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Accor, lder global en hospitalidad, acaba de firmar un contrato para construir un nuevo hotel en Colombia: se trata del ibis Styles Armenia, el primero de este tipo que abre la cadena en el pas, con un concepto innovador, diseo nico, creativo, y servicios pensados para que los huspedes tengan una experiencia inolvidable.
El ibis Styles Armenia contar con 180 habitaciones, restaurante, bar, rooftop, salones para eventos, espacio de coworking WOJO y piscina. El nuevo hotel se construir sobre la Avenida Centenario, uno de los ejes principales de la ciudad, lo que le dar una ubicacin privilegiada, y ser construido por la firma Felipe Gmez Arquitectos, una empresa colombiana de arquitectura integral, con ms de 35 aos de experiencia en proyectos de vivienda y hoteleros.
El ibis Styles Armenia es una apuesta de la cadena para continuar consolidando al Eje Cafetero como uno de los destinos favoritos en Colombia y brindar una experiencia diferente a los huspedes y visitantes.
A lien has been placed on the shares of a number of companies affiliated with Minasyan, including DzoraHEK hydroelectric plant, Opera Suite hotel, Jazzve cafe, Panarmenian Media Group, Armenia TV Company and Velofirma Ltd.
On April 19, 2019, Poghosyan was arrested in Russia at the request of Armenian law enforcement authorities. While in Russia, Poghosyan applied for political asylum but was granted a temporary residence permit. Following his arrest, a local court allowed the Russian police to hold him in detention for up to 40 days, pending a decision on his extradition to Armenia. Later, however, Russia refused to extradite him, citing sovereignty and national security concerns. The Armenian side had requested clarification, which has not yet been provided. As of November 2019, Poghosyan is no longer under house arrest in Russia.
Sargsyan, who is currently living and studying in the U.S., responded to the charges brought against him in a Facebook post. He said that all those who did receive housing and all those who did not are well aware that the process was conducted in accordance with the law and clearly-set principles. Sargsyan also noted that the entire process was under the oversight of the commission. The investigation is still ongoing.
Former Defense Minister Mikayel Harutyunyan is accused of overthrowing the constitutional order and giving permission to use Special Armed Forces against civilians during the 2008 post-election unrest. Harutyunyan, who is somewhere in Russia and according to some sources has been a citizen of the Russian Federation since 2002, has been under investigation since July 2018. Russia has refused to extradite the former Defense Minister.
Mayrapetyan, who was supposed to return to Armenia by October 15, 2019, ignored the order on unsubstantiated grounds. The law-enforcement body accused him of using his illness as an excuse to avoid returning to Armenia. On March 9, 2020, a Yerevan court issued a new arrest warrant for Mayrapetyan.
Khachatryan is among the richest people in Armenia and a very controversial figure. His two sons Gurgen and Artyom Khachatryan, and his nephew Aram Khachatryan, own nearly 50% of Ucom, one of the largest Internet providers in Armenia. Khachatryan, known for a vast empire of business dealings, denies owning any businesses or properties in Armenia or abroad.
Lyova Sargsyan is also charged with illegal enrichment. Along with his two children, he has been under investigation after law enforcement agencies discovered that they hold about $7 million in undeclared deposits in an undisclosed Armenian bank. An arrest warrant has been issued against Sargsyan, who is currently under investigation.
As part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged financial abuse and mismanagement of resources during the construction of the North-South Highway, criminal charges were also brought against the executive director of Multi Group, Sedrak Arustamyan. Multi Group is owned by business tycoon and leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan. Arustamyan is accused of fraud and tax evasion. According to the Investigative Committee, he helped a Chinese construction company (Sinohydro Corporation) build a 56-kilometer highway as part of the North-South highway to evade $503,000 in taxes. The company paid an Armenian firm owned by Arustamyan and run by two other men (one of whom was Gurgen Sargsyan, Transport Minister from 2008-2010) $2.2 million in consulting fees as part of the scam. Arustamyan was released on bail for 20 million AMD.
Former Minister of Transport and Communication (2008-2010) Gurgen Sargsyan was arrested as part of the ongoing criminal investigation launched into the construction of the North-South highway. Sargsyan is accused of fraud and tax evasion. According to the Investigative Committee, in 2012 he was the project lead of a company that was a subcontractor in the construction of the highway.
The statement also says that, under the leadership of Sargsyan, the police forces buried evidence regarding the alleged involvement of the army in the crackdown and fabricated documents justifying the use of force against protesters. Kostanyan denies the accusations. Sargsyan also denies the allegations and says that he has nothing to do with the March 1 case. He is not in custody but cannot leave the country.
As part of the investigation into illegal adoption cases, three suspects were arrested in December 2019, among them the director of the Republican Maternity Hospital Razmik Abrahamyan (also the head OB-GYN of Armenia), the deputy director of the same hospital Arshak Jerjeryan and the director of a Yerevan orphanage Liana Karapetyan (the name of the fourth suspect remains unclear; she is a 43-year-old woman based in Yerevan). After being arrested, Razmik Abrahamyan was taken to hospital, allegedly suffering from health issues. All four of them have been charged for illegally separating a child from parents.
According to the statement by the Investigative Committee, they are suspected of forcing young women to abandon their babies, who were later adopted by foreign nationals (after paying bribes). It is estimated that 101 cases were reported to the police, all of which took place at the Republican Maternity Hospital. Investigators said that Abrahamyan would be kept under pre-trial detention. Later, however, a Yerevan court delivered a judgement saying that the suspect cannot be kept under pre-trial detention. Karapetyan was also released from pre-trial detention on bail for 3 million AMD ($6200).
Sargsyan was arrested by Interpol and the Czech police in Prague at the end of December 2018 holding a fake Guatemalan passport under the name of Franklin Gonzalez. He was extradited to Armenia on December 21, 2019, and is under pre-trial detention.
Retired Army General Manvel Grigoryan was arrested in June 2018 on a number of criminal charges brought against him including embezzlement and illegal arms possession. Grigoryan, who was in pre-trial detention for more than one and a half years, was released on January 15, 2020 because of his health conditions. Charges were brought against Grigoryan and his wife Nazik Amiryan after a raid by security forces in 2018 revealed a cache of weapons and ammunition, medical equipment and food meant for soldiers that was donated by school children and other military hardware, including an ambulance, provided by the Ministry of Defense for the armed forces. Fresh charges were brought against him in February for tax evasion and extortion.
In June 2019, the Special Investigative Committee announced that it had uncovered evidence regarding the criminal case involving former Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. According to the law enforcement agency, 15 parcels of land in Dilijan, and the communities of Mkhchyan and Narek, were illegally sold to relatives and people close to Abrahamyan. Land auctions were in fact not held and the documents were forged. For some of the people involved in the process, the recent amnesty law was applicable; for others, the time limit for imposing penalties has expired. The investigation is ongoing.
The Armenian government has initiated a broad set of cases against the oligarchs and Robber Barons of the former regime composed of the upper echelon of the previous-pyramid hierarchy. Nerses Kopalyan looks at a number of high-profile cases.
Finding the proper tools to combat the spread of misinformation and fake news on social media networks has confounded many societies and governments. State-authorized action could threaten free speech.
Can the popularity of the National Security Service be sustained after the dismissal of Artur Vanetsyan? It can, but only through one mechanism: rigid institutionalization and the complete alleviation of the personalization of politics in Armenia.
Los bombardeos de las fuerzas azerbaiyanas haban sido inclementes desde la 1 p.m. del da anterior. A los 17 aos, con su padre militar en el frente de batalla, le toc a Boris guiar a su madre y hermanos a un lugar seguro.
El bloqueo impuesto por Azerbaiyn meses antes haba impedido que Boris continuara estudiando en la escuela tcnica de Stepanakert, capital de la regin. Trabajaba en una obra de construccin cuando comenzaron los bombardeos. Sali del trabajo y rpidamente recogi a su hermano de 11 aos de la escuela y lo llev a casa, donde lo esperaban su madre y su hermana. Los escolt a un stano cercano para cubrirse antes de ayudar a otros en el pueblo.
Boris, su madre, sus hermanos y sus abuelos maternos encontraron refugio en un campamento en la provincia de Shirak, al noroeste de Armenia. El campamento del Ordinariato Catlico Armenio, situado en Torosgyugh, normalmente organiza actividades de verano para nios, pero ahora acoge a refugiados de Nagorno-Karabaj en colaboracin con Caritas Armenia. Est a unas 11 millas de la segunda ciudad ms grande de Armenia, Gyumri, pero a 208 millas del lugar que Boris llam hogar.
La familia de Boris es parte de la histrica comunidad armenia evacuada a la fuerza este otoo de Nagorno-Karabaj, en disputa desde hace mucho tiempo. El derecho internacional reconoce la regin como parte de Azerbaiyn, pero la comunidad armenia local lo rechaz en la dcada de 1990, lo que desencaden dcadas de guerra.
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