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‘When Was the Last Time You Went to Church?’ – Major Armenian Sweets Company’s Questions to Job Candidates
- One of them even said, ‘I can’t believe this! You didn’t go to pray before defending your diploma?...Read More »
Armenia to Compensate Wrongly Convicted Jehovah’s Witnesses, ECHR Rules
The Court ruled that Armenia is to pay the applicants, within three months from the date on which the judgment becomes final, EUR 12,000, plus any tax that may be chargeable...Read More »
Oil Processing Plant Constructed in Armenian Town Without Proper Impact Assessment
As Environmental Impact Assessment Expertise Center SNCO told EcoLur, ArmOil company hasn't submitted any project for assessment and, consequently, it doesn't...Read More »
‘No Reason to Panic;’ Agriculture Minister Comments on Meat Price Rises
The fourth and main reason is that no one really cares about the issue. Journalists write pathetic reports from villages to prove their compassion...Read More »
Ruling Party Member Swears at Oppositionist as She Opposes Granting Apartments to Actors and Singer ‘In Need’
In her speech, as reported by News.am, the Yerkir Tsirani member had argued that these people had done nothing for the Armenian capital and ...Read More »
Former Armenian MP Calls People Who Choose to Opt Out of Military Service ‘Second-Rate’
- There are countries where a young man who has not served in the army is perceived as a traitor to the nation, especially in countries that are at war. There are countries where...Read More »
Concerns Around Domestic Violence Prevention Bill ‘Unjustified,’ Experts Say
Note, those opposing the law have been arguing that the draft “drawn on the basis of the European model will eventually destroy ‘the Armenian family’ and will result in children being...Read More »
Armenia’s Defense Ministry Promises Low-Price Apartments to Officers Who Agree to Serve for 20 Years
According to our very rough estimates, it will take three years at most for the officers to get an apartment. They will have to pay only 60-70 thousand drams per month ...Read More »
Armenian Soldier Killed by Azerbaijani Fire, Officials Say
Chaplin A Margaryan, a 19-year-old conscript soldier of Armenia’s armed forces, was fatally wounded at October 10 while on guard duty at a north-eastern military unit of the Armenian Defense Ministry...Read More »
Yazidi Children’s Right to Education Violated, Murazi Says
Murazi intends to send these statistics to Armenia’s Ministry of Education and Science as evidence of a violation of the law on compulsory education, which entered into force in September 2017...Read More »