Society

“The mining business is the most profitable one in the economy now. The old demands in mining use have been replaced with new approaches. It was established that the mines belong to the state,” said RA environmental protection minister Vardan Ayvazyan at the beginning of our conversation. – In the United States, mines not only …

“Human Rights Watch” legal protection organization has submitted an open letter to general prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepyan. In the letter the head of the organization’s department on Europe and Central Asia, Holly Cartner, expressed concerns about Levon Gulyan’s death.  “We are petitioning you to institute full and independent legal proceedings concerning the murder in the police …

A contract has been executed between the Matenadaran and “Hill” library-museum of the US state of Minnesota, according to which the American party has agreed to digitalize the old manuscripts of the Matenadaran and jointly manage the future use of the manuscripts. This contract is very much like the contract privatizing “Hayfilm” film studio. They …

Police have arrested a man whom the Armenian Church has accused of blasphemy and vandalism. Reports from the town of Etchmiadzin, some 20 km from Yerevan, and the residence of Catholicos Karekin II, head of the Church, say the arrested man climbed onto the altar of the main church and threw down some holy relics …

Recently the “Kultura” television station broadcasted a program showing how thousands of people had gathered in the biggest auditorium of the central part of a small Italian city. That was not a meeting with, let’s say, an Italian singer that placed 7th in “EuroVision” or some show-business star. People had purchased tickets and were going …

The “Yerevan Water” company invited journalists and representatives of consumer interests’ protection NGOs Wednesday to show its newly purchased equipments and the work being implemented on Komitas avenue. The company had chosen the section of the Mamikonyants street where there was work being done on the reconstruction of the broken-down water pipes to show the …

“The Armenian-Norwegian “Armenian Datacom Company” (ADC) offers rapid and cheap Internet connection in Yerevan and the suburbs,” as stated on the ADC website. This is a promise that may be fulfilled and has caused confusion among Internet service providers. “ADC” is even offering lower prices than “ArmenTel”. We heard different comments as we listened to …

The announcement of the Ombudsman “A series of articles have been printed in the Armenian mass media on how on May 12, as a witness, Levon Ghulyan was called to the Criminal Investigation department of the Police of Armenia and based on preliminary data, died accidentally. The Ombudsman of Armenia, Armen Harutyunyan, expresses his concert …

A protest was recently organized in front of the Ministry of Interior Affairs by the relatives of the deceased Levon Ghulyan. The following is stated in the letter of Jemma Ghulyan, who is Levon Ghulyan’s widow, to Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan: “On the night of May 9 at 3 a.m. the workers of the Shengavit …

On Friday at noon the road leading from Balahovit to the town of Abovyan was in a terrible situation. Around 3 p.m. the flood, resulting from incessant rains, had completely closed the transportable section of the road, leaving people in a confused state. Bicyclists were forced to transfer bicycles to one another as they crossed …