# Hetq

> Hetq is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Armenia. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Balanced**.

- **Domain:** hetq.am
- **Website:** https://hetq.am/en
- **Country:** Armenia
- **Region:** Europe
- **Language:** Armenian, English and Russian
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Balanced
- **Founded:** 2001

## About

Hetq covers Armenia as a permanent audit of who got the land, the contract and the licence. Published by a journalists' NGO since 2001, it works wastewater plants that never opened, prison self-harm, and the property deals of the governing faction's parliamentary leader. The newsroom that lost its largest funder in 2025 now carries bank advertorials in the same feed as the investigations that reach prosecutors.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Published by the Investigative Journalists NGO, founded by working journalists in 2000 and registered in 2001; co-founder Edik Baghdasaryan has been editor-in-chief throughout. A commercial arm, Hetq LLC, operates alongside the NGO. No board or trustees are published.
- **Funding:** Pooled grants across several donors including the United States Department of State, which cut support in 2025, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the International Fund for Public Interest Media and the German Federal Foreign Office, plus commercial video production and sponsored business content.
- **Focus areas:** Corruption and public procurement, mining and environment, prisons and human rights, courts, Nagorno-Karabakh, media ownership


## What the position means

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and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Armenian Foreign Minister Visits Margara Border Checkpoint](https://hetq.am/en/article/183603) — 2026-08-30T10:54:00.000Z
- [Judges in Armenia Compensated Despite Facing Criminal Charges](https://hetq.am/en/article/183587) — 2026-08-29T06:00:00.000Z
- [Yerevan Municipality Says No Need to Investigate August 13 Fire](https://hetq.am/en/article/183582) — 2026-08-28T14:36:00.000Z
- [Court Orders Two Month Detention for Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan](https://hetq.am/en/article/183548) — 2026-08-27T05:00:00.000Z
- [Armenia-Born Students Can Still Attend Istanbul Armenian Schools](https://hetq.am/en/article/183545) — 2026-08-26T16:24:00.000Z
- [Artist Argues Armenians Undervalue Their Culture: A Case Study of Cilician Armenian Embroidery](https://hetq.am/en/article/183529) — 2026-08-26T16:21:00.000Z
- [Son of Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan Detained for Two Months](https://hetq.am/en/article/183522) — 2026-08-26T03:21:00.000Z
- [Armenian Border Guard and State Revenue Committee Representatives Attend U.S. International Rail Interdiction Training](https://hetq.am/en/article/183523) — 2026-08-25T18:54:00.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-07-28. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 11 (4 themes).

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