According to a statement released by Sargsyan’s press office, the Armenian president and Tusk had a private meeting before the briefing, during which the two discussed the process of reforms in Armenia, the upcoming parliamentary election, and the Karabakh conflict settlement process.
The founder of an Indian tech firm who last year made headlines promising smart phones for less than four U.S. dollars was arrested on suspicion of fraud, local media reported.
The Swiss branch of German printing press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer has agreed to pay a fine of 35 million Swiss francs (US$ 34.74 million) to end a corruption probe, Swiss authorities said.
Spain's National Court sentenced on Thursday former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato to four and a half years in prison for misusing company credit cards from two Spanish banks to pay personal expenses.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan today discussed steps being taken in Armenia to spur democratic reforms with European People’s Party (EPP) President Joseph Daul during a meeting in Brussels.
A signature drive is being circulated in Armenia’s parliament to have Artur Sargsyan, the man who ferried food to members of the armed Sasna Dzrer group holed up in a Yerevan police station after having seized it last July, to be released from pretrial detention.
With this open letter we, a group of civil society and human rights organizations from Armenia appeal to the Diaspora Armenians – individuals, organizations and non-formal groups - to take an active stance in the political life of Armenia.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense has issued a statement claiming that the bodies of Azerbaijani soldiers killed during the fighting on February 25 along the Line of Contact were not removed from the battlefield as planned the following day because Azerbaijan violated an agreement facilitated by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has nominated Levon Youlyan to replace outgoing Control Chamber President Ishkhan Zakaryan.
Azerbaijan violated the Karabakh ceasefire 85 times yesterday and last night, firing some 1,150 rounds, including 60 and 82mm mortars, this according to the Artsakh Ministry of Defense.