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Politics

Germany indicts two ex-MPs for receiving bribes from Azerbaijan

German prosecutors brought bribery and corruption charges against four people on Monday, including two former lawmakers suspected of receiving bribes from Azerbaijan in exchange for voting in Baku’s favor at the Council of Europe, according to www.occrp.org.

30.01.2024, 11:30

Society

Anti-corruption court in Armenia finds 28 people guilty of illegally obtaining driver's license for bribes

Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Court handed down October 19 a sentence against 28 people who were accused of obtaining driver’s licenses in exchange for bribes.

21.10.2022, 13:43

Society

Armenian Minister of Emergency Situations and some of his subordinates arrested on charges of corruption

Armenian Minister of Emergency Situations Andranik Piloyan has been charged with corruption and a petition for his arrest has been submitted to the court, the press service of the Anti-Corruption Committee reported.

31.03.2022, 14:47

Society

Armenian police thwart distribution of election bribe worth 9 million drams

Armenian law-enforcement authorities have detained two people who are suspected of trying to distribute 9 million drams (about $17, 3000) as electoral bribes in return for votes for a bloc participating in the early parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place on June 20, the Prosecutor General's Office revealed today.

11.06.2021, 13:00

Politics

Armenian court to announce ruling on Gagik Tsarukyan on June 21

A court in the Armenian capital Yerevan will announce its ruling whether to allow the arrest of the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan or not on Sunday, June 21.

19.06.2020, 19:23

Politics

Prosperous Armenia Party lawmakers block street in Yerevan protesting against detention of their leader Gagik Tsarukyan

MPs from the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) have blocked a downtown street in the capital city Yerevan near the building of the National Security Service, where their leader Gagik Tsarukyan is being now questioned.

14.06.2020, 15:17

Society

Eighty percent of driver’s license are bought, NGO head claims

Some 80% of motorists in Armenia cheat their way to a driver’s license by paying bribes ranging from 90,000 to 150,000 drams, Tigran Hovhannisyan, the head of the League for the Protection of Drivers, said to journalists on Wednesday.

06.09.2017, 13:32

Business

Price hikes before elections: check of facts

In early March, Armenian media raised alarm over the growing food prices, which they claimed jumped dramatically.

31.03.2017, 17:53