Down Syndrome Still Stigmatised in Armenia
Despite moves towards inclusive education, public attitudes are slow to change.
Despite moves towards inclusive education, public attitudes are slow to change.
Reforms mean Anti-Corruption Council will include opposition and NGO representatives for the first time, but will still be led by the prime minister.
President holds talks in Brussels instead of joining a meeting with Russian, Kazak and Belarussian counterparts.
Many hold foreign passports, and recent changes in the law make them feel like strangers in their own land.
Human rights defenders sceptical that laws alone will change practice of coercing suspects to confess.
Workers sacked en masse amid continued talk of saving the debt-ridden factory.
Right now, only exploratory work is planned, but environmentalists fear for the worst if anything is found.
In the end. painstaking efforts to rebuild the troubled relationship were blocked by massive unresolved differences.
Police investigations can be flawed and public attitudes are often unsympathetic.
President invalidates candidate selection amid allegations that process was flawed.