Credit Suisse agreed to pay France 238 million euro (US$234 million) to settle a criminal probe accusing the bank of facilitating tax fraud and money laundering. The deal brings an end to the latest blow to the Swiss bank’s legal woes.
Chaarat owns the Kapan mine in Armenia and the Tulkubash and Kyzyltash Gold Projects in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Members of the OSCE fact-finding team, dispatched to Armenia last week to assess the humanitarian needs of border communities impacted by September’s Azerbaijani attacks, today visited the Gegharkunik villages of Kutakan, Sotk, Verin Shorzha, Ayrk
The Turkish daily Sabah, citing unnamed diplomatic sources, reports that the special representatives of Armenia and Turkey will next meet in Turkey.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo met today at the Vatican and discussed the Order’s humanitarian programs in Armenia.
U.S. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price, during a press briefing yesterday, said Washington wants to see a stable Caucasus region.
Zakharova, according to TASS, issued a statement on Monday charging Washington and Brussels of circulating “"unsubstantiated accusations that Moscow isn’t fulfilling its security obligations to Armenia."
The Kremlin remains tightlipped about a reported meeting between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow.
The Armenian Defense Ministry reports that Azerbaijani troops fired on Armenian military positions along the eastern border last night.