When preliminary results from Georgia’s first census in more than a decade were released this year, they provided a shocking reality check. They showed that the country’s population as of last year was just 3.7 million, nearly 800,000 fewer than the previous official estimate.
An ISIS commander toldThe Washington Poston August 12, 2014: “Most of the fighters who joined us in the beginning of the war came via Turkey, and so did our equipment and supplies.”
Napoléon Bonaparte said that “nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” This is the situation Europe is facing, especially France, as they must take difficult decisions after the new terrorist attacks in Paris Daesh. Should Europe close its boarders to refugees due to the real risk about the presence of jihadists between the crowds of refugees?
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says there are reasonable grounds to look into crimes allegedly committed during 2008 conflict.
Last week I spoke at the first conference on the Armenian Genocide in Israel, gave a lecture at the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem, and attended a meeting with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin.
Politicians seem prepared to consider a measure that would guarantee women a quarter of seats in the legislature.
The “Belt and Road” Initiative, first proposed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, is a trade and infrastructure network that includes the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and “The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road”.
Starting November 9, 2015, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia will be changing its visa procedures to make it easier for approved visa applicants to pick up their visas and for certain current visa holders to renew their visas. There is no additional cost for this improved service.
On November 5, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the eastern direction of the Talish village of the NKR Martakert region.
As relations between Israel and Turkey have become increasingly strained in recent years, shifting from strategic alliance to outright hostility, many analysts began to wonder about the Israeli government’s uncharacteristically muted reaction to Turkish Pres. Erdogan’s anti-Semitic diatribes and anti-Israeli actions.
