Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Federal Republic of Germany Ashot Smbatyan reported on the Armenian-German relations, focusing on trade component of the partnership, as well as on bilateral ongoing projects, achievements and existing problems to the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on March 9.
“The organization, which is not formally affiliated with the Azerbaijani state but has hewn closely to the Aliyev government’s line, has continued this spending, paying $1.46 million for U.S. lobbying services in 2015, most of which went to Fabiani & Company, according to public lobbying disclosures.”
“We see this as the latest in a series of troubling judicial and law enforcement actions taken by the Turkish government targeting media outlets and others critical of it,” Kirby said while responding to a question on the court decision earlier.
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland required the mutual legal assistance of the French judicial authorities in connection with the criminal proceedings against Joseph Blatter.
An event commemorating the Armenian Genocide will be held at the Tufts University, USA. The Tufts event will feature a lecture by Marc Mamigonian, Director of Academic Affairs at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), entitled “Scholarship and the Armenian Genocide: The State of the Art and the State of Denial.”
“Ensuring land rights, reinforcing the rights of girls and women to education and social protection and increasing women’s participation in decision-making in a meaningful manner are critical,” Elver said.
He says Dikran Tahta at St Albans School opened his eyes to math, which he describes as the “blueprint of the universe”.
In an interview with the Paris-based magazine Numero, the former “Twilight” character and face of Dior Homme revealed his designer aspirations. “I’ve started making clothes,” he said. “For the last two years, I’ve been visiting producers and craftsmen. There are already quite a few pieces. I love doing it. My style is influenced by the cities I go to, sourcing fabrics and local skills. In Los Angeles it’s really easy to work with denim and do workwear-inspired clothes. In England I look more toward wool and knitwear. What I do is pretty multifaceted, clothes for men and for women, things that I make with friends….But I’m not going into too much detail, I don’t want to jinx anything.”
Ambassadors of 28 EU member states decided to extend for six months the validity of the “black list” drawn up for Russia and Eastern Ukrainian breakaway republics on March 9 at a session in Brussels. As “TASS” was informed by a source in the EU Council.
There are discriminatory fetal sex-selection issues in Armenia. This was stated at the launch of the Advisory Committee session on “Combating discrimination against fetal sex selection,” by head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador Piotr Świtalski.
