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Notes from the Pink City

Are Tariffs Protecting Local Jobs or Corporate Welfare?

April 17, 2019 at 3:58 pm Raffi Elliott 4

This week, the workers at the Ararat Cement plant took to the streets in protest following news of mass layoffs. The plant, located just outside Ararat, is one of two in the country and employs […]

Notes from the Pink City

Scuffles Over the Opera Café Dismantling: A Sign of the Pains to Come

March 20, 2019 at 8:12 pm Raffi Elliott 3

Last week, the Yerevan Municipality began dismantling several illegal outdoor cafés around the city’s landmark Opera House as part of a bid to return the city’s shrinking green spaces to its residents. This move was […]

ANCA News

Slap on the Wrist for Turkish Lobbyist Caught Laundering Azerbaijani Oil Money to Fund Congressional Trip

February 12, 2019 at 10:36 am ANCA 5

WASHINGTON, DC—A multi-year Congressional Ethics investigation and five-count federal indictment that led to the international manhunt, arrest, extradition and confession of Turkish American lobbyist Kemal Oksuz ended Tuesday with the U.S. District Court issuing a […]

My Turn

Aliyev’s Daughters Try to Buy $76 Million London Home with Offshore Funds

January 3, 2019 at 5:39 pm Harut Sassounian 0

The British Guardian newspaper exposed in its Dec. 21, 2018 issue the latest financial scandal involving the daughters of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. Leyla and Arzu Aliyeva sought to purchase two luxury Knightsbridge apartments in […]

My Turn

Another Major Erdogan Corruption Scandal; This Time on US Soil

October 25, 2018 at 9:40 am Harut Sassounian 0

Not a week passes without the disclosure of another major scandal in Azerbaijan or Turkey. The latest such scandal was exposed by the Stockholm Center for Freedom in an article written by exiled Turkish writer […]

Op-Eds

But What About Levon?

August 4, 2018 at 5:57 pm Haig Kayserian 12

Commenting on the virus that is corruption, Mahatma Ghandi once said: “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” Now to the title of this article: “But what about Levon?” […]

Notes from the Pink City

Tackling Corruption Is Good, But Judicial Reform and Sound Fiscal Policies Are Better

July 11, 2018 at 12:41 pm Raffi Elliott 2

“Nikol Pashinyan has accomplished more in a month than Serge Sarkisian did in a decade.” It’s a sentiment that seems to be on everyone’s mind in Armenia’s pink-stoned capital. It refers to the newly inaugurated […]

Breaking

Hayastan All Armenian Fund Director Arrested for Embezzlement

July 3, 2018 at 3:40 pm Weekly Staff 9

YEREVAN (Asbarez)—Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) on Tuesday placed Ara Vardanyan, the director of “Hayastan” All Armenian Fund (Armenia Fund, for short) under arrest on charges of embezzlement and misuse of funds. The NSS said […]

Garen Mouths Off

Unbe-F’in’-lievable

June 22, 2018 at 12:43 pm Garen Yegparian 7

Maybe he didn’t think he would be caught. Maybe he was too arrogant. Maybe he was too cocky. Maybe he was too plain dumb. Maybe he thought he was untouchable. Maybe he is the most […]

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