A Kiyv court began hearing motions Monday on a US$ 74 million embezzlement case involving Ukraine’s top tax official who spent the night on a stretcher in the courtroom because prosecutors thought he faked a heart attack.
A convict at Armenia’s Nubarashen Correctional Facility has testified, according to the Special Investigative Service (SIS), that over the years he has bribed facility officials to smuggle in various medicines, allegedly for personal use, and that he then sold them to other convicts.
On Monday March 6, 2017, Little Free Libraries in Armenia, an initiative started in 2015 by Laurie Alvandian and Nina Romá Agvanian, launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the building, painting, and installation of at least 40 Little Free Libraries throughout Yerevan, the unrecognized Armenian Republic of Artsakh, and each of Armenia's 10 provinces.
Minutes ago, Souren Makaryan, who heads the intensive care unit at Yerevan’s Armenia Medical Center, told Hetq that Artur Sargsyan has been transferred from the unit to a general ward since his condition has considerably improved.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan leaves for France today on an official visit and is scheduled to meet with French President François Hollande and other top officials.
Azerbaijan violated the Karabakh ceasefire fifty times yesterday and last night, firing more than 1,100 rounds of various caliber small arms.
Upon taking office, Karapetyan declared 32.898 million AMD in revenues. By the end of 2016, that amount increased to 36.136 million.