A new report by corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) warns that corruption threatens economic and democratic development in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Armenian authorities detained several hundred protesters including two reporters for the Armenian investigative news portal Hetq, accusing them of taking part in an illegal gathering.

Ambassador Leach with Zaruhie MedjlumyanOCCRP partner Hetq's reporter Zaruhie Medjlumyan has won a “Media Excellence” prize at the 2015 Universal Rights award ceremony in Yerevan, Armenia, for her professionalism and coverage of the rights of those sentenced to life imprisonment.

Contracts valued at 63 million AMD (US$ 130,773) were given to a company owned by the son of a former health minister, according to a journalistic investigation that has sparked a row over nepotism.

Armenia Prime Minister Hovik AbrahamyanArmenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan has close family members who own more than 35 businesses in Armenia.

The Armenian Constitution prohibits government officials from engaging in commercial enterprises while in office, a statute that is seldom enforced.  Abrahamyan has no businesses officially registered under his name.

An Armenian Member of Parliament has been breeding and raising Siberian tigers as exotic pets.

Two defendants accused of involvement in Armenia's largest drug bust to date declared their innocence this week at the Goris branch of Syunik Court of Jurisdiction.