Bread to become more expensive
Gayane SAHAKYAN | August 29, 2010
The major companies importing grain and flour assure that very soon the price of bread will be increased. Since August 5 Russia has prohibited the export of grain and grain products from the country. The reason is the fact that according to the Russian government the hot weather and fire spoilt more than 11 million grain fields this year. This unexpected decision of the biggest exporter of grain was a negative thing for many countries, including Armenia as well. The grain produced in Armenia covers only the 30% of the domestic demand. This rate is going down year by year as last year the domestic grain production covered about the 40% of the domestic demand. The grain exporting companies such as Manana Grain, Mancho Group and Alex Grig have been in contractual relations with the Russian exporters mainly. Till June about 140 thousand tons of grain was imported, and in order to meet the domestic demand, there is a need to import more 270 thousand tons of grain. Besides the fact that the price of the Russian grain... [full story]
Feel the difference
Ara GALOYAN | August 21, 2010
The tragic events of July changed the attitude of the society to the army. Our army remains loyal to the soviet customs by drafting 18-year-old teenagers to the army. So for the majority of our society the soldiers are still children. Till July the attitude of the society to the army could be compared to the attitude of the parent to the child. That resembles exactly those parents, who don’t notice the right or wrong of their children. As a rule the media wouldn’t fully elucidate the reality in the army. Even the shortest article about the negative phenomena in the army would cause the discontent and critique of the so-called patriot politicians. Everybody would find his/her duty to remind that our army had won the war and that it’s the most prepared in our region. The ones who speak about the flaws in our army stretch a helping hand to the enemy. Regardless of how strange it may be all this reminds me the “Liar Todoros” performance of Karp Khachvankyan. “Dear kid, do you like...
Hot fall
July 24, 2010
“Every person has the right for rest.” This provision included in Article 33 of the RA Constitution is one of the few ones that is actually taken into serene consideration in Armenia. Therefore, dear readers starting from today the staff of 168-Zham is going out on vacation by enabling you to vacation as well… This will be an opportunity to take a break from the tense and “complex” politics of Armenia and the “gems of the thoughts” of the Armenian politicians. So the next footage of 168-Zham will be released on August 19....
One million dollar for nothing
Lilit AVAGYAN | June 17, 2010
It is very interesting to watch the intelligentsia and artists receiving titles and prizes especially from the president with honor. They are thanking the head of the state for his attention to the work they have done. It is clear that drinking a glass of champagne with the head of the state in front of cameras gives them a green light for their future. The feeling people have when getting these prizes are not like the feeling that if you are accepting this prize, you are putting limits on your freedom. Otherwise Silva Kaputikyan would not return her prize to the former president Robert Kocharyan to get back the right of criticizing. In almost all post-soviet countries intelligentsia representatives like to be noticed by their governments. Such people are very strange and as a rule for people their actions and behavior are funny and interesting. These people are genius. Recently there was a conference on mathematics in Paris, and the hero of the day, Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman, who had to get...
Come home
June 15, 2010
Yesterday the Turkish media reported that in Samsun region of Turkey the regional police had arrested and deported 43 people, including citizens of Armenia as well. The police followed a group dealing with prostitution and after collecting sufficient facts arrested the members of this group. The police arrested 65 prostitutes from different apartments and hotels of Samsun region, who were citizens of Georgia, Kyrgizstan, Dagestan and Armenia. It is hard to say whether the deportation of prostitutes who are citizens of Armenia is connected with the relations between Armenia and Turkey and Erdogan’s announcement about deporting Armenians from Turkey. However, our government can use this fact as a successful story for their “come home” project. Even more, prostitution is one of the types of activities which are constantly growing and fully comply with the “enlargement policy” of this government. Hardly there may be Armenians other than these prostitutes who may obey this government and...
No friend to a taste
May 27, 2010
Yesterday the first Instance Court of Erebuni and Noubarashen Administrative Districts sentenced Levon Avagyan, teacher of Noubarashen boarding school #11 charged with sexual harassment, to two years of imprisonment. Avagyan is charged with Article 142 of the Criminal Code of Armenia - sexual violence against underage children of the same school. The latter had admitted having sexually and physically abused his students, to only two years in prison. In the internal and external political mess this criminal case was kind of pushed backward in terms of importance. However, in any normal country this court trail would raise a big noise as well as the verdict, which was terrifying. Of course, in Armenia hardly anybody trusts the courts here. In this case, however the matter is not the independence of the judicial system. It is no secret that the courts of Armenia reconcile even the most minor cases with the top authorities. So we can confidently say that this verdict was no exception either especially by taking into...
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Embassies are humiliating people
August 29, 2010
Scientists and students who want to study abroad are facing serious problems with Embassies when trying to get entry visas to those countries. According to the head of the Academic Cooperation and Support Armenian Association (ARMACAD), professor of the Yerevan State University department of Iranian studies Khachik Gevorgyan, Embassies even sometimes refuse to give entry visas to those students who are invited to take part in academic seminars or conferences in other countries and are not going to stay there. “It seems they should not have any problems as the inviting party is taking the responsibility to pay all expenses. I don’t know why students and professors of universities have serious problems with Embassies. Sometimes the policies of Embassies enter into a contradiction with the education and scientific policies of their countries. This is a very bad thing and it seems they are creating artificial obstacles for the educational and scientific development of Armenia. You can’t find anyone...
Arrested
July 20, 2010
On July 14 Armenian mafia representative (thief-in-law) Kamo Yeghiazaryan was arrested in Moscow. According to the Russian media the police checked him up and found 8,35g heroine with him. Kamo Yeghiazaryan lives in Moscow since 1975 and is one of the most famous mafia people with Armenian origin. He is considered to be a loyalist of the old traditions of the world of thieves and mafia and prefers not to interfere with affairs that are dealing with a lot of money. The group led by Yeghiazaryan is occupied in different machinations and settling conflicts between different levels disputable concerning different deals. Last time Kamo Yeghiazaryan was arrested in 2004 for stealing the Audi A8 car of an Armenian businessman in Moscow....
Suspended
June 15, 2010
The investigation of the criminal case of former police deputy chief Gevorg Mheryan has been suspended according to the Article 31/1-1 of the RA Criminal Code because of failure to find an accused person. Meanwhile, a written order has been sent to the department on fighting organized crime to continue the operative and investigation works to discover accused persons. Let’s remind that following this murder, the chief of the police Alik Sargsyan announced that it was an issue of honor for the police to discover the murder of Gevorg Mheryan. No comments....
“I am not a spy and didn’t betray anyone”
May 6, 2010
A journalist of Armenian Ernest Vardanyan imprisoned in Transdniester for over a month now has made a complaint about the physical and psychological pressured addressed to him. Yesterday he made a statement, which reads, "In the name of all saints, please, save my wife and my children. They make me confess that I have spied and betrayed the homeland in favor of Moldova. They beat me periodically and threat that they would apply to more ‘inventive' tortures, which leave no traces. They threaten to settle a physical score with my wife and my children," the journalist said in a statement circulated through security guards. I am not a spy and I have betrayed no one. I simply said the truth to improve the life of ordinary people. During the examination they ascribed the charges of betrayal and espionage to me. "You are to blame yourself. We had warned you not to give further details and now it is too late to return," they said. Vardanyan asks "not to believe in falsely staged interrogation...
Instead of resignation
May 4, 2010
Yesterday in an unprecedented public apology, the chief of Armenia’s police service Alik Sargsyan admitted misleading the nation about the recent scandalous death of a young man in police custody. Sargsyan said he was “deceived” by his subordinates into thinking that Vahan Khalafyan was not ill-treated at the police station of Charentsavan, a small town in central Armenia. The press secretary of the RA police Sayat Shirinyan gave details on the statement of Alik Sargsyan, according to which the police officers of Kotayk marz reported that a suicide was committed in the police department of Charentsavan. “I am going to punish all of my employees who gave me incorrect information and thereby put me in an awkward situation. I am saying beforehand that I am not going to defend anyone and that all the guilty will be punished I never encouraged beatings, there are more proper ways of doing the job. Let those people whom I misinformed with my statements forgive me,” said Sargsyan. “As...
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