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Agricultural Industry Will Suffer After Armenia Joins Customs Union
The price of fertilizer will increase by 8%, livestock feed will increase by 5% to 7.5%, and agricultural equipment will increase by 5%.Read More »
Parliamentary Ethics Commission On Standby: Appeals Against Ruling Party MPs Not Discussed
The Commission's last meeting was held on Sept. 24, 2013. Thereafter, multiple applications were submitted to the Commission, including those against...Read More »
Los Angeles Armenian Man Convicted of $3 Million Identity Theft Scheme
A Los Angeles resident, Andranik Aloyan, 40, has been convicted of identity theft in a scheme that authorities say bilked victims... Read More »
Gyumri Mayor Fires Predecessor’s Daughter Over a Tiff
"On Feb. 5 a city hall employee went to the school and announced that Samvel Balasanyan said after these incidents, write your resignation letter...Read More »
Medicine Will Be More Expensive in Armenia After Joining Customs Union: Paper
There will be an 8–10% increase in the price of medicine after Armenia joins the Customs Union, reports local daily Haykakan Zhamanak.Read More »
Armenian Village Mayor Withdraws Permission to Mining Company to Build Tailing Dump
Hakob Mkrtchyan, head of the Melikgyugh rural community in Aragatsotn marz (province), yesterday called a special council meeting to discuss the construction of... Read More »
Opposition Parties to Launch No-Confidence Motion Against Prime Minister
The four parliamentary parties not part of the ruling coalition today will decide on launching a motion of no confidence against Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan...Read More »
Former Armenian Political Prisoners to Spend Night Outside City Hall in Memory of March 1 Victims
Nikol Pashinyan and Sasun Mikaelyan, board members of an initiative called Civil Contract and former political prisoners, will spend the night of Mar. 1–2 outside...Read More »
Gazprom Armenia Deceives Consumers, Offers Low-Quality Gas: Opinion
Gazprom Armenia is able to reduce the caloric value of natural gas using 3 "miracle devices" each valued at $350,000; moreover, by mixing...Read More »
Former Head of Armenia’s Public TV Now Advisor to Foreign Minister
Former Chair of the Council of the Armenian Public Television and Radio Company Alexan Harutyunyan has been appointed as advisor to Armenia's Minister of Foreign Affairs.Read More »