Last week, renowned Canadian film director Atom Egoyan was in Turkey for the first time. Although he had received many invitations from film festivals before, he had preferred not to come. He had legitimate reasons, fears and concerns. ‘Ararat’, the film he shot 13 years ago, had faced intense reaction and repression in Turkey; and could not be screened.
Spanish anti-organized crime prosecutors have arrested more than 30 people allegedly connected to a Georgian burglary gang in a major operation that involved hundreds of specialist police officers, including experts from German federal police.
On May 3, 2006 at 2:13 am local time near Adler Airport, Armavia’s Airbus A320-211 (EK- 32009), flight 967 en route to Sochi from Yerevan, crashed into the Black Sea.
Stella Haroutyunyan is a 39 year-old single mom struggling to raise five children in the Etchmiadzin area village of Artimet. Her husband left to work in Russia seven years ago and hasn’t returned.
The “No to Plunder” movement say it will organize a march on July 14 to the Prosecutor General’s Office to demand that police who used physical force against individuals, on June 23 and subsequently, who were protesting the electricity rate hike be held accountable.
The four afflicted had eaten wild mushrooms picked in the field. They were taken to hospital, treated, and later released.
On a two day working trip to Armenia, Georgia’s Minister of Agriculture Otar Danelia has already visited the Ararat Food Combinat, known for its canning of natural juices and preserves, and Golden Grape Armas, a winemaking operation in Aragatzotn Province.
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