Armenia—Russia’s closest ally in the South Caucasus—appears intent on revitalizing its partnership with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This agenda turned explicit on February 27–28, when Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan paid a visit to Brussels. Besides holding several important meetings with high-level European Union officials, including EU President Donald Tusk and High Representative Federica Mogherini, Sargsyan spoke in person with the North Atlantic Alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (Aravot.am, March 8).
Tegel has cancelled 460 flights and Schoenefeld another 143, according to an airport spokesperson, who added that further cancellations could happen over the course of Tuesday.
Private firms are justified on certain grounds to bar a female employee from wearing a headscarf or veil, according to the European Court of Justice. The top court was ruling on cases in France and Belgium, DW reports.
With winds of up to 60mph (100km/h), Winter Storm Stella is likely to cause severe disruption for commuters across many parts of the north-east on Wednesday morning, forecasters say.
Tigran Balayan, spokesman of the foreign ministry of Armenia, called Azerbaijan’s nomination of Polad Bülbüloğlu, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Russia, to the post of UNESCO head “hypocrisy”.
Moscow, can’t provide such guarantees, as currently, when the issue is prepared, NK conflict is living its own life, i.e. death. And as we see neither side can influence for the simple reason that from February 2017 even stir isn’t noticed, like after April 2016. The sides aren’t even ready for that.
Vache Gabrielyan, Vice Prime Minister-Minister of International Integration and Reforms, Vigen Sargsyan, Defense Minister, Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister, Suren Karayan, Minister of Economic Development and Investments , Vahan Martirosyan, Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies, Ignati Arakelyan, Agriculture Minister and other officials are among the delegation members.
“Yes, we consider that the denial is the continuation of the crime. And we believe that it is impunity and denial that give birth to new crimes,” the President said. He stated that the current Turkish leadership is being strictly criticized for their denial policy.
The push for the drastic reductions comes as the White House is scheduled to release its 2018 topline budget proposal Thursday, which is expected to include a 37 percent cut to the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development budgets, the Hill reported.
“Currently there is hope that the president’s program of shift to the parliamentary system will work, as its initiators have planned. Few think of the possibility of non-standard development of the situation, as it’s rather complicated and no one needs it for the time being.”
