January, 2012

• 13 January

  

  Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC Sold

  Note, the Electric Networks of Armenia has the exclusive license to distribute and transmit electrical energy in Armenia.
• 13 January

  

  Tradition of Marking Old New Year will Fade over Time: Ethnographer

  After adopting the Julian calendar, people in the Soviet Union, either not quite understanding the change in the holidays or simply in the face of tradition, ...
• 13 January

  

  Traffic Police Employees Confess to Being Paid in Gasoline in Embezzlement Trial

  Traffic police employees were examined today in the ongoing trial of former RA Traffic Police Chief Margar Ohanyan, who is accused of embezzling...
• 13 January

  

  Russia’s Rostelecom Preparing to Buy Armenia’s GNC-Alfa and Ucom

  Russian telecommunications provider Rostelecom intends to acquire 75% minus 1 share of Armenian telecommunications operator GNC-Alfa, and...
• 13 January

  

  Hrant Dink’s Son Reveals New Evidence in Father’s Case through Software

  The latest evidence submitted to the case investigating the murder of Hrant Dink, the late editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian Agos weekly, was...
• 13 January

  

  European Court Obliges Armenia to Pay 20,000 Euros for Imprisoning Conscientious Objectors

  On Jan. 10, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released two new judgments protecting the right of conscientious objectors in ...
• 13 January

  

  For Years People have been Confusing Date of Old New Year’s Day: Armenian Church

  The Old New Year falls on Jan. 14 not Jan. 13, the Araratian Patriarchal Diocese of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church reminded the public in a...
• 13 January

  

  Orinats Yerkir Can’t Wipe Off its Traitor Image with Bleach, Believes Karapetyan

  "Orinats Yerkir [Rule of Law] has been exhausted and cannot clean its traitor label with bleach. As for Prosperous Armenia, I'll say that it's a party of...
• 13 January

  

  A Sausage a Day Could Lead to Cancer: Scientists

  Eating one sausage a day or two rashers of bacon raises the risk of pancreatic cancer by a fifth, according to scientists in Sweden.
• 13 January

  

  Current Authorities will be ‘Swallowed’ Just as Ter-Petrossian ‘Swallowed’ Kocharian, Sargsyan: Opinion

  "The main purpose of political parties today is to rule, to hoard money; that's why just by being an [average] official they all become billionaires...