakut” insurance company’s broker has provided the payment of $35 million for the A 320 aircraft of Armavia company that was burnt in Belgium. As the statement of the mentioned insurance company writes, Armavia insured its aircraft at Armenian “Grand” insurance company, and later it was reinsured by the Russian “Malakut” and British “Lloyd United …

The Russian department fighting against organized criminal groups of Krasnodar region of Russia has arrested Armenian “Mobster” (member of organized criminal group) Andranik Soghoyan (nick name “Zap”) in “Rio” casino of Sochi. The police arrested Temur Mirzoev as well, who is originally Georgian (nick name is “Timour”). According to “Prime-Crime”, A. Soghoyan, 38 will be …

Nobody has doubted the fact that the judicial system in Armenia with its three court instances is known for the Chief Prosecutor of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan for a long time. The accusers are not defending their accusations in court, rather they’re defending the court from the accused. The “audience” loses the opportunity to be amazed …

Mrs. Arus is a nicely dressed, smart woman who is taken care of. She has taken on the responsibility of taking care of her husband. She does anything possible to give her two children the money needed to give to the school administration so that they won’t say that “she’s takes care of an ill …

On September 11, a fire broke out on the last floor of the building built on the crossroad of Lalyants-Teryan street of the Northern Prospect of Yerevan. People called firefighters and 5-6 trucks arrived. At 11:00 p.m., fire fighters were throwing metallic construction materials from the ninth floor of the building. Fire fighting groups finished …

On September 8, judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan of the Central/Nork-Marash first instance court of Yerevan sentenced chief editor of “Times-Yerevan” newspaper Arman Babajanyan to four years in prison. First, A. Babajanyan said his final word. He said that the case brought up against him should make citizens of Armenia worry about the future. “Since the first …