Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian asked his visiting Greek Cypriot counterpart on Tuesday to help Armenian law-enforcement authorities investigate a high-profile fraud case that has sparked corruption allegations against Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian.
Cypriot Attorney General Petros Clerides on Monday dealt a blow to the credibility of Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian’s assurances that he has no ties to a Cyprus-registered company that was allegedly used for defrauding an Armenian businessman.
Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian has forwarded to state prosecutors a controversial report by Armenia’s Audit Chamber alleging widespread misuse and waste of public funds by various government agencies, it emerged on Thursday.
Armenia’s desire to integrate with the European Union does not contradict its close political, military and economic ties with Russia, President Serzh Sarkisian said during an official visit to Poland late on Tuesday.
Armenia is pressing ahead with plans to launch its first commercial satellite and hopes to attract private investment in the project worth an estimated $250 million, a senior government official said on Friday.
Scarce public funds in Armenia are not systematically wasted or misused because of corruption, the government insisted on Monday in response to a critical report released by a parliamentary body.
Armenia is still not eligible for renewed large-scale assistance from the United States which is conditional on political and economic reforms, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern said on Friday.
The Armenian police launched on Friday a criminal investigation into serious abuses in the administration of public procurements that have been alleged by the parliamentary Audit Chamber.
A parliamentary oversight body alleged widespread corruption in the administration of state procurements in Armenia on Thursday, saying that it has resulted in a massive loss of public funds.
Yerevan Mayor Taron Markarian received strong praise President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday as he was inaugurated for a four-year term more than one month after the ruling Republican Party’s victory in disputed municipal elections.
Suren Khachatrian, the controversial governor of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province, officially stepped down on Thursday amid the continuing fallout from a deadly shootout that occurred near his house on June 1.
A senior Armenian law-enforcement official insisted on Wednesday that a regional governor notorious for violent conduct was not personally involved in a shootout outside his house that left one person dead and sparked calls for his prosecution.
The Armenian authorities have assured the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that they are committed to implementing “deeper and more comprehensive” reforms sought by the Washington-based lending institution, a senior IMF official said on Tuesday.
The notoriously violent governor of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province said on Monday that he is “temporarily” stepping down in connection with a weekend shootout outside his villa that left one of his local rivals dead and two other men injured.
Britain’s Prince Charles ended a three-day private visit to Armenia on Thursday with a meeting with Catholicos Garegin II at the Echmiadzin headquarters of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday met with Britain’s visiting Prince Charles and praised his contribution to charitable work done in Armenia by a former Armenian prime minister based in London.
Charles, the prince of Wales, arrived in Armenia on Tuesday on a three-day private visit which a senior British diplomat said reflects his interest in the country’s history and culture.
In what amounted to a vote of confidence, the Armenian parliament approved the government’s new five-year plan of actions on Thursday after three days of heating debates between its pro-government majority and opposition factions.
Armenia’s leading opposition groups represented in parliament rejected the government’s new five-year program on Tuesday, dismissing its pledges to speed up economic development, tackle corruption and strengthen the rule of law.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s newly reshuffled government pledged to significantly reduce poverty and unemployment and establish the rule of law in Armenia in the next five years as it sought a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday.
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