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Wars displace record 40.8m people in the world
LONDON: The number of people internally displaced by conflicts around the world rose last year to a record 40.8 million people, a report out on Wednesday showed. “This is the highest figure ever recorded and twice the number of refugees worldwide,” said Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), co-authors of the report...
New Panama leaks show offshore firm linked to associate of Ukraine's Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – A deputy director of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s confectionery empire is a beneficiary of a company registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), according to new information from the leaked “Panama Papers”. …read more Source: The...
New Panama leaks show offshore firm linked to associate of Ukraine’s Poroshenko
A deputy director of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s confectionery empire is a beneficiary of a company registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), according to new information from the leaked “Panama Papers”. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany to increase troops for first time since Cold War ended
BERLIN: Germany is raising the number of its troops for the first time since 1990, ending a quarter of a century of successive cuts in the army since the end of the Cold War. The Bundeswehr is expected to increase in the next seven years by 14,300 soldiers, while 4,400 civilian officers will also be added to the service, Defence Minister Ursula...
EBRD, Switzerland strengthen support for small businesses in Central Asia
The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO is increasing its support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Central Asia with a €4.5 million contribution to the work of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Small Business Initiative (SBI) in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. This strategic Initiative...
IMF team arrives in Ukraine to check on new government
KIEV: An International Monetary Fund team arrived in Kiev on Tuesday after the formation of a new Ukrainian government resolved a prolonged political crisis that had stalled the release of vital aid. The mission’s visit was long awaited in the cash-strapped former Soviet country as it grapples with the costs of a two-year conflict in the...
4 billion AMD transferred to special account number of the AR Government
Since April 4 up to May 6 overall 3,928,753 ,273 AMD was transferred by 5,346 persons to the special account number opened by the AR Government including transfers with dollars, euros and rubles; 15,163,333 million AMD was transferred on May 6 by 106 persons. We would like to remind that the whole sum will be directed to further strengthening of...
Chances of Iveta Mukuchyan at Eurovision 2016
Today the first semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2016 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden. Iveta Mukuchyan representing Armenia will perform at number 7. Yesterday the last rehearsals of the participants were held at Stockholm’s Globe Arena. Judging by those rehearsals, the international bookmakers have already presented their betting...
VivaCell-MTS establishes a computer class in borderland village of Vahan
VivaCell-MTS has always kept borderland communities at the center of its attention. The press office of VivaCell-MTS has told ArmInfo that this time the company has refurbished the computer class of Vahan secondary school with 10 computers. It will help to integrate modern technologies into the teaching process. Owing to VivaCell-MTS support, two...
The group from Kyrgyzstan impressed the judges of Britain's Got Talent
Bishkek, May 10 / Kabar /. The group from Kyrgyzstan Tumar KR impressed the judges on Saturday with a stomach churning body popping routine. The four-piece group from Kyrgyzstan gave a performance featuring robotic-like moves that were a signature of the act and got four yeses. As Tumar KR showed off their moves, one member gave an eye-popping...
