During a meeting with Karen Hillard, the newly appointed USAID Mission Director for Armenia, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan noted that one of the biggest challenges facing the government is creating the basis for a thriving middle class in the country.
Protestors marched in the streets in Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh, voicing their opposition to the extradition of Ramil Safarov, the convicted murderer of Armenian Army officer Gourgen Margaryan, an his subsequent pardon by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
A group of environmentalist held a press conference today to protest the planned construction of a Komitas Museum in the pantheon/park of the same name. They say that the memorial park in Yerevan, where the graves of numerous Armenian notables including Komitas Vardapet are located, will suffer as a consequence.
As I am sure you know, the president of the host country has added to his long-standing record of racism, rights suppression, and anti-Armenian demeanor by pardoning and glorifying an Azerbaijani soldier who had been convicted in Budapest for the cold-blooded murder by axe (yes, you read this correctly) of an Armenian colleague. Today, Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan would have turned 34 years old.
In a tiny village in Gegharkouniq Province, local tax inspectors unearthed a 78 year-old woman and charged her with avoiding tax payments. They have fined the senior 500,000 AMD. This can be considered a death sentence for the woman.
The British High Court has handed down a ruling in a protracted financial dispute between two of Russia’s wealthiest oligarchs – it was the largest private litigation battle in history. Roman Abramovich was declared the winner on August 31 after he denied claims that he’d cheated former oil partner Boris Berezovsky out of billions of dollars.
Four Azeri and Turkish-American organizations launched a coordinated anti-Armenian campaign last week, attacking the integrity of Mark Hoplamazian, Chief Executive Officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, in order to intimidate him and other Armenian-American executives.
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