VIENNA, 20 March 2012 - “Although many in the West present Turkey as a role-model for the ‘Arab Spring’ countries, Ankara’s freedom of the press record gets worse and worse each day,” writes Emre Kizilkaya, foreign news editor at the Turkish daily Hürriyet, in his recent analysis for a web portal specialised in monitoring media developments in Turkey, www.turkeypressfreedom.org, run by the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation...
Armen Hakobyan, head of the RA Police Internal Security Department, says an administrative investigation has been launched due to Hetq article.
In recognition of Armenia Tree Project’s successful record in tree planting, environmental education, and sustainable development, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has awarded a $1.2 million grant to ATP. The funding will help to underwrite a portion of ATP’s core programs through 2014.
Harun is surprised. The word mashk is no longer used in the Hamshen dialect, only appearing in the word for “bat”.
A civic group calling itself “The Army in Reality” charges the RA Ministry of Defense with hindering reporters from covering stories related to accidents and other suspicious incidents within the armed forces.
Police report that they have arrested a man for throwing a hand grenade into the entrance of the Alen-Elen disco club in Yerevan at around 1:30am today
Garo Kahkejian was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1962. He was the founder and commander of the “Խաչակիրներ” (Crusaders) volunteer detachment.
A package that had been found on one on the indicted Italians was opened in full view of the court. It should have contained 1.460 million AMD, $2,400 and 30,180 Euros.
The Gegharkunik Regional Court yesterday found in favor of Gegharkunik Regional Governor Nver Poghosyan and ordered that 200,000 AMD be seized from the newspaper Zhoghovurd.