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“Mom, mom did you bring the candies we wanted?”, asks everybody and runs after her even older handbag. This is this only lucky day when Laura goes to get the children’s financial support money. The confused face of the 45-year old women, which wanders in remote distance, tells about her and family life. Laura’s husband, …

But here there are other problems regarding construction materials too. Most of the newly built schools need to be reconstructed just in a couple of years, so they have to spend more money for the same quality than they could at the beginning. For instance in a short period of time after the school of …

Report by “168 hours” news correspondent Narine Avetyan and photographer German Avagyan from the Dzyunashogh village of the Lori Marz in the 318th edition found on the Caucasian web site weekly of the Institute of War and Peace). Armenians who have been forced to exchange their homes with Azeri communities due to certain circumstances still …

The Recuperation center was opened up in Stepanakert in 1998 by the vice speaker for the House of Lords of the UK Caroline Cox. Handicapped soldiers and children get medical treatment here. In 2000, there were already seven therapist-nurses who were treating ambulatory patients. During the same year, the center also had a pediatric service. …

During a survey conducted by Karabagh’s “Open Society” NGO, citizens of Karabagh disagreed with the opinions expressed by citizens of Yerevan regarding the Karabagh peace settlement. One of the residents of Hadrut, who has lost her 20 year old son and husband in the Karabagh war, said the following about the Karabagh peace settlement during …

According to the data of the national statistic service, in 2005, 3780 million AMD was allotted for construction, which amounts to 42,3% of the total construction. According to the Minister of Urban Development of Karabagh Boris Alaverdyan, in 2005, compared to the same period of the previous year, the volume of capital investment increased 1,6 …

The speech made by International Relief Society (IRS) and the interview given by adviser to the Defense Minister of Armenia Hayk Kotanjyan has started to become major topics for discussion in the regions of Artsakh. Recently, activists of the Artsakh movement, participants of the war, handicapped people and women who had served in the defense …

The residents of Skhtorashen village of Martuni region have abandoned their houses years ago and mainly started to reside in the neighboring Karmir Shuka (Red Market) village or in the capital city Stepanakert. In 2003 the village had 23 families. Now there is only one left. The children of the Nersisyans, together with their families, …

According to the official data of the State Committee of Real Estate in Karabagh, one square meter in the residential area of Stepanakert cost 120-260 dollars as of September. Compared to last year, the price of homes has increased by 38%. The cheapest homes are in Martakert and the price of a one square meter …

The major field of economy in Karabagh is energy. Today, 40% of electricity is produced in the Republic of Karabagh. The energy is produced by the Sarsang hydroelectric station located near the Tartarr river. The hydroelectric station has been working since 1976 and produces 65 million kilowatts/hour of electricity a year. Until 1920, the only …