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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 »
Conviction Based on False Confession: Vardenis Family Robbed of 13 Years of Life
The Nalbandyans, in turn, insist that the high-profile murder case was cooked up against them by the then Vardenis police chief, Viktor Hakobyan, and regional prosecutor...Read More »
Son of Former Mayor of Gyumri Reportedly Beat Up Multiple People
A few days ago, Spartak Ghukasyan, son of the former mayor of Gyumri and newly-elected MP Vardan Ghukasyan, badly beat up multiple employees of a gas station ...Read More »
Unpaid Grape Farmer Says He Sees No Future in Armenia
Today Harutyunyan did not get to meet with Amiryan after all; he did, however, manage to have a short conversation with Agriculture Minister Ignati Arakelyan, according to whom...Read More »
Vanadzor Municipality Demands Overdue Waste Disposal Fees from Citizens, Warns of Charging Interest on Current Debts
Arayik Papikyan, a Vanadzor-based lawyer, for his part, argued that according to Armenia's Tax Code, the claim has a 3-year limitation period. ..Read More »
Archeologist Denounces Culture Ministry’s Plans to Turn Caves in Armenia Into Tourism Objects
We have collaborated with various research centers, spent huge sums allocated by a number of funds as well as the Institute. The Ministry of Culture has not spent a dollar ...Read More »
Armenian School and Kindergarten Headmasters Accused of Campaigning for Republicans
On average, the number of people enrolled in schools is 240 and 150 in kindergartens, while the longest list compiled contains around 1,700 names and was drawn up by the headmaster of Gyumri’s...Read More »
Armenia’s Prime Minister Avoids Meeting With Protesting Grape Farmers
Harutyunyan, who is still owed AMD 1 705 000 by the local Vinar winery, told Epress.am that after the rally he managed only to speak with culture minister Armen Amiryan...Read More »
Municipality of Poverty-Stricken Gyumri ‘Spends Lavishly’ on Office Supplies: Press
According to the paper, the Gyumri municipality spends over 9 million drams annually on stationery supplies alone, of which 6 million 720 thousand is spent for the purchase...Read More »