Section: Aravot (Armenia)
Security forces raid Ukrainian media group
Ukrainian authorities should cease harassing journalists and employees of the Vesti media company, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. National police and military prosecutors today raided the Kiev office of Media Holding Vesti, which includes Radio Vesti, the daily … …read more Source:...
CPJ demands justice for prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet
Nearly a year after prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed by a car bomb in Kiev, no one has been arrested, Ukraine has failed to produce evidence backing its claim of Russian involvement, and flaws in the investigation cast doubt on Ukraine’s … …read more Source:...
European Council adopts EU-Ukraine association agreement
On 11 July, the European Council adopted a decision to conclude the Association Agreement with Ukraine on behalf of the European Union. This takes place on the eve of the EU-Ukraine summit to be held in Kyiv, on 12-13 July. … …read more Source:...
Italian police arrest Ukrainian man accused of killing photojournalist
New York, July 7, 2017—Italian authorities should fully investigate and prosecute all those responsible for the 2014 death of Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli in Ukraine, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Italian police on June 30 arrested Vitaly Markiv, … …read more Source:...
CPJ to release report on investigation into Pavel Sheremet’s murder
New York, July 5, 2017—The Committee to Protect Journalists will release its report, “Justice Denied: Ukraine comes up empty in probe of Pavel Sheremet’s murder,” at a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, on July 12. Nearly a year after prominent … …read more Source:...
First “Armenia” International Festival and Competition to discover bright talents
The first “Armenia” International Festival and Competition will take place in Yerevan from July 4 to July 12. 48 pianists from 14 countries (France, Austria, Poland, Norway, China, South Korea, Syria, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Georgia and Armenia) will … …read more Source:...
EU Council confirms political agreement on temporary trade preferences for Ukraine
On 28 June, European Union ambassadors endorsed the agreement reached between the EU Presidency, currently held by Malta, and the European Parliament on temporary autonomous trade measures in favour of Ukraine. The proposal is aimed at improving access for Ukrainian exporters to the EU … …read more Source:...
Ukraine says two soldiers killed despite cease-Fire
The Ukrainian military has said that two soldiers were killed and two wounded in the eastern part of the country despite a cease-fire that began on June 23. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports. In a statement posted on Facebook on … …read more Source:...
European Union extends Crimea sanctions by another year
Sanctions imposed by the European Union on the Crimean peninsula will remain in place until June 2018, the bloc’s foreign ministers decided at a meeting in Brussels on Monday. Reports Deutsche Welle. The sanctions include a ban on all imports and … …read more Source:...
Ashot Ghulian: Artsakh welcomes all subjects of its sovereignty
“Every time you congratulate South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Transnistria, Crimea, we are having a problem”: told the president of “Bright Armenia” party, the Member of the Parliament from “Yelq” bloc Edmon Marukyan during the 3rd conference of Armenian political parties, noting … …read more Source:...
