On January 28 at 02:33 p.m. the Aragatsotn rescue service received information about several cars stuck in snow on the highway Geghadir-Norashen. As a result of the heavy snowfall the cars needed the help of the rescuers.

Early in the morning «ArmenTel» started to switch off the telephone numbers of several Internet Providers. On January 25 the January 8 decision of the Committee Regulating Public Relations took effect.

The RA Law on the Anthem came into force this year. According to the law, all the TV and Radio companies have to start and finish broadcasting programs with the RA National Anthem. If the TV Company broadcasts round the clock, the anthem must sound at midnight and at 06:00 a.m. The majority of the TV Companies carry out the demand of the law; the Public television does not.

On January 25 the Gyumri department of the police was informed that Paskevich Ghazaryan (b. 1931) committed suicide in his house in Gertsen street 3/12.

The taxi services are not going to make their service more expensive, although the Government decision on taxis will cost them dear. “Of course yellow numbers will reduce the quantity of the services, but they will not become more expensive. The people using taxi services mainly belong to the middle walk of life. If the service becomes more expensive, we will lose the majority of the clients”, said one of the drives.

Journalists in Europe have to work under fear for their lives and physical safety, the PACE stated in the Resolution 1535 (2007) on “Threats to the lives and freedom of expression of journalists”. In 2006 and January 2007 there have been many cases of attacks on journalists.

In the court of the first instance of Shirak region nine cases have been brought against the heads of the communities of Azatan, Shirak, Lusaghbyur, Amasia, Voghji, Ardenis, Mets Sepasar, Poqr Sepasar, and Horom. The NGOs which turned to the court yesterday demand to provide the legislative ground of the freedom of information.

In the last few months more and more lotteries are organized in Armenia. Today one can meet tables full of lottery tickets at every at every turn. It is mainly due to the appearance of new lotteries and the revival of the old ones.

On January 25 radio companies “Vem”, “Impuls”, “City FM”, “Ardzagank”, Radio “HAY”, “FM 105.5“ addressed the RA Economic Court with a suit to annul the act of a state body that contradicts the law. This refers to clause 1 of the Decision of the RA Government No.946-N, dated July 6, 2006.

The editorial office of “Agos” newspaper gets letters full of threats from an organisation called “Detachment of Revenge”.

“Turkey seeks to establish friendly relations with all its neighbors, including Armenia based on mutual confidence and respect”, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul announced in answer to the issues connected with the Armenian-Turkish relations after Hrant Dink’s assassination.

he cut down grove between Aghayan 19 and Teryan 56 buildings hasn’t undergone any ecological examination.

The person murdering Sonya Veranyan, a notar of Vanadzor, is registered in the Lori insane clinic, Gayane Kalantaryan, chief doctor of the clinic reports. She says that Kamo Papyan suffers from alcoholism.

On January 24, the Ararat department of the police forces was informed that the driver of silver «VAZ-2106» was using drugs inside the car parked in Artsakh District, Vedy City.

On January 25, at about 00:35, a BMW car caught fire on Tigran Mets Street, Ashtarak.

Under the January 8 decision of the Commission For Regulating Public Services (CRPS) the telephones of all the providers transferring more than 400 millisecond voice via the Internet were to be disconnected on January 25.

The person who killed Vanadzor public notary Sonya Veranyan is mentally ill. Prosecutor of the region of Lori Albert Ghazaryan informed Arthur Sakunts, the head of the Helsinki Citizens Association Vanadzor office about it. Nevertheless, Sona Truzyan, the press speaker of the RA Public Prosecutor’s Office, has no such information.

Thousands of people went to the streets today to pay tribute to the memory of Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian writer killed on January 19 in Turkey. People walked from Shahoumyan square towards Tsitsernakaberd, with Dink's photo and posters in their hands. The mourning march was mostly silent. Nevertheless, several posters said, «Recognition of the Armenian Genocide is the only way of Turkey into the EU».

At about 11:00 a.m. today Public Notary of Vanadzor Sonya Veranyan was shot dead in her office. Our colleagues in Vanadzor TV Company «Lori» informed that the police have arrested the criminal with the weapon in his hands.

Toros Sefilyan, Zhirayr Sefilyan’s brother intends to meet RA President Robert Kocharyan and Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan to find out the reason for Zhirayr’s arrest and inform the Diaspora about it.

On January 23, at about 2:00 a.m., the car 06 LS 432 (VAZ-21101) got out of the way on Yerevan-Meghri highway and turned over.

On January 21-22 there were five cases of gas poisoning in Aparan, Vanadzor and Yerevan, RA Rescuers' Service reports.

It turns out that the Yerevan municipality is concerned not over the objects disturbing the residents of blocks of flats but over the objects of food and other services having more than 50 seats. The decision of the municipality, under which objects are to change their activity within two months' time, doesn't involve objects of food having 49 seats and located on the ground floor of buildings.

Under the order of the Ministry of Science and Education (MSE), the winter holidays of secondary schools ended on January 22, but many schools in Yerevan are still on holiday. The press secretary of MSE reports that the municipality has decided that the lessons will be postponed in certain schools till January 31 because of certain issues connected with heating.