The Yerevan Municipality issued a press release today stating that individuals who demand that drivers pay additional fees to park their cars in downtown Yerevan will be subject to fines amounting to 200,000 drams ($411) for each violation.
Armenian Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Krmoyan yesterday, in Yerevan, met with officials from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which touts itself as the global standard to promote the open and accountable management of
Hetq sources say ex-Armenian President Robert Kocharyan was brought from his holding cell to the Criminal Court of Appeals today to hear his lawyers argue for the overturning of a lower court decision to extend his pre-trial detention by two months.
The Jermuk Municipal Council today voted down a motion, filed by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Development, to overturn a December 18 decision by the council to ban mining within the town and develop eco-tourism instead.