Extending the reach of the 2012 Magnitsky Act, US Senators have introduced a new bill that aims to block human rights abusers from any country, not just Russia, from entering the United States and using its financial institutions, reports RIA Novosti.
The man also claims that only 25% of the money being spent to send assistance (foodstuffs and clothing) to Syria from Armenia actually translates into tangible goods. The rest is squandered along the way.
The dairy plant and bakery closed over time and the village become desolate. Semyonovka today is a single street with 300 residents and various problems.
The National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia, along with Armenian 5 travel agencies, will represent Armenia at Fitur annual international tourism trade fair, which will take place in Madrid, Spain from January 22-26.
A Russian citizen spent two hours dangling in a Tzaghkatzor ski lift last Saturday after workers shut the power off and went home.
During a visit to a local Yerevan school, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan led students in a minute of silence for the Armen Hovhannisyan, the Armenian soldier killed yesterday while repelling an attempted Azerbaijani military incursion into Artsakh.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today met with Philippe Lefort, the European Union’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense reports that Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire 240 times on January 20 alone.
Around 300 local residents work at AMEC and Mayor Khachikyan is worried that a halt in operations will throw the community into social calamity.
According to Hans Christian Kofoed Charitable Foundation Director Shavarsh Khachatryan, there are around 1,000 homeless people in Yerevan. In December 2013, the homeless shelter in the village of Haghtanak was moved to Vardashen and combined with the Danish-Armenian Hans Christian Kofoed Charitable Foundation. There are currently 100 homeless people staying at the shelter, which means only 10% of the homeless have temporary shelter. There...