In the course of the event, an implementation agreement will be signed between the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Human Rights Defender’s Office, which envisages establishing six regional offices of the latter, maintaining the operation of a hotline for registration of alleged human rights violations and establishing Rapid Reaction Groups to ensure prompt mobile response to alleged violations during the elections and pre-election campaign.
Most of the world’s largest economies have been on the U.S. State Department’s list of money laundering centers for years, but this year the world’s smallest country was added to this year’s annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report.
The Obama Administration has named the Brothers’ Circle as one of the transnational organized crime groups that posed the greatest threat to American security and recently sanctioned seven of its members.
Corruption and weak judiciary and law enforcement bodies continue to hamper progress in the fight against organized crime in the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia, says the U.S. State Department (USDS) in its annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR).
Khardalian said she was delighted her film would reach Turkish audiences. “My film might serve as a platform to invite dialogue, to discuss issues that are very difficult. It is actually an invitation to deal with our deep-rooted taboos, taboos that have crippled us, both Armenians and Turks.”
Khachatur Kokobelyan, President of the Free Democrats, today met with Mr. Bruce Donahue, Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of the United States of America in Yerevan.
"Our country is falling apart. One war and it will all be over,” Bagratyan warned.
The Hayteh Bar in Hopa is one of those rare places where you won’t see a portrait of Ataturk. “He’s my Ataturk,” says a communist Hamshentsi pointing to a photo of an old man, the communist Nuri Yasataghis; nicknamed “Doctor”.
How many times can Secretary of State Hillary Clinton break her pledge and make insulting remarks on the Armenian Genocide before she is called a liar and forced to resign?
At a mock trial at the park, activists tried and convicted the city for gross violations of the law and negligence when it came to defending the public interest.
At the 13th Republican Party Congress, President Serzh Sargsyan sounded more like a party leader preparing for the upcoming elections than a head of state.
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