OCCRP Reporter Stevan Dojčinović was awarded today with Serbia’s top journalism prize – The Jug Grizelj prize. It is given by the family foundation of Grizelj, an influential reporter who died at 65 in 1991.
Dormitory #1, located at 22 Garegin Nzhdeh Street in Gyumri, was given the status of a third-grade damaged structure after being hit by the 1988 earthquake. Ten families live within its walls. The families do not qualify for new apartments since they weren't left “homeless” by the earthquake. Talk about an extremely legal interpretation of the law. These families cannot even register their damaged apartments as private property.
Dormitory #1, located at 22 Garegin Nzhdeh Street in Gyumri, was given the status of a 3rd grade damaged structure after being hit by the 1988 earthquake. Ten families live within its walls. The families do not qualify for new apartments since they weren't left “homeless” by the earthquake. Talk about an extremely legal interpretation of the law. These families cannot even register their damaged apartments as private property.
The trial of 16 individuals accused of operating an international drug trafficking syndicate began in Belgrade on Thursday. Those indicted include the infamous Balkan drug lord Darko Šarić, who allegedly masterminded the criminal operation; Šarić’s group allegedly smuggled more than 5,500 kilograms of cocaine from South America into Western Europe.
Owners of corporations registered in British Virgin Islands include top managers of state-controlled giants.
Lawyer Tony Merchant, Canada’s “class action king,” sought secrecy for Cook Islands trust.
“This is a foundation for our children’s future,” said Anahit Bakhshyan, a member of the founding board of the Barev Foundation. “Every dollar invested will contribute directly to our struggle to achieve true democracy in our homeland.”
Nairit Plant CJSC in Yerevan hasn’t been operating since 2010. The factory, producing chloroprene rubber, was built in 1934 and was considered a giant of its kind during the Soviet era. The market for its finished product was the Soviet Union and Soviet-bloc nations. In its heyday, Nairit was the 4th largest rubber operation in the world.
Akram Aylisli and Lusik Aguletsi
In November of 2012, a Mercedes pulled up to a home not far from downtown Bucharest, the capital of Romania. As the young driver got out of his car, a thin, blonde man in his early 30s emerged from the shadows and fired a dozen bullets from a Kalashnikov rifle into his chest and head.
Shinforum LLC, a company engaged in road and bridge construction, has dropped its slander suit against Hetq according to a statement just released by Kentron and Nork-Marash Court Judge Samvel Tadevosyan.
On March 26, 2013, a U.S. federal district court in Los Angeles sided with Armenian plaintiffs in a hard-fought case involving reparations for land seized from Armenians in Turkey during the Armenian Genocide. Nearly 15 months after the Turkish Central Bank and T.C. ZiraatBankasi, a state-owned agricultural bank, asserted sovereign immunity and asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, the courtin a landmark decision determined that the Banks can be...
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