Today the residents of the Gyumri Ani district found a dead body of an infant in the dump. According to the witnesses, the body was wrapped in a plastic bag.

The specialists investigate the level of air pollution in Gyumri three times a month and do not find encouraging facts. The level of air pollution is s number of times higher than the permitted minimum.

The Regional Governor of Gegharqunik Stepan Barseghyan congratulated the actors of the Gavar State Dramatic Theatre after Levon Kalantaryan on the International Theatre Day with two days’ delay.

The Secondary school N1 after Spendaryan of Alaverdi has turned into a fulcrum school where the teachers of the 38 schools of the territory will pass a three - year training course starting from this September.

The 1st and 2nd musical schools of Gjumri working in house conditions will be united and moved to the newly built premises of the 2nd musical school. The process of the optimization will only refer to the property within the coming months.

The rivulet Ghorghoba has seethed. Each year the rubbish of the rivulet mixes with rain-water, thaw and flows into the adjacent dwelling places and yards.

According to the Gegharkouniq regional department of “ArmHydroMet”, By March 23, 2006 the Lake Sevan is 1898.15 meters above the sea level which is 39 sm. higher than the previous year.

A decision has already been made on the exile of Hasmik Amirkhanyan’s family living on the15th floor on Ghandilyan Street. The Amirkhanyans who lost 4 rooms because of the 1988 Earthquake got a new flat only 3years ago

We have just been informed by the Martuny State Veterinary Inspector Koryun Barseghyan that the results of the diagnosis of the sick bird found yesterday, on March 22 on the coast of Sevan have been received. An acute inflammation of the esophagus was discovered.

The inhabitants found a weak water bird incapable of flying on the coast of Lake Sevan adjacent to the city Martuny between 4-4:30 p.m. on March 22. Being concerned with the menacing birds’ flu they informed the State Veterinary Inspector of Martuny Koryun Barseghyan about the incident.

6 weak shakes were registered in the target region of Spitak within 22 days in March. The earthquakes occurred mainly in the North – Eastern part of the area where the epicentre has the largest depth. The shakes reached to 3 – 4 degrees by the Richter skale.

According to trustworthy sources, nine poplars were chopped down in the area called “Ttujur” of the city of Gavar. The trees were sold as raw material. A criminal case has been aroused in connection with the fact.

A dead dove and a dead crow have been found in Gyumri. In both cases the birds were found by the children. The resident of the city applied tot eh Shirak region Veterinary State Inspection immediately.

By the order of the Mayor of town Sisian, LTD “ Cleaning” of Sisian, Hunters' Union and Local Police Department with the help of the veterinary services of the town started to clean the town of stray dogs.

The melting snow revealed that the street flowerpots of Sisian have turned into garbage bins, even in case they are located next to that very bins. One can see the remains of cigarettes and sunflower seeds and waste in polyethylene bags everywhere - in the parks, streets, and gardens. The dwelling places and cellars are more polluted than the rest of the city.

The nursery school of the Kavart district of Kapan has been working since 1997. 2 years ago the kindergarten lavatories and one of the rooms were completely destroyed because of Kapan’s mine explosions initiated by “Dino Gold Mining Company.”

The wind with the speed 27 meters per second has damaged the roofs of houses and blocks of flats in the town of Vardenis, region of Gegharqounik.

By the decision of the RA Health Ministry since January 1 of the current year medical treatment in the polyclinics is free of charge. According to the head of the Abovyan polyclinic R. Haroutyunyan, the frequency of visits shows that people needed medical treatment.

The storks of the Ararat valley are gradually returning to their homes. If the residents of the villages used to welcome them before, this year the people are suspicious towards the birds. The reason is of course the bird flu which is already present in the neighboring countries.

10 400 refugees live in Gegharqouniq region today most of which have a problem of domicile. To regulate the situation RA government plans to realize a program on providing people resettled from Azerbaijan and strongly in need apartments with permanent residence.

Thanks to the warm air which entered the Gegharqounik region for the last few days the lake Sevan was «liberated» from the ice layer. The fish species of the lake, and particularly the whitefish which is on the brink of extinction, managed «to have a rest» for only 3-4 days as unregulated fishing has already restarted in the lake.

Noticing dead crows on the banks of the nearby river, the residents of the Syunik village Uyts called vets immediately. Upon their arrival in the place of incident the specialists found only one dead crow. The dead crow was sent to the Yerevan laboratory. As the investigations showed, the reason of the death was not the H5N1 virus.

The head of the village Tolors Marat Araqelyan does not even remember when they have seen so much snow as this year. And the heavy snowfalls brought many problems for the residents of the village. The roofs of many houses and cowsheds have collapsed.

Resident of Abovyan town Sergey Avagyan armenianized modern cellular phones. Within 6 months translation of menus of Samsung cellular phones has been done.