Bribes speed up problems resolution?December 10, 2010 - 18:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On December 10, Program Manager of Caucasus Research Resource Centers-Armenia (CRRC) Yevgenya Paturyan said that more and more Armenians consider corruption to be a fact of life and that there is nothing for it. Presenting the results of three surveys conducted in Armenia from 2008 to 2010 by CRRC jointly with the USAID Mobilizing Action Against Corruption (MAAC) Activity, Paturyan told a press conference in Yerevan that 82% of Armenian respondents believe that corruption is a serious task, while 65% of them consider it to be a normal phenomenon. Besides, 31% of respondents said that the lack of another way for problems resolution forces people to pay bribes. Another 28% of Armenian respondents think that bribes speed up problems resolution, while 13% of them said that bribes are paid to avoid punishment. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |