The human rights organization EveryOne has sent Egyptian and international institutions and the media the personal data of the notorious trafficker in human beings who is holding 59 Eritrean migrants hostage and torturing them every day with his brothers.
On December 2, the Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development (CARD) and the U.S. Embassy held their annual Wine and Cheese Tasting. Each year, this event allows retailers, restaurant owners, local vendors, and members of the international community to sample wine and cheese produced by Armenian producers supported by USDA/CARD.
Todey U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern launched a job fair at the Congress Hotel in Yerevan. The U.S. Alumni Association of Armenia (USAAA) organized the fair to help match Armenian alumni of U.S. exchange programs with potential employers.
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), welcomes the prompt police action against three men who physically attacked a TV crew from TV Vijesti.
Vienna, 2 December 2011-The Vienna-based South East Europe Media organization (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls on the Kosovo Force (KFOR) authorities, the NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo, to investigate alleged attacks against several journalists in Northern Kosovo.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the senior policeman of the Guard-dogs Breeding Division of the State Protection General Department of the RA Police A. Gevorgyan from January to September 2011 had got 32.280 liters of gasoline based on the contacts in order to provide the employees of the mentioned police division with gasoline. He had also got 7.830 liters of gasoline from the Economic Department of the RA Police.
Migrants’ voices must be heard in today’s all too often biased, polarized and negative debate on migration, says IOM’s World Migration Report 2011: Communicating Effectively about Migration.
Measures to increase the number of women candidates nominated by Armenian political parties was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
The Caucasus Region was nominated by Conservation International as one of the 34 identified biodiversity hotspots worldwide. This means that the Caucasus is of global importance for the survival of an enormous number of plant and animal species.
Regarding the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Armenia, Zohrabyan said it was incumbent that they be as free and fair as possible since the whole world would be watching.
The SCPEC found that while the coffee was marketed as 100% pure, it also contained traces of barley, walnut, wheat and other elements.
“A few people, party members, have been charged. Members of our party and other political organizations could be charged with the same violations as well."
Mariam showed us the cuts on her shoulder where her husband and mother-in-law stabbed her with a fork. They also used a hot iron on her hands and waist.