Dakota Precedent Not Applicable in Amulsar, Environmentalist Says
To quote the godfather of the Amulsar project, former prime minister Tigran Sargsyan, 'Let them emigrate; should they instead stay and revolt? People in Gndevaz have already...
Armenia's Government Will Not Cover Winery's Debt to Grape Farmers
During their last meeting with agriculture minister Ignati Arakelyan, the official hinted that the villagers were to demand their money from those whom they have given their grapes...
Former Nairit Employees Hope European Organization Wins Tender for Plant's Re-Launch
A group of former Nairit employees gathered today outside the government offices in Yerevan to announce that they would not let the executive body take advantage of the bankruptcy...
Armenian Government Plans Tax Hikes on Gambling Business Because of Increased Profits
Presenting the draft amendments to the law "On State Duty,” deputy minister of finance Karen Tamazyan announced that the AMD 100 million fee for gambling...
Armenia's Agriculture Ministry Finally Acknowledges Grape Farmers Are Being Deceived
Note, grape farmers from the village of Kaghtrashen in Armenia’s Ararat province – who after an unusually rich harvest in the fall of 2015 had to sell their grapes...
Nairit Employees to Receive Month's Salary to Stop Blocking Roads
“We told Asatryan that we would not organize any strikes or protest actions until New Year; if, however, they fail to keep their part of the agreement, we will resume our demonstrations and start blocking roads again,” Sargsyan said...
Employees of Bankrupt Armenian Dairy Producer Demand 6 Months' Unpaid Salaries
Ashtarak Kat, previously owned by former non-partisan lawmaker Ashot Apoyan, stopped production briefly in November because of a large amount of accumulated debt. The company has since been acquired...
Armenia's Authorities to Subsidize Lower Gas Prices Offered by Gazprom, Lawmaker Says
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, however, Armenian National Congress parliamentary faction secretary Aram Manukyan announced that the Armenian government was actually going to ...
Low Wholesale Prices Could Lead Armenia's Potato Farmers to Bankruptcy, Opposition MP Says
Speaking from the floor of the National Assembly today, opposition Armenian National Congress faction member Nikol Pashinyan, who went to meet with the demonstrators on Friday, stated that Armenia's potato farmers have ...
Nairit Employees Protest for Unpaid Wages while President Celebrates Labor Day with "Heroes of Socialist Labor" (VIDEO)
The workers decided to hold a march, finding it pointless to wait; the protesters were confident the President would not meet them after the concert either. “He'll leave the same unnoticed way he's come,” one of them said...
“‘Bakonomics’ Is Destructive for Artsakh”
The existence of Bakonomics has turned into a crisis for relations between Artsakh and the Diaspora. Multiple Armenian philanthropists from the diaspora, who are no longer able to tolerate the level of plunder which has passed...
Former US Ambassador on Sargsyan's and Kocharian's Political/Economic Pyramids
"Armenian politics is winner-take-all, and this very much applies not only to the political spoils, but very often to the leading business and economic spoils...