Society

Nobody wants the university’s reputation to go down

24.01.2006

The professors of the Yerevan State University were not surprised to see that former rector of the university Radik Martirosyan did not get elected as president of the university board. Students, on the other hand, were predicting that that was going to happen anyhow. We can understand why the professors were surprised judging from the …

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“I want to beg the president to take me to a shelter” says Grandpa Stepan who has turned into a homeless

24.01.2006

The officers claimed that not even journalists could participate in the meeting because they had received an order to not let anyone in. Only the journalists for “HyeLur” were able to take part. While the president Robert Kocharyan and mayor Yervand Zakharyan were having a discussion about some issues, a man was running from one …

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“Shirak”: the alternative airport

24.01.2006

The bad weather conditions in November-December 2005 proved that just the “Armenia” international airport alone slowed down flights in Armenia. While giving a report on the activities in 2005, the head of the Civil Aviation department of the government Artyom Movsisyan discussed this issue. “True, Gyumri’s airport conditions were not good, however, during those days …

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Bird flu danger in February and March

23.01.2006

On January 8, during the consultation with Robert Kocharyan, the coalition touched upon the bird flu issue. According to Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, Armenia runs a higher risk factor of contracting the bird flu now than it did a couple of months ago, in other words, before it made its way to Turkey. During the …

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Bird’s logic

22.01.2006

We do a really good job in fighting against the dissemination of the bird flu. For example, the leaders in poultry production offer a unique way of fighting against the virus. They offer to use as much poultry as possible. And they even try to bring logical reasons for that. “If we refuse local hens …

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Loan for the bird flu

22.01.2006

The World Bank is planning to give 5 million dollars to Armenia to prevent the penetration of bird flu in our country. The speaker of the Yerevan representative officer from the Bank, Vigan Sargsyan, informed “Regnum” that at this stage the Armenian government is negotiating over the provision of the loan and discussing primary issues. …

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The fright of bird flu

22.01.2006

The fright of the bird flu has already entered the houses of a lot of people. Starting from the beginning of this new year people don’t use bird products despite the fact that media announce that there is no bird flu in Armenia. The Media representatives do their best to inform about these announcements to …

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Be careful of stolen cars

22.01.2006

According to Interpol the trade of stolen cars is in the third place in the world after the trade of drugs and weapons. There is data of about 4 million cars that have been stolen in 61 countries in the database of Interpol, which can be used by 181 countries in the world, one of …

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461 crimes

21.01.2006

Drug addiction is evil and it can create serious problems for society. People must fight against drug addiction together as one. In order to prevent the severe consequences of drug addiction, awareness must begin in elementary school. The Police of Armenia periodically publish the summaries of researches that they have conducted on the process, geographical …

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None of us is alone

21.01.2006

Seven year-old Mary hugged her mother’s neck and said kissing her: “She is my mom”. She had a piece of bread in her right hand with sugar in it. Their neighbors had given them this, because they knew that Mary liked sugar very much. A shine appeared in the eyes of 37 years old Tamara …

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