Having survived the global recession and entered a period of fiscal growth, the Baltic country of Latvia is now widely considered an economic success story.
The Latin American Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) has become the first street gang to be designated as a transnational criminal organization by U.S. authorities, Government Security News reports. MS-13 now joins the ranks of the Yakuza and Los Zetas on the government’s list of groups targeted for domestic economic sanctions.
Due to this policy, the print media is free today but it has sacrificed its influence in return. National papers have regressed to becoming regional ones due to their limited circulation, mostly being sold in the capital.
Mr. Rifai said that he had been on a six month lobbying mission to get Armenian tour operators, hotels, tourist associations and others to sign the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism in order to maximize tourism’s socio-economic contribution while minimizing its possible negative impacts.
The first two photos are of the Karagloukh Cemetary at the Shikakar Fortress in the Martakert region of Artsakh.
Late last week Azeri dictator, Ilham Aliyev, made it known that he was displeased with the foreign oil consortium that is led by BP for supposedly costing the Azeri regime more than $8 billion in lost revenue.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian today met with Italy’s Defense Minister Giampaolo Di Paola today in Yerevan.
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A giant cross measuring 33 meters tall and comprised of 1,711 smaller crosses, symbolizing the years that Armenia has accepted Christianity as its “official” religion, will be consecrated on October 20.
A new bell weighing 100 kilograms will be placed atop the recently renovated St. Giragos Armenian Apostolic Church in Diyarbekir next month
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