By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, March 1 — “The 35.8 percent of Armenian population lives below the poverty line and the deep poverty indicator has grown from 1.3 percent to 3 percent,” said RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arthur Grigoryan. Grigoryan made this statement based on the research made last year by World Bank. [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 24 — Armenian singers’ agreement on participating in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, which will be held in Azerbaijan, was regarded as a brave and right step to ensure closer relations between two neighboring countries, despite the fact it caused surprise among many people who are aware of how tense the [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, February 24 — The delegation headed by Chairman of Control Chamber of the Republic of Armenia Ishkhan Zakharyan will leave for India on February 27 to attend 12th General Assembly of the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions. The members of the delegation will discuss a number of issues, including implementation [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 23 — “The state of human rights not only has not improved in the Republic of Armenia, but it is also rolling down,” said Armenian Helsinki Association Chairman Michael Danielyan introducing the annual report on the state of human rights in the Republic of Armenia at the press conference held [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, February 22 — U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia John Heffern donated the Armenian Police Educational Complex classroom computer equipment at a total amount of $50.000. The equipment includes desktop computers, printers, projectors and scanners, the press service of the U.S. Embassy reports. Previous assistance provided to the Armenian Police [...]
By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, February 20 — February 19 marks the 8th anniversary of the killing of killing of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan. Gurgern Margaryan, lieutenant of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, was hacked to death, while asleep, by a fellow Azerbaijani participant Ramil Safarov, in Budapest during a three-month English language [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 17 — In all likelihood, the Russia will finance the construction of the new nuclear power plant in the Republic of Armenia. “The hardest thing in such constructions is to set the stage. The Russian party is ready to finance the 50 percent of the construction,” said Armen Movsisyan, the [...]
