In a move that has human rights activists crying foul, Kazakh authorities detained a prominent local journalist Tuesday on allegations that he extorted money from public officials in exchange for favorable coverage.
Russian authorities arrested and charged the country’s Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev on Tuesday for allegedly receiving a US$ 2 million bribe, in the highest profile arrest of a senior official in more than two decades.
OCCRP’s Miranda Patrucic accepted the 2016 Knight International Journalism Award on Monday for reporting that, along with OCCRP journalism partners, has exposed corruption across Europe and Central Asia.
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense reports that as part of its agenda to hold public talks regarding a government plan to tax salaried workers 1,000 AMD monthly to financially assist soldiers and their families killed or disabled in the line of duty, Minister Vigen Sargsyan met yesterday with representatives of the “intelligentsia”.
During a November 10 Armenian government cabinet meeting, newly appointed Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan presented draft of legislative amendments regulating compensation payments to military personnel and their families.
Azerbaijani military forces violated the Karabakh ceasefire 75 times last night, firing some 1,300 rounds of various caliber weapons, this according to the NKR Ministry of Defense.
Eco-education and raising awareness about the environment and possible solutions. These were the objectives of the SunChild 6th International Environmental Festival held in Yerevan from November 11-14.
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