News & events

The most interesting answer is that of RA Government staff. The body mentions in the answer that 682,100 was spent on New Year postcards, but it did not provide any information about New Year reception expenses, since they are included in the procurement plan containing secret and cannot be publicized.

17.01.2018 FOICA Will Get Compensation from the RA Road Police
Recently the court decision against the RA Road Police came into force for the benefit of FOICA. According to the court decision of RA Administrative Court the RA Road Police is obliged to provide the information that it had not provided before, as well as compensate the expenses of FOICA by paying 50000 AMD.

06.10.2017 OSCE concerned about amendments to Armenia’s Information Law
“The discussions and process aimed at amending the current legislation need to be transparent and inclusive to ensure that all potential consequences are foreseen and can be properly addressed before adoption....

28.09.2017 FOICA announced for the 15th time the recipients of the "Golden Key and Rusty Lock" awards
Freedom of Information Center announced for the 15th time the recipients of the "Golden Key and Rusty Lock" awards on 28 September 2017 in Yerevan. The award ceremony was devoted to the International Right to Know Day.

31.03.2017 State bodies often don’t implement provisions set under Law on “Freedom of Information”
Not in all cases the state bodies implement the provisions set by the Law on “Freedom of information”, Liana Doydoyan – Chairwoman of the Freedom of Information Center, told a press conference in Armenpress.