Striking Tailors from Ijevan Sent Back to India
This is not the first time the management of the Ijevan factory has simply sent publicly protesting workers back to India, replacing them with new groups of migrants recruited in Yerevan with the assistance of the Embassy of India.
How Migrant Workers Live and Why They are on Strike in Ijevan
Epress.am managed to enter the territory of the “semi-closed” factory, where the migrants not only work but also live, and spoke with participants of the strike as well as the company’s director.
Rescued Cats and Dogs, Bucha Region, Ukraine
Hostomel shelter hosts over 600 cats and dogs, most of them rescued from the war zone.
My Mom Has Dementia — and Soon I Might Too
My mother always said: “If something happens to me, take me to a care center without guilt...”
Don’t Forget to Remember: Dementia Is No Priority for Armenian Health Care
Most often, we learn about the illness from the caregivers. They look exhausted, limit their social lives, struggle with depression and burnout..
There is No Such Thing as Documentary
...we are afraid to show our confusion in public, but much depends on how we respond to it.
KGB stayed the KGB: “Talk to the nachalnik, then take a walk”
“The chance to speak Russian without an accent” — that’s how the chief explained his curiosity about our company. We, for our part, admitted that we’d never before shared a table with an officer of the Russian FSB.
Not everybody can become an entrepreneur: Shamshadin
“The only thing this government has done right is asphalt.”
Demarcation on the Ground: Along Armenia’s Tavush
In Shamshadin, people want the borders to reopen. In Azatamut, they prefer things to stay as they are. One thing is clear: it won’t be like it was before 1987..
‘Sew Faster’ at Gunpoint: Indian Workers Strike at Ijevan Factory
Workers both live and work on-site, under continuous surveillance—more than 40 cameras are installed throughout the premises...
I’m a Workaholic. It’s Like Alcoholic, But For Work
Through foraging, Anahit raised four children and put three of them through higher education — “exclusively thanks to nature”..
The Allure of the Armash Lakes
Mary and I went down to Yeraskh, the last village in the Ararat Valley, right on the border with Nakhichevan...