Anahit Hayrapetyan: ''I started taking photos of victims of the Nagorno Karabakh war since 2006. These are portraits of parents of the victims of the war in Karabakh 1988-1994. At that time I was traveling from one village in Artsakh to another, taking random photos. In Hin Taghlar village, which is in Hadrut region, I asked an elderly couple who lost their son to the war, to stand in front of his photo. As I saw the two halfs of their faces...
After scoring an important win in appeals court Wednesday, Swedish prosecutors can now proceed with bribery charges against the Uzbek nationals involved in the scandal at Swedish telecom TeliaSonera, the Swedish News Agency reports.
Some residents of Haghbat village called Hetq yesterday. They were concerned that some large clay vessels unearthed at the nearby Alaverdi cemetery had wound up on the grounds of the Atorik restaurant.
Paris-Presidential candidate and former foreign minister Raffi K. Hovannisian met today with Paul Jean- Ortiz, the chief diplomatic counselor of French President Francois Hollande.
Hovhannes Manoukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador to Georgia, definitely makes the richest diplomat list. His 2011 official financial disclosure reveals revenues of $22,574 (salary), 26.136 million AMD (rental income), and “contributions” of $175,000 and 95,000 Euros.
I urge my Syrian-Armenian businessmen to proceed with the utmost caution before dealing with any officials, their relatives or any so-called sponsoring services in Armenia.
When the last three justice ministers spoke about reforms to the system, I never took them seriously. Those “reforms” have been in the works for the past ten years. What have been the results? Have the courts and serving judges become more independent? No. In fact, they have become more controllable and more corrupt.
In light of the upcoming February 2013 Presidential election in the Republic of Armenia, we are writing to bring to your urgent attention the latest report by Policy Forum Armenia (PFA). The findings therein highlight our concerns about the integrity of the electoral process in the country—as observed during the May 2012 Parliamentary Election—and its implications going forward.
Once again, the trial of Gyumri resident Sousanna M., convicted of tracking in Trebizon, Turkey, had to be postponed on January 15. At the last minute, the accused decided she wanted to switch her defense attorney.
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