Society

The Grigor Kochar Street in front of the Yerevan Dramatic Theatre is totally surrounded by blue cover-up bags. The street is being destructed with the purpose of becoming an alley (by the way, last year the Linsie Foundation had funded for the asphalting of the same street). According to sources, the street will be completely …

The Meymaryan family is found near the Zeytun student settlements every day. The family consists of Grandma Yepraksia, Sona, Sona’s two sons, their dog named Chapa and cat named Kostik. They go out every evening, sit under the walls of the hostel to get some fresh air. It has been a year and a half …

She does not know how long she will live, but she wants to keep living at her home where she has wed when she was 20 years old, where she gave birth to her children and where she buried her husband 30 years ago. But some people have destructed Astghik’s home. “I don’t know why …

Mrs. Tsaghik makes coffee for 50 drams a cup for the resellers in the Goum market. She pays 1200 drams daily for the space that she occupies and rumor has it that she pays an extra 200 drams for supervision of the kitchen. She avoided talking with me, her new “colleague”, about her work. She …

Much has been said about the process of contracting organizations for funding constructions. Many constructors no longer wish to take part in general contracting. The reason for this is not only that there is a presence of the construction team, but rather, it is tied with the conditions and issues having to do with professionalism. …

One day, the residents living on the street named after Aram Cholakyan in the heart of Zeytun noticed that the passage connecting their street with the Vartanes Papzyan street was closed. There was sand on the street, open for maybe 2-3 cars. Then the residents found out that the sand was not foreseen for construction, …

There will be an increase in the number of dangerous substances in the Getar river if the polluted water of the “Rusalka” open-air cafe located in the circular park flows there. According to sources, the “Rusalka” open-air park belongs to Minister of Ecological Issues Vartan Ayvazyan. A band has been hired to play in the …

The Armenian community in Rostov is the largest community in the Russian Federation. The number of Armenian regional officials passes 5,000. Armenian businessmen in Rostov are the most active. According to head of the community Harutyun Surmalyan, “Armenians in Rostov live better than in Armenia.” Surmalyan adds that the Armenians live however they want and …

On October 7, the owner of the Isahakyan library Hasmik Karapetyan was called to the mayor’s office. “I thought that maybe the mayor wished to congratulate me on Librarians’ Day. That day ten of the librarians had received certificates,” says Hasmik. The mayor had just asked the following question: “What have you talked about with …

The people working at the Sevan “Yeter” convalescence home are spreading rumors about the construction of a trench in the yard of the home. “The workers know something about that. Maybe there is some kind of mystery to it all,” said one of the workers. The trench is dug deep into the ground and has …