Arguing that the 2015 changes to Armenia’s Constitution were a necessary step to usher in long-term and substantive reforms to the country’s political environment and economic development, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, during his speech yesterday to the ruling Republican Party Council meeting, also announced that his party needs new leadership on all levels.
When outgoing Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan first took office in April 2014, Armenia’s government debt (also known as public debt) stood at US$4.6 billion.
The Almaty City Court on Thursday detained the head of a Silk Road free-trade zone between China and Kazakhstan for two months on suspicion of accepting a US$ 1 million bribe.
Like Hovik Abrahamyan, the prime minister he’ll replace, Karapetyan’s business interests in Armenia are registered in the name of his family members.
Karen Karapetyan, the man nominated to be the next prime minister of Armenia, addressed the council of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia yesterday and said that he would do his utmost to justify the party’s faith in him.
There are three ambassadors of Armenia who do not file financial disclosures with the country’s Commission on Ethics of High-Ranking Officials.
Serzhik Avetisyan has been appointed president of the criminal chamber of the appeals court of Armenia.
Azerbaijan violated the Karabakh ceasefire 60 times last night, firing more than 1,100 rounds of various caliber weapons, this according to the NKR Ministry of Defense.
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