"We own nothing here. In Syria, we all had our own houses, shops. We aren’t used to paying rent, we’re used to earn what we earn and live quietly. But here, it’s all about rent, be it the house or the workplace. "
The Yerevan office of the United Nations has informed Hetq that it has not had any dealings with a water company in Armenia whose Makour Jour brand carries a label saying “Purchasing Makour Jour, you’ll be helping children”.
Hetq sent samples of six bottled waters, four especially marketed for infants, to a lab for testing. Only two met current health standards. In addition, two of the samples contained an unacceptable amount of MAFAM (Mesophilic Aerobic and Facultative Anaerobic Microorganisms) and one in pseudomonas aerogynosa bacteria.
Before leaving, Greta reminds me that she will become a hairdresser. I say I'll definitely go to her to get my hair cut.
"When you do your job properly, you don’t need to lie, and no one will stand on your way". It’s easy for people to blame the state in all their misfortunes, but one should do his own best to be able to work.
On April 2, a number of business owners are also running for a seat in Armenia’s new parliament alongside state officials and sitting MPs.
Ferrero has defended the quantities of “likely carcinogens” in their chocolate, saying the substances exist “everywhere in the environment”
Foodwatch says that after testing twenty products, ranging from potato chips to chocolate bars, it found that three contained “dangerous” levels of mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOAH).
The bulk of medicines shipped to Armenia come from Europe, the United States and Russia. The little that is exported from Armenia goes mostly to the CIS countries and Georgia.
Armenia’s Law on Medical Assistance and Service guarantees that each citizen has the right to receive priority free medical care. In other words, emergency services are free to all regardless of socio- economic status or age. In emergency situations, medical care is also free.
In 2014, emissions into the atmosphere comprised 270,900 tons; 52.6% came from vehicles and 47.4% from stationary sources of emission.
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered a variety of pain killers, marketed under the name Nurofen and manufactured by Reckitt Benckiser, to be removed from store shelves because they all contain identical contents, despite being marketed to target different types of pain.
The Center, as a leading player in Armenia’s medicine market, is creating unfair business conditions and stifling competition as it wields a powerful boycott tool. This article examines the problems faced by one importer trying to get a toehold in Armenia’s lucrative medicines market.
From 2000 – 2014, while the number of permanent residents in Armenia dropped by 6.4% (207,300), the number of pupils attending public school (grades 1-12) in Armenia dropped by 40%.
There are at least ten schools in Armenia’s Armavir Province that are in need of immediate renovation, according to the regional government.
Hetq has taken a look at past national elections and has revealed that while the number of residents in Armenia has been decreasing, the number of eligible voters has increased.
Hetq has already covered a number of medical malpractice cases in which none of the doctors involved have been criminally charged. Here’s yet another.
As of 2010, pensions and average salaries have risen and the number of families receiving assistance has fallen. At the same time, the number of those living under the poverty line in 2013 rose by 4.4% when compared to 2008.
Hetq has revealed that most school construction carried out in the province of Armavir from 2006 to 2014 was carried out by government officials or companies affiliated to their cronies. On-site inspections by Hetq have also revealed that oftentimes the final product is shoddy. Five companies monopolize school construction in Armavir.
It turns out that Armenia’s Ministry of Health, parallel to the government’s decision, has signed another contract with Arfarm Ltd. to purchase DiaZone MR.
The Vagharshpat Hospital has four ambulances. Two are 2010-2011 Ford and one is a 2003 Gazelle van. The fourth is a 25 year-old Raf that hardly is used.
Armenia continues to import DiaZone MR, an Indian manufactured drug for Type-2 diabetes sufferers, despite the existence of a better quality French substitute.
Government continues to purchase Indian DiaZone MR despite nasty side effects
From 2012-2015, 18 explosions at natural gas filling stations were reported in Armenia. Four were reported in Yerevan and Kotayk, three incidents occurred in Armavir, and between 1 and 2 were recorded in the provinces of Aragatzotn, Gegharkounik, Vayots Dzor, Ararat and Lori.
Of the eight ambulances operating out of the Armavir Medical Center, five were produced between 1987 and1992. The other three are relatively new, manufactured between 2005 and 2008.
Malignant tumors followed at 20%; digestive ailments - 6%; respiratory – 6%; unfortunate accidents and poisoning – 5%; endocrine ailments – 4-5%; congenital disorders – 1.6%; infectious and bacterial illnesses – less than 1%.
Sayad says he has rejected all offers made by Asatryan, through friends and family, to pay compensation.
Residents of Petrozavodsk Street in the town of Etchmiadzin contacted Hetq, complaining that after renovations to the municipal water conduits, water supply to their homes has become hit and miss.
For two years, the case bounced around the courts before being dropped.
The state budget has become the main source for government officials and their relatives to develop their businesses. Oftentimes, companies that win state procurement tenders are linked, in one way or another, to various government officials.
In the past few years the Armavir Provincial Government has not allocated any funds for health-related projects.
If it wasn’t for recent equipment donations by VivaCell MTS and the BirthLink NGO, the maternity hospital wouldn’t have an up to date medical equipment to speak of.
Four of the largest stores along the main commercial avenue in Etchmiadzin have been closed by their owners due to the weakening AMD.
Sveta Sirekanyan, a 45 year-old mother of six, waits her turn in line outside the outside the village mayor’s office in Karekert, a village in Armenia’s Armavir Province.
Most people prefer to purchase their water, as residents claim that the water being piped into the village is not suitable for drinking because it is salty, tastes poorly and causes health problems.
Hartenyan claims he’s been told in private that it’s a question of funding holding up the road work.
Hetq Article on “Confusing” Blood Lab Results Prompts Ministry Investigation
To make an eggshell into a work of art, rather than another piece of refuse to throw away, requires a lot of patience and nerves of steel.
As in the first session, the defendant Rhinoville never showed up at the proceeding. The company argues that the court has no jurisdiction to review the matter involving loans to Armenia’s Nairit Rubber Plant.
The case pitting Interstate Bank against Nairit Plant CJSC got underway today at Moscow’s Court of Arbitration but had to be postponed since no one from Nairit ever showed up.