Bekor Papazyan, Director of Armenia’s National Competitiveness Fund, pointed to the monopolized and oligarchical economic structures in Armenia as the reason why many international organizations give the country low marks when it comes to investment potential. "If ...
DerHova Says There's Passion in Armenia, Along With the Problems DerHova wasn't all that active when it came to community events. He never participated in demonstrations and didn't like to attend functions. "I was always a bit different; in the way I dressed, ...
An exhibition of the works of the young painter Avetis Khachatryan is underway in Moscow till June 10. 42 paintings are on display at the exhibition organized by Andrei Vorobyov at the Famenko Theater. A 135 page catalogue has been offered to visitors and ...
Canadian Filmmaker Says Diaspora is Losing Ground; Has Found New "Calling" in Armenia Araz is on the go all day long and thanks her shoes for wearing tough and getting her to where she has to be. It seems that in Armenia that aren't enough hours in the ...
At a press conference today, songwriter Ara Gevorgyan and vocalist Nune Yesayan noted that there are no good songs today since writers are driven by commercial success rather than quality. Nune Yesayan said, "Today, songs have become a business as well," ...
“Armenians must stop the self-delusion and get to work” In 2001, Armineh Arakelyan and her mother left Sweden and moved to Armenia. Armineh says it was a conscious move and that they were motivated by a sense of belonging and responsibility rather ...
As part of a package of reforms, the Ministry of Emergency Situations is planning to establish and Inspectorate of Emergency Situations. This body is expected to not only supervise technical security and safety against fire but also to expose sites that ...
A demonstration is scheduled to take place tomorrow, outside the main campus of the Yerevan State University, to protest proposed cuts to the number of available slots for post-graduate and doctoral students seeking waivers from military service. Proposed ...
Today, about 50 independent taxi drivers will be holding a meeting in Yerevan to discuss a number of issues of concern to the industry, including regulation and licensing procedures. The meeting is being organized with the assistance of the "Driver-Police ...
Prosperous Armenia Party MP Naira Zohrabyan described today’s decision by the RoA National Assembly to remove the Armenian-Turkish Protocols ratification from the current parliamentary agenda as "very correct". In her remarks, MP Zohrabyan labeled Turkish ...
Commenting on today’s planned protest outside the Georgian Embassy in Yerevan, Gregory Tabatadze, Georgia’s Ambassador to Armenia, told Hetq that such demonstrations aren’t the best way to get one’s message across and change things. "We must talk ...
An interview with Achal Kumar Malhotra, India’s Ambassador to Armenia “My country won its independence in 1947, five years before I was born. Thus you can say that India and I spent our childhood together and grew up together. It was a time of interesting ...
According to Emil Gabrielyan, Director of the RoA Center for Drugs Certification stated today that 10-12% of the drugs sold in Armenia today are illegally produced. “Most of the drugs illegally produced are those that widely sold over the counter. In ...
Today is World Health Day. Every year since 1950, on April 7, the World Health Organization, celebrates the day with a call for healthy living and greater public health preventative measures. Emil Gabrielyan, Director of the RoA Drug Certification Center, ...
Competition for acceptance in top colleges and universities in India is fierce. Those who don’t make the cut and have the finances opt for schools in the U.S., Australia and Europe. Given that education costs are relatively cheap in Armenia, those who can’t ...
MP Galust Sahakyan, who heads the ruling Republican Party faction in the Armenian Parliament, today asserted that current President Serzh Sargsyan would run again for re-election in 2013 and that it wasn't likely that former President Robert Kocharyan would ...
“As far back as the 6th grade, I told myself that one day I would become an ambassador. Now, I am living out my childhood dream,” says Gregory Tabatadze, Georgia’s Ambassador to Armenia. He’s been serving in the Georgian diplomatic corps for the ...
Charles Lonsdale: "Not only open borders, but more open atmosphere in Armenia" "I look back now and recall that there was a big sport field behind our house and how we used to run there. When I compare this to Yerevan I see how little opportunities there ...
In this installment in our series focusing on foreign ambassadors serving in Armenia, we talked with Hans-Jochen Schmidt, appointed Ambassador of the Federal republic of Germany to Armenia in October, 2009. Prior to his Yerevan posting, Mr. Schmidt ...
Hasmik Mkrtchyan, Press Secretary at the Ministry of Nature Protection, has denied recent rumors in the media that Minister Aram Harutyunyan has resigned. "Those reports are unfounded and Minister Harutyunyan has no intention of resigning," said Mrs. Mkrtchyan.
RoA Deputy Health Minister Tatul Hakobyan, during a press conference held today regarding developments in the health field, said that the average life expectancy of a male was 70 and 77 for females. Minister Hakobyan said that mortality rates were still ...
Claiming insufficient evidence to the contrary, a pre-examination unit has dropped charges against HAK activist Tigran Arakelyan.
The prison hospital where Sasun Mikayelyan is being treated told Hetq that the inmate’s condition has been stabilized even though press reports claim he's suffered a stroke and that his blood pressure had risen significantly.Given that today isn’t a work ...
According to figures from the Ministry of Health, 107 known cases of the H1N1 virus have been registered in Armenia to date, leading to two fatalities. Shushan Hunanyan, the Health Minister’s administrative assistant, informed “Hetq” that eleven individuals ...
Benefactors pick up costs to decorate Yerevan for the holiday season Holiday decorations all over Yerevan are in full swing according to the Yerevan Municipality. The lights will be turned on, illuminating the huge artificial holiday tree in Republic Square, ...
Today, Gagik Yeganyan, Director of the RoA Department for Migration and Refugees, stated that recent figures issued by Turkish government officials as to the number of RoA citizens illegally working in Turkey were incorrect. “Recently, the Eurasia Foundation ...
There’s a stamp and die press operating on the first floor of a residential building in the center of Yerevan. Residents in the building have been complaining for years about the noxious fumes emanating from the facility. However, since it belongs to ...
Vardan Vardazaryan, Chief of Staff at bthe Yerevan Medical College, has stated that the school will be closed for classed from December 14-18 due to swine flu concerns. The RoA Ministry of Education and Science reports that the deans of other institutions ...
Shushan Hunanyan, Assistant to the RoA Minister of Health, informed “Hetq” that vaccinations against the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as “swine flu”, would begin in Armenia as of the end of January, 2010. The vaccines have been provided by the ...
The State Environmental Inspectorate of the Ministry of Nature Protection has reported that during the first nine months of 2009 there were 80 reported incidents of poaching in Armenia and that four of the cases lead to criminal charges. Overall, seventy-one ...
Turkish studies specialist Ruben Safrastyan stated today that the time had come for serious Turkish studies to take hold in Armenia and welcomed the signs that this process is slowly happening. “I am glad that this is now happening and we must use recent ...
Armenia’s Marxist Party President, Davit Hakobyan, is running in the by-election for the 10th Parliamentary District this coming January. Today, at a press conference, he offered his opinions regarding the others in the race. Summing up, Mr. Hakobyan stated ...
Today, Hmayak Hovhannisyan, President of the Union of Political Analysts, stated at a press conference that if the Administartive Court decides against Nikol Pashinyan’s suit against the RoA Police Department, in which the jailed editor of "Haykakan Zhamanak" ...
In today's press conference, Hmayak Hovhannisyan, President of the Union of Political Analysts, also referred to RoA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s recent entry into the ranks of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, stating that the move shouldn’t ...
Vahan Shirkhanyan, a member of the Social-Democrat Hnchak Party’s Central Board and former RoA Deputy Defense Minister, stated at a press conference today that the party had always been opposed to signing any protocols with Turkey since it saw dangers looming ...