A move by the Saakashvili government to redo a lighting and sound system in an environmentally sensitive cave is leaving many in the dark. The move, which may be damaging the cave’s delicate ecosystem, also appears to have drained the state budget unnecessarily.
Authorities from the Department for Grave Crimes in Baku have summoned Khadija Ismayilova, OCCRP partner and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent, for questioning relating to what the department alleges are leaks of state secrets.
The dismantlement of a United States sex trafficking ring called Operation Dark Night resulted in 23 convictions and the rescue of 12 victims. Women were being forced into prostitution and traded between Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas.
If we believe the statistics publicly provide by Armenia’s customs agencies, Armenia is doing a brisk trade…with itself. For example, Armenia allegedly exported US $6.2 million US in products to Armenia.
If he wins, 52 year-old Ohanyan (photo), the current mayor, will enter his fourth term as the head of this administrative unit of 139 that also incorporates the neighboring village of Tsghoun.
One of the last remaining open spaces surrounding the Opera House in Yerevan seems to have been taken over by a series of canopy stalls intended for commercial purposes.
Prior to arriving to Armenia in September 2013, he didn't even know where Armenia was on the map. When his mother found out that he was going to Armenia, she reacted negatively.
The residents of Arevashat village in Armavir Province support each other in cultivating the land, but they say that without loans from the bank they are unable to invest in a greenhouse and grow crops to sell at the market.