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Prices in Armenia Continued to Grow in October
In Oct. 2013, as compared to Sept. 2013, there was a growth of 0.3% in Armenia's consumer market...
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Opposition MP: ‘Pointless Funds’ Being Used to Open Armenian Embassies Abroad
Among these "pointless" expenses, he named the appointment of an ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Vatican City.Read More »
Why is Armenia’s Foreign Minister Avoiding Coming to Parliament?
Why doesn’t RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian come to the National Assembly? asked Armenian National Congress (HAK) MP Nikol Pashinyan...Read More »
Armenian Bus Driver Sues Employer, Wins Case in Two Courts
Former driver of the number 89 marshrutka (minibus) Hayk Gasparyan, 66, went to court to protest inhumane working conditions and won the case in two judicial instances...Read More »
Armenian Prime Minister’s Two Charter Flights Cost Taxpayers $130,000
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has begun to take charter flights, which is quite costly for the budget, reports local daily Zhoghovurd.Read More »
Agriculture Minister: President’s Brother Doesn’t Have Monopoly on Sheep Export
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's brother, former MP Aleksander Sargsyan, has a monopoly on the export of sheep...Read More »
MP to Agriculture Minister: ‘You are Not Subsidizing Villagers, but Flash’ Gas Importer
Villagers of Armavir marz (province) were given poor-quality diesel fuel, said head of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) parliamentary faction Levon Zurabyan...Read More »
FFA President on Women’s Football: Armenian Women and Men Shouldn’t be Equal
Football Federation of Armenia President Ruben Hayrapetyan believes that “an Armenian man wouldn’t give his daughter to football [soccer].”Read More »
Murder Accused Removed Stitches on His Mouth After Attorney’s Appeal
Karen Kungortsev, 22, accused of the murder of David Hovakimyan, 15, and currently being held in the Vanadzor Penitentiary, removed the stitches he used to sew his mouth shut last week...Read More »
Fatal Shot Fired from Inside House of Ex-Governor Surik Khachatryan: Attorney
“Watching the unedited video footage of the incident at former Syunik regional governor Surik Khachatryan’s house, I am more convinced than ever that the last shot fired on Avetik Budaghyan...Read More »