Today is the International Day of Struggle against Tuberculosis. But few people know that every 15 seconds one man dies from this disease. {BR} Every year this disease takes lives of 3 million people, mostly poor. Tuberculosis is a respiratory spreading contagious disease. One sick man can infect 10-15 others and the illness can lead to death if not cured. To remind, Sara Bernard, Byron, Chekhov,...

Today is the International Day of Struggle against Tuberculosis. On this occasion representatives of the Red Cross and mass media visited the hospital for prisoners, where 44 sick with tuberculosis are undergoing treatment.{BR} Most of the sick men are above 40 and are kept in isolation. A check-up is conducted in all the jails twice a year and the sick convicts are brought to the hospital, the administration...

The Armenian-Greek LTD «ArmenTel» created obstacles for the second operator in the communication field – «K-Telecom». According to Andranik Manoukyan, RA Minister of Connection and Transport, there are three problems – Enumerating plan, Signing of program, and freeing of frequencies by «ArmenTel» for «K-Telecom». {BR} The first two problems, according to the Minister, will soon be solved, and new codes will be put into application. The...

Since 2006 the Government intends to regularly raise the wages of the military servicemen every year. The RA PM Andranik Manoukyan and Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan have come to an oral agreement. As for the percent of the raise, Serge Sargsyan kept details private, «Let us wait for the 2006 budget, and we will know». {BR} Although the wages of the RA military servicemen have been raised by 30...

Today the commission on public services regulation has partly allowed the claim of the Yerevan water supply department regarding the rise in prices for drinking water. To remind, the department claimed to raise the price from 90 drams 20 lumas to 187 drams.{BR} However the commission on the public services regulation decreed on raising the price up to 125 drams. The tariff will come into force on...

Is it possible that weapon be exported from Armenia? To this question Hrachya Haroutyunyan, deputy head of the National Security Service said in the today’s press conference that nothing can be excluded, but for the last few years the state of the army has been improved and it is no more that of partisans. “And we have not had suchlike cases and signals for the last few years”, said Hrachya Haroutyunyan. {BR}

«We intend to work out a plan of regulating the wastes in Yerevan», said Romik Kosemyan, head of the Yerevan Enviromental Protection Administration in the today’s press conference. According to the plan, during the coming 16 years «the gases and dumps of the capital will be reduced by 100 thousand tons». {BR} «A plant will be built which will lessen the greenhouse gases», said Mr. Kosemyan. He has already met the representatives of a Japan...

645 million drams are to be spent on the reconstruction of the Yerevan irrigation system and on the construction of new water pipes. Romik Kosemyan, head of the Yerevan Enviromental Protection Administration informed about it today. They plan to reconstruct and construct 741 km pipes. {BR} Mr. Kosemyan also informs that this year from the 645 million given for the works 324 million is given from the...

Today defender of human rights Larissa Alaverdyan visited the boarding school N3 of orphan children. While Mrs. Alaverdyan was in the children's dormitory, the journalists managed to argue with the authorities. The reason was that Mrs. Alaverdyan had not informed the school authorities about her visit, which caused the deputy principals to panic. {BR} The deputy principle of economical affairs was...

”This year “Armforest” will plant 60-80 thousand trees in Yerevan”, said Romik Kosemyan, head of the Yerevan Enviromental Protection Administration in the today’s press conference. 30 thousand trees and 41 thousand bushes will be planted at the end of March, when there will be a week of volunteer labor. {BR} Kosemyan also said that about 20 thousand flower beds will be created. “Factually, this spring more work is anticipated than previous...

The heavy snowfall in the whole territory of the country since yesterday evening testified to the fact that in Armenia even winter does not want to leave its post without struggle. Since March 1 spring has entered into his legitimate rights, but at the end of the first month of spring new precipitations and fall of temperature is still expected. {BR} The Armhidromet informed that today the snow will...

The Alaverdi-Vanadzor highway has been closed for 2 hours already. The reason was the crash, or, to be more exact, the prevented crash of the track called “fur” which was coming to Yerevan from Georgia. {BR} By noon the back wheels of the fur turned and hung to the canyon, and the track came out of the road and closed the highway. At the moment the police are doing everything possible to open the road. Our colleagues from the “Angle+3” TV...

Every week in the A1+ internet site there is a survey about the themes of Constitutional amendments. Last week the question was “Do you support the idea of conferring extra authority to observers and empowered persons during elections?” {BR} 407 people took part in the survey, 81.6% of which voted for the proposal, 10.8% were against, and 7.6% did not care if extra authority would be conferred...

«Some years later when we want to tell that the city of Yerevan is not a newly-built one, but has a history of at least 2 centuries, we simply will not be able to. Well, of course we can prepare albums of photos, historical references... {BR} But the city itself will lose that historical layer. Together with he historical layer, it will lose the main Yerevanian atmosphere, another color of the Yerevanian...

In the court of the first instance of Center and Nork-Marash communities the trial of Armen Avetisyan, head of the Armenian Aryan Union continued today. Journalists and relatives and friends of Armen Avetisyan were present. {BR} As the trial was delayed, the people present started to sing patriotic songs. The prosecutor’s side did not like this. Prosecutor Armen Yeritsyan reminded those present...

The last Sunday of Lent is Palm Sunday (Tzaghkazard). The week preceding the Resurrection (Easter), which is the 20th of March this year, is marked in the life of Jesus with a series of events that were ordained or prophesied. These events include the resurrection of Lazarus and the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, which we commemorate on Palm Sunday. Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey,...

On April 5 the RA Economical Court will hear the suit of he National Academy of Science against the LTD «Meltex», that is – the TV company A1+. The Academy demands to free the building at Gr. Lusavorich 15, where A1+ has had rooms since 1991. The Academy wants to bring the NAS Language and Economical Institutes which are located at the crossroad of Sayat-Nova and Abovyan streets. {BR} This building...

“We know that a gang headed by our compatriot was arrested”, Deputy Head of the Commission for Home Affairs, National Security and Defense Hrachya Harutyunyan said when commenting on the arrest of the grouping involved in the illegal arms traffic in the US. {BR} He reported to the RA National Assembly that Arthur Solomonyan and his brother were detained and added that the two brothers...

Today the Court of Original Jurisdiction of the Kentron and Nork Marash districts heard the suit brought against leader of the Armenian Aryan Union Armen Avetisyan. To remind, he is accused in accordance with the Article 226, part 2, item 1 of the RA Criminal Code. {BR} He is accused of expressing scornful attitude towards other nationalities as well as outraging national minorities of Kurds and Jewish...

Vice Miss Europe Lusine Tovmasyan says that the Armenian President will still have time to congratulate her. Now she is receiving congratulations from her relatives and friends. Today mass media representatives joined them. {BR} During today’s press conference it turned out that both Miss Europe and Vice Miss enjoy equal rights and responsibilities. Thus if Miss Europe is absent from any event...

«U.S. Secret Service Agent, and counterfeit detection expert, Kevin Bodden, is currently conducting training seminars in Yerevan», tells the UA Embassy to Armenia. {BR} The seminars with the representatives of the Armenian law enforcement community and the banking and business sector on the latest techniques and technologies used to detect counterfeit U.S. dollars. "Counterfeiting is a crime...

Yesterday Ralf Yerikyan, head of «K-Telecom», the second operator of cellular connection, complained that «ArmenTel» ungroundedly delays the signing of the agreement with the competitor. This is factually a violation of the monopoly and law of the economical competition. {BR} Tigran Khechoyan, head of the law administration of the Economical Competition Defense Committee, said today in the press conference that “K-Telecom” has not turned...

By now there is no investigation information in Armenia about how the people connected with the criminal field understand so-called “alternative punishment”. There is also now information about the perspectives of effective application of types of alternative punishment. {BR} In order to fill the gap the organization “Progressive Social Technologies” tried to find out the opinion of those responsible about alternative punishment. All this...

This morning the channels of the Armenian Card united payment system were switched off. As result the work of all the cash dispensers of the ArCa system was suspended. {BR} The Armenian Card CJSC has spread a statement, which says, «the repair works initiated by Armentel company on the southern knot cable caused the derangement of the channels. The payment system did function due to the same reason. The...