Introduction of e-payments in Armenia’s pasport departments to help tackle corruptionNovember 26, 2010 - 17:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan participated in opening of a repaired and modernized pasport and visa department of Nor Nork administrative district of Yerevan. The Prime Minister attached importance to application of modern technologies in the field of pasport servicing. “The innovations will provide citizens with the opportunity to get more detailed information, have options, as well as use other sources. Payments will be done electronically, thus, excluding corruption risks,” Mr. Sargsyan said. Commenting on importance of the reforms, the Prime Minister stressed that maximum efforts will be exerted to provide similar services in all pasport and visa departments of the RA Police. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |