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Armenian Republican MP’s Stores Don’t Give Required Receipts
Stores belonging to Association of Business Women of Armenia President, Republican Party of Armenia MP Hermineh Naghdalyan don't...Read More »
Nagorno-Karabakh Airport Preparing for First Flights in Decades
The de-facto Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh's sole civilian airport will reopen in May to operate the first commercial flights between...Read More »
Armenian Defense Minister Responds to Report on Assault in Armenia’s Army
Early this week, conscript Hovsep Rafik Sargsyan was brutally beaten by Stepanakert resident, Junior Sergeant Harutyun...Read More »
‘Let the Guns Fall Silent’: Turkey’s Conscientious Objectors Speak Up
The number of those who are unwilling to serve in the army in Turkey increases day by day, reports Istanbul-based bilingual weekly Agos.Read More »
Who’s Deceiving Whom? Protesting Retailers Meet with Armenia’s Transport Minister
Retailers in Armenia are protesting the increase in fees for importing goods, which has increased from $4 to $8 per 1kg of imported goodsRead More »
US Embassy in Armenia Clarifies Yovanovitch’s Presidential Residence Meeting
Epress.am called the US Embassy in Armenia to find out the reason for the meeting. A US Embassy representative informed...Read More »
Justice Minister Gearing Up to Visit All of Armenia’s Penitentiaries
On Jan. 26, RA Minister of Justice Hrair Tovmasyan paid a visit not only to the Vardashen penitentiary, but also Erebuni and...Read More »
Iranian Workers Stage Protests over Nonpayment of Wages
Workers in Tehran are continuing to stage protests against nonpayment of salaries that, in any case, do not keep pace with inflation, reports RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. The most recent such protest, reported by the ILNA agency, was in Tehran on Jan. 24. Employees of the Pars Metal Company gathered in …Read More »
Armenia’s Minister of Transport Speaks to Protesting Yerevan Traders
Earlier, Armenia's Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan came out and spoke to Yerevan traders who had...Read More »
Protesting Street Vendors Advised to Submit their Complaints in Writing
"They heard us, I said, they're building so many dolphinariums and exotic establishments, what do we need those for? If our children aren't...Read More »