Ampop Media has studied and represented the dynamics of under-5 mortality and birth anomalies between 2006 and 2016. According to this study, the number of children born with congenital malformations in Armenia increased by 30% over a 10-year period. This means that in 2006 every 71st...
Civil disobedience protests have closed central streets in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. The protests grew especially intense on Monday, April 16, when thousands of protesters took to the streets, brought traffic to a halt.
Why?
People are protesting the announcement made on Saturday by...
The synthetic rubber plant “Nairit” was opened in 1936 nearby Yerevan. It supplied 34 kinds of chemical products to the Soviet Union and Soviet-bloc countries in its most prolific years. “Nairit” was the engine of the Soviet Armenia’s economy and industry providing jobs...
Mining is one of the most important sectors of the Armenian economy; it has the largest share of exports constituting more than half the total value. On 9 March 2017, Armenia became a candidate country for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Candidacy means the...
About 900,000 people–nearly a third of Armenia’s population—are officially considered to be poor. This is according to 2015 data, which means that one out of every 3 citizens of the country is poor. The poverty rates for 2016 have not been published yet, but 0.2% economic growth...
