The “Huys” (Hope) Children’s Home of Gyumri There are 80 children between the ages of four through eighteen residing at the “Hope” Children’s Home in the city of Gyumri. Upon reaching the age of 18 the young adults must start out on a new road in life outside the walls of the children’s home and reside in apartments allocated by the government. Wards of the “Hope” Children’s Home over the age of 18 haven’t yet...
Although the makers of dried fruit in Armenia constantly assure us that this field is developing here, the volume of imported dried fruit is increasing every year while the volume of their export is declining. According to data provided by the Association of Dried Fruit Producers, 2004 saw the import of 919,542 kg of dried fruit (mainly raisins, figs, apricots, black plums, peaches and vegetables in a smaller amount) while 71,884 kg were...
“Let the politicians view all this in a political context. I’m a scientist and for me it has an archeological, historical and artistic value”, says archeologist Artak Gnuni.
The study shows, using the example of Taiwan, that the effects of globalization on a non-Western society can lead to a few different types or directions of transformation. These seem to be typical for societies which are forced to rebuild themselves to adapt to the new conditions and to make a place for themselves in the new global situation. But it is difficult to notice any of those signs or the possibility of any transformation in Armenia....
Member of Parliament Harutyun Pambukyan sent a letter to the editor of Hetq which reads, “On June 7 at the Friday Club, during a press conference organized by you and Karen Kanlaryan, the editor of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s newspaper Droshak, you made a statement that directly relates to me. Specifically, you stated, “Harutyun Pambukyan’s company Max Wood’s vehicles uproot the walnut trees in Kashatagh, then process...
As reported earlier, a court decision has extended the pre-trial detention of former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzoumanian until September 7.
On September 15, at around 7 pm, Hovhannes Galajyan, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Isakakan Iravunk (True Right) was beaten by unknown assailants. This was the second such attack on Galajyan. The first occurred on September 6 last year, when he was assaulted, kicked and punched in the back and head by two strangers while leaving his house. The culprits behind the first attack have not been identified. A criminal case was filed this...
In 1996 Tigran Kyureghyan left Yerevan for the liberated territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, took up residence in Karvatchar, and implemented projects aimed at resettling the villages. Today he and his family live in Berdzor and he works on a variety of development programs in Kashatagh.
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