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Unpaid Grape Farmer Says He Sees No Future in Armenia
Today Harutyunyan did not get to meet with Amiryan after all; he did, however, manage to have a short conversation with Agriculture Minister Ignati Arakelyan, according to whom...Read More »
Vanadzor Municipality Demands Overdue Waste Disposal Fees from Citizens, Warns of Charging Interest on Current Debts
Arayik Papikyan, a Vanadzor-based lawyer, for his part, argued that according to Armenia's Tax Code, the claim has a 3-year limitation period. ..Read More »
Archeologist Denounces Culture Ministry’s Plans to Turn Caves in Armenia Into Tourism Objects
We have collaborated with various research centers, spent huge sums allocated by a number of funds as well as the Institute. The Ministry of Culture has not spent a dollar ...Read More »
Ill Armenian Lifer Again Denied Early Release
Marukyan was given a death sentence in 1994 after being found guilty of the premeditated murder of the Chief of the Vanadzor Military Police. In 2003, Marukyan’s death sentence was replaced with a life imprisonment...Read More »
Armenia’s Ruling Party ‘Seeking Retribution’ from Ioannisyan
I have no intention to defend the school principals, but I am sure that this was not their personal initiative. These actions were imposed on them...Read More »
Daron Acemoglu: Active Democratic Processes Armenia’s Last Hope:
According to the economist, there have been many unsuccessful governments in Armenia, but for a variety of reasons – partly patronage, partly not enough civil society opposition to it...Read More »
Murder Accused Insists Former Wife to Blame for His Deadly Actions
The officers, according to Mansuryan, did not detain her former husband because he insisted he needed medical assistance “after the attack” and had to wait for an ambulance.Read More »
Armenia’s Defense Ministry Unlawfully Deprived MIA Soldier’s Mother of Allowance, Court Rules
Note, Sargsyan had been receiving the pension since November 2001, based on a Defense Ministry document that officially declared her son missing in action. In 2014, however...Read More »
Armenian Prisoner Dies in Unknown Circumstances
Four days ago we took him to a hospital in Gyumri; his parents paid 40 thousand drams to have his stomach checked. He was diagnosed with some form of erosive gastritis, but overall he was fine...Read More »
Amulsar Gold Mine Exploiter Denies Health Insurance to Residents of Nearby Village
When asked by an Epress.am reporter why Lydian refuses to discuss the technical issues with Armenian specialists who have concerns about the mine exploitation...Read More »