Probably the most striking feature of Harran, the village, are the beehive type structures built of mud and hay. Some people still live in these structures, though many have been converted into stables. Some are on the verge of collapsing.
In total, all higher education institutions paid 741 million AMD in taxes to the state.
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, Marie L. Yovanovitch, will be leaving Armenia at the end of her three year appointment in June.
Igor Smirnov, President of Transnistria, has pardoned Ernest Vardanyan, a journalist sentenced this past December to 15 years on charges of state treason and for spying for Moldova.
European specialists have advised media outlets in Armenia to follow ethical norms, i.e., self-regulation, while the courts should give primacy to the public interest’s right to know; as is the case in most of Europe.
Hetq has periodically sent a number of written requests to RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan asking that he clarify this or that statement or government decision. Usually, they remain unanswered or else the answer comes from a bureaucrat down the ladder and has little relation to our original query.
Today, there are 135 Armenians living in Vakif. The young people leave for Istanbul to study, to get married. They don’t return.
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