Society

Destinies: missing

02.04.2006

Varazdat Gasparyan has never met his father. After his mother’s death, Varazdat decided to search for his father and found him in the U.S. when he was 27 years old. As for 65 year-old Iraqi Armenian Vardine Hakobyan, who has worked for an American organization for two years in Iraq, has been discriminated by Muslims …

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Cell phone conversations on TV

02.04.2006

In January “Armentel” installed new antennas for cell phone connection in Maralik city of the Shirak Marz. According to our information, with this “new service” people can’t watch TV because instead of watching programs they have to listen to conversations. According to our sources, the company representatives have visited the city, but the problem still …

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3 year old child to be left out on the streets

23.03.2006

Recently there have been cases when people purposely leave their children on the streets. This happened several days ago not far from the “Sasuntsi David” train station. According to our information police found a 3 year-old girl in the building of the train station. Later the child was sent to the corresponding bodies to get …

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What does a woman want from politics?

22.03.2006

There are many women involved in business, female doctors, lawyers and journalists in Armenia, however, they don’t play a big role in politics. Men are against having women involved in politics, while women don’t have a total picture of what it’s like. The majority of women tend to stay out of politics and leave that …

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How to become a driver

19.03.2006

According to specialists, nearly 10% of them take lessons in other private schools, while the rest learn how to drive through other methods. People take driving lessons on their own especially in the villages. But all these “students” get their drivers’ licenses after taking an exam at the state police department. Pedestrians, drivers, police officers …

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Earning a living will get harder

17.03.2006

Up until February 28, citizens of Armenia actually thought that Armenia’s “big brother” wouldn’t raise the gas price or would at least lower it a little. People hoped that the short negotiations would lead to a positive outcome and our strategic ally wouldn’t be so cruel and suddenly double the price. But the negotiations between …

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Time is changing

17.03.2006

Daylight savings time starts on March 26 at 02:00: the hands of the clock will be moved forward one hour.

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The National Security Service at prison?

17.03.2006

According to our sources, the NSS has worked in the “Nubarashen” prison as a result of which they found many drugs. There were different kinds of drugs there. According to our informed sources, after this incident the officers of this prison were ordered to be more careful and even some were punished. In fact, the …

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Chicken racket

15.03.2006

For several days now, a certain group of people wearing white gowns have been walking around in villages pretending to suffer from the bird flu and kidnapping the villagers’ chicks. According to our sources, these people lie to villagers, saying they’re going to take the hens and chicks to expertise and thus take a great …

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Panicking

15.03.2006

Dead wild birds were found in the Ashotsk region of Shirak Marz, which neighbors Turkey. Yesterday it was officially announced that after lab expertise no bird flu was found. However the residents of the region do not quite believe in the official announcement. According to them they have informed the appropriate bodies about finding dead …

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