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Ararat Court Annuls ‘Fraudulent’ Loan Agreements
Recall, nearly all the residents of Khachik collectively owe about 130 million drams (about $270 270) in loans to various credit organizations. Spouses Alvard Iskandaryan and...Read More »
Hunger-Striking Yerevan Prisoner Suffers Sharp Health Deterioration
The case is currently pending in court; in the meantime, Papyan has been sent to continue serving his sentence in Nubarashen...Read More »
Students in Gyumri Boycott Classes to Protest FIring of Professors
When asked whether Hambaryan and he planned to challenge the rector’s decision in court, Khorikyan replied: “We intend to file an appeal either on Wednesday or Thursday; we have...Read More »
Arapi: A Perpetual Disaster Zoner
The man has lived in Arapi his entire life; the 1988 earthquake caused huge landslides in the village, and Mr. Garnik’s house is located right in the active landslide zone...Read More »
Yerevan Transgender Woman Recounts Brutal Beating
- I ran to the door, managed to open it and ran out of the apartment. E. caught up with me; he grabbed me from behind and we rolled down the stairs. He was ...Read More »
Shirak University Professors Fired After Criticizing Rector
The following day, Khorikyan added, the rector came and fired him and Hambaryan “to shop that he is still powerful...Read More »
Does Georgia’s Amended Labor Law Serve as Lesson to Armenia?
Throughout the research, it got obvious that there were three main phases during the 2010-2016 workers’ movement. One matches with the years of 2010-2011 when there...Read More »
Investigators Tell Sasna Tsrer Supporter It Is Her Fault She Was Attacked
Upon finding out that she believed she had been attacked for supporting the Sasna Tsrer group, she added, the investigators told her...Read More »
Young Etchmiadzin Man Electrocuted at Work; Family Afraid to Reveal Employer
Murad Ghazaryan, a sexton at the St. Gayane Church in Etchmiadzin, used to work as a handyman in one of the city’s greenhouses. On June 30, 2017, according to the...Read More »
Teghut Mine Issue Raised at Danish Parliament
The documents include Denmark’s Minister of Industry, Business and Economic Affairs Brian Mikkelsen response which is predominantly based on explanations from EKF. It...Read More »