With a score of 35, Armenia ranks in 107th place out of the 180 countries and territories included in Transparency International’s 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Armenia’s opposition Yelk Alliance says a clause in the country’s modified constitution allowing for the election of the next Armenian president by the National Assembly is unconstitutional.
The Presidents of Lebanon and Armenia summed up the results of their talks with statements issued for the mass media.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense reports that an investigation into the soldier’s death has been launched.
A few days ago, 33 monkeys and eight coatis were found in a Ford minibus in Russia’s Rostov Province. The animals were transported from Armenia.
Armenia will spend AMD 618 million (US$1.285) on events marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first Republic of Armenia and the battles of Sardarapat, Karakilisa and Bash Abaran.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan personally greeted Lebanese President Michel Aoun, now in Armenia on an official visit, when he arrived at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan today.
In response to Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, the European Union banned more than 100 Russian officials and businessmen from entering its territory and froze their European assets. The move was meant to punish well-connected Russians who have profited from their country’s aggression against Ukraine.