Agriculture Minister Gerasim Alaverdyan, in response to a question posed by Hetq, said he was well aware of the problems rural farmers face when taking out bank loans. "Let us assume that farming is like the construction field or another production process. ...
Agriculture Minister Gerasim Alaverdyan noted at a press conference today that this year’s spring planting season had been pushed back a month due to March frosts and the heavy rainfalls that followed in April. As a result Minister Alaverdyan predicted ...
Anna Hakobyan, Director of the "Haykakan Zhamanak" newspaper, publicly stated at a press conference today that the recent arrest of reporter Ani Gevorgyan might stem from the fact that the police chief has a personal grudge against the reporter for unfavorable ...
On the occasion of the 92nd anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia, the Henaran press club hosted Ararat TV general director Meruzhan Ter-Gulanyan and sculptor Levon Tokmajyan. Mr. Tokmajyan stated that the current Republic of Armenia would not have ...
Former RA Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan, at a press conference held today where he took the current government to task regarding its economic policies during the financial crisis, also lambasted the government’s plan to allow foreign language schools in ...
When asked why rural farmers are being given loans in U.S. dollars instead of Armenian currency, Ararat Ghukasyan President of the RA Union of Banks, replied that vilagers have always been well treated by the banking system. "Yes, perhaps villagers are ...
A staffer at the Ministry of Nature Protection claims that they are aware of the problem at the Nubarashen toxic waste dump
While the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) constantly calls for snap parliamentary elections as the only way out of the domestic political crisis, as the umbrella organization sees it, Armenian Republican Party MP Sukias Avetisyan stated today that ...
MP Artzvik Minasyan advises the government and the RoA Central Bank not to conceal the reality of the situation. Hetq has frequently covered the issue of agricultural loans. Many villagers have now found themselves in dire circumstances due to the fact ...
At a press conference held today Ashot Melikyan, who heads the "Freedom of Speech Defense Committee" and Mesrop Harutyunyan, a specialist in the field, declared that "no one will be handing us the right to freedom of speech on a silver platter" and urged Armenians ...
Former RoA Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan, a member of the opposition HAK, expressed serious doubts as to whether Azerbaijan could be trusted to carry out its obligations as set forth in any document signed to resolve the Karabakh conflict.Mr. Bagratyan expressed ...
Yesterday, when I traveled to the Darakert village, Ararat Marz, with a colleague, I came upon an interesting sight. Two men, a bunch of papers in hand, were walking along the village street knocking on doors. Thinking they might be representatives ...
ARF MP Ara Nranyan stated today that there were many pensioners in Armenia 65 years and older who are able and willing to work and said he personally supported the idea of pushing back the mandatory retirement age to 67. When asked by this reporter why ...
Edward Sharmazanov, spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, today told Hetq that he welcomed yesterday’s vote by the U.S. House Committee regarding HR 252 since it proves that the U.S. remains true to the principles of democracy and human rights. "I ...
A press conference was called today to announce the publication of an extensive report entitled,"Violence, intimidation and legal cases against journalists and the media in Armenia 2010". The report, published by the Investigative Journalists, NGO, with ...
Speaking at a press conference today on the state of journalism in Armenia, Hetq Chief Editor Edik Baghdasaryan noted that the "yellow press" existed throughout the world and that the greater diversity of the press, the better.
Republican Party MP Vardan Ayvazyan and ARF MP Artzvik Minasyan squared off at a press conference today regarding the government’s proposed tax package directed at local self-government institutions. MP Minasyan said that the legislation had been roundly ...
Today, ARF MP Ara Nranyan criticized the proposed government reforms slated for 2010 as being disastrous for the nation. "I would like to call your attention to the reforms envisaged by the government for 2010. I’m specifically referring to the pensions. ...
46 Iraqi-Armenian families have recently received housing in the village of Darbnik, Ararat Marz. These families live there with “refugee” status. Ani Margaryan, who immigrated to Armenia from Iraq in 2006, now resides in Darbnik with her husband a ...
At a debate held today between ARF MP Artzvik Minasyan and Republican Party MP Gagik Melikyan, the former stated that the recent Constitutional Court ruling "at least safeguarded Armenia from a minimum of threats that the people are talking about".He went ...
When asked by "Hetq" whether he thought the seven year prison sentence handed down by the court yesterday to Nikol Pashinyan was a bit severe, Armenian Republican Party MP Galust Sahakyan stated, "Those ten people wouldn’t have been killed if it weren’t ...
Edward Sharmazanov, Press Secretary for the ruling Republican Party, stated at a press conference today, that the recent ruling of the RoA Constitutional Court regarding the Armenia-Turkey Protocols was to be expected, given that "Serzh Sargsyan had presented ...
In his wrap-up of Armenia’s achievements and shortcomings for the current year, HAK (Armenian National Congress) representative Davit Shahnazaryan stated that he would be hard pressed to come up with any successes by the present government in power. Mr. ...
Summing up his assessment of 2009, Christian Democratic Party President Khosrov Harutyunyan stated, “2009 will go down in the annals of our people’s history as a year of the boldest initiatives.” Mr. Harutyunyan noted that long-term prospects for ...
“Hetq” interviews Jirayr Sefilyan, Coordinator of the “Armenian Volunteers’ Union” national-political initiative How would you describe the current state of domestic politics in Armenia? The political field in our country today is worse off ...
Four members representing the "Hayk Student Union" of the Heritage Party held a press conference today regarding the statement released yesterday criticizing recent threats made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that he would resume hostilities if a settlement ...
Armen Martirosyan, Board President of the Heritage Party, held a press conference today, during which he noted that one should not expect much to result from yesterday’s meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Munich, Germany, regarding ...
A group from the office of the RoA Human Rights Ombudsman today visited Sasun Mikayelyan in the prison hospital where he is being monitored for health reasons. Mr. Grigori Grigoryan, from the Ombudsman’s office told "Hetq" that none of the medical staff ...
Nikol Pashinyan’s attorney, Davit Matevosyan, has informed "Hetq" that yesterday he traveled to Ijevan and picked up the five year residency notice that will allow the jailed editor of "Haykakan Zhamanak" to run in a parliamentary by-election in January. ...
The number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases in Armenia has now risen to fifteen. Shushan Hunanyan, Assistant to the Minister of Health, told "Hetq" that two severely afflicted individuals are now being treated at the Nork Infectious Diseases Hospital. "We presently ...
In a conversation with "Hetq", Armineh Udoumyan, Press Secretary at the State Committee for the Defense of Economic Competition, stated that due the recent drastic rise in certain drugs, the Committee has implemented monitoring of the prices being charged ...
At a press conference today, Edik Baghdasaryan, Chief Editor of "Hetq", squared off with Artak Davtyan, President of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs, on the issue of proposed modifications to the ...
At a press conference today, Vladimir Movsisyan, President of the Sevan Committee commissioned by President Sargsyan to review the pressing problems faced by the lake and to come up with possible resolutions, stated that the way forward to saving Lake Sevan ...
Today, Manvel Badalyan, Chair of Civil Service Board of Armenia, stated at a press conference that the nation would never have a regular functioning government and civil service without qualified and dedicated civil servants. He stated that the issue of changing ...
At a National Assembly hearing today on the proposed state budget for the 2010 fiscal year, Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan announced that Armenia’s foreign debt would total 3 billion 960 million AMD, or 16.3% of the GDP. "In 2010 we’ll have at least ...
Vladimir Karapetyan, a representative of the HAK (Armenian National Congress) Foreign Affairs Committee, stated at a press conference today that the recently signed Armenian-Turkish protocols were poorly negotiated and would lead to a number of serious challenges ...
A heated debate between Armenian Republican Party member Karen Avagyan and Heritage Party representative Stepan Safaryan, regarding President Sargsyan’s tour of the diaspora took place today. Mr. Avagyan stated that most of the protests that President ...
Today, social affairs commentator Marineh Petrosyan and actress Lala Mnatsakanyan expressed their views regarding Armenian-Turkish relations at a press conference at the "Hayeli Club" Marineh Petrosyan said that she has always been in favour of improved ...
Psychologist Albert Nalchatchyan, commenting on recent developments in Armenian-Turkish relations stated that at issue is the fate of the people and not just a certain group. "Today, if I had the chance I would put a halt to the proceedings. I am amazed ...
Armenian MP’s Artzvik Minasyan and Vardan Ayvazyan today debated the economic merits or pitfalls of the reopening of the border with Turkey. Mr. Minasyan, speaking on behalf of the ARF, stated that the party had drawn up an economic analysis of what would ...
Member of the “Miatsum” National Initiative Responds to Hetq Questions Re: Protocols My evaluation of recent developments in Armenian-Turkish relations is negative for a few very clear reasons. It has been stressed that in the protocols, that really ...
Several representatives of the Armenian press in the diaspora spoke at a press conference held earlier today focusing on recent developments in Armenian-Turkish relations and the upcoming tour of various diaspora communities by RoA President Sargsyan. Manvel ...
"Hetq" Chief Editor Edik Baghdasaryan announced that the much awaited new print edition of the online investigative newspaper is now available at local newsstands. "Now, we will be working in two directions – on the weekly newspaper and the daily internet ...
Today, MP’s Rouzan Arakelyan from the ARF and Zarouhie Postanjyan from the Heritage Party, expressed their views regarding recent developments in the process of Armenian-Turkish relations. Ms. Arakelyan stressed that the Armenian people had entered a ...
Davit Hakobyan, the fire-brand leader of Armenia’s Marxist Party, declared at yesterday’s presidential conclave regarding the Armenia-Turkey protocols that Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian should tell U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that "the ...
Armenian National Congress (HAK) representative Davit Shahnazaryan today stated that the Turkish press is reporting that the Armenia-Turkey protocols are scheduled to be signed by the leaders of the two countries on October 13 and that the documents would ...
According to Rule of Law Party (Orinats Yerkir) parliamentary faction leader Heghineh Bisharyan, the party supports efforts now launched by the government to normalize relations with Turkey. She said that her party is in full agreement with the views held ...
When asked to comment on recent developments within the Heritage Party led by Raffi Hovhannisyan, Rule of Law Party MP Heghineh Bisharyan responded that it wouldn’t be correct for her to get involved in speculation. "When your neighbours are having a family ...
In response to the observation that during the first 100 days in office as the Minister of Education and Science he has severely reprimanded so top officials at the ministry, Armen Ashotyan stated that he had in fact called several ministry employees "to account" ...