The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today urged a commission responsible for writing a new Constitution for Turkey to reject proposed amendments that would severely weaken current language protecting media freedom.
Armenia's Hovhannes Davtyan, a Gyumri native, beat Germany's Tobias Englmaier in the Olympic men's judo (60kg last 64) at the 2012 London Olympics today.
Hrachya Rostomyan, the newly appointed RA Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs possesses a number of foreign currency bank accounts.
In recent days, and following fighting in Damascus and Aleppo, the conflict in Syria has reached an unprecedented level. On 27 July 2012, the UN Human Rights Chief expressed particular concern about the likelihood of an “imminent major confrontation in Syria's second largest city Aleppo.”