“High-quality education is not acceptable for students due to corruption. We suggest mechanisms for combating the phenomenon,” says Janna Budaryan, a member of “Hope” Student Initiative Group.

On May 3 at the Journalists Union of Armenia the ceremony of presenting “The Time for Freedom of Press” award was held in celebration of the World Press Freedom Day. The award was established in 2006 by the four journalistic

On May 2, at 1:27 p.m. Erebuni Community Police Department received a phone call informing that a bomb is installed in School # 173, Khaghagh Don, Yerevan. Operative investigation group found no explosives.

On Tuesday, an International Press Convention was held in New York. Alsy Hastings, US Congressman and the Chairman of Helsinki Committee reminded that independant TV Company “A1+” was banned. To remind, he had been the Chairman of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly for two years.

On May 3, 2006 the Armenian plane A-320 suffered an aircrash and fell into the Black sea. The whole crew and 105 passengers perished in the result of the crash.

Today the ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Nikol Aghbalyan Student Union organized a march dedicated to the International Labour Day.

On May 2, at about 3:38 a.m., a fire broke out at Komitas Avenue 42/4. Two fire brigades immediately arrived at the site. The fire was extinguished at 4:18 a.m.

An Azeri student Aghaly Alishev was taken to hospital N64 in the result of an incident between Armenian and Azeri students at the University after Patris Lumumbay in Moscow.

Yerevan, May 2, 2007 - The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund completed the reconstruction of the roof of the Yerevan Children’s Home. The renovation of the 1191 sq. m roof was sponsored by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Australia affiliate with a 13 million AMD donation.

RoA National Dance Union together with its 120 dance groups is going to endorse and support the Armenian Republican Party. Chairman of the Union Karen Gevorgyan explained, ' We deeply cognize the role and the necessity of our National Dance both for the education of younger generation and National

Today, a race dedicated to the 15th anniversary of Shushi emancipation has commenced from Echmiadzin. The latter, under the title of “Triumph March Goes On”, is organized by Young Union of Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF).

The programme “Constructors are Women” has kicked off on the initiative of the “Association of Armenian Women ” and “Habitat for Humanity Armenia.”

On April 26, at 2:40 a.m. a car crash was registered on Ashtarak-Aparan highway. To save the injured people a rescue team was required.

On April 25, a track and four cars were caught in a jam on Hnaberd-Geghadzor community road in the result of heavy snowstorm.

“There have been no cases of frostbite in the Republic of Armenia,” Zaruhi Petrosyan, the head of the “ArmHydroMet” Hydrometeorological Centre assures. Snow will fall in the eastern regions of the republic. The temperature will be 0+3degree Celsius in the capital.

A group of barbarians attacked an Armenian Apostolic Church in the Ukraine. The Ukrainian Mass Media informed that the hooligans made signs of Nazi, and painted on it.

Boris Yeltsin, the first President of the Russian Federation deceased at the age of 77. The cause of the death was sudden cardiac arrest.

On April 20, at about 8:26 p.m., a fire broke out on Yerevan-Gyumri highway. The fire was put out at 9:05 p.m.

“Today we are participating in a glamorous ceremony honoring Karen Demirchyan, one of the outstanding figures of post-soviet Armenia,” RA Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan announced at the inauguration of the museum after Karen Demirchyan.

On April 16, Malatia police got a phone call about Armine Danielyan (b.1970) who had been taken to hospital with a diagnosis of “cerebrum trauma”.

Today, 69-year-old homeless refugee Rudolf Stepanyan went on a non-term strike in front of RA Government. Even the weather was not an obstacle for him as the open air has served his roof for 10 months. The former resident of hotel ' Erebuni' was taken away his only shelter on June 19, 2006 and since then he has been living in a track, the owner of which wants to sell it.

BMED, the independent franchise partner of British Airways, operating flights between Yerevan and London Heathrow, was awarded the Outstanding Service Award at the 25th Anniversary of the OAG Airline of the Year Awards, the world’s premier airline accolades, in recognition of the efforts of its Beirut staff for efforts above and beyond the call of duty during the Lebanon war last year.

“We are deprived of the right to vote as being the victims of the “alienation zone,” we are loyal to our principles. The acting authorities and the pro-government forces are certain that they will gain nothing from our votes. That’s why they have deprived us of the right to vote,” says Sedrak Baghdasaryan, a resident of Buzand Street and Chairman of “Victims of State Needs” NGO.

The temperature is supposed to drop in Ararat valley which may result in frostbite. Gagik Surenyan, chief expert of the RA Meteorological Service informed A1+ that the temperature will not fall below zero.