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A Number of Villages in Armenia Deprived of Irrigation Water
- We’ve appealed to them multiple times, saying that the seeds had sprouted but that the land was drying up. We took out 20 million dram loans to buy...Read More »
Ararat Court Annuls ‘Fraudulent’ Loan Agreements
Recall, nearly all the residents of Khachik collectively owe about 130 million drams (about $270 270) in loans to various credit organizations. Spouses Alvard Iskandaryan and...Read More »
Students in Gyumri Boycott Classes to Protest FIring of Professors
When asked whether Hambaryan and he planned to challenge the rector’s decision in court, Khorikyan replied: “We intend to file an appeal either on Wednesday or Thursday; we have...Read More »
Arapi: A Perpetual Disaster Zoner
The man has lived in Arapi his entire life; the 1988 earthquake caused huge landslides in the village, and Mr. Garnik’s house is located right in the active landslide zone...Read More »
Young Etchmiadzin Man Electrocuted at Work; Family Afraid to Reveal Employer
Murad Ghazaryan, a sexton at the St. Gayane Church in Etchmiadzin, used to work as a handyman in one of the city’s greenhouses. On June 30, 2017, according to the...Read More »
Nalband: Armenia In One Village
Nalband no longer exists; there is no one left in the largest village of Spitak. You won’t be able to count ten houses with lights on if you walk down the street in the evening...Read More »
Centralization and Control Disguised as Enlargement
“The fish rots from the head,” a middle-aged man from the village of Shirakamut says when we ask for his opinion on the Armenian government's community enlargement program...Read More »
Armenian Environmentalists Warn Against ‘German Double Standards’
The German Cronimet Holding GmbH has been exploiting a mine in the Armenian town of Kajaran and a tailing dam in the Artsvanik village since 2004. Meanwhile, its subsidiary...Read More »
Locals Talk About Consequences of Teghut Mine Exploitation
- They have given the conscripts bank cards to make it easier for us to transfer them money for socks and clothes… Military service was not so terrible in the past...Read More »
Women In Armenia Have No Power to Persuade Their Partners to Undergo HIV Testing
Out of the 214 female respondents, only 0.1% know about post-exposure prophylaxis. The majority of women do not know where in their province ...Read More »