Davit Vardanyan, the son of Armenia’s ambassador to Georgia, who was found guilty this last September of trafficking and procuring hashish, has been granted conditional early release from prison.
Lousineh Arakelyan faces a 7-12 year prison stretch if found guilty of ‘trafficking’ her three year-old son Eric.
Scores of Yerevan public mini-van drivers have been on strike for the past three days, protesting the rise in fuel prices that is hitting them in the pocketbook. The drivers have proposed several solutions including state regulation of fuel prices. If the latter isn’t practical, they have suggested fuel subsidies or that taxes levied on route owners be lightened. This morning, striking drivers in the Sebastia district of Yerevan called on...
A month ago shoppers could purchase one kilo of the shelled nuts for 10,000 dram (US$18.97) a kilo. Today, they’re selling from 12,000 ($22.76) – 15,000 dram ($28.45).
Abrahamyan said that currency fluctuations had stabilized somewhat yesterday and that he was certain this trend would continue.
According to the latest FIFA rankings of national football teams released today Armenia came in 79th, a drop of two spots, with an overall score of 436.
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