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Third Sanitek Employee Hit by Car in Two Weeks
Sanitek does nothing to protect the workers' safety. This is not the first such incident to happen in Sanitek; not a single day passed without someone getting into some kind of trouble․․․Read More »
Yerevan Woman Begins Sit-In Protest in Support of Jailed Husband
In its response, however, the Prosecutor's office deemed the men's claims unjustified, insisting that the officers' failure to identify the accused “does not imply that the charges are false...Read More »
Armenian Major General Admits to ‘Working With Soldiers’ Ahead of Elections
Let someone say that Arkady Ivanich and the minister have gone to the soldiers and told them to vote for the Republican Party. That has never happened. We have only ...Read More »
Armenian School and Kindergarten Headmasters Accused of Campaigning for Republicans
On average, the number of people enrolled in schools is 240 and 150 in kindergartens, while the longest list compiled contains around 1,700 names and was drawn up by the headmaster of Gyumri’s...Read More »
Family of Wounded Armenian Soldier in Dire Financial Straits, Hopes for Help from Authorities
The Kirakosyans’ wrote another appeal letter several days ago to prime minister Karen Karapetyan, who, however, has also yet to respond. Parliamentary candidate, oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan...Read More »
Court Refuses Bail to Ill Member of Yerevan Armed Group
Two months later, in February, Aram Hakobyan's condition suffered a severe deterioration and the prisoner was taken to hospital with symptoms of a brain stroke, including uncontrollable...Read More »
Armenia’s Prime Minister Avoids Meeting With Protesting Grape Farmers
Harutyunyan, who is still owed AMD 1 705 000 by the local Vinar winery, told Epress.am that after the rally he managed only to speak with culture minister Armen Amiryan...Read More »
For Whom and at What Cost Does Sanitek Keep Yerevan Streets Clean?
Abgaryan is now using the Sanitek-provided health insurance to cover her medical bills. “They would tell me 'If one day you are hit and killed by a car, will pay...Read More »
Former Karabakh Military Commander Arrested
The arrest came just hours after the NSS reported that border guards had prevented an attempt of smuggling parts for a Russian-made Igla shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile across the Georgia...Read More »
Armenia’s Parliament Has Handed Over Its Legislative Function to Government, Report Says
The weakening role of the parliament as a legislative body is also evidenced by the fact that exactly half of the laws were passed in extraordinary...Read More »