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Armenian MoD comments on US military representative presence
... States and other international partners. This support may be short-term or long-term. The Ministry did not provide further details, noting that the American side has already given the necessary explanations. Previously, Zeya told Armenian media outlet Hetq on July 18 that a US military representative would be serving in the Armenian Ministry of Defense. Armenpress sought additional clarifications from the US Embassy in Armenia, where officials noted that Washington intends to support Yerevan in improving ...
08/02/2024Mega Trade gas station closed and oil and gas reservoir dismantled in Yerevan
... eliminated. As a result of co-operation between the regulator and law enforcement agencies, the station was shut down. The inspection body also demanded that the oil product storage tanks be dismantled as soon as possible, which was done. According to the Hetq Association of Investigative Journalists, the founders of Mega Trade include the family of businessman and pro-government MP Khachatur Sukiasyan.-0-
07/23/2024Mass media outlets claim Russia trying to punish Armenia by banning its agricultural exports
... Mnatsakanyan said the problem was not related to documents at all, because even dog food is not allowed to be exported. According to him, Russians also banned the import of fruits and vegetables, flowers, fish and other food items. In a conversation with Hetq.am , Armenian exporters claimed that Moscow is trying to economically punish Armenia for efforts to change its foreign policy vector. "They are trying to oppress Armenia economically. The reason is that Armenia is changing its political trajectory,...
11/28/2023Breaches found by Food Safety Inspection Body in production of cottage cheese eliminated
... YEREVAN, April 4. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Food Safety Inspection Body had the quality of a string of dairy products checked after the Hetq Association of Investigative Journalists unveiled March 23 the results of a study of ten kinds of cottage cheese, produced ... ... produced by 9 companies - Chanakh, Father and Son Yeremyan, Bonilat, Marianna, Arzni kat, Ashtarak kat, Marila and 4 types of sour cream produced by Chanakh, Bonilat, Arzni and Biokat. According to the findings of laboratory examination, the cottage cheese ...
04/04/2023Sour cream with E. coli and yeast fungi: Hetq finds violations in 4 out of 10 samples
The Hetq Association of Investigative Journalists has unveiled the results of another study of 10 samples of sour cream produced by Armenian dairies. YEREVAN, March 23. /ARKA/. The Hetq Association of Investigative Journalists has unveiled the results of another study of 10 samples of sour cream produced by Armenian dairies. On March 2, 2023, the Association bought 10 samples of sour cream trading as Marianna, Tamara, Biokat, Chanakh,...
03/23/2023Hetq initiates examination of 10 types of cottage cheese produced in Armenia: only two meet standards
The Hetq Association of Investigative Journalists has unveiled the results of a study of ten kinds of cottage cheese, produced by Armenian dairy companies, namely Tamara, Marianna, Biokat, Chanakh, Ashtarak kat, Arzni kat, Ani, Marila, Bonilat and Yeremyan ...
03/17/2023Ruling Civil Contract officially nominates Vahagn Khachatryan as candidate for president
... system of government. Armen Sarkissian was sworn in as President just two weeks before Serzh Sargsyan resigned as prime minister amid Pashinyan-led mass protests that eventually brought the latter to power. Earlier this month the investigative outlet Hetq.am published an article that says that when Armen Sarkissian was elected as President of the Republic of Armenia, he was not an Armenian citizen, (as required by the law) but had the citizenship of St. Kitts and Nevis, a country consisting of two ...
02/01/2022Ruling Civil Contract names its candidate for post of president
... system of government. Armen Sarkissian was sworn in as President just two weeks before Serzh Sargsyan resigned as prime minister amid Pashinyan-led mass protests that eventually brought the latter to power. Earlier this month the investigative outlet Hetq.am published an article that says that when Armen Sarkissian was elected as President of the Republic of Armenia, he was not an Armenian citizen, (as required by the law) but had the citizenship of St. Kitts and Nevis, a country consisting of two ...
01/31/2022Ruling Armenian party has not chosen a candidate yet to replace president Sarkissian
... within the stipulated timeframe," he said. Aghajanyan declined also mass media reports claiming that the ruling party has chosen Arayik Harutyunyan, the head of the prime minister's office, as a candidate for president. A local investigative outlet Hetq.am claimed that Armen Sarkissian resigned after it found that he held dual Armenian and St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship before his election as president in 2018 and thus was not eligible to serve as president based on Article 124 of Armenia’s Constitution....
01/27/2022Scandal around ex-president of Armenia is gaining momentum: publication about Sarkisian's citizenship of St. Kitts and Nevis sent to NSS
The Office of Armenia’s Prosecutor General said it has forwarded a publication by the Hetq investigative outlet claiming that President Armen Sarkisian, who announced his resignation on January 23, was a citizen of another country before he became president in 2018, to the National Security Service (NSS). YEREVAN, January 25. /ARKA/....
01/25/2022Armenian court sanctions arrests of former defense minister and weapon supplier
... of abuse of power and official forgery, which entailed grave material consequences. The NSS said the investigation was underway to reveal the entire criminal mechanism used by high-ranking military to steal money. --0-- Davit Tonoyan’s lawyer told hetq.am that they will appeal against the arrest at the Criminal Court of Appeal. -0-
10/01/2021Foreign ministry: Armenia not negotiating exchange of territories with any country
Armenia is not negotiating exchange of territories with any country, the Foreign Ministry said today in response to a request from the hetq.am to provide comments on the deployment of Russian border guards in Voskepar, a village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province bordering Azerbaijan. YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. Armenia is not negotiating exchange of territories with any country,...
08/18/2021Shushan Stepanyan appointed as new press secretary for Armenian defense ministry
... replaces Artsrun Hovhanisyan who resigned earlier this week. Shushan Stepanyan was born in 1988 in Nagorno-Karabakh. In 2005-2009, she studied at the Faculty of Journalism at Yerevan State University. In 2007-2009, she worked for the online journal Hetq as an investigative journalist. She worked also as a correspondent for the newspaper Haizinvor of the Ministry of Defense, and since 2018 as a correspondent for the Zinuzh-Media state institution. In 2009, she won a training course of investigative ...
03/13/2020Special Investigation Service reopens scandalous panama offshore case against Armenia’s former chief bailiff Mihran Poghosyan
... network of offshore activities referring to 11.5 million documents disclosing the scale of the shady dealings, in which key politicians and business people had been involved. The companies owned by Poghosyan were mentioned in the ICIJ list. According to Hetq.am, the media source engaging in journalist investigations, Poghosyan was shareholder of there companies registered in Panama - Sigtem Real Estates Incorporated, Hopkinten Trading Incorporated and BANGIO INVEST S.A.. He was doing business with hiding ...
01/25/2019Fourth chess tournament for mass media representatives held under VTB Bank (Armenia) sponsorship
... haymedia.am journalists ranked third. They all received cups, diplomas and money prizes, and the winner received the cup from Armenia Chess Champion Hayk Martirosyan. Other prizes were handed to journalist participants as well – to Norayr Shoghikyan from hetq.am and Ara Nalbandyan, an independent journalist, for the nicest win, to Ruben Margaryan from Golos Armenii for will-to-win spirit, to Vadim Mkrtchyan from Golos Armenii for the fastest win and Arthur Buniatyan, 72, the chief editor of Aspet newspaper,...
02/12/2018No irregularities found by experts at meat and dairy enterprises in Armenia
... ensures about 90% of the sold dairy products, of which 30% are products made of imported raw materials, for example, milk powder and condensed milk. “As for meat products, they are naturally are made of imported high-quality meat,” he said. Earlier, hetq.am, the website of journalistic investigation, appealed to the State Food Safety Agency of Armenia proposing to examine the samples of doctor sausage of local production which have been taken from supermarkets on November 14. The agency sent the ...
11/29/2016Armenian officials declaring willingness to combat corruption
... decisions are aimed at rooting out corruption. In his words, the government is doing something for that, but results are not seen at once. He also remembered the resignation of Mihran Poghosyan, Armenia's chief bailiff, who resigned immediately after Hetq.am, Armenian media resource engaged in journalistic investigations, brought out his affairs into the open saying that Poghosyan is shareholder of three companies registered in Panama - Sigtem Real Estates Incorporated, Hopkinten Trading Incorporated ...
05/13/2016Armenian state revenue committee sees no reason to trouble chief bailiff unless tax evasion fact proven
... indirectly linked to Luxembourg, Panama and the United Kingdom. Mihran Poghosyan, who ran Armenia’s agency for compulsory execution of court decisions before the offshore scandal and resigned immediately after the scandal broke out. According to Hetq.am, Armenian media resource engaged in journalistic investigations, Poghosyan is shareholder of three companies registered in Panama - Sigtem Real Estates Incorporated, Hopkinten Trading Incorporated and BANGIO INVEST S.A.. The world biggest media ...
05/12/2016Armenian officials involved in Panama offshore scandal to be punished: vice speaker
... Luxembourg, Panama and the United Kingdom. Mihran Poghosyan, chief bailiff of Armenia, who ran Armenia’s agency for compulsory execution of court decisions before the offshore scandal and resigned immediately after the scandal broke out. According to Hetq.am, Armenian media resource engaged in journalistic investigations, Poghosyan is shareholder of three companies registered in Panama - Sigtem Real Estates Incorporated, Hopkinten Trading Incorporated and BANGIO INVEST S.A.. The world biggest media ...
05/11/2016Evidence of Armenian officials' involvement in Panama offshore dealings under consideration now
... Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) pointed out also companies belonging to Mihran Poghosyan, who ran Armenia’s agency for compulsory execution of court decisions before the scandal and resigned immediately after the scandal broke. According to Hetq.am, Armenian media resource engaged in journalistic investigations, Poghosyan is shareholder of three companies registered in Panama - Sigtem Real Estates Incorporated, Hopkinten Trading Incorporated and BANGIO INVEST S.A.. The world biggest media ...
05/10/2016Presence of Armenians in ‘Panama Papers’ is indication of lack of control
... third is unknown. At the same time, these three companies are indirectly linked to Luxembourg, Panama and the United Kingdom. One of the Armenians in the list is now the former Chief Enforcement Officer Mihran Poghosyan, who according to the Armenian Hetq.am investigative website is a shareholder in three companies registered in Panama - Sigtem Real Estates Incorporated, Hopkinten Trading Incorporated and BANGIO INVEST S.A.. The "Panama Papers" database went live on Monday - the largest ...
05/10/2016Updated 'Panama Papers' include 37 individuals and entities affiliated with Armenia
... United Kingdom. The updated list includes also 6,285 persons from Russia, 127 from Azerbaijan, 82 from Georgia and 148 from Iran. One of the Armenians in the list is now the former Chief Enforcement Officer Mihran Poghosyan, who according to the Armenian Hetq.am investigative website is a shareholder in three companies registered in Panama - Sigtem Real Estates Incorporated, Hopkinten Trading Incorporated and BANGIO INVEST S.A.. The "Panama Papers" database went live on Monday - the largest ...
05/10/2016Demonstration against electricity price rise dispersed in Yerevan, journalists among 240 people detained
... Seven activists consulted a doctor, three were transferred to hospital. Eleven policemen suffered injuries, according to the police. Local mass media report that journalists from Gala TV, Armenian service of Radio Liberty, Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper, HETQ, news.am and panarmenian.net were detained and taken to police departments. On June 19 protesters declared a three-day sit-in in Freedom Square in Yerevan. On Monday they marched to the presidential administration, but stopped after encountering ...
06/23/2015Georgia to extradite Armenian businessman involved in fraud case
... who claims that the suspect misappropriated most of a $10.7 million loan which he borrowed from an Armenian commercial bank to finance a business project in Africa proposed by Sukiasyan. According to a story in the Armenian investigative publication hetq.am earlier this year, the embezzled sum was transferred to the offshore bank account of a Cyprus-registered company, Wlispera Holdings, allegedly co-owned by Sukiasyan, ex-prime minister Sarkisian and Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan, head of the Ararat ...
06/05/2014Armenian PM assures details of “offshore scandal” will be made public
... related to the so-called “offshore scandal.” YEREVAN, June 27./ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said Thursday the media sources would get full access to all the details related to the so-called “offshore scandal.” Hetq.am news portal published an article, “Who dispossessed Paylak Hayrapetyan of property: offshore trinity,” on 29 May raising the scandal around Armenian Prime Minister. The article says “WLISPERA HOLDINGS LIMITED” offshore company, registered ...
06/27/2013Armenian PM shrugs off media allegations about his involvement in offshore company
... Armenian National Congress (HAK) to set up an ad hoc parliamentary commission to look into media allegations about his alleged involvement in creation of an offshore company in Cyprus. The motion was made during a Q&A session by Levon Zurabyan from HAK. Hetq.am, the website of the Association of Investigative Journalists, claimed in a May 29 story that an offshore company - WLISPERA HOLDINGS LIMITED- registered in Cyprus was established by Tigran Sargsyan, head of the Ararat Diocese of the Armenian ...
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