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As a Monopoly Russia Manipulates Gas Prices in Armenia
The issue is that starting January 1 2019, Russian state enterprise "Gazprom Export" sells gas at the border of Armenia at 165 USD per 1000 cubic meters (before it was 150 USD)...Read More »
Prisons Critically Lack Psychological Resources to Work with Self-Mutilating Prisoners: Report
On average, each psychologist is supposed to work with 150 prisoners which is impossible practically and also unethical professionally. Documentation also takes much of...Read More »
Armenia Summons Citizens Stranded Due to COVID-19
In the meanwhile, many citizens, especially labor migrants who lost shelter and jobs, are placed at temporary accommodations covered by the Embassy and rich Armenians...Read More »
The Place to Confront the Past is Turkey’s Parliament
It is necessary that the Parliament of this country discuss the issue. The Armenians spread all around the World must be able to find justice exactly in Turkey's Parliament...Read More »
Worker Protest During State of Emergency Orchestrated by Employer
During the forced leave, Darbinyan did not pay the workers (although he is obliged to pay at least 2/3 of their wages according to the Labor Code), instead he fired part of the labor force with a promise to hire...Read More »
Lockdown Eased, but “No Reason to Relax” Says Health Minister
Checkpoints between regional administrative units are lifted, as part of the new decision, while ad hoc restrictions may be applied to settlements with a high risk of virus spread.․․Read More »
Retreat from the Key Public Demands of the Velvet Revolution: Statement
Two years after the revolution, predominantly waged by people defying injustices in the judicial, governmental and social realms, their expectations with respect to fundamental reforms of the judiciary will not be met, because the political majority․․․Read More »
Public TV on Fire: Top Executives Resign over Leakage of Pre-Aired Test Video Material of Pashinyan
Margarita Gevorgyan has been the chief of Public TV since 2013 and is known for her ultimate loyalty to the regime of Serj Sargsyan manifested in biased media work and numerous corruption scandals...Read More »
15 of the 16 Deaths in the Army were Unrelated to Combat in 2020 First Quarter
Of the 16 military servicemen died in the first quarter of 2020, 5 were mandatory conscripts, 7 were contract soldiers, and 4 were lieutenants. Overall, the conscripts are reported to have died due to suicide...Read More »
Serj Sargsyan Stands In Front of Parliamentary Committee
But there are things that he might not remember or not be informed about, we have to find out, was he really not reported or does he not remember?" clarified Kocharyan...Read More »