Deno Gold Mining and "Khustup T.V.", based in Kapan, have recently signed a memorandum of cooperation according to which the local broadcaster will be airing programs regarding the mining company’s projects in the town. Sasoun Manoukyan, Managing Director ...
It appears that the strikes and protest actions of Deno Gold Mining Company workers at the former Kapan Mining Enrichment Combine have become an ongoing tradition. Strike actions are quickly organized and just as quickly halted, when the workers meet with ...
The cause of the November 14, 2009 accident at the Deno Gold Mining plant in Shahumyan, that took the life of mine worker Ara Poghosyan, has still not been ascertained by the National Technical Safety Center. The Kapan-based “Ecological Safety and Democracy ...
With financial assistance from the British organization “Conflicts Resources”, the Stepanakert Press Club is carrying out a project entitled “Kino Dialogues” with the participation of the “Internews Armenia” and “Internews Azerbaijan” organizations. Five ...
Deno Gold Mining, in its first public statement regarding the death on November 16 of Ara Poghosyan in an underground shaft located at company’s Kapan mine, expressed its condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. The company states that ...
According to rumours circulating in the town of Kapan regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Ara Poghosyan on the evening of November 16 at the underground mine operated by Deno Gold Mining, the victim was struck by an electric locomotive. The ...
Plans by local Meghri residents to block-off a portion of Yerevan-Meghri highway, to protest the scheduled consolidation of the Meghri Medical Center and Agarak Hospital into a new Meghri Regional Medical Center were put on hold today. It appears that as ...
24 year-old perseveres despite losing both hands in 1993 Azeri bombardment “Now I can prepare meals on my own, but I won’t be able to prepare pastries for you at the moment. Instead, let me offer you some coffee,” says 24 year-old Mari Mezhlumyan, ...
This morning, at around 8 a.m., residents of Kapan, Kajaran and the surrounding villages awoke to find that they had no gas. They started to make frantic phone calls to friend and neighbors asking if "HayRusGazArd" had issued any notice that the local gas ...
Khoren Harutyunyan, a member of the Kapan Municipal Council and President of the "Azatamart Committee", is planning to stage a protest against the operation of uranium mines in Syunik Marz. The activist is calling on all local and national NGO’s to join ...
According to Inga Zarafyan, President of the Ecolur NGO, a recent report issued by the environmental watchdog group has shown that Deno Gold Mining Ltd, a company operating out of Kapan, has caused serious damage to the local environment. Ms. Zarafyan had ...
Stefan Sukhorenko, the Belarus Ambassador to Armenia, has traveled to Syunik to bestow medals to 22 Syunik WW II veterans who participated in the liberation of Belarus from Nazi occupation. Four of the veterans were present at a reception held at the Syunik ...
During a phone conversation with "Hetq", Sisian Medical Center Director Artyom Tadevosyan stated that the intestinal infections that sent 27 local kindergarten children to the hospital on September 5 was caused by food that have ingested. "Today, analyses ...
With the joint assistance of the "Open Society-Georgia" NGO and the Heinrich Boll Foundation's South Caucasus office, Armenia will host the "I Am Human" film festival in September for the second time. The three day festival is devoted to the themes of human ...
Nora Baghdasaryan, Principal of the #1 Kapan Special Needs School had no idea that a criminal case had been launched against her for "abusing her position at the expense of the government". She first learned about the matter through the news. "I and the ...
The four day work stoppage at the Deno Gold Plant in Kapan came to an end today after a series of mutual concessions were agreed to by management and the 120 striking workers. The main grievance of the workers was the proposed new bonus plan tied to plant ...
The work stoppage at the Deno Gold Mining Plant in Kapan continued into its third day. Plant Director Robert Faletta has dismissed 40 employees in the latest development at the troubled plant where workers are protesting a number of issues, notably a new ...
The striking workers at the Deno Gold Mining Plant in Kapan have taken their protest straight to the Syunik Regional Administration. Sourik Khachatryan, the Regional Administrator, met with the strikers and heard their list of grievances, focusing on the new ...
The strike by workers at the Deno Gold Plant in Kapan is in its second day. Despite Friday's promise by plant manager Robert Faletta that bonuses tied to production capacity and an adherence to safety regulations, workers rejected the offer, arguing that ...
Syunik agriculture has been hard hit by the recent unprecedented rains and hailstorms. Vasil Grigoryan, community leader of Nor Astghaberd, is flabbergasted by the response of the Syunik Regional Administration's Division of Emergency Situations. "Can you ...
After the special government session that was convened on June 26 in the city of Kapan, RoA prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the Deputy PM and a number of other visiting ministers travled to Agarak for an on-site inspection of the local copper-molybdenum plant. ...
Nine of the fifty-six issues on the agenda of the RoA government session to be held in Syunik on June 26 deal specifically with problems faced by the southernmost region of Armenia. The staff of the Syunik Regional Administration has been busy for the past ...
Kapan's "Deno Gold Mining Company" issued pink slips to some 200-300 employees, warning them that their work contract would not be renewed as of June 15. The company failed to inform the Kapan Regional Employment Center of the pending large-scale lay-offs. Ruben ...
RoA Minister of Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan led a high ranking delegation to Syunik Marz to discuss problems in the sector confronted by local farmers and businessmen. He stated that the government stands alongside the village farmer and assists wherever ...
According to Hovhannes Gevorgyan, Kapan branch manager of Armenian Water and Sewerage Co., the Asian Bank will provide 2 million Euros in financing to renovate the Kapan drinking water distribution system this year. The valves at the Geghi and Chanakhchi ...
The Kapan branch of the Russian-Armenian Humanities Academy celebrated it 10th anniversary. Over the years 142 students have graduated from the school, an achievement made possible by the efforts of Principal Victoria Davtyan. The anniversay was marked ...
At 5:40 pm, the Kapan fire brigade received word that two young boys had been swept away in the Voghj River. Minutes later, emergency services Director Davit Asatryan and a team of rescue personnel arrived on the scene. 14 year-old Garnik Avetisyan was ...
Samvel Rostomyan, President of the Armenian Sports Federation for the Physically Challenged travelled to Kapan to spur the development of sport for the physically challenged and to employ the world of sport to integrate individuals with diabilities into the ...
After its decision to pull out of the governing coalition, including parliamentary posts and position in various regional authorities, perhaps the highest ranking ARF member in any government seat will be Artur Atayan, mayor of the town of Kapan in Syunik ...
On April 18, from the hours of three to eight in the afternoon, the 244 kilometer stretch of the interstate highway between the towns of Goris to Meghri was closed due to heavy rainfall and landslides. Large areas of sink holes in the roadway were also a factor ...
A father sells his daughter for 10,000 drams
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will be visiting the southern Syunik Marz during March 31 to April 1. The president's visit will begin in the town of Kajaran, where it is expected that he will visit the ailing Zangezour Copper-Molybdenum Plant. Afterwards ...
According to Armen Movsissyan, RoA Minister for Energy and Natural Resources, negotiations are continuing with the management and owners of Deno Gold regarding the continued operation of its Kapan plant. "A plan has been drafted and sent to Deno's owners ...
GeoProMining Executive Vice-President Roman Khudoley refuted all rumors that the company would be closing its Agarak Copper-Molyebdenum Combine plant in Agarak during the visit to the area by Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsissyan. Mr. Khudoley stated ...
As of January 1, 2009 the level of unemployment in Syunik Province stood at 14.1%, a rise of 1% over the previous year. In 2008, the number of those officially registered as seeking work was 10,490 as oppsed to 9,072 in 2007. Those officially registered ...
While giving an overview of the past year, Robert Falletta, General Manager of Deno Gold Mining Company (former Kapan Mining Combine) noted that the direction adopted by the company at the start of the year was designed to insure that the company operated at a profit and was in a position for a number of modifications to be realized.
The last school bell rung for 26yera-old Meri Asatryan didn’t usher in the beginning of a new and wonderful life; just the opposite. In her words, “it was the start of a slow road to hell”. Her dreams of going on to college and of following in her mother’s footsteps and becoming a teacher fell to pieces just one year after finishing high school.
During the first weeks of November, during a meeting with workers, the General Manager of Deno Gold Mining Company, CJSC (DGMC) Robert Falletta, declared that the drop in world metal prices would have unavoidable consequences on the company’s operations.
However much the country’s statesmen claim that the economic crisis will not leave its mark on the economy of Armenia, it is nevertheless already being felt in the region of Syunik, Armenia’s gateway in the south.