A number of pawn shops in Yerevan refuse to take bonds due to the sharp rise of the dollar.

On March 5 at 9 a.m. a visit to the military institute named after RA Defense Minister Vazgen Sargsyan will take place on March 5 at 9 a.m. on the sidelines of the events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Armenian prominent military figure, sparapet (commander) Vazgen Sargsyan.

Customers at the "Yerevan City" supermarket witnessed inflation on the spot today.

The exchange rate for the dollar went up from 307 drams to 380 drams in just an hour. As press speaker for the Central Bank Zaruhi Barseghyan told "A1+", the Central Bank made an announcement on making a transition to the floating exchange rate policy starting today.

Vardan Manukyan of the Tsovagiugh village of the Gegharkunik Marz (born in 1979) drowned while fishing at the lake of artificial water of the Artanish village of the Gegharkunik Marz at around 4 p.m. yesterday. His body was taken out of the lake by fishers.

The Advocacy and Assistance Center (AAC) of Yerevan opened in Yerevan today. US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, as well as representatives from the Armenian Government, the international community and local NGOs attended the event.

What merits does the district head of Kenton commune, Gagik Beglaryan, possess to be elected Yerevan's Mayor? The question was today addressed to Yerevan civilians.

Medicines regulating blood pressure and heart rhythms are of great demand in chemist's shops today.

If you leave the house tomorrow, do not forget to take an umbrella as meteorologists forecast rain on March 3. It may snow in the highlands.

Institusjonen Fritt Ord (The Freedom of Expression Foundation) of Oslo and the ZEIT Foundation of Hamburg have awarded the press prizes "Free Press of Russia" and "Free Press of Eastern Europe" for 2009 to four journalists and three newspapers from Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Armenia and Georgia. T

A fire broke out in Yerevan's Azatutyun Avenue at 3:50 February 26. A fire fighting team was sent to the scene in a short while. The fire was put out at 4:13.

VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (NYSE: MBT) announces that modern queue management technology from Lime Tech was rolled out across its 32 service centers to help serving customers more quickly and keep them happy. The system was successfully introduced following a pilot impleme

The Central Electoral Commission confirmed today the schedule for preparing and holding the events leading up to the May 31 aldermen's council elections and Head of the Central Electoral Commission Garegin Azaryan gave a report on the schedule.

We decided to join the opposition's marches and protests because we realized that these authorities don't want to do anything. They lie to the people and get rich by stealing from them," told "A1+" head of the "Defense of Property Rights" NGO Vachagan Hakobyan who was one of the participants of the protest held today near the Government building.

Preventive information is the first link in the population protection chain.

"Ravished Armenia", one of the first documentary memoirs of an eyewitness of Armenian Genocide was published in 1918, in New York. In this book Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian, a girl from Chmshkatsag, Armenian populated town in the Ottoman Empire, gave a detailed account of the terrible experiences she endured during the deportations.

A requiem will take place headed by His Holiness and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II and the participation of the Mother See Congregation in memory of the victims of March 1 after the mass at the Mother See of St. Echmiazin on March 1, as informed by the press office of the Mother See.

laptop computer worth a total of 300 000 drams belonging to the observer of electronic newspaper "Hetq" Tigran Paskevichyan was stolen from a VAZ-2121 parked at 15 Moskovyan at 5.20p.m. February 24. An inquiry is now in progress

A group of Armenians were brutally assaulted by Russian ultranationalists in the Russian city of Novosibirsk and one died in the hospital.

On February 27 the Public Services Regulatory Commission will discuss the prices for gas, water and electricity all at once. The "Electric Networks of Armenia", "ArmWaterSewerage" and "ArmRusGazard" companies are offering to raise prices starting from April 1.

Nearly 200 workers of the Metsamor nuclear power station gathered in front of the RA Energy Ministry building today demanding a 50% salary increase. Five hundred on-duty workers are even ready to file a complaint and leave their jobs if the demands are not met.

Why were gas prices high in January? "ArmRusGazard" representative has an answer to citizens' complaints.

The "BMW" 10 SO 402 state licensed car and the "Land Rover" 18 SO 203 state licensed car clashed on the "Lambada" bridge near the Komitas and Azatutyun intersection on February 23 at 10:20 p.m. and we received an alarm that there was a danger of a fire.

Artists are more sensitive and one of our most painful issues was the events of March 1", told "A1+" general director of the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet Kamo Hovhannisyan. He recalls what kind of impact the movement and the rallies had on musicians.