Eduard Hovhannisyan: car insurance absence fine too severe in ArmeniaJanuary 17, 2011 - 14:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Imposition of AMD 5000 fine for the absence of compulsory car insurance every 10 days should be postponed, according to the chairman of the center for drivers’ rights protection. “Another drawback is the AMD 50 000 penalty the car owner will have to pay for the absence of insurance if stopped by road police,” Eduard Hovhannisyan said. “The amount of the fines is tremendous for Armenia,” he added. “The number of traffic accidents over the two weeks of January 2011 exceeded the figure fixed during the same period in 2010. At that, if the owners of the cars damaged during the accident agree to settle the problem themselves, police officers demand a pay, what is inadmissible,” he said. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |