Epress.am News from Armenia
Yearly Archives: 2018
February, 2018
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21 February
Women In Armenia Have No Power to Persuade Their Partners to Undergo HIV Testing
Out of the 214 female respondents, only 0.1% know about post-exposure prophylaxis. The majority of women do not know where in their province ... -
20 February
Draft Article on Supporting Terrorism ‘Can Be Used to Intimidate People’
The legislative amendments proposed by the government envisage responsibility for “public justification or propaganda of terrorism.” The article provides for punishment ... -
20 February
New Landfill in Nubarashen Instead of a Forest: AEF
What’s more, we learn from the environmental and social impact assessment of the project that the new landfill will be constructed on forest lands, where back in 2006-2008 irrigation systems ... -
19 February
Company Repairs Nubarashen Broken Sewer Line As ‘Gesture of Goodwill’
Murad Sargsyan, the press spokesperson for Veolia Jur, the company that carried out the repair works, told Epress.am that their workers repaired a broken sewer line and replaced a worn-out pipe... -
19 February
City Hall Official Website Features No Information on Yerkir Tsirani Members
Later, another representative of the press service told us that Yerkir Tsirani had never provided them with biographies for its members and... -
19 February
Armenian Authorities Press Charges Against Officer to Avoid Paying Him Compensation, Lawyer Claims
Lawyer Norikyan added that he intends to appeal to the Minister of Defense with a motion to recognize Khachatryan as a beneficiary of the Military Insurance Fund, in accordance with the... -
16 February
Investigation Underway After Mother and Daughter Jump Off Bridge in Yerevan
According to the ministry spokesperson, prior to the 3-day absence, the woman had neither warned her coworkers or employers that she would not... -
15 February
Trials Over Political Oppositionists in Armenia ‘Reminiscent of Stalinist Repressions’
Head of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office Artur Sakunts expressed the opinion that the term “selective justice” should from now on be replaced with the term “target justice.” -
15 February
Yerevan City Hall Finally Starts Repairing Nubarashen Prison’s Broken Sewer
Recall, the residents of the apartment blocks near the Nubarashen prison have been protestings for years that the prison’s broken sewer was causing foul stench in the entire neighborhood and... -
14 February
‘Cover Your Noses; Let’s Go to the Wastewater’
- Do they think there are no pregnant women in these 5 buildings? And that Mr. Gor Vardanyan… Did he think he was on a movie set? Was he trying to show off his biceps?”