The political dialogue between the authorities and the Armenian National Congress has been the main topic of Armenia’s domestic life during the past weeks. At that, assessments of experts and politicians sometimes resemble a Shakespeare tragedy, with Hamlet’s hesitations ‘to be or not to be’ regarding the fate of the dialogue, Othello’s jealousy ascribed to Heritage party and warnings to ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrossian, who “will share the destiny of King Lear.”

Two ancient millstones used for oil production disappeared immediately after they were found in a construction site in Yerevan.

There are over 30 museums in Yerevan, most of them being under guardianship of the Armenian Ministry of Culture and National Academy of Sciences and almost all of them lacking funds and attention. Low salaries force employees quit.