EU envoy: Armenian parliamentary elections weren’t “perfect”June 15, 2017 - 12:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - EU ambassador to Armenia Piotr Switalski said on Thursday, June 15 that the recent elections to the National Assembly were not “perfect,” Aysor.am reports. “No one here can declare in all seriousness that elections were perfect and that Armenia has reached a perfection of democratic standards,” Switalski said during the conference Electoral Developments in Armenia. Lessons Learned and Steps Ahead on Thursday, June 15. According to the envoy, this is an ongoing process, Armenia is "halfway through." Also, the ambassador hailed the activity of the Central Electoral Commission as efficient, but said there is still the problem of reliability. “Civil society representatives must be involved in the CEC,” he said. After elections on April 2, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) got 58 mandates, the Tsarukyan bloc received 31 seats overall, while YELQ bloc and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun got nine and seven parliamentary seats, respectively. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. |