A South-Sicilian clan of the Cosa Nostra planned to use dynamite to kill journalist Paolo Borrometi, who has been investigating the mafia for years, ANSA reported Tuesday.
Chkalov is a small village in Armenia’s Lori Province, named after a Soviet and Russian aircraft test pilot Valery Chkalov since 1939. Village Mayor Roman Shakaryan says the village has 38 households, with only 14 pupils attending the village primary school.
In Georgian tradition, guests are “golden,” a gift from God. For the past three years, the government has seen them as more of a goldmine, offering more than 400 well-heeled foreigners permanent residence in exchange for hefty investments.
“Our thoughts are the same as Nikol’s,” Ghahramanyan said referring to Nikol Pashinyan who heads the Civil Contract political party that has organized the march.
Armenia’s “democracy score”, on a scale of 1 to 7 (1=Most Democratic, 7=Least Democratic), is 5.43.
Two Yelk Alliance Faction MPs today lit smoke candles in the Armenian parliament and called on citizens to participate in a Yerevan rally scheduled for April 13 to prevent ex-Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan from becoming the country’s next prime minister.
The Armenian parliament today voted in favor of ratifying the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed on November 24, 2017.