President Armen Sarkissian has nominated a prominent lawyer for the Constitutional Court after the current parliament twice rejected other candidates chosen by him. Azatutyun reports. The nominee, Vahe Grigorian, has a long history of human rights advocacy. He has also cooperated with opposition groups that challenged former Presidents Serzh Sarkisian and Robert Kocharian. In particular, …
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Comment by MFA Spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan regarding the accusations in ceasefire violations by the MFA of Azerbaijan Question: The MFA of Azerbaijan issued a statement wherein it accused the Armenian side of killing of one of its soldiers and claimed that Armenia intended to undermine the negotiation process and that the calls of the Armenian side …
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had working lunch with members of the high-level mission of the Council of Europe, headed by Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law at the CoE. The delegation’s visit follows up the agreement reached over phone on May 22 between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Council …
President Armen Sarkissian has left on a two-day vacation.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America), together with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk, visited the region from 27 to 30 May. The Co-Chairs met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan …
Today the chairman of the Heritage Party Andranik Grigoryan, vice chairwoman Narine Dilbaryan and member of the Board Gagik Margaryan met with President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan. During the meeting the issues of strengthening the allied relations between Artsakh and Armenia at different levels of government–executive, legislative and judicial–and the security-based and …
Azerbaijani authorities should drop the charges against journalist Anar Mammadov and allow him to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On June 4, Mammadov, editor-in-chief of independent news website Criminal.az, is set to appear in a Baku court to appeal his conviction on false news, anti-state, and other charges, for which he was …
As discussed in a recent telephone conversation between the Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland and the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the high-level delegation of the Council of Europe will visit Yerevan on 30-31 May 2019. The delegation consists of senior representatives of the Council of Europe Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of …
Some 50 OSCE parliamentarians from 23 countries will deploy to Kazakhstan for the 9 June early presidential election. OSCE PA President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) will serve as Special Co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission, following an appointment by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak. Tsereteli has led a number …
The Europa League final match between Chelsea and Arsenal was not spectacular, but it was notable due to the abundance of goals. Chelsea beat Arsenal during the match, which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a score of 4-1. Ashot Hakobyan
