Armenia is a source country for women and girls subjected to sex trafficking, as well as a source country for women and men subjected to forced labor. To a lesser extent it has been a destination country for women subjected to forced labor. Women and girls from Armenia are subjected to sex trafficking in the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, and within the country. Armenian men and women are subjected to forced labor in Russia. Armenian boys...
The Associated Press reports that three people in southern California have been charged with running a prostitution ring that recruited women from Latvia and Russia to work in the sex trade in Los Angeles and Orange County, federal authorities said Tuesday.
Representatives of the National Revenue Service today visited the Civilitas Foundation to present their request for Civilitas’s financial documentation since the Foundation’s establishment in May 2008. This request came on the heels of summons presented by the National Security Service calling members of the Civilitas Board for questioning during the next week.
HAK MP Hrant Bagradyan told reporters today that friends of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan have advised him to tone down his criticism of the government leader.
During his meeting with the newly appointed French Ambassador to Baku, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that Armenian armed forces should be withdrawn from “occupied Azerbaijani lands” to resolve the conflict and noted that the proposals of the Armenian side are unacceptable.
One of the most unexpected matches in Euro 2012 will take place this evening when underdogs Greece take on an unstoppable German side that has won all its games so far.
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invited French President François Hollande to make an official state visit to Turkey when the two met in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday at the United Nations Rio 20 summit.
Portuguese coach Paulo Bento said his squad controlled play throughout and were constantly pressing their opponents. As to their upcoming opponent in the semi-finals, Bento said it didn’t matter who they played.
Police investigators report that at 2:30am, an unidentified man fired upon Souren Zoroyan near a bread plant on Yerkatoughayinerri Street #9.
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and his delegation landed in Marseille yesterday to participate in events marking the 20 anniversary of a friendship and cooperation treaty between the two cities.
The cause of the explosion, at the site where work was being carried out by Samvel and Friends Ltd., remains unclear.