The court of the first instance of Erebouni and Noubarashen was to start the trial of Gagik Shamshyan, photo correspondent of “Aravot” and “Fourth Power”. The trial was postponed until February 2 through the mediation of Zaruhi Postanjyan, Shamshyan’s advocate. The advocate is preparing a document referring to the violations against journalists in the pre-election period....

The second month of winter is almost over, but the pavements at the center of the capital are still covered with ice thus becoming dangerous for people. Representative of the Yerevan municipality Levon Mnatsakanyan assured us that after the January 5 heavy snowfall mayor of the city Yervand Zakharyan has assigned to the district heads to clean the streets and pavements and to take control of the situation.

Governmental representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and international partners, will discuss environmental issues that may threaten regional security at an OSCE-organized meeting that starts in Tbilisi today.

“WHAT EVENTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAPPEN IN ARMENIA IN 2007?” This was the poll question of the A1+ website at the end of year 2006. 862 readers have participated in the poll. According to the results, the greatest wish of the Armenians is that people don’t abandon Armenia. 28% has chosen this variant.

Year 2007 can be the hottest during the whole era of meteorological investigations. The workers of the Great Britain meteorological service have made this prediction, BBC News informs.

On January 13 the Goris hospital informed that Vachagan Ayvazyan (b. 1973) has been taken to them with fractures and chilblains of the first degree.

On January 04, ay 05:30 p.m. resident of Stepanavan Lusine Mnakyan (b. 1961) was taken to hospital with mushroom intoxication. According to the doctors, the situation is not grave.

On January 14 at 05.45 p.m. the emergency administration received information about a car buried in snow on the highway Selim-Martouni.

On January 14 at 01:48 p.m. a fire broke out in the Korean street 41, Yerevan. A fire brigade left for the site. The fire was put out at 02.02 p.m. The roof and living-room of the house belonging to Aghavni Batikyan burnt to ashes.

According to hospital records, the number of the cases of limb fracture has risen by 30-50% this year. The main reason is the icy conditions of pavements which have not been cleaned. Although the municipality claims that salt and sand have been stored in order to take care of the roads, nothing is done in order to clean the pavements.

The December 2006 index of the consumer prices in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic is 108.5% of that in December 2005, KarabakhOpen reports. The growth of the prices of food is 107.5%, of paid services – 114.8%, and of other goods – 106.1%

Soon we shall see New Year in. Many people assume that the year passed in a winkle others claim that they have been calculating the time to see New Year in. Each of us estimates the passing year taking into consideration his achievements or losses.

According to the Oriental horoscope, 2007 is the year of swine which ends the twelve-month cycle of the year. We tried to find out what changes the year will bring to other signs of the zodiac.

At the turn of the year each of us tries to analyze the events of the passing year, and believes that 2007 will be much better.

On the eve of 2007, “Vox Populi” Survey Centre initiated annual polling. They asked the citizens of Yerevan to name the highlights and important personalities of the passing year.

On December 24, Azeri armless serviceman Samid Mamedov (b. in 1987) approached one of the Ijevan military units and surrendered.

Santa Claus, as is usually called in the West, was a clergyman, Nikoghayos Patriarch.

At about 09.38, on December 24, a fire broke out in the “Nairit” Ltd. Eleven fire brigades, two ambulances and water carriers immediately left for the site.

Hundreds of people gathered near the President’s residence today and demanded to set free coordinator of the initiative “Protection of Liberated Lands” Zhirayr Sefilyan and member of the party “Fatherhood and Honor” Vardan Malkhasyan. They were arrested on December 10 and sentenced to two months’ imprisonment.

On December 21 the Arabkir department of the police received information about an accident on Baghramyan avenue, near the underground station “Marshal Baghramyan”. An unknown car hit Ruzanna Petrosyan (b. 1962) who was taken to hospital with corporal injuries where she died without coming to her senses.

Today the Court of Cassation has made a sudden and sensational decision: Razmik Sargsyan, Musa Serobyan and Arayik Zaryan who were accused of the murder of soldiers Movses Mkrtoumyan and Roman Eghiazaryan and sentenced to life imprisonment by the previous two instances, have been declared innocent.

On December 21, Public Initiative “Protection of Liberated Territories” spread the letter of Zhirayr Sefilyan, coordinator of the initiative who is currently in the NSS isolation cell.

On December 20 the Erebuni Department of Police Forces got an information from the hospital that one-year-old Mayis (born in 2005) was taken to hospital with “brain concussion” and “injury of facial muscle”. As we learned from the boy's aunt, after beating Mayis severely, the mother left her son alone in the street.

On December 20 a fire broke out in one of the apartments of House 56, Garegin Nzhdeh Street at about 9:00 p.m. Two fire brigades immediately left for the site.