Police in Serbia arrested 11 men Monday in a sweep against corruption in football clubs, according to local media reports. The men were reportedly charged with abuse of office, money laundering, and tax evasion in a series of scams that police say cost the Serbian government more than $19 million.
Fars News Agency reports today that Iran is studying a plan to establish a new zone for economic cooperation with Armenia and Azerbaijan. The issue was raised during a meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and Alireza Beigi, Governor-General of Iran's north-western province of East Azerbaijan.
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and Writers Union President Levon Ananyan ceremoniously cut the ribbon of a new bookstore located next to the Union’s building on Baghramyan Street in Yerevan.
On the occasion of the New Year and Christmas holidays, a reception was held today at the Presidential Palace hosted by Serzh Sargsyan for members of the press in Armenia.
Around 150 Syrian-Armenian students now continuing their higher education in Armenia will be receiving stipends this week from a group called the Armenia Youth Foundation.
During a ceremony opening a building to house Karabakh war invalids in Sumgait, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is quoted to have declared Yerevan as “historic Azerbaijani territory” and the present Republic of Armenia a “fictitious” state.
“EcoLur” Informational NGO has sent a letter to Nature Protection Ministry, which says, “Meghradzor resort zone turned out to be in the epicenter of hazardous project implementation – cyanic plant, Meghradzor gold mine opencast development and Tezhsar nepheline-syenite mine.
By now it is clear that the rise of big mining in Armenia has been not a project of the national interest but a privilege of the chosen few, who have amassed fantastic fortunes while our country descends into poverty and despair.
Armenian police say they arrested a social services employee in the town of Masis after he pocketed a 35,000 AMD ($87) bribe from a beneficiary.
In a story titled: "Imported Cattle no Bovine Boon for Azerbaijan," Seadet Akifqizi of the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported that the government of Azerbaijan spent $23 million to import "4,500 pedigree cows from Germany and Austria in an effort to improve livestock quality and boost milk production." Each European cow was expected to produce 40 liters (10.5 gallons) of milk a day compared to the domestic...
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