Former Tax Inspector Writes Prime Minister Letter Exposing Corruption Schemes Within Armenia’s Customs Service
As a result, the state budget lost several million dollars in customs payments because taxes and customs duties were calculated according to under-declared prices...
Sanitek Blacklists Employees Who Take on Second Jobs, Former Worker Says
We had only been working at the market for a week when Sanitek officials came for us… They were filming the entire process, as if we were some kind of criminals...
Armenian Entrepreneur Claims Customs House Head Indirectly Demanding Bribe
The entrepreneur, in turn, claims that his company's goods – nodes, voltage measuring devices, and thermostats - cannot be used for military or any related...
Officials Promise Not to Trouble Yerevan Shopkeepers 'For the Time Being'
We have to create a group of lawyers and economists and present our demands to the government in a more professional manner. Once the officials discuss the ...
Yerevan Shopkeepers Hold Demonstration Outside Government Offices Over Recent 'Tax Terror'
The Arinj Mall shopkeepers collectively announced today that they would not go back to work until the issue is resolved. Some of the protesters even expressed the ...
Trade Between EAEU Member Countries Continues to Decline
Another troubling circumstance is that 2 years after the formation of a common economic area, the integration level of the countries continues to remain extremely low...
Armenia's Prime Minister Accused of Deception by Diaspora Armenian Businessman
For the EU-Asia Business Finance Center Holding, this is a glaring example of deception, which allows us to turn to our compatriots in the Diaspora and to declare that Armenia's...
Entrepreneur On the Corrupt System of Legalized Bribery in Armenia: Losing Foreign Partners
Because of the serious delay in the export, Gaspari's Georgian partners later decided not to enter into any future agreements with him...
Entrepreneur On the Corrupt System of Legalized Bribery in Armenia: Price Controls
I complained, of course: how can two products of the same company and with the same parameters be charged such different rates? I even appealed to the prosecutor's ...
Former Nairit Employees to Submit 'Embezzlement Facts' to Prosecutor's Office
They have pursued the goal of liquidating Nairit for years, and they are currently actively promoting the implementation of their agenda. They have no desire...
Entrepreneur Talks About the Corrupt System of Legalized Bribery in Armenia: Metrology Institute
Meanwhile, Gaspari stresses, there is a law clause, according to which, a Metrology Institute reference is not required if the quantity of the goods does not...
U.S. Ambassador Calls for Tougher Action by Armenia's Government to End Corruption
To effectively tackle corruption, Mills added, the government should consider “establishing a fully independent anti-corruption body with full investigative and prosecutorial authority...