US security contractor Academi LLC, formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide and Xe Services, have settled charges of arms trafficking and related crimes filled against it by the US Department of Justice. Academi agreed to pay a US$7.5 million fine.
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its subsidiaries bribed doctors in Bulgaria, Serbia and six other countries, provided junkets and even paid off government officials in Croatia to win approval of its products, according to a settlement announced this week.
A Bulgarian investigative journalism site Bivol.bg released an interview with US journalist and intelligence expert Jeff Stein, who accuses Prime Minister Boyko Borisov of having a criminal past. Bivol.bg is the official Bulgarian partner of WikiLeaks.
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemned a physical attack against Chisinau-based Jurnal TV channel journalist Victoria Ocara, in Moldova.
The former small time mayor owns 16 various buildings and 13 plots of land in Talin. For the fiscal year Marc 1, 2011 to March 1, 2012, Mnatsakanyan declared cash holdings of 75 million AMD.
On 8th August, 2012, with the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the third volume of the bilingual yearbook of the Armenian Church of India and Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy (Kolkata, India), ‘Indian Armenians – 2011’ has been published.
The construction of the fish factory for Sevan trout production is about to be finished directly in Lake Sevan. A part of the lake is enclosed with reticulate cells.
Readers won’t be surprised to learn that in the past two years the RA Environmental Inspectorate has only managed to inspect two of the small scale hydro-plants that are popping up like mushrooms in Armenia.
The Vartanants Choir of Istanbul gave it final performance at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall last night. The performance was part of a pan-national music festival entitled “My Armenia” organized by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.
On Thursday, August 9 at 12 pm in Artashat city, the next trial connected with Mariam Gevorgyan’s case will be held. The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women will be holding a demonstration outside the court.
The pictures of war on major news networks mean destruction, devastation and despair for those embroiled in conflict. If the eye of an international reporter ever returns to those areas as the years pass, one usually sees a grim reality, where human suffering prevails, with no hope in sight.
The approaching Centennial of the Armenian Genocide in 2015 raises some fundamental questions, particularly on Armenian territorial demands from Turkey. In the weeks and months ahead, this column will address these issues by presenting the rationale for these demands and provide answers to frequently-asked questions.
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