The criminal investigation into a violent attack on a Croatian investigative journalist has been upgraded to attempted murder.
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has seized tons of amber and hundreds of thousands of dollars in an ongoing fight against illegal mining of the precious material in the remote north of the country.
The US State Department watered down its annual human trafficking report and inflated the ratings of 14 strategically important countries, including Uzbekistan, according to a special report by Reuters.
At a meeting today in Yerevan with Armenia’s Minister of Transportation and Communication Gagik Beglaryan Japan’s Ambassador to Armenia Eiji Taguchi noted that Japanese organizations might invest in the North-South Highway now being constructed in Armenia.
In the Group 1 qualifiers for Euro-16, Armenia faces Portugal, now ranked 6th in the world. Armenia’s other opponents include Albania (22nd), Denmark (25th) and Serbia (66th).
Cypriot Ambassador to Lebanon Homer Mavrommatis met with His Holiness Aram I at St. Mary’s Monastery in Bekfaya this morning.
Saint Karapet Church in the village of Gandza where Vahan Teryan was born (Ninotzmida region of Georgia), is undergoing renovation.