Eleven large business groups in Armenia, including the Yerevan City supermarket chain owned by MP Aleksanyan’s family, and SAS Group, owned by MP Artak Sargsyan’s family, have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan asking for a meeting to discuss their concerns regarding the government’s recent crackdown on tax and other business infractions.
A Yerevan court has postponed until tomorrow its decision whether to keep Masis Mayor Davit Hambardzumyan and Masis Deputy Mayor Karen Ohanyan, charged with organizing and participating in assaults on April 22 against pro-Nikol Pashinyan supporters who were peacefully marching in Yerevan, behind bars pending the conclusion of the investigation.
Masis Mayor Davit Hambardzumyan today was criminally charged with organizing and participating in assaults on April 22 against pro-Nikol Pashinyan supporters who were peacefully marching in Yerevan.
Kids gathered in Yerevan’s Liberty Square today to watch other children, attired in police uniforms, sing and dance to mark International Children’s Day.
Territorial Governance and Development Minister Suren Papikyan today introduced Garik Sargsyan, newly appointed as the Ararat Provincial Governor, to the provincial government’s staff and local community leaders.
Saghatelyan recently resigned from the Republican Party of Armenia.
The waiver on US$1.475 worth of equipment to be shipped from Turkey and Uzbekistan, was first issued on April 5, but documentation problems cropped up during transit and the original decision had to be modified.
On May 25, Masis Mayor Davit Hambardzumyan signed an 850,000-dram contract with Vardan Ghukasyan, the father of his assistant, to provide balloons, toys and ribbons for a June 1 celebration marking International Children’s Day in the town’s park.
Hrand Margaryan, a Prosperous Armenia Party member, is slated to be the next Provincial Governor of Lori.
The Amulsar Gold Project, as proposed, presents a high risk of generating acid drainage and leaching contaminants for decades or longer, because of the inherent characteristics and placement of the wastes and ore, the poor geochemical evaluation, inadequate water quality predictions, overly optimistic mitigation measures, and Lydian’s inexperience.
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