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Yerevan Authorities Demolish Open Air Market (Updated)
Thee idea of shutting down the Firdusi market was put forward back in 2010, when the city authorities cracked down on street traders on Yerevan’s Komitas ...Read More »
Armenian Oligarch Who ‘Owns No Businesses’ Might Be Evading Taxes: Press
During his visit to the factory, Karapetyan was given a tour by Republican lawmaker, oligarch Samvel Aleksanyan. From a legal point of view, Aleksanyan has no ...Read More »
Yerevan Open-Air Market Traders Hold Demonstration Outside Government Offices to Protest Relocation
Nearly 5 dozen stall keepers in the open-air market on Yerevan’s Firdusi street today held a demonstration outside the Government offices, asking the authorities...Read More »
Exported Tomatoes Four Times Cheaper Than those Sold in Armenia
In the first quarter of this year, about 8,300 tons of tomatoes were exported from Armenia to Russia, the total customs value of which amounted to 3 378 000 dollars...Read More »
Traders in Yerevan Open-Air Market Forced to Relocate
Recall, by a 2007 government decree this territory was recognized as having eminent public interest, and developing Glendale Hills Company purchased the rights to carry...Read More »
Former Tax Inspector Writes Prime Minister Letter Exposing Corruption Schemes Within Armenia’s Customs Service
As a result, the state budget lost several million dollars in customs payments because taxes and customs duties were calculated according to under-declared prices...Read More »
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 »