The above is a question that arises when the institutions of the government don't work. All government structures in Armenia have just one thing on their mind – how to embezzle state funds.
This past February 23, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan hosted a delegation from the Chinese Fortune Oil company. During the meeting, the sides discussed the company’s investment program in Armenia’s mining sector.
After Visiting Freedom Square around the Opera, you really can’t avoid the zurna-dhol music blasting from the attraction ride not 10 meters away from where Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian is sitting on a bench, deep into his “fast for freedom”.
What was the meaning of President Sargsyan’s words directed to Armenia’s Central Bank President Artour Zavadyan? A villager who had taken out a loan asked me the same question.
An inter-departmental working body was formed in Armenia on February 3, 2011, at the behest of RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
«They just can’t picture where people have wound up due to their actions. They live in an alternate universe with different surroundings. They have no problem paying their gas, water and other utility bills.
Medicines costing $150,000 to treat tuberculosis in Armenia have been allowed to exceed their expiration date.
Yesterday, they arrested American-Armenian businessman Serop Der-Boghossian. Criminal Charges of paedophilia have been launched by the National Security Service.
t turns out that RA National Assembly Chairman Hovik Abrahamyan has a soft spot for precious metals; gold in particular. Paramount Gold Mining, a company he owns, was awarded an operating license last year.
On January 12, the Chinese Fortune Oil Company based in Hong Kong purchased 35 % of Bounty Resources Armenia; owner and operator of three iron ore mines in Armenia.
Dear Readers, For the past ten years “Hetq” has been providing investigative news reportage from Armenia and we have garnered a loyal host of readers from within the country and in far-flung countries worldwide. I can only assume from your letters ...
An interview with former RA Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan How would you evaluate 2010 from an economic perspective? I can’t to any economic successes in the year overall. The same basic problems existed at the start and end of the year. The number ...
Ethical violations have little to do with sacking of mayor and minister If Mihran Poghosyan, Chief of Armenia’s Compulsory Enforcement Service (CES), had been disciplined in a timely fashion for his crime, he wouldn’t be beating anyone today. Perhaps ...
Legalizing the concept of “justice to the highest bidder” Mr. Abrahamyan alleged that the Justice Council was accepting ...
"Our Show" shows Armenians in the 'homeland' the wonders of the '2nd homeland' Samvel Mayrapetyan is a well-known figure in Armenia’s luxury housing construction sector. He also owns a controlling share of H2 TV. I recently had the misfortune of randomly ...
Last year Hetq published an article about how a resident of the Aragatzotn village of Sasounik was incarcerated for stealing wheat from a neighbor’s basement.
I was really happy when the Tatev cable car launched its first maiden voyage high above the valleys and gorges of Syunik. I also had good feelings towards Russian-Armenian businessman Rouben Vardanyan.
“Armcollection” Director Gets 25 Liters Daily for Company Car Hetq has obtained copies of directives handed down by Lyudvig Sargsyan, Director of “ArmCollection” CJSC (Hayinkasatsia) regarding “permissible gasoline amounts” to be used by company ...
It was four in the morning. I had an hour to wait at Zvartnots Airport. It seems that Armavia Airlines goes out of its way to schedule all of its flights late at night. In this, it has succeeded.
Last week, MP Karo Karapetyan, along with two other Armenian parliament MP’s, paid a visit to the editorial offices of Hetq.
RA National Assembly MP Viktor Dallakyan’ now famous statement on charitable giving has essentially declared the start of the pre-election campaign.
Jockeying for position within Armenia’s ruling elite and flare-ups on the political front will continue as long as Robert Kocharyan, the second president, has not decided between coming out of “retirement” into big politics or sticking to his business ...
Indian Benefactors Come to the Aid of Karen and Andranik On Armenian Independence Day, September 21, Father Khoren Hovhannisyan, Pastor of the Armenians in India and Manager of the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy of Calcutta, ...
No one is any longer amazed to read stories about Armenian officials abusing their government posts. You can no longer shock anyone by writing that this or that person has spent $500,000 to buy a seat in the National Assembly. It comes as no surprise ...
One year ago, National Assembly MP Karo Karapetyan opened fire on Artur Zadoyan, a resident of Nerkin Dvin village.
“I am convinced it was suicide,” Sargsyan Declares “Once again let me declare, and I say this with the deepest conviction, it was a case of suicide. Maybe they instigated him to suicide, maybe they pressured him…As to the Khalafyan case in general, ...
The problem isn’t that RoA National Assembly President Hovik Abrahamyan owns several businesses and that the government seeks to make them answerable to the tax laws of the land.
This question is frequently posed by various political figures and players, especially those hailing from the ruling Republican Party. They just cannot understand how numerous officials, caught with their hands in the state “cookie jar” or found to be ...
The Russians are in Armenia. In the lexicon of the Armenian elite, the Russians are our "back-up". You need such "back-up" to get ahead in business, to become a member of parliament or even find any type of work. And since their "boss" says that today our ...
Ruben Hakhverdyan’s recent “controversial” interview with the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet has been a topic of debate and discussion in the Armenian press. In an interview with Hurriyet reporter Vercihan Ziflioglu, dated August 3, the popular Armenian ...
The RoA State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC), during its investigation of the vodka market, has brought charges against “Saleks Group”, a company owned by MP Samvel Aleksanyan, six times and has hit the legislator with penalties.
Who will come out on top after the upcoming licensing competition
Hetq’s article regarding the unfolding drama at the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy in Calcutta (Armenian College in Calcutta Under Lock-Down; Students Blame Etchmiadzin Designated Director) elicited a wide range of reactions from readers. Many ...
Aristomene Varudakisi, Director of the World Bank office in Armenia, is completing his mission here. Before leaving, he revealed a startling figure – 35-40% of Armenia’s Gross Domestic Product is comprised of “shadow business”; i.e. these activities ...
Today there are 44 foreign citizens detained in the penal institutions of Armenia who have been convicted or accused of illegal drug smuggling for eventual sale. The vast majority of them (80 %) are citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In the early morning the self-defense forces of the Martuni region of Nagorno Karabakh began an operation to destroy the military strongholds in the villages of the Aghdam region of Azerbaijan. Everything was going as planned. By noon the operation was ...
An interview with the popular Armenian song writer and performer Why hasn't a "spiritual" Armenia taken shape? We must not forget that not much time has past from the battle of Sardarabad in 1918 till today. I believe that we have recently come to realize ...
Owing to its large audience and influence on the viewer,TV has become an important weapon in the strugle being waged foreconomic and politcal power. The ruling elites have realized that the impact of the print media in the country has waned and that it is ...
24 year-old Vahan Khalafyan was killed in the Charentsavan police station. it possible that the public wouldn't have known about it? Yes, definetely. Is it possible that RA Police Chief Alik Sargsyan was in cahoots when it cam to feeding the public false information ...
“We must immediately issue a warning – to stop the rains from mixing with the toxic wastes. They are flowing down.” This was the alarm made by a top government official who wishes to remain ...
For the past few issues, we have been presenting our readers stories of individuals who have taken out bank loans, mainly for agricultural purposes, and the financial mess they have wound up in. We have stressed that the loan system is such that rural residents ...
“Jungle” Karaoke Bar Blares Music; Tenants All Stressed Out Years ago, my Armenia friend from the diaspora decided to relocate to Armenia. Three years ago he purchased an apartment on Northern Avenue in downtown Yerevan. A year ago, he took the plunge. ...
Humanity has existed from time immemorial and during the past 20,000-30,000 years gas was never burnt. Now look at what’s happening. People in Armenia are all emotional; they want to burn gas. Go to your homes and burn cow dung."
Two months ago, it became apparent that the buildings constructed by Glendale Hills with government money intended to house homeless families in Gyumri, were sub-standard.
There’s a rumor going round the halls of the National Assembly. They say that a bill is going to be introduced to add a new national holiday to the calendar – “Bodyguard Day”. It’s still too early to say which MP will sponsor the bill or which political ...
Will the government ever decide to correct practices of Glendale Hills and other developers? On December 23, President Serzh Sargsyan visited the neighborhood of Moush in Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city. It was only after his visit that the government ...
Last week the T.V. news show “Haylur” reported that after its program aired, the chief of staff of the presidential office would personally get involved in the matter of the Gyumri boiler plant. What went down in Gyumri and why did the chief of staff decide ...
Yesterday, the Estonian Financial Inspectorate fined “GILD Arbitrage Risk Capital Fund” 250,000 kroons (about $25,000) for providing its investors false information regarding its status in Armenia.
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