Since early 2008, Armenia's entire rail network is managed by the Russian state railway.

Economic analysts say that the project would cost at least $ 1 billion ( equivalent to about 40 percent of Armenia's 2008 state budget ).

In December 2008, Power Fasteners agreed to pay $ 16 million to the state to settle manslaughter charges.

Before the 2008 elections in Bavaria, the CSU perennially achieved absolute majorities at the state level by itself.

On 28 September 2008, the CSU failed to gain an absolute majority, attaining 43 %, of the vote in the Bavaria state election for the first time since 1966 on a percentage basis and was forced into a coalition with the FDP.

Since the 2008 Guinean coup d ' état, the head of state has been Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, an army officer and President of the National Council for Democracy and Development.

In April 2008, following the 2008 Hamburg state election, the Green-Alternative List ( GAL ) in Hamburg entered into a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ), the first such state-level coalition in Germany.

It was chartered in the state of Michigan and incorporated as a 501 ( c )( 3 ) non-profit organization in 1962, the consortium extended its first offer of membership in 46 years to Allegheny College in 2008.

Matti Vanhanen's two cabinets followed suit until autumn 2008, when the state became a major shareholder in the Finnish telecom company Elisa with the intention to secure the Finnish ownership of a strategically important industry.

Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, IMU released a report in 2008 " Mathematics in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities " on the current state of mathematics in Africa and on opportunities for new initiatives to support mathematical development.

The constitution of the state of Arkansas was amended in the general election of 2008 to, among other things, repeal a provision ( Article 3, Section 5 ) which had until its repeal prohibited " idiots or insane persons " from voting.

In 2008, Millsaps quarterback Juan Joseph was awarded the Conerly Trophy, which goes to the best football player in the state of Mississippi.

On Christmas morning in 2008, the government declared a state of emergency.

Meditel and MT operated a duopoly until 2008, when the state regulator Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications waved in Wana, owned by Morocco's Omnium Nord Africain.

* 2008 – An EF4 tornado strikes the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, killing 21 people and injuring over 100.

* 2008 – California becomes the second U. S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.

Thus in 2008, enabling the National Executive Way, published by Law Rank, Value and Force of Organic Law of the Bolivarian Armed Forces, leading to a new organization, adapted to new requirements, with a geopolitical vision oriented to a social state, peace-loving defender of human rights and solidarity with our sister nations of the American continent, within the ideology of the Liberator Simón Bolívar.

Koshi River in the first category caused a major flood in August 2008 in Bihar state, India after breaking through a poorly-maintained embankment just inside Nepal.

Whilst on a state visit to Russia in December 2008, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega expressed his desire to travel to Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the future, and stated that Nicaragua is in solidarity with the people of the two countries.

Georgia responded to Nicaragua's concurrent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by cutting diplomatic relations with the Central American state at the end of November 2008.

* 2008 – Proposition 8 passes in California, revoking state recognition of LGBT marriages.

Merger plans came to a head in May 2008, when the Queensland state Liberal Party gave an announcement not to wait for a federal blueprint but instead to merge immediately.

As of 2008, English-language official Chinese state media no longer uses the term " People's Liberation Army Navy ", instead the term " Chinese Navy " along with the usage of the prefix " CNS " for " Chinese Navy Ship " is now employed.

The state of Washington, adopted a system virtually identical to Louisiana's in 2008, which came into effect after legal difficulties in 2010.

In 2008, the state notified residents of Belvidere, Eden, Hyde Park, Johnson, Waterville and eight towns in the adjacent counties of Orleans and Franklin, that a review of health records from 1995 to 2006 had revealed that residents within ten miles ( 16 km ) of the former asbestos mine on Belvidere Mountain had higher than normal rates of contracting asbestosis.

In November 2008, Cranfills Gap Chamber of Commerce members were notified that the LVCVA had shortened the list to two finalists including their town.

During the first week of December 2008, Cranfills Gap and local media were notified by LVCVA that the town had won the nationwide search and 100 of its residents would be sent on a free trip to Las Vegas during the weekend of December 5 – 7, 2008.

On 23 July 2008, the family of Liu Shaokun was notified that he had been sentenced to one year re-education through labor for “ inciting a disturbance ”.

In November 2008, Bolivia notified that it will withdraw its health services commitments.

The families of the victims were notified and the Defense Department released a statement to the public on July 11, 2008.

The Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008 was published in the official Gazette of India on January 9, 2009 and has been notified with effect from 31 March 2009.

In May 2008, the United States Olympic Committee notified USATF that its governance was deficient and threatened to remove its national governing body status unless major reforms were made.

Following this Apodaca notified to them on June 15, 2008, that he would need time to attend some personal issues and take time off to ponder about his international future.

The suspension of the EFF and the consequences provided for in article 14, paragraph 3 of the FIFA Statutes came into force on July 29, 2008, the day on which the federation has been officially notified of its suspension.

A film titled Stop-Loss, released March 2008, details the fictional story of a soldier ( played by actor Ryan Phillippe ) who goes absent without leave from the military after being notified he is being " stop-lossed.

However, Transport Scotland has since notified the railway that the project has been reevaluated in late 2008 and is now estimated to cost £ 5. 3 million, leading Transport Scotland to consider the extension project too expensive to pursue.

In April 2006, GM notified approximately 500, 000 of their OnStar customers who had analog service that their service would be terminated effective December 31, 2007, because starting February 18, 2008 the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) would no longer require US cell phone systems to operate in analog mode.

On February 12, 2008, Unistar Nuclear, a joint venture between Constellation Energy and Électricité de France ( EdF ) announced it had notified the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) of its plan to submit a combined construction and operating licence ( COL ) application in late 2008 for an advanced-design U. S. Evolutionary Power Reactor ( U. S. EPR ) at Constellation Energy's Nine Mile Point site.

UT athletic director Mike Hamilton finally notified Fulmer of his dismissal on November 2, 2008.

Laureen Harper provoked controversy when she notified the National Arts Centre on September 24, 2008 that she would not be able to fulfill her role as honorary gala chair on October 4.

On July 26, 2008 Ecuador's Foreign Ministry formally notified the U. S. embassy that the U. S. lease on the base would not be renewed.