Society

Andranik and Zoya got married 19 years ago and started to do the same job: trash pick-up. Zoyan starts sweeping the streets as soon as she wakes up in the morning and Andranik picks up the trash on the streets with his truck. He hopes that they will get some income that month and will …

Prisoners at the prison always celebrate the New Year with longing and sadness. The prisoners all have the hope that this year will be the last year that they celebrate the New Year in prison. According to vice director of the “Abovyan” prison, colonel of justice Rostom Martirosyan, at the present there are 125 minors …

Aharon is 10 years old. He loves to read and all the subjects that he studies in school are fun and interesting. Aharon is in a rush; he wants to see and learn everything. He lives in Kamo’s Hatsarot village. Currently, he lives with his grandmother in Yerevan in the home of one of his …

Recently we visited the prison of Abovyan city where there are teenage and women prisoners. Armen Sargsyan (aged 15) was jailed for trying to save his parents and little brother from hunger. Armen hasn’t beaten anyone, he hasn’t stolen a car and neither has killed anyone. In order to save his family from hunger he …

1.    Failure of the European constitution. The French gave way to many discussions regarding the plan for “going against” the constitution during the public referendum. 2.    The terrorist act in London. The people of London were saddened by this because based on the terrorist act; a decision was made not to start the Olympics of …

On December 22, Razmik Sargsyan’s lawyers Zaruhi Postanjyan and Stepan Voskanyan have sent an open letter with the title “Message regarding crime” to the chief prosecutor of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan. The letter states that Razmik Sargsyan, who has been on a hunger strike for the past four months, is in critical condition. On December 19, …

Today marks the tenth day that the women of Buzand street are on a hunger strike. During the past ten days, besides journalists and local doctors, the representative of the Red Cross also visited the hunger strikers and said that he can’t do anything for them. The local doctor refused to give hunger striker Gohar …

Sixteen year old Vagho lives in the half-destroyed hostel room with no electricity. There is no window glass and Vagho has put plastic bags to cover the window up. It is very cold in the room, however, Vagho says that he doesn’t feel the cold even though he wears a t-shirt and worn out shoes. …

Markets in all Marzes of Armenia continue to play games with consumers. Many stores in Gyumri take advantage of being a monopoly in their communities and periodically put wrong labels and sell products that have expired or are rotten. This is becoming a big issue especially now during the days of New Years’ grocery shopping. …

New Year’s Eve is one of the fewest holidays, which Armenians continue to celebrate not just to show on “Television” but in reality. However, the mentality of celebrating Christmas is also Armenian. Unlike those Europeans, who our political actors want to integrate with, we Armenians celebrate New Year’s Eve not to enjoy ourselves but to …