The reconstruction of a bridge connecting two communities in Yerevan that has already lasted for a year will take another eight months, says city official overseeing the project, who expects the facility to be reopened November 1.

Members of the Public Council, a president-appointed body embracing the country’s leading public figures and intellectuals, say their work in the past year led to addressing some of the most vital concerns of society, but also acknowledge that some important issues still remain unattended.

The compulsory accumulated pension system, which will be introduced in Armenia in January 1, 2011, concerns not only citizens but also some specialists.

One of the oldest and most expensive boutiques in Yerevan – ‘Milano’ (founded in 1995) is closed since March 10, when representatives of the Service for Compulsory Execution of Judicial Acts alienated the whole property of the first floor of the three-storied trading hall.

Cell phones which became popular (and affordable) among all layers of society in Armenia during recent years, may have a quite negative impact on minors, specialists warned at a forum today.

Two members of the three-member Armenian delegation that attended the debate and vote on the Armenian Genocide at the US House Foreign Affairs Committee March 4 shared their impressions with journalists in Yerevan on Tuesday, saying they believe that the vote is the first step taken by the United States towards recognizing the Armenian Genocide. They urged the US legislature to continue the recognition process in spite of serious pressures coming from the Turkish Government and Turkish lobbyist organizations.

Armenian political analysts believe that the fact the US House of Foreign Affairs Committee approved the Resolution on the Armenian Genocide, should not be a reason for a big triumph, because this is only the first step (in the long road) taken by the US for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and it is not known yet whether it will ever be put to the vote of the US Congress.

Demographers foresee a decline in the birthrate in Armenia during the upcoming years, because the generation born in the troubled 1990s is reaching the reproductive age.

On March 2 “‘Theatre-X’ annual festival is launched in Armenia for the third time and this year the festival is notable for the number of participating theatres.

On Thursday (February 25) at a press conference, the Armenian ombudsman, speaking about the recent violations of constitutional rights in Armenia, said that if the current situation continues, then “in 15-20 years the Republic of Armenia will change into Reservation of Armenia.”