At today’s trial session, he told the court he wasn’t feeling well, and his attorney Arayik Papikyan asked for a postponement. Judge Tatevik Grigoryan refused, saying that all the defendants are examined beforehand and the court is notified if anything’s wrong.
Russian electric-motor buses will soon be seen on the streets of Yerevan and environs as part of pilot program agreed to today between Armenian Minister of Transportation, Communication and Information Technology Vahan Martirtosyan and representatives of the Volgabus company.
Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan today met with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Robert Mills and talked about steps the two have taken as part of a cooperative program to fight corruption in Armenia.
Paris resident Hrair Hrachyan has donated the original manuscript of Տո˜ւր ինծի, Տէ˜ր, (Give me, Oh Lord) written by Misak Metsarents, to the Yeghishe Charents Museum in Yerevan.
For the first time, a Slovak court is sending high-level politicians to prison for corruption.