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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 »
7-Member Lori Family Have No Money for Medical Treatment
5-year-old Noyemi has eye problems and needs corrective glasses; the family, however, have no money to take the child to a doctor...Read More »
Kapan Doctor Does Not Believe Mining Can Have Adverse Effects on Human Health
- I don’t care at all - that’s not my expertise. I have no intention of writing a dissertation or becoming an environmental activist...Read More »
Armenian Sugar Factory Worker Dies on Job
We don’t know the exact circumstances of Armen’s death; we’ve only been told that he fell off a freight car while on the job...Read More »
Residents of Small Armenian Villages Protest Against Government’s Community Enlargement Initiative
- Larger communities will never care for the problems of the smaller ones; they will first and foremost take care of their own issues...Read More »
Vanadzor Drivers Protest Against ‘Hazardous’ Roads
The protesters complain that they have been spending money on car repairs every day for the past weeks and insist that if the roads are not repaired, they will stop paying taxes...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 »