Butchers selling meat at the GUM (a market in the centre of Yerevan) say they sell 700-800 kg ham a day.

84-year-old Arusyak Sahakyan died in the result of a fire in apartment 33 in Rostomyan street, Yerevan, December 2.

Parents of deaf children and their attorney Samvel Mkrtchyan reached their desired outcome yesterday. he demonstrators, who had gathered in front of the presidential residency and stayed until 9:30 p.m. last night demanding that the decision of the government to not join the number 9 school for deaf students of Zeytun with the deaf and mute students’ school of Nork, met with Deputy Minister of Education...

The pupils of Yerevan’s special school N9 staged a silent protest action in front of the President’s residence on December 1. The children were accompanied by their parents. The protesters refused to utter a word.

Some 100 taxi-drivers staged a protest action in front of the government building on December 1. As usual they protested a government decision according to which only the cars manufactured over the past ten years can serve as taxis.

Gyumri’s citizens Artak, 1980, Ann, 1982 and Janna Rafayelyan, 2003, were found in dead in house 139/244 on Garegin Njdeh, at 14.15 November 29. It turned out that the death had been caused by gas poisoning.

An initiative group has launched collection of signatures in support of Michael Ajapahyan, primate of the Diocese of Shirak marz.

It is already a few months 42-year-old Sveta has settled in Yerevan with her four-member family. Sveta’s eldest son entered university in 2008, and the family had to move to the capital from the village of Arzakan.

Hayastan All Armenian Fund is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Telethon 2008. With 35 009 156 USD pledged during the 12 hours of live broadcast from Los Angeles, US, this year’s Telethon has marked an unprecedented fundraising landmark for the Fund, more than doubling the already impressive results of the previous Telethon.

The plane flying from Vienna to Yerevan arrived at Zvartnots airport with a three-hour delay. After an hour's flight the crew had to return to Vienna.

As of October 2008, there were 14,550 real estate deals in Armenia. This number has gone down by 9.1% compared to October 2007, while the number of houses sold rose by 10.0% in September 2008.

Candidates are still “campaigning” almost two months after the local government elections with their pictures and slogans.

One of the organizations belonging to Mr. Ernekyan is in charge of the accreditation management of “Haypost” and the organization is connected to us, the shareholder,” told “A1+” director of “Converse” bank Ararat Ghukasyan.

On November 25 at 12:10 p.m., there was a call from the “Veteran Teachers” club that Tamara Galstyan, one of the club’s members living in the 13th apartment of the nor Nork of Yerevan, had not been responding to her calls and door bells for 40-45 days. Rescuers left for the scene and found the body of Galstyan in her home.

Today Karen Harutyunyan appeared before the police and confessed his participation in a group attack on journalist Edik Baghdasaryan, President of the Investigative Journalists NGO, on November 14 of this year.

On November 26 Albert Sukiasyan, the father of Armenian MP Khacahtur Sukiasyan, has issued a warning against the so-called “lawbreakers.”

A leading IT Company Lycos-Armenia is closing down. The administration has informed the staff about the company's closure at a special meeting minutes ago.

“End to women’s violence”, “Silence is dishonorable”, “Sexual abuse is a crime”, “A real man doesn’t beat women”-these were just some of the posters held by members of the “Women’s Resource Center” NGO and other organizations as they organized a march on International Women's Violence Day.

Currently, only 8% of handicapped people capable of working in Armenia are employed.

Despite official data according to which the price of flour has gone down by a minimum 22%, it hasn’t affected prices for buns and pastry. Based on the results of the monitoring conducted by the State Economic Competition Protection Commission, a reduction in bread and flour prices was registered in mid-October.

On November 24 resident of the Karmir village of the Gegharkunik Marz A. Avdalyan informed that a pack of wolves had attacked a horse tied in the yard of his home on November 21 at around 5 a.m.

Water delivery will be terminated in the quarters of Erebuni, Aresh, Vardashen, Gajegortsner, Nubarasahen from 10 p.m. to 5 p.m., November 25.

> A VAZ-2106 belonging to J. Adamyan burnt down in the result of a November 20 fire caught in the village of Parakar, Armavir Marz.

On October 30 the “LoriWaterSewer” CJSC and the Lori province division of the Environmental Protection state department received a call that an unknown red liquid was being poured into the Pambak River. It turned out that the red liquid was actually red paint which somebody had carelessly poured into the river.