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Procurement Facility Buys Produce After Protesting Vinegrowers Block Highway
During the protest action Ararat governor Rubik Abrahamyan came to the farmers and sent some of them to the Mkhchyan Artashat Wincon Factory...Read More »
Family of Soldier Who Crossed Border Into Azerbaijan Have No News About His Return to Homeland
In all of his letters, the soldier's brother-in-law said, Andranik has written he wants to return to his homeland, and he does not remember or understand how he ended up in Azerbaijan...Read More »
Armenian Parliament Approves Draft Constitution
With 104 MPs voting yes, the Armenian National Assembly approved on Monday the final text of the draft Constitutional amendments. The draft, which will subsequently be put to a referendum, received just ten objections and three abstentions...Read More »
Tashir Group Buys Armenia’s Power Utility, Promises to Keep Electricity Prices Unchanged in 2015
Inter RAO and Tashir Group said in a joint statement that the sell and purchase deal has already been approved by the Armenian Government and is waiting for the approval of Armenia's Public Services Regulatory Commission...Read More »
Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chairman Says No Russian or American Peacekeepers in NKR
At the same time, the American diplomat said that international peacekeeping forces should be deployed in the area within the settlement framework in order to ensure the security of Nagorno-Karabakh. The makeup of...Read More »
Russian Rosneft Might Be Involved in Armenian Power Utility’s Sale: Press
Marcuard Trust Limited has been co-founded by Hans-Joerg Rudloff, who, according to [Russian news outlet] Kommersant, was a member of the board of directors of Rosneft from 2006 to 2013, and, according to Financial Times...Read More »
Armenian Convict Dies Because of Delayed Medical Treatment: Press
Fitljyan's health condition, as noted in the article, had been getting worse for the last few days of which the convict informed the prison authorities...Read More »
Four NKR Defense Army Soldiers Killed in Azerbaijani Shelling
The soldiers – Norayr Khachatryan (20), Robert Mkrtchyan (20), Harut Hakobyan (18), and Karen Shahinyan (18) – died from shrapnel wounds, officials reported...Read More »
‘Armenia Needs President, Not Serzh;’ Oppositionists Rally Against Constitutional Changes
The MP recalled that yesterday, September 24, Azerbaijani forces, without officially declaring war, shelled a number of Armenia’s northeastern border villages: “Please, tell me, have you seen or heard any...Read More »
Three Armenian Civilians Killed as Azerbaijani Forces Shell Border Villages
“Armenian Armed Forces will take appropriate measures to stabilize the situation on the border and to restrain the Azerbaijani forces. Azerbaijan’s military and political leadership will bear full responsibility for the consequences...Read More »