Society

The microbus stolen from Tbilisi is the No.9 microbus in Yerevan

12.07.2006

Georgian citizen Albert Kakablishvili has been waiting for five months now for the police to get him his microbus back. Georgian police have appealed to the Armenian prosecutor’s office. In fact, it’s clear as to who the thief is, who helped the bus cross the border and who the current owners are. The GSG 321 …

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Only weak and extremely strong people left in Gyumri

09.07.2006

Hasmik asks me to picture for a moment not having anything, nighttime, rain, sun, afternoon, wind, cold and walk the streets during those seasons with the thought that you have nowhere to go. You haven’t come out of anywhere and there’s nowhere you have to go. You’re in a reality that doesn’t change for years. …

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Release the editor

08.07.2006

On June 30, the Georgian “Southern Caucasus Peaceful Development” union made an announcement in defense of chief editor of “Yerevan-Time” newspaper Aram Babajanyan. “There are many honest and decisive journalists who risk their life, neglect the persecutions and threats and try to get us readers the right information no matter what. Arman Babajanyan is one …

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One million drams to each of the victims’ relatives

08.07.2006

During a government session held on Thursday, the Armenian government made a resolution concerning the temporary account of the treasury, which was opened with the purpose of providing aid to the families of the victims of the plane crash on May 3. A total of 88,472,000 AMD will be given to 85 families that are …

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Now it’s the Arabkir park

08.07.2006

There hasn’t been much destruction in the “Children’s park” of the Arabkir community. It’s amazing that the oligarchs and officals who love to build cafes haven’t destroyed the park and built a cafe there. Perhaps it’s because it’s not in the heart of the city. But in the past couple of years, when there was …

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Snakes and scorpions on the loose

02.07.2006

There has been an increase in the number of snakes and scorpions during the past couple of years in Yerevan and this year is no exception. According to entemologist of the Biological Institute of Armenia M. Marjanyan, there have always been the three poisonous types of scorpions-the yellow, the motely and the black, hard tail …

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“Yellow” contest in Republic Square

02.07.2006

The “Yellow Ribbon” world candlelighting march kicked off on June 28 at 10:00 p.m. in the Republic Square of Armenia. The event organizers were once again speaking out on the Senate hearings for appointing the new U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (which was to take place at 10:00 a.m. on June 28th). All citizens could take …

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Military parade

02.07.2006

The arrest of editor of “Yerevan-Time” daily Arman Babajanyan wasn’t a tragedy, of course, but it was sad. It was sad because first, Armenian authorities just can’t tolerate dissidence and can arrest all journalists and editors at the right time and secondly, Armenian journalists, editors and political figures still don’t understand that they have to …

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One person arrested

30.06.2006

On June 22, son of former head of the Malatia-Sebastia community Sedrak Zatikyan was killed after an armed beating near the intersection called “Bank Circle”. Witnesses say that some Jeeps with tinted windows and no state license plates persecuted Zatikyan’s “Mercedes-Brabus” Jeep (“10SS045”) from the Tichina street. Some shots were fired once the Jeeps reached …

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Police reject crime version

27.06.2006

The RA police haven’t revealed the murder of Vahan Zatikyan’s son, Sedrak Zatikyan. The police have not arrested the perpetrators. According to the public prosecutor’s office, they have questioned many witnesses and discussed all possible versions. According to our information, some people against Samvel Alexanyan were called to the police station and questioned (several days …

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