Amid a crackdown on free expression, journalists from OCCRP’s local partner Temirov Live are confronted with the prospect of a draconian prison sentence on charges they insist are trumped up.
"Relations between Armenia and France are developing with a new content, and we are moving in the direction of building strategic relations," Mirzoyan said according to his office.
The operator and settlement bank of UBPay is Unibank, one of the leading banks in Armenia.
An Armenian government proposal to allocate 989 million drams (US2.7M) in aid to border communities will be sent to parliament for approval.
The Unted States will provide $20 million in new support for Armenia to bolster cyber, border, and energy security and to strengthen resilience against complex threats and challenges.
Fraud is involved in around 20 percent of the world’s online sales each year, netting criminals trillions of dollars, according to a report from a national security research group.