14 year-old Gohar, from Hovtamech village, has never been to school and remains a virtual prisoner in her own home. The culprits are the girl’s own parents.
First Bank loan funds were used in illegal construction on Cape Zavala and a waterpark that never happened. Both projects were linked to ruling party vice president and former President of Serbia and Montenegro Svetozar Marovic and members of his family.
In his weekly address to the Justice and Development faction in the Turkish parliament, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the government will introduce Kurdish language elective courses in the country’s public schools come September.
Greek coach Fernando Santos noted in post-game remarks that it appeared that his team wasn’t even on the pitch during the first 15 minutes of play.
After his 1-1 draw with Poland, Russian national team coach Dick Advokat said his players were stronger than the Poles and that he regarded the score as a success given the 40,000 Polish supporters that filled the stadium.
Samvel Karapetyan, a noted specialist in the preservation of Armenian cultural monuments, told reporters that Azerbaijan is destroying everything in the northern Artsakh district of Shahoumyan (now under Baku’s control) that testifies to an Armenian presence on those lands.
Armenia’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Charles Aznavour, met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Antonio Gutierres on June 12.
A chance viewing of a posting on the social network site of Facebook led to a joint international effort to uncover some hitherto previously unknown and unseen historically important Armenian graves at Surat in India.
Armenians expected Secretary Clinton to strongly condemn Azerbaijan after its initial attack. Clearly, the Azeri military action was timed to coincide with her visit to Armenia. Yet, regrettably, the Secretary merely urged both countries to refrain from "the use of force," stressing that the Artsakh conflict "can be resolved exclusively by peaceful means." Clinton’s totally unacceptable statement equated the aggressors with the victims....
“We consider the practice of Radio Free Europe as immoral. Particularly, in view of the fact that employees are not informed by the employer about inapplicability of American laws to their labor relations.” The Czech Helsinki Committee statement signed its chairwoman, UN Human Rights Prize winner Anna Shabatova.
Last night Azerbaijani hackers attacked the BlogNews.am website, causing extensive damage.
Based on financial disclosures, it appears that Armenia’s First Lady Rita Sargsyan has more personal wealth than her husband President Serzh Sargsyan.