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Armenian Farmers Lose Harvest Because of Water Shortage
He claims that he gets no irrigation water and does not expect to receive even 3 tons of grapes from a garden which is supposed to give at least 10 tons...Read More »
Classes in Ashtarak School Resume After Officials Promise to Start Renovation in 3 Days ‘or In January’
Despite the officials’ uncertain promise, the headmaster is convinced that “the process is proceeding dynamically" and the issue will soon be resolved...Read More »
Parent Committee and Staff in Armenian School Boycott Classes to Demand Renovation
State officials keep promising to renovate the building, but they have yet to act on these promises, she added...Read More »
Teachers in Dilapidated School in Armenian Village Refuse to Give Up On Republican Party
The authorities have been promising to renovate the building for over 15 years. Much to the visiting journalists’ surprise, the teachers continue to have faith...Read More »
‘Sex Calculation;’ Armenians Still Prefer Sons Over Daughters, Study Says
Sex-selective abortions are carried out in two ways: by women’s own means and with the help of doctors. In parallel with the increase in awareness...Read More »
Foreign Minister Says Armenia Willing to Return NK Surrounding Territories to Azerbaijan
The co-chairs say that the population of Nagorno-Karabakh must determine their own future by free will, which should have international legal force for ...Read More »
Main Issues in Armenian Villages Caused by Loss of Self-Government, Villagers Convinced
The water does not belong to the village, its distribution is controlled by those at the top. For example...Read More »
RFE/RL Reporter Harassed In Armenian Town
- I switched off and hid the video camera to prevent him from damaging it but kept holding the microphone in a visible way, which was enough for him to understand that I’m a journalist, then ran ...Read More »
Armenian Villagers Block Road to Protest Continuous Water Cutoffs
The idea that the drinking water is being given to greenhouses has been planted by provocateurs to stir up the situation. We do have a water issue, but it does not...Read More »
71% of Civil Cases in Syunik Courts Are Loan Disputes, Study Shows
According to the program coordinator, around 20-30 court sessions on loans are held in the province daily, and “every other Syunik citizen is under debts and loans...Read More »