“In extraditing Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan, where he is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment, amongst other human rights violations, the Belarusian authorities have failed to adhere to their obligations under international human rights law,” the statement reads.
Blackstar, his final album released days after he died, also won best alternative music album, rock performance, and engineered album, non-classical (Bowie is listed as one of the engineers on Blackstar.) In the latter category, Bowie was honoured over a list of artists that included Prince, who also died in 2016.
Competition in the record of the year category included Beyoncé’s Formation, Rihanna and Drake’s Work, twenty one pilots’ Stressed Out and Lukas Graham’s 7 Years. Adele shared the award with producer Greg Kurstin.
A special 1,260-member assembly on Sunday confirmed general expectations and elected Steinmeier as the new ceremonial head of state of the German Federal Republic, DW reported. He will succeed current President Joachim Gauck, who decided to step down after a single five-year term in office, citing his advanced age of 77.
Reflecting to Russia’s role and approaches in the region, that these projects will be banned by Russia, Barzegar said it should be taken into consideration that in the South Caucasus and in the region, where Armenia is located, Russia traditionally has had positions of a leading power. In his words this means, like in case of any other country following its national interests, in case of a superpower those interests are being imposed on other countries.
According to Alexander Skakov, the part referring to Karabakh in anticipated negotiations shouldn’t be overestimated, as Iran isn’t an OSCE MG Co-Chair and is a regional actor with its interests—common border with the conflict zone, where, naturally, military operations are a direct threat to it.
Estera Mkrtumyan has been appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Argentina by the presidential decree of Armenia, 168.am was informed from the press service of the Armenian President’s Office.
At Fashion Week in New York City Google announced a partnership with Ivyrevel, an online women’s fashion brand backed by H&M Group for a new project called “Coded Couture” to create customized dresses from user data. As part of this project, the duo has created an Android application that will make use Awareness API that the search giant had introduced at the I/O conference last year.
Pleased with the steps taken by the Government in the fight against corruption, the U.S. Ambassador welcomed the Prime Minister’s public statements and actions in this regard. Noting that there is still much to be done in this field, Richard Mills said his country’s authorities ready to support the Government’s anticorruption effort through their own resources.
“By Lapshin’s extradition Lukashenko seems to additionally interest, please Aliyev. Let’s understand also that this wasn’t the intention of Belarus, obviously this foxy plan was plotted by Azerbaijan by choosing such a multilayer history.”
