The international symposium dedicated to South Caucasus information legislation was held at the Tbilisi State University, July 23-26. It was organized by “Deutsche Welle Academy.” During the symposium, the journalists and professors in journalism from the three South Caucasus countries, and the representatives of information-oriented NGOs were talking about the problems in their countries, progress …
Monthly Archives: July 2014
To the question of Aravot.am whether it does not mean that the selling of “Vorotan” will be cancelled if the Prime Minister, Hovik Abrahamyan, is already openly talking about cancellation of the deal on selling “Vorotan” HHP complex, the economic topics-related writer and journalist, Hayk Gevorgyan, said, “We have information that the government is too …
In the evening of July 29, Ijevan region bordering village of Berkaber was fired by Azerbaijani armed forces for around 4 hours. Berkaber village Mayor, Arthur Madatyan, informed that in the morning of July 30 from 4:00 to 9:30 and from 17:00 to 17:30, Azeri fired at village houses and the streets from self-firing guns …
Sincerely forgiving is a wonderful national feature Today’s Russia leadership policy, to put it mildly, opposes to the civilized world, but it nowise changes my attitude towards the Russian people and its culture. These people have a wonderful, in my opinion, displays: they are kind, generous, compassionate to others’ pain, and most importantly, is endowed …
The United States, European Union, Canada, Australia, and Japan announced the fact of toughening sanctions against Russia. In particular, the EU sanctions include embargo on supplying weapon to Russia and purchasing Russian weapons, the supply of energy carriers and mining exploration technology to Russia is prohibited, and the access of some Russian banks to European …
A new action for depositors has been launched in Unibank. Every customer placing a new bank deposit, gets a gift card for purchases in the VEGA stores chain, with money already placed on it. The card also grants a 10% discount and a pleasant opportunity to accumulate 3% of the purchase sum on the card …
Alexander Amaryan, the head of “Relief and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Destructive cults”, does not see any reliable information about Armenia in the U.S. State Department “Religious Freedom” 2013 report. “The human rights defenders are getting money from them all day long by providing such false information. There is no restriction in Armenia for …
The topic of “Aravot” online “Face to face” program transmission is discussed between human rights defender, Artak Zeynalyan, and active citizen, Vahagn Minasyan. Aram Abrahamyan – On Friday, the Administrative court, basically, considered the actions committed against the four activists about a year ago illegitimate and confiscated 150 thousand dram each from the police as …
Head of HCA Vanadzor office, Arthur Sakunts, argues that the section regarding Armenia in the “Religious Freedom” 2013 report published by the U.S. State Department presents the reality. “If the State Department does not verify the data, it will not publish them. Also, Wikileaks’s publications prove that the State Department is adequately informed on matters …
Finance Minister, Gagik Khachatryan, who a few months ago and quite a long time took the office of the Head of State Revenues Committee (SRC), and in fact, it was his “holy task” to fight against the shadow economy and collect taxes, now is announcing that Armenia’s shadow economy is 20-40 percent. Recall that on …
