Cheap Turkish Tomatoes 'Deal Crushing Blow' to Armenian Produce: Press
According to some reports, Haykakan Zhamanak continues, the imported tomatoes were not even cleared through customs since the clearance of 15 trucks of tomatoes would have cost the importers about ...
Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree to Respect Ceasefire Agreement, Plan to Resume Peace Process
Sargsyan and Aliyev, it says, have also agreed on a “next round of talks, to be held in June at a place to be mutually agreed, with an aim to resuming negotiations on a comprehensive settlement....
Armenian Parliament Won't Consider Nagorno-Karabakh Recognition
The bill was not backed by National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee either, with the majority of the committee – 6 lawmakers - failing earlier this morning to take part in the voting. The bill received a single positive...
Ministry Tells 82-Year-Old Retired Military Pilot to Pay Back Part of Pension
“They started to terrorize my father on the phone, saying that he should return [a portion of] the pension back. My father replied that he had no way to return the money, and that it was not his fault he had ...
Appeal Court Gives Yerevan Resident Two Months to Move Out
“If the issue is not resolved, as many as 20 families will have to take self-defense measures; we will not leave our apartments,” Geravetyan told Epress.am after the court hearing...
Femicides Mostly Go Unpunished in Armenia, Report Says
The Armenian political authorities have on several occasions rejected draft laws on domestic violence initiated by the country's women's rights organizations, and the authors say that Armenia's authority...
Prison Authorities 'Plan Provocations' Against Hunger-Striking Inmate, Human Rights Activists Claim
Helsinki Association representative Arman Veziryan told Epress.am that on Wednesday evening two other prisoners were transferred to Gevorgyan's cell, after which there was a fire in the cell, followed quickly by...
Armenian Soldier Killed in Overnight Ceasefire Violations - Official
The Azerbaijani armed forces continued to violate on the night of 11-12 May the agreement on cessation of hostilities in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, firing mortar shells, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades...
Foreign Currency Reserves in Armenia Fall 10 Percent in First Quarter: Press
“The simultaneous growth in Armenian's foreign debt is especially alarming. In the first quarter of this year alone, our external debt increased by 576 million dollars, standing at US$ 5.2 billion. In other words...
Aleksanyan 'Recovering Damages' for Flour Aid Sent to Karabakh: Press
Manana Grain owner Gurgen Nikoghosyan told the daily that the price increase was caused by rising wheat prices in Russia. “The Russian wheat market, as a matter of fact, has not changed much since the beginning...
Armenian Farmers Face Yet Another Payment Delay
He added that the farmers gather every day at the village centre to discuss further action: “We discuss possibilities of what can be done; but the country is in a state of war, so our voices will never be heard...
Police Order 'Fancy' Traffic Tickets at Taxpayers' Expense: Press
Under the agreement, the price of every 20-gram delivery will be 350 dram, while, Haykakan Zhamanak stresses, such 20-gram envelopes usually cost only 120 drams. “We can only assume that ...