Hovhannisyan is especially irked by the attitude of local residents who try to justify their illegal logging by arguing that it puts food on the table for their kids. He says the majority doesn’t understand the damage being done.
A public hearing on the Nig Mining project is scheduled for May 7 at the Meghri Municipality.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian today hosted the Ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Lebanon to the Republic of Armenia, as well as Charges d’affaires of Kuwait and Iraq.
“I hope for a swift political agreement to the current impasse so that the government can focus on the many challenges facing Armenia,” the President said.
Investigators in Armenia started looking into the case in early 2016, after having received a report from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) about some accounting irregularities connected to a €120,000 grant made to the Martuni Student Council NGO.
On May 1, when the National Assembly voted to select Armenia’s next prime minister, MP Vardanyan stated that he would abstain from voting.
Leila became an overnight celebrity in Armenia and was nicknamed the “revolutionary grandma” on social websites.
Gasparyan (born 1998), was found with a gunshot wound to the head.
The current revolution is home-grown and purely Armenian. Outside powers – whether countries or organizations – neither initiated nor control the revolution. Still, major nations definitely have strong opinions, usually unstated, about the present crisis.
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