“As we anticipated, the election was rigged, numerous cases of violations and stuffing took place, since it was impossible to win”, said a Yerevan citizen Ashot Hambardzumyan to “A1+”.

On 20 February at 16.00 p.m. Ashotsk-Vardaghbyur road in the region of Shirak was closed in the result of strong snowstorm and caused numerous vehicle pileups.

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The Civil Society Institute, Free Tribune of Civil Initiatives NGO and Helsinki Civil Assembly of the Armenian Committee jointly have established “Legal Initiative: elations 2008” for raising the awareness of the RA citizens.

Under a decree of Minister of Education Levon Mkrtchian February 18th and 19th were declared non-working days in educational institutions all over Armenia.

At 4.00, February 14th, resident of Pambak Village G. Grigorian, 1992, was taken to hospital with arsenic poisoning.

The coverage of presidential elections-2008 by 8 broadcast media of Armenia is monitored by Yerevan Press Club with the participation of “TEAM” Research Center and with the financial assistance of the Open Society Institute. The study covers the period of pre-election promotion, January 21 - February 17, 2008.

On 13 February at 18.25 p.m. information was received that works to extinguish the fire in the RA Justice Ministry were terminated.

5 passengers of the plane, which was carrying out Yerevan-Minsk flight from “Zvartnots” airport in Yerevan, were taken to “Armenia” medical center.

The list of the passengers who were on CRJ-100 plane belonging to Belarus “BelAvia” Company was published.

On 14 February at about 04.19 a.m. the plane “CRJ 100” belonging to “BelAvia” caught fire when it was going to fly. Only the 3 members of the staff and 18 passengers were on the plane.

Every year on February 14, 40 days after the Christmas, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Feast of Presentation of the Lord to the Temple – Tearnendarach, which means goring “towards the Lord.”

A 2.8-magnitude earthquake was recored 18 km north-west to Spitak at 10.17 local time. The force of the epicenter was measured 3-4 on the Richter scale.

Georgia’s presidential candidate and famous business Arkadi "Badri" Patarkatsishvili died of a heart attack in London on the night of February 12.

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On February 14, residents of “the zone of alienation” will crowd near Armenia’s Government to express disappointment towards the acting authorities.

The old woman in the picture roams around Armenia's Government shouting “Onward, Armenian!” “Serzh Sarkissian-President!” She has presidential candidate Serzh Sarkissian’s pre-election flag on her shoulder.

“Consensus” movement called the citizens to solidarity and offered them to join their movement in Yerevan metro stations and in various parts of the city.

Today the employees of the RA Justice Ministry began their regular works not in their offices, but standing in front of the Ministry’s building, since only “skeleton” of the building remained in the morning.

Armenia’s youth turn out to be interested in the upcoming presidential election but they avoid sharing an opinion.

“Menq” youth movement organized a march in Yerevan streets with “No brain washing”, “No H1”, “Do not believe in H1” posters.

“Go ahead Armenia, starving Armenia”, the victims of state needs mocked at the presidential candidate Serge Sargsyan’s slogan.

Owing to “ArmenTel” Company the correspondents of “A1+” are deprived of telephone connection, which is vital for the operation of the agency .

Eight-year-old Karot-Hakob Tashchian has drawn the attention of Montreal City, Canada. He took the fifth place at the International Presentation of Performers-2008 (IPOP) featuring 1500 participants aged 4-16 from different angles of the world.