CORRUPTION AND WE
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
24 Sep 2008
Armenia
Yesterday, "Transparency International" anti-corruption organization
publicized the 2008 summary data concerning the general attitude
towards corruption.
On the regional level, Armenia is on the 10th horizon, and in the
general list of 180 countries, it is on the 109th horizon (Azerbaijan
is on the 17th and 158th horizons respectively). Introducing
these data, AMALYA KOSTANYAN, Head of "Transparency International
Anti-Corruption Centre" NGO, mentioned that from 2003 till the most
recent studies, no improvement has been observed in our country,
and we are actually marching on the same spot in terms of the general
attitude towards corruption.
In response to the question whether Armenia has made any progress
over the past 6 months in the fight against corruption, Head of the
NGO said,
"Over the past 6 months, since the start of the activities of the new
government, certain measures have been undertaken towards combating
corruption."