Strasbourg 30 April 2013 – A delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe headed by Rapporteur Stewart Dickson (United Kingdom, ILDG) and including three members of the EU Committee of the Regions will carry out a mission in Yerevan, Armenia to observe the elections for the Agavani(Assembly) of the …
Monthly Archives: April 2013
The Civilitas Foundation has conducted a telephone survey to find out which problems concerned residents of Yerevan. Perhaps outstanding sociologists might object to that survey, but I consider it as an attempt made by our colleagues to take note of the issues concerning residents of our capital once again before the city council election. The …
Towards the municipal elections in Yerevan, the Civil Society Institute (CSI), in cooperation with the Counterpart International, is implementing Municipal Elections – 2013 legal initiative, which aims to protect rights of citizens throughout the electoral process. The initiative will be carried out within April 15 – May 15, 2013. During the whole period our hotline …
On 30 April 2013, The EU Advisory Group, in collaboration with the Human Rights Defender of Armenia, organised a roundtable discussion on the Concluding Observations of the UN Human Rights Committee. Th e discussion was opened by Mr Onno Simons, Head of the Political, Economic, Press and Information Section of the EU Delegation to Armenia …
The closing arguments continued in the trial court of the Malatya-Sebastia administrative districts presided by Judge Karen Farkhoyan. Tigran and Lianna Grigoryan, counselors of the citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 73-year-old resident of Tabriz Sargez Noyuk Andounian and his driver Vigen Shasha Novasardian, moved for a two-workday delay to prepare for the closing …
In response to an observation of Aravot that members of the PAP “have made a lot of accusations against you recently, from water closets set up in Yerevan to unreasonable expenses on business trips,” Taron Margaryan, the incumbent mayor who tops the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) list for city council, said yesterday: “I can …
According to the information of www.aravot.am, at the weekend, the PAP handed out 5 thousand drams to each of the residents of the Kanaker Hydroelectric Power Plant neighborhood who promised to vote for it. The members of the PAP put down the passport data of the residents who promised to vote for the PAP in …
Taron Margaryan talks about his property, “wasted” budget of Yerevan, his MP brother-in-law, Anastasia Volochkova. – After the presidential election, there is much talk about Serzh Sargsyan’s defeat in the administrative district of Avan. Many people expected your resignation, which hasn’t happened. Why haven’t you resigned? – Firstly, I must stress that Serzh Sargsyan didn’t …
The operation “Ring”, launched by the special police detachments (OMON) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, with the support of the USSR Interior Ministry’s troops in April-May, 1991 holds a peculiar place in the history of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, both for its scope and consequences. The operation, which became possible due to a …
Today students, university professors, authorities and journalists learned more about the important role of the English language at the UN during the observation of the English Language Day in Armenia. The goal of the event is to promote multilingualism, cultural diversity and to educate youth on the essential role of the UN official languages. As …
