By Sona Gevorgian YEREVAN, May 8 – The Armenian President has arrived in Nagorno Karabakh to participate in the events marking Victory Day, the 20th anniversary of the NKR Defense Army and liberation of Shoushi, presidential press service reports. The Armenian President, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Nagorno Karabakh President Bako Sahakian and other officials participated [...]

By Sona Gevorgian YEREVAN, May 7 – Representative of CIS interparliamentary assembly, observer Vladimir Marushenk stated the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Armenia were transparent and conducted fully in accordance with the country`s legislature. “We`ve visited 13 precincts in Yerevan and Ararat district and haven`t recorded any violations”, the observer told journalists. He noticed [...]

By Martin Danielian YEREVAN, May 7 – Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission processes 85 percent of votes. According to the vote count, RPA continues to lead the parliamentary race with 550 611 (44,51%) votes. According to CEC the votes are distributed as follows: “Prosperous Armenia” Party – 30,34% (375 325) Armenian National Congress (party bloc) –6,89% [...]

By Martin Danielian YEREVAN, May 7 – Parliamentary elections in Armenia were conducted in accordance with the internation standards, stated Lidia Lawson, the president of the Institute for Political Monitoring and member of ICES observation mission. No serious violations were registered, stated Lawson during the press-conference held today in Yerevan, adding that technical problems divisional [...]

By Martin Danielian YEREVAN, May 4 — Nagorno Karabakh is closely connected with Armenia, and this is its future, stated Uruguay FM Luis Almagro addressing joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart in Yerevan. «Uruguay backs exclusively peaceful resolution of Nagorno Karabakh following democratic principles and right of nation to self-determination», Ria Novosti Armenia quoted [...]

By Martin Danielian YEREVAN, May 4 — Election campaign in Armenia proceeds moderately and calmly, stated the first deputy chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Vladimir Garkun during the meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Presidential press-service reports. Summing up the results of the monitoring of CIS mission Garkun highly assessed mass media contribution and [...]

By Martin Danielian YEREVAN, May 3 — 14, 000 election officials participated in the training on the procedural and ethical aspects of election administration for election officials held from April 15 to May 3. It was organized by the Armenian Central Electoral Commission and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems with the support of the [...]