People with no right to be inside the 17/3 polling station in the town of Artashat were illegally given that right by local precinct committee head Arayik Poghosyan.
Though there are as much as 70 substance abusers registered in the province of Lori, 16 substance abusers (all from the city of Vanadzor) are being treated in the Lori Marz Psycho-neurological Dispensary in a methadone substitution treatment program by the RA Ministry of Healthcare funded by the Global Fund. Methadone is an artificial drug, which is used to mitigate withdrawal symptoms and drug cravings particularly for opiate users.
In October of last year, Vanadzor resident Vachagan Markosyan, 60, was rushed to Vanadzor's No. 1 Hospital named after Areshyan for an injury to his spinal region and chest, saying that he was injured due to a careless fall in the foyer.
Commenting on the recent local elections in Vanadzor, Karen Toumanyan, an independent candidate who ran for mayor and lost, told Hetq that the election was rife with violations.
The mayor pointed to one "achievement" and several issues, which during the 13 years that he's been in office haven't been resolved.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) alliance and the Heritage Party haven't put forth candidates in the Vanadzor mayoral election and are not backing any of the other parties' candidates. Meanwhile, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun, or ARF-D) is participating in the upcoming election and, as surprising as this might be, is backing the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) candidate, incumbent Samvel Darbinyan....
Ashot Manoukyan, who heads the HAK office in Vanadzor, says that member organizations can back anyone they like even though the HAK central leadership sees no one in the race who shares its political views.
Apresyan argues that Papanyan, who is married to the sister of current Vanadzor Mayor Samvel Darbinyan, may be less than impartial in the post.
The five candidates running for mayor of the northern Armenian town of Vanadzor have all filed their financial disclosure statements. Let’s take a look.
Prosperous Armenia (BHK) is the only party that has nominated its candidate for the job – former Deputy Director the BHK’s Vanadzor Office Edik Karakhanyan
The Helsinki Citizens Assembly of Vanadzor has gone to court in an attempt to overturn a decision by the Narek Osyan, who heads the Lori Regional Examination Division, not to press criminal charges regarding the incident that took place on April 16 outside the Assembly’s office.
Viktor Dallakyan, who lost the race for the majoritarian seat in parliament from Election District 30, has petitioned the Central Electoral Commission, demanding that it annul the election.
Manukyan labels the May 6 elections a “disgrace” and says they were conducted according to the principle “If he’s not caught in the act, he’s not a thief”.
In his bid to win the single mandate seat in Election District 30 (town of Vandzor and immediate environs), the independent candidate Edmon Marukyan beat his 4 rivals.
Reports from the 30/27 polling station in Vanadzor say that the ink being used to stamp passports after voting is also disappearing a mere three hours later.
It appears that in the parliamentary race in Election District 29 (Lori Marz), stones and knives are being used by candidates and their supporters rather than public debate.
Lori Marz State Prosecutor Karen Shahbazyan surprised reporters yesterday by stating that ‘throwing stones and eggs’ is an accepted form of civic protest.
Her family agreed to take Nelly in, on condition that she not bring her child. The mother was thus forced to temporarily leave the baby at an orphanage.
Lusineh Ashughyan, who claims she was illegally dismissed from her teaching job at the Vanadzor Pedagogical Institute, will be taking her case to the RA Court of Cassation.
Despite the fact that Yeghiazaryan was not legally authorized to represent the defendant, Vanadzor Institute, the Appeals Court nevertheless accepted the response he presented to the court.
The slander suit launched by Gurgen Khachatryan, Rector of the Vanadzor Pedagogical Institute, against former instructor Lusineh Ashoughyan is continuing at the Vanadzor Regional Court.
Regarding the case of Lernapat village head Vano Yeghiazaryan, who had appeared in court during working hours to represent the interests of another party, Hetq had made an query consisting of two questions to the office of the governor of Lori marz to inquire about the legality of this appearance.
Hovannisian stated that he had come to gauge the “pulse of the people” and told them that they held the responsibility of deciding their future in their own hands.
Hetq has been named a third party litigant in the case based on an artcicle it published on May 13 entitled "Unhealthy Passions at the Vanadzor Pedagogical Institute".
After spending the next 10 months and 3 days in detention, in June 2010 a court absolved him of the crime. Mr. Karayan is now suing the government of Armenia for over 3 million for material and non-material damages.
In October of last year in Vanadzor rumors spread about the suspicious death of one of the prisoners at the city’s penitentiary institution.
In a bizarre twist of fate, what remains of the Vanadzor water purification station, never fully built during the Soviet era, has been sold to an individual who just a month ago was charged with looting it.
Samson Khachatryan, a boxer who won the European Championship twice and was crowned Soviet Union champ six times, was kidnapped by masked men yesterday at the Dynamo sports stadium. His wife, Nazik, knew nothing of the kidnapping until she heard ...
Officers attempt to cover up cause of death Family members of Gevorg Kotinyan, a conscript soldier in the Artskah Defense Forces (ADF), who died on February 6, claim that he was beaten to death by a group of four other soldiers, some in a drunken stupor. From ...
A few days ago, local police received a report that horse meat was being sold as beef along Grigor Lusavorich Street in the town of Vanadzor. The story goes that back in November, a man named Armen, purchased 15 horses from various villages in Lori Marz ...
The Vanadzor Municipality will be allocating 100 million AMD to a private concern to construct a luxury residential building. According to Vanadzor Deputy Mayor Norik Sardaryan the funding is above board. He says that before the Municipal Council passed ...
Seasonal Workers from Vanadzor Victimized in Russia The expression on Harout Ginosyan’s face didn’t exactly exude confidence. All the area laborers had remarked about it. Despite their trepidation, the laborers accepted his proposal since they had ...
No work for students graduating local colleges According to the Lori Regional Employment Center, there are presently 13,115 individuals seeking work in the northern region of Armenia. In Vanadzor, the regional capital, unemployment stands at 11%. The ...
Was it a revenge killing? The body of Sveta Kazazyan was found in a small grocery store in Vanadzor around 8:30 pm on October 6. Her body was covered with various cuts and bruises. A police investigation revealed that neither money nor goods had been ...
In August, environmental activists from the Teghout Defense Group, observed and registered the felling of trees in the Gougark forested district, located in Lori Marz. They notified the Ministry of Nature Protection about their findings. The Ministry ...
Georgia Seeks to Regain “Paper” Control of Lost Borders See also: Inviolable Borders: Georgian Court Sentences Armenian to One Year, Inviolable Borders: Georgians Arrest Armenian for Abkhazia Visit Hetq has already covered the case of RoA citizen ...
Family plans to send pardon plea to Saakashvili A Georgian court has sentenced Arman Ghazaryan to one year imprisonment for entering Georgia from the breakaway republic of Abkhazia. Hetq covered the plight of the 25 year-old from Russia last week in an ...
Those entering Georgia from Abkhazia are breaking the law The family of 25 year-old Arman Ghazaryan took up residence in Russia in 1992. Arman’s parents soon acquired Russian citizenship but Arman is a RoA citizen. He lives in Russia with temporary residency ...
On 25 June, a session of the regional council of Lori outlined the construction work being undertaken in the marz. 220 houses are nearing completion in the city of Spitak, as are 4 apartment buildings in Stepanavan. The Ministry of Urban Development is ...
In November 2009, Marine Mkrtchyan, a resident of Vanadzor previously convicted of fraud, happened to meet Gohar Kharazyan and Zaruhi Ghamvelyan, residents of Odzun village in Lori marz, in a taxi from Yerevan to Vanadzor. Marine learned that Zaruhi had ...
According to recent police statistics coming out of Lori Marz, drug related offenses are on the rise in Armenia’s northern region. In 2009, 83 drug related offences were registered in the region as compared with 52 in 2008. 41 cases were reported in the ...