Saudi prince Miteb bin Abdullah, former contender for the throne, paid more than US$ 1 billion to buy his way out of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh where he was being held as a corruption suspect, the BBC said Wednesday.
Armenian Minister of Nature Protection Artzvik Minasyan reaffirmed to this reporter that those responsible for the killing of endangered griffon vultures in Armenia would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has appointed Armen Gevorgyan a member of the Council of the Control Chamber of Armenia.
Proposals were made to change Arsen Amiryan Street to King Vramshapouh; Mikhail Frunze Street to Heroes of April; Sargis Kasyan Street to Catholicos Vazgen I; and Anastas Mikoyan Street to Kirk Kerkorian.
It was during his eleventh month of service when he was accidentally shot in the head by his lieutenant, who was fooling around with another soldier’s gun.
At a meeting in Saint Petersburg today, the prosecutor generals of Armenia and Russia signed an agreement to coordinate efforts to fight crime on the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union and to track down and seize illegally obtained assets.
Armenia’s Ministry of Agriculture says that there is no shortage of eggs in the country and that prices will return to prior levels in the near future.
Armenia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Investments reports that work on building premises to house a free trade zone in Meghri is on schedule and that its first unit should open on December 15.