Snowslides have activated in Arap village of Shirak marz causing trouble to local villagers. Most houses in the village were built without a geological survey. Landslides especially deepened after the earthquake of 1988.

Garages in Gyumri have been going through the process of registration starting from February 1 this year. All residents who have built garages without permission must register those garages by March 20, that is, they must pay the fixed amount and received registration; otherwise, they will lose thei

The Armenian village Ranchpar situated 150 meters away from the Turkish border is wakened by the voice of a Turkish mullah. Over 230 families settled in the village after the Baku massacres. Residents of the village have to ask permission from the frontier military unit to enter their lots.

More people are seeking employment in the Lori Marz in the past two months. According to director of the employment center of Vanadzor Ara Arakelyan, the number of unemployed has risen by 685 during the months of January and February and a considerable growth of unemployed is seen in the city of Van

The music school of Hoktemberyan village, Armavir marz, is in a hopeless state. One can smell humidity in the classrooms and in the hall. All musical instruments are past repair.

Alavredi's Ambulance Service has recently worked very efficiently. In 2008 all employees and drivers of the service underwent additional training.

The overflow of the Debed River in the spring has been a scourge for residents of the so-called "Kamchatka" part of the "Sanahin Station" district of Alaverdi for years. The waters that overflow from the river have not only covered the parks, but have also reached the yards of buildings.

Most of the men of the Karmravan village of the Ashotsk region will leave the village in a month in search of jobs abroad leaving the hard work on the women and the elderly.

Many specialists working privately will be forced to pay taxes starting April 1, 2009. The law on "Restricted payments" passed on 2008 April 26 applies to all pedagogues and professors who give language and preparatory courses for admission to universities and other educational institutions, as well as paid courses for other professions.

The secondary school of Lori’s Martsi village has about 109 pupils. The 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th forms are grouped.

The Alaverdi-Akhtala railway has been under repair since February 1. It is already 13 days over 30 employees have been fixing the decks of the South Caucasian railway near security service of Dilijan, Haghartsin and Goshavan.

It is already three years stray dogs keep residents of Vanadzor’s housing estate N2 on constant alert. Local inhabitants fear lest they be attacked by rabid dogs.

The Darpas district of the Lori Marz with its 2300 inhabitants faces many issues the biggest of them being unemployment and forecasts say that it may intensify in the spring.

Residents of Gyumri’s Hanesoghlyan Street live in constant fear lest the shaky walls and roofs of their flats may fall down on them.

Over 1384 patients are registered in the Oncological Department of Lori’s Hospital N1. This year the number of patients has gone up by 228

Some 40 inhabitants of Kapan’s Railroaders’ alley live in a “zone of landslides.” The inhabitants fully realise the danger of the place but they have no alternative.

Residents of Armavir’s Likashin community have reached an “impasse.” They say they can no longer live in their homes as the building is on the verge of collapse. The balconies keep going forward, and the residents fear the building may ruin one day.

The Sahakyans and Haroyans differ from the other families of the neighbourhood. One is deprived of family benefit; the other has no dwelling place.

Police officers warned money exchange workers at the Gyumri central market that what they are doing is illegal and that they can no longer work in the market. There were also threats-“If you continue to work here, we will take drastic measures”. Being caught off guard, they appealed to the Marz district.

Based on the high rate of incidents due to gas outflows, “ArmRusGazard” had started the installation of alarms in multi-story buildings in collaboration with the government.

In 2008 Vanadzor’s tax services fined 204 economic entities 13.5 million drams for the misuse of cash registers.

Starting February, students will learn about football in school. Out of the 450 schools included in the program, 50 are from the Lori Marz and only half of the 42 schools of the Alaverdi region have been selected.

Citizens of Armavir’s Norapat district haven’t had drinking water for a long time. Today they get water from a pit owned by Gazmash factory but the water is said to be harmful to health.

At the turn of 2008, the Assessment and Testing Center (ATC) held interim exams in the 8th and 10th forms in order to check pupils’ general knowledge.