One thing that always amazes me about many Armenians from the Diaspora when they come to Armenia is how easy they rationalize everything. In particular, they love the cafes in Central Yerevan and don’t even think about the fact that they are usually illegal and owned by corrupt officials or their business partners. The cafes […]
By Nessuna
Today, the Congress Hotel in Yerevan hosted a presentation of a new publication, “Anti-Corruption Policy in Armenia,†and three anti-corruption Public Service Announcements (PSAs) developed by the Center for Regional Development/Transparency International Armenia (CRD/TI). This was within the project “Towards More Effective Anti-Corruption Policy in Armenia†funded by Counterpart International/CASP and USAID.
Representatives of State […]
RFE/RL carries more on Hakob Hakobian, the Armenian MP recently arrested for hooliganism and armed assault. According to RFE/RL it looks likely that backroom deals will decide the MP’s fate rather than the rule of law. No surprise there, then.
Hakob Hakobian, a controversial parliamentarian who has spent threes days in custody for allegedly provoking a […]
It is good to see that the national budget is increasing the salaries of public employees but there seems to be no initiative to improve responsiveness of the public sector and reduce corruption. There are the various aid organizations that have programs but none of them seem to be making a dent in the […]
RFE/RL reports that the first arrests have been made in connection with last week’s car bombing in Central Yerevan. Those arrested are also employed by the State Taxation Service.
Two colleagues of an assassinated senior official at the Armenian government’s tax collection agency were arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in a car bombing […]
As you can see from Matt’s post below, there have been no blogs for a long while. I am unable to explain the absence of the other bloggers, but my role of showbusiness blogging turned into a more general one. I can explain my absence - I’ve been in Armenia ,for […]
As you can see from Matt’s post below, there have been no blogs for a long while. I am unable to explain the absence of the other bloggers, but my role of showbusiness blogging turned into a more general one. I can explain my absence - I’ve been in Armenia ,for […]
Vardenis Psychiatric Institution, Gegharkunik Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2003
I originally missed this story when it was published on ArmeniaNow.com last week, but when I saw it today thought it was worth posting something because it touches upon two issues among many that are ongoing interests for me. One is […]
Garo (AKA Christian Garbis) over at Notes from Hairenik has two interesting posts relating to the new construction occuring in central Yerevan. As almost everyone in Armenia knows, this new construction is mainly being undertaken by officials or businessmen close to the Government and invariably accompanied by allegations of corruption, the violation of human rights, […]
Via Martuni or Bust comes news that police have arrested Stepan Hakobyan in connection with the assassination of a senior member of the Yerkrapah Union of Karabakh War Veterans a little over a week ago. The murder also claimed the life of an innocent bystander, 37-year-old mother of three, Karine Sargsyan. I’m told that had […]
