Come next January, 36 year-old Vahram Antonyan will have served two years behind bars after having been found guilty of selling drugs.
During a press conference today on TV soap operas in Armenia and their effect on viewers, Zhirayr Dadasyan, Director of the State Pantomime Theater and Deputy Director of the State TV and Radio Commission, stated that while the genre is an accepted one with a place on the TV dial, there are issues related to content that must be addressed.
On Wednesday morning, 14 April 1909, British Vice Consul Major Charles Doughty-Wylie set off to the Turkish city of Adana after receiving a letter from his dragoman – his Turkish translator, a man called Trypani – saying that "there was a very dangerous feeling in that town, threats had been freely offered, there were some murders...".
One of the witnesses had stated that Zaruhie wanted a divorce since she could no longer put up with her husband's periodic beatings and violent behaviour.