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Armenian Villagers Block Road to Protest Continuous Water Cutoffs
The idea that the drinking water is being given to greenhouses has been planted by provocateurs to stir up the situation. We do have a water issue, but it does not...Read More »
71% of Civil Cases in Syunik Courts Are Loan Disputes, Study Shows
According to the program coordinator, around 20-30 court sessions on loans are held in the province daily, and “every other Syunik citizen is under debts and loans...Read More »
Yerevan Court to Hear Appeal Against ‘1000 Drams Law’
- These 1000 drams are a part of our property since, according the judicial precedents of the European Court of Human Rights' case law, a person’s salary is his/her property...Read More »
Ethics Committee Won’t Take Disciplinary Action Against Yerevan Judge
Representatives of Nairit-2 have not been showing up to the court hearings; in a writ sent to the court, the company declared that if the applicants wanted to invalidate the provision ...Read More »
Disabled Soldier’s Mother Starts Sit-In Outside Government Offices
Hasanyan’s mother has repeatedly appealed to both the Armenian prime minister and the defense minister to organize her son’s treatment abroad. She, however...Read More »
‘He Kicked Me in the Face When I Tried to Leave,’ Woman Tells Court
They were doing everything to prevent me from approaching my son. They pushed me out of the room and into the corridor, where the ...Read More »
Yerevan Open-Air Market Traders Hold Demonstration Outside Government Offices to Protest Relocation
Nearly 5 dozen stall keepers in the open-air market on Yerevan’s Firdusi street today held a demonstration outside the Government offices, asking the authorities...Read More »
Armenia’s National Assembly Wants to Pass State Property Privatization Bill In Expedited Manner
ARF Armen Rustamyan today praised the initiative, insisting that it did not just present a “dry list” of state property and had “certain principles, unlike previous privatization plans...Read More »
Exported Tomatoes Four Times Cheaper Than those Sold in Armenia
In the first quarter of this year, about 8,300 tons of tomatoes were exported from Armenia to Russia, the total customs value of which amounted to 3 378 000 dollars...Read More »
7-Member Lori Family Have No Money for Medical Treatment
5-year-old Noyemi has eye problems and needs corrective glasses; the family, however, have no money to take the child to a doctor...Read More »