Karen Mikayelyan, Chief Specialist at the Yerevan Municipality's Department of Trade and Services, was taken into custody by police on March 27 for allegedly taking a $2,500 bribe from a city resident.
At the first session of the state commission coordinating the events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, President Serzh Sargsyan proclaimed that "the denial of the 1915 Genocide and disrespect shown to its innocent victims would never be tolerated."
Bekor Papazyan, Executive Director of Armenia's National Competitiveness Foundation, who tendered his resignation effective June 15, will be replaced by Arman Khachatryan, who now runs HayPost.
I met him while walking through the narrow streets of KumKapi. The boy was serving tea to customers from a large silver tray. The shop he works for is owned by some Kurds.
On the contrary, the charges Der-Boghossian faces have been upgraded to "forced sexual acts with a minor". He now faces a prison term of 8-15 years if found guilty.
A civic group called "Know Your Country" reports that people wanting to visit cultural monuments in the Khosrov Forest Reservation will now have to pay 3,500 AMD each.
Construction of a third electricity transmission line, with an 800-9000 megawatt capacity, from Iran to Armenia will start in two weeks.
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