Armenia’s state forestry agency reported on Tuesday a sharp increase in the scale of illegal logging in the country, blaming it on the increased cost of natural gas.
Researchers from Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences claim to have found high concentrations of toxic substances in agricultural produce grown near two mining enterprises in the northern Lori province.
Public transport between Yerevan and other regions of Armenia was again effectively brought to a halt on Thursday ahead of a fresh rally held there by the main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
A U.S. businessman of Armenian descent was formally remanded in custody on Saturday pending trial on pedophilia charges which he strongly denies.
A senior Armenian prosecutor called for a toughening of legal punishment for pedophilia on Wednesday amid an under-age sex scandal involving an Armenian-American businessman who was until recently an advisor to Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian.
Armenia’s main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) held simultaneous protests in capital Yerevan and three provinces on Friday demanding the release of its members currently imprisoned for their roles in the 2008 post-election unrest.
The Russian management of Armenia’s national rail network on Wednesday reassured workers of a railway depot in the northern Lori province that none of them will lose their jobs as a result of its upcoming restructuring.
More than a hundred angry employees of Armenia’s two largest chemical enterprises demonstrated on Thursday to demand the payment of their back wages for the past several months.
Armenia on Thursday repatriated an Azerbaijani captive and received the body of one of its citizens who died in Azerbaijani captivity last month, in an exchange facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian on Tuesday again claimed that the Armenian authorities are intent on putting Nagorno-Karabakh back under Azerbaijani control and downplayed the dwindling attendance at his anti-government rallies in Yerevan.
More than 300 families in Armenia’s northern Lori province received new houses and apartments on Friday over two decades after a powerful earthquake that destroyed their homes.
Armenia’s government unveiled on Thursday the state budget for next year which calls for a nearly 7 percent increase in its expenditures.
In an apparent response to continuing protests from Armenian environmentalists, a major Russian commercial bank put on hold its plans to finance a controversial mining project in northern Armenia.
Armenia’s second-largest chemical enterprise is resuming production operations and rehiring hundreds of workers after a nearly two-year stoppage caused by the global economic crisis, its chief executive said on Monday.
Residents of Spitak, a small town in northern Armenia, are going to send a letter of congratulations to Ukraine to express their joy to Victor Yanukovich.
President Serzh Sarkisian criticized on Wednesday the quality of the renewed reconstruction of Armenia’s northern regions devastated by the 1988 earthquake, which seems to be increasingly falling behind schedule.
Workers at a chemical plant in Armenia’s third largest city on Monday refused to enter the work premises as they demanded that the company’s administration pay their back wages first.
Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian accused Armenia’s leadership of agreeing to put Nagorno-Karabakh back under Azerbaijani control as he continued his nationwide meetings with supporters on Tuesday.
The Armenian government will not provide direct financial assistance requested by the country’s second-largest chemical enterprise but is ready to help it sell its production to domestic consumers, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Tuesday.
Armenia’s second largest chemical enterprise is seeking millions of dollars in government assistance to kick-start its production operations largely halted late last year because of the global economic crisis.
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