Illegal import of 100 banking cards to Armenia preventedMay 27, 2009 - 20:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Illegal import of 100 banking cards to Armenia was prevented in Zvartnots international airport in Yerevan by agents of Smuggling Prevention and Customs Control Administration at State Income Committee.Banking cards, smuggled into Armenia were addressed to 20year-old Yerevan resident Lusine Shakhazizyan. To avoid customs control, cards were attached to magazine papers. After operative data was sent in, banking cards were discovered during customs examination of a package sent from USA and confiscated. Examination of banking cards of American Express, Capital One, CITIBANK, CHASE and other American banking systems, proved them to be false. The case was submitted to National Security Service, and a criminal case instigated. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. |