Given the dependence of Armenia on Russian gas and grains, the total tonnage of imports from Russia has increased considerably. However the dollar value of total Armenian imports from the Customs Union is still less than imports from the European Union.
On June 7 of this year, Armenia’s Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan lifted a ban on the importation of food products from Turkey and Azerbaijan that had been decreed in 2009 by his predecessor, Gersim Alaverdyan.
According to Armenia’s National Statistical Service, Armenia exported 2, 825 head of sheep in 2011 and 31, 169 last year, mostly to Iran.
They showed up at Nikita’s house on October 17, 2012. Waving the gun in the prostitute’s face, the two ransacked the apartment and found some cash. They then tied her up with the tape and fled. They split the cash down the line.
Artsakh, according to the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, is a veritable bread basket capable of feeding 1-2 million people.
Artsakh Deputy Prime Minister Artour Aghabegyan says his government is taking a fresh and more realistic approach to the issue of resettlement of the countr
Aghvan Vardanyan, Secretary of the ARF parliamentary faction in the National Assembly, has announced the formation of a new civic initiative called “Justice for Hrach Mouradyan”.
Street musicians in the German capital of Berlin are a diverse breed, performing an equally varied repertoire.
Levon Aronian slipped to second place in the World Chess Candidates Tournament in London after losing to Israel’s Boris Gelfand in Round 9 on Monday.
Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Magnus Carlsen (Norway) now share the lead with 3 points, after the fourth round of the Candidates Tournament currently underway in London.
Armenia’s Grandmaster Levon Aronian is the solitary leader at the World Chess Candidates Tournament after three rounds of play at the competition being held in London.
Directing her words at Sargsyan, Postanjyan exclaimed, “You didn’t show up her tonight because you fear the just vote of the people.”
Bakhshyan declared that there was no doubt in her mind that Hovannisian had garnered twice the 37% of votes as published by the Central Electoral Commission.
At a hastily convened press conference a few hours after the polls closed in Armenia, Raffi Hovannisian put a good face on his second place showing in the presidential election by stating that “All of us are winners. The Armenian people have become a nation, a state. The people have spoken.”
He also claimed that a Heritage Party representative was threatened by a group associated with Samvel Aleksanyan who had engaged in ballot stuffing in a Malatya-Sebastia precint.
The reason that the national teams have been so weak is the near absence of club teams and because there is no women’s championship in Armenia. At the core of the problem, however, is the national mentality. As a result only a few girls go out for football. In addition, there are no finances invested. This too derives from the national mentality. UEFA and FIFA, in addition to other resources, allocate funds designed to help spur women’s...
Many fans and sports organizers were baffled, however, that no football player made it to the top ten. Henrikh Mkhitaryan, clearly the best player in Armenia today, wound up in 11th place. Footballer Yura Movsisyan was picked for the 14th spot, Roman Berezovsky the 15th spot, and Sargis Hovsepyan tied for the 17th spot with wrestler Yuri Patrikevi.
Armenia’s Court of Appeals has rejected the plea of a mother to overturn a lower court ruling allowing for her estranged common law husband to visit their two kids on his own.
Poghosyan goes on to claim that the plane’s documents had been forged and the Congolese aviation authorities were in a panic when this was discovered.
40 year-old Sargis Hovsepyan, a defender with Armenia’s national football team with 132 games under his belt, left the pitch forever in style yesterday as Armenia beat Lithuania 4 to 2 at Yerevan’s Republic Stadium.
Last year, Hayk went to court seeking permission to see Siranoush and Samvel without their mother being present. Meri flatly refused. The father also wanted to take the kids on a one week vacation in the summer. The mother again protested.
Hetq has learnt that Albert Ohanjanyan, the Director of the Kapan Meat Combine, implicated in a frozen buffalo meat scam, was charged with swindling large amounts of cash and tax evasion of September 1.
Given that most of Aleksanyan’s companies are registered under the names of family members and close friends, it’s difficult to find a paper trail that leads back to him.
Hetq readers will remember our recent article exposing the fact that frozen Indian buffalo meat was being served at some Artsakh army bases. (See: Artskah Army Serving Frozen Indian Buffalo Meat; Criminal Case Underway)
According to the Kagh Petrol website, the company signed contract with Russia, Bulgaria and Romania in 1992 to import gasoline and diesel fuel. The company began to cooperate with Turkmenistan in 1994 regarding diesel fuel.
According to Army Depot Lieutenant-Colonel Hovhannes Sargsyan, a member of the group, and former Armen Gabrielyan, a former serviceman in the Defense Army, an investigative committee found that the frozen meat was being served instead of locally produced beef at Military Unit 2 in Martuni (Artsakh) in June of last year.
Today, we no longer have the “sea to sea Armenia”, but in 1994 the Armenian Army cut across the plains of Shirak and Ararat all the way to the Horadiz flatlands; some 40,000 square kilometres of territory stretching from one border of Armenia to the other.
Fourteen journalists from Armenia recently visited frontline units of the Artsakh Defense Forces. This was due to an agreement reached between Hetq and the Artsakh Ministry of Defense.
The slander case pitting Tigran Terteryan against 168 Zham reporter Marineh Martirosyan continued today at a Yerevan Court.
Artak Mardyan was born in Baku in 1987, just when the Soviet Union started to unravel. The following year, his family was forced to flee to Armenia due to the “troubles” in Azerbaijan and received refugee status.
Demographer Ruben Yeganyan says that the birth rate in Armenia will decrease during the next five years while the mortality rate remains more or less the same.
Thus, if the government declares eminent domain and gives land to the plant, it must first sit down and consult with the people affected before taking such a decision.
As of August 1, the town of Kajaran saw 181.7 hectares of communal land seized and handed over to the mining concern.
News circulated yesterday that the Artsakh Defense Forces had launched a serious of “punishing” blows against opposing Azerbaijani forces up and down the frontline of contact.
Fortune Resources a company preparing to operate the Hrazdan iron mine, is facing fierce resistance from local environmental activist.
Today, Judge Melkumyan of the Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court suspended the examination of a slander suit brought by Sousanna Nazaryan, former Principal of Etchmiadzin’s Senior School #2.
The prosecution is seeking a 15 year prison sentence for Serop Der-Boghossian, the American-Armenian businessman now being tried for paedophilia. Below, we present the views of a number of known public figures regarding the case.
According to Mustafa Edib Yilmaz, business editor of the Turkish daily Today’s Zaman, the volume of trade between Armenia and Turkey today is considered to be around 400 million dollars, which is an figure.
Turkish political analyst Mensur Akgün once said that in terms of its significance and interest for Turkey, Armenia is a “small fish”.
The Gedikpasha school now goes up to the 5th grade. Before the recent government decision, the children were not able to continue their education.
People shouldn’t find it somewhat contradictory when I state that I prefer the current situation, when the NKR isn’t a direct participant in the negotiations. Why? I believe the negotiations process isn’t following the correct path. The reason for this can be laid at the mistaken foreign policy adopted by the first leaders of the RoA.
In 2005, a new concept came into being – forests with production significance. These were forest that could be constantly culled of mature trees for reprocessing.
Davit Rstakyan, President of the "Virk" party in Georgia stated today at a press conference that schools teaching in the languages of national minorities in the country do not operate de-jure but de-facto.
"If the mine starts to operate what will happen to us and to this village that is located 4 kilometers from the border. It's as if the government has no need of us common folk."
Sebahat Tuncel is a Kurd who was elected to the Turkish parliament back in 2007. She is running to hold on to her seat in the election set for June 12 in Turkey.
Arman Melikyan, a former Artsakh foreign minister, stated at a press conference today that Levon Ter-Petrosyan will be too old to run for the presidency of Armenia in the 2013 election.
At yesterday's HAK (Armenian National Congress) rally in Yerevan's Freedom Square, Levon Zurabyan congratulated the gathered multitudes for the victory and declared that HAK would be pressing on in its drive to formulate a "legitimate" government via the constitutional process.
"The richness of Adiyaman today is a result of the wealth left behind after the Armenians were exterminated. I realized this as a young man and have always fought against those who benefited as a result of such injustices," he told me.
Ten years ago actor Aram Kostanyan moved to Istanbul, leaving the familiar stage in Yerevan for a new one waiting in Turkey. He's been teaching Armenian kids acting and staging plays ever since.