
Armenia
With demands met, employees of Zangezur Mine stop their strike
Armenia’s largest taxpayer had halted its operations for 11 days.
Armenia’s largest taxpayer had halted its operations for 11 days.
The two meetings of the sides have not resulted in an agreement.
The Zangezur mine, the largest taxpayer of Armenia, has not been operated since last Friday.
The Armenian government owns 21.8% of the company’s shares.
Dozens of civil servants have been dismissed after speaking out against the halting of Georgia’s EU membership process.
Afiaddin Mammadov was convicted of intentionally causing serious bodily harm and hooliganism and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Up to 100 miners were dismissed in what the company has claimed is part of a retraining initiative.