Georgian Minister to monitor MP’s Armenian niece murder caseOctober 30, 2012 - 15:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia’s new Minister of Internal Affairs Irakli Garibashvili has taken personal control of the murder case of an Armenian girl, according to the Ministry’s official website. “Every resource and effort will be used to discover Barbara Rafalyants’ murder,” the statement said. On Sept 30, a 10-month-old baby, Barbara Rafalyants, was killed in the Georgian village of Kolaga, having been found drowned in a wine pitcher following a kidnapping. The baby’s aunt being Manana Berikashvili, the majoritarian candidate of the Georgian Dream oppositional coalition, the murder triggered a number of accusations against the United National Movement ruling party. In this connection, Ms. Berikashvili was demanding the arrest of her main opponent from United National Movement Giorgi Ghviniashvili, believing him to be the main suspect in the crime. On Oct 1, the Georgian Dream coalition led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili won 85 seats to 65 for Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. Armenia, India hold first defense consultations The meeting was attended by Indian Ambassador Nilakshi Saha Sinha and Defense Attaché Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan. |