Croatia’s anti-corruption police (USKOK) arrested the mayor of the capital city, Zagreb, and several of the city’s top administrative officials on Oct. 19 on suspicion of corruption and abuse of power relating to the city’s municipal services company, reports Deutsche Welle.
A delegation of the representatives for Eastern Partnership will be visiting Armenia on October 21 and 22. During their trip the Ambassadors will give a lecture at the Yerevan State University on the topic of ‘‘Strengthening of the cooperation between Armenia and EU within the framework of Eastern Partnership’’.
Shant Harutyunyan, the event organizer was sentenced to six years imprisonment on October 17 on the charge of “hooliganism committed with a weapon or another item used as a weapon”.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan currently owns more than fifty businesses in Armenia, butnone are officially registered under his name.
In Lousakerd, incumbent Samvel Balabekyan beat his rival Mourad Voskanyan by 254 to 85 votes.