Canadian authorities claim to have uncovered an alleged human smuggling ring which has brought hundreds of Romanian Roma to Toronto via Mexico, Canada’s National Post reports. A spike in Romanian refugee claimants is suspected to be directly linked.
On 28 October 2012, Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis expected the police to come and detain him several hours after having published a list of 2,059 names of Greek residents who hold bank accounts at the HSBC bank in Geneva. Vaxevanis published a special issue of his Hot Doc magazine, dedicated to this list.
The police report that Nver Hovhannisyan, the director of the Vardenis Psychiatric Hospital, has been released on his own recognizance. Police cite health reasons for the change in Hovhannisyan’s pre- trial detention.
Secretary Mabus expressed his deep appreciation for Armenia's contributions to our shared mission in Afghanistan and to peacekeeping operations in Kosovo. Mabus also discussed the importance of defense reform, peacekeeping operations and training, as well as the professionalization of the non-commissioned officer (NCO) corps. Mabus discussed cooperation with U.S. Marine Forces Europe through the Black Sea Rotational Forces.
According to political analyst Richard Giragosian, the reason that the parliament of New South Wales passed a resolution recognizing the right of the people of Artsakh to self-determination is because Artsakh’s diplomacy is getting stronger.
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes to the people of Turkey as you celebrate the 89th anniversary of the founding of the modern Republic of Turkey this October 29.
According to the Azeri Press Agency, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan Elman Abdullayev said that the government of Armenia “was trying to deceive its people on the eve of the presidential election by giving them false information about the recent New South Wales resolution on Karabakh.
The Co-Chairs stressed to the Ministers the importance of reducing tensions among the parties. They presented their ideas on a working proposal to advance the peace process.
The Turkish Studies Chair of the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon) and the Gomidas Institute (London), will be hosting a new lecture series entitled “The Ottoman Empire and its Eastern Provinces”
President Serzh Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony of the Jewelry Exhibition at the Marriott Hotel in Yerevan today.
Political analyst Richard Giragosian told reporters today that Serzh Sargsyan would be re-elected president of Armenia, since there isn’t a viable alternative and that the ruling party would utilize all its administrative resources.
The public is invited to a forum tomorrow, October 30, at 2pm at the Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall on Abovyan Street to discuss the recent sale of the building housing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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