Epress.am News from Armenia
Locals Talk About Consequences of Teghut Mine Exploitation
- They have given the conscripts bank cards to make it easier for us to transfer them money for socks and clothes… Military service was not so terrible in the past...Read More »
Gazprom Armenia’s Leak Detectors Faulty, Activist Claims
Epress.am and Gaspari conducted a small survey among Yerevan residents to find out whether the company does in fact carry out the routine check-ups. The majority ...Read More »
Yerevan Pharmacists Concerned Over Health Ministry Decision to Extend List of Prescription Only Medications
She added that chronic patients have worked out what medications best suit their needs and always buy the same drugs, without having to go to a doctor every single time and...Read More »
Armen Sarkissian’s Eligibility for Serving as Armenia’s President Doubtful
In fact, according to documents in the British Companies House registry on the Eurasia House International company, of which Sarkissian is listed as a director, his nationality...Read More »
Forcibly Displaced and Forgotten in Chambarak; Former Artsvashen Villagers in Extreme Poverty for Nearly 30 Years
Grigor Aramyan approaches us when we are about to head back to Yerevan. He asks us to visit his house, too. He says he used to work as a police officer ...Read More »
Authorities Demand Property Tax from Villager for Car Left in Artsvashen
According to the man, representatives of the Chambarak administration have told the family “the debt is clearly visible” in their documents: “They told us to...Read More »
Yerevan Public Transport Drivers Protest Against Rise in Fuel Prices
Alik Gevorgyan, an adviser to Yerevan’s mayor, urged the protesters to go back to work and promised to find a solution to the issue through discussions with the so-called route owners...Read More »
Recent Inflation Rate in Armenia at Least 15%, Economist Says
In a country with a 30% poverty rate, even the slightest price increase for everyday commodities cannot be ignored. And if we reduce the range of goods from ...Read More »
Armenian Judges Should Make Possible Connections With Banks Public, Lawyer Suggests
Currently, we do not have a law or mechanisms that would oblige the judge to declare his/her relations with this or that bank. Is he/she perhaps a debtor ...Read More »
Former Sanitek Employee Unable to Claim Social Benefits
The woman who was hit by a car in March 2016 as she tried to cross the street to carry out her street-cleaning. On the day of the accident, according to a past interview ...Read More »