More than a quarter century has passed since the earthquake in Armenia’s Gyumri. On December 7, Gyumri marked the 26th anniversary of the earthquake – 26 years of pain, hunger, homelessness, emigration, suffering and the hope that one day their children will have a home and emerge from homelessness and poverty.
“Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has put the world closer to a world war than at any time in the last 50 years. He has violated the three key settlements of the 20th century”.
Of great importance, the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, criminalizing the act of xenophobia and racism practiced by the means of computer systems, was opened to signatures in Strasburg, on January 28, 2003. This protocol is of great significance to the world, and considering our own interest, to the Americas, to the New World.
The company will also pay approximately US$ 1m a year to local government budget in the form of land payments. However, the impact of the project on the economy will be significant also in terms of employment in the region, and the multiplier effect an operation like Amulsar will have on local businesses.
Since Armenia’s decision, just over a year ago, not to proceed with its Association Agreement including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, but to join the Russian-led Customs Union instead, highlighting relations with NATO has become more important as Yerevan does not want to seen a fully under the control of Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
Interview with the Executive Vice President of Lydian International Didier Fohlen.
The international media is replete these days with scandalous stories about European and American politicians being wined and dined in Azerbaijan and Turkey, for self-serving ulterior motives.
Forty-thousand Yezidis that have found a refuge on the summit of the sacred mountain of Sinjar are looking into the eyes of death. This ancient sect of an ancient ethnicity for the first time in its millenials-old history is facing a total annihilation. A total annihilation indeed.
The present situation of the Karabakh conflict is tense for the unfortunate soldiers and residents who find themselves close to the line of contact, but relatively stable from the perspectives of Baku and Yerevan.
South Caucasus expert Thomas de Waal: a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, Washington, comments on the latest incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani front-line.