Arpine Hovhannisyan stated that the Azerbaijani corruption scandal has become a subject of discussion in the committee on legal affairs. The same is in the monitoring committee.
Head of the Armenian Parliamentary delegation to Euronest PA Armen Ashotyan is on a visit in Strasbourg to participate in the Euronest PA Bureau session September 12-15.
Stressing that next year will mark the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, President Serzh Sargsyan attached importance that this anniversary be celebrated with true achievements.
Port authorities said another 4 ships are planned to arrive, with a total load of 295 thousand tons.
At a conference hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, U.S. trade representatives discussed export opportunities with the Armenian business community. This is the second conference in Armenia focused on GSP, building on a 2016 discussion on the subject facilitated by GSP Director Aimee Larsen.
The Central Bank is seeking to solve the transparency issues of mortgage loaning in Armenia and clarify conditions and rules, which will enable consumers to protect their rights.
Over the past year 4-5% decrease in interest rates of all loans has been registered in Armenia, Vice President of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Nerses Yeritsyan said in the parliament in response to the question of Tsarukyan bloc MP Mikayel Melkumyan.
The lawmakers adopted the bill on making changes and amendments in the law on Freedom of Assembly with 68 votes in favor and 28 against. Tsarukyan bloc voted against the bill, and the Yelk bloc faction head Nikol Pashinyan said they will vote in favor of the bill since the rapporteurs assured that the provisions concerning them will not be included in the final version.
The new Face ID feature is supposed to be more accurate and secure than Touch ID, which currently lets iPhone users unlock their devices with a fingerprint.
Only a few hours earlier, another bank robbery happened on the very same street. The bank robber was able to flee the scene. It is unknown if the two incidents are related.
