A U.S. Army colonel, his wife and a former defense contractor were indicted Thursday for running a bribery and fraud scheme involving rigging military contracts.
A scandal rocked the Alexander Spendiaryan Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan yesterday evening when musicians refused to take the stage at a performance of Aram Khachatryan’s Gayaneh ballet.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan flew today to Kazakhstan to attend opening ceremonies at the Astana Expo 2017.
Armenia’s National Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of a bill to establish a new state body to prevent corruption in the country.
For years, farmers, villagers, and environmental activists have been protesting the pollution of rivers, topsoil, and aquifers by mining operations in Lori, Syunik, and other regions. Readers of Hetq are aware that the protests have been building. Mining is one of several flashpoints of environmental activism in Armenia, and the environment is one of several flashpoints in the escalating struggle against the consequences of capitalist rule...
A prominent human rights defender in Armenia has received death threats, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately investigate the threats, made on the rights defender’s Facebook page, and ensure that he gets the protection he needs.
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) welcomes a renewed Congressional effort - spearheaded by Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and other Democratic members of the Armenian Caucus - to reverse "harmful cuts" to U.S. foreign aid to Armenia included in the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget.
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