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Who Benefited From the Uproar Around Azerbaijani Apples
- Farmers who have their own land and their own business are more enthusiastic and tend to develop entrepreneurial thinking. A person who has a piece...Read More »
Sanitek Blacklists Employees Who Take on Second Jobs, Former Worker Says
We had only been working at the market for a week when Sanitek officials came for us… They were filming the entire process, as if we were some kind of criminals...Read More »
Gaspari Dubs Armenia’s Prime Minister ‘Godfather of Plain Looting’
The demonstrator held up posters including some reading, "[Prime minister] K. Karapetyan, one does not run an economy by playing drums" and "Godfather of plain looting...Read More »
Armenian Entrepreneur Claims Customs House Head Indirectly Demanding Bribe
The entrepreneur, in turn, claims that his company's goods – nodes, voltage measuring devices, and thermostats - cannot be used for military or any related...Read More »
Officials Promise Not to Trouble Yerevan Shopkeepers ‘For the Time Being’
We have to create a group of lawyers and economists and present our demands to the government in a more professional manner. Once the officials discuss the ...Read More »
Yerevan Shopkeepers Hold Demonstration Outside Government Offices Over Recent ‘Tax Terror’
The Arinj Mall shopkeepers collectively announced today that they would not go back to work until the issue is resolved. Some of the protesters even expressed the ...Read More »
Armenian Minister Urges Protesting Farmers to Rob Winery Owner’s House
As the conversation went on, however, Arakelyan began offering the protesters alternative ways of settling the issue. The minister, for example, proposed that...Read More »
Cheated Yerevan Homeowners Protest Outside President’s Office; Mayor Too Busy to See Them
The homeowners agreed to leave their homes on the condition that they would be given apartments in new buildings to be constructed in the same area. For this they ...Read More »
Newly Emerged Audio Shows How Republican Oligarch Makes His Employees Campaign for Him
- Siranuysh, you've had your hair done and come here all dressed up as though we were gathering to honor you for the zero votes you've brought in. Aren't you ashamed of yourself, Siranuysh...Read More »
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 »