Federal and state agents detained over 150 policemen in the Mexican state of Durango on Friday, on allegations of collusion with Mexico’s infamous organized crime syndicates, the BBC reported. Officers from the northern cities of Lerdo and Gomez Palacio are accused of protecting and sharing information with drug traffickers, according to Al Jazeera.
For the first time ever, the company accounts and hedge funds based in the Cayman Islands will have to make public their financial records, according to reforms proposed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA).
An all-new edition of Armenia’s best-selling travel guide, The Stone Garden Travel Guide: Armenia and Karabakh, will be published in February.
Under a cloudy and cold Yerevan sky, Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian kicked off his presidential campaign today, calling on fellow Armenian citizens to go to the polls on February 19 and finally send the current president and his team packing.
When dental nurse Silva Papoyan opened the door to the Alaverdi clinic this morning where she works, she knew the place had been burgled. The place was a mess, the latest victim of a spate of robberies that has hit the area.
On January 19, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan met with members of the foreign diplomatic corps in the Armenian health resort town of Jermouk.
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project was selected as a finalist this month for the European Press Prize, an award created by representatives of seven European media foundations.
An interview with presidential candidate and former RA Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan (Interview conducted by Edik Baghdasaryan)
According to a Today’s Zaman news report, Turkey’s Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin has said that Hrant Dink's murder may be re-investigated under the fourth judicial reform package.