The Istanbul based Armenian writer, journalist, and linguist Sevan Nişanyan has again run afoul of the Turkish legal system.
Arto had purchased some land in the Martouni village of Zolakar to build a house. He forked up $17,000 and his friend Nareg Hartunian, president of the Naregatsi Art Union, put another $7,000 in the pot.
According to Global Financial Integrity (GFI)’s new report, the developing world lost nearly US$1 trillion in 2011 due to crime, corruption, tax evasion, and other illegal transactions. This represents an increase of almost 14 percent from 2010’s numbers, reports the non-profit organization.
FM Nalbandian told the Co-Chairs about the killing of an Armenian soldier by Azerbaijani forces, stressing that such constant violations of the ceasefire hinder any progress towards a negotiated settlement of the Karabakh issue.
The names of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan appear on a registry document of a company registered in Cyprus to which large amounts of cash from bank loans were funneled.
Hrant Poghosyan, a private in the Armenian Army, was killed by enemy fire on December 14.
Azat Sargsyan, father of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, passed away today at the age of 84.
According to Armenia’s State Real Estate Cadastre, property transactions are up 12.5% this year over 2012.