TIAC reveals inaccuracies in voting listsFebruary 14, 2013 - 17:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to 2001 and 2011 census data, Armenian population decreased by 194 157, with the number of voters growing by 202 346, the head of Transparency International Anti-corruption Center (TIAC) Varuzhan Hoktanyan said. TIAC, in partnership with Open Society Foundations–Armenia, conducts an electronic monitoring of the upcoming presidential elections. The voting lists comprise 10,773 addresses, with over 10 voters registered. The lists include 5,715 voters with no addresses registered; 49,843 voters lack birth information. Mr Hoktanyan expressed TIAC’s readiness to come up with solutions, helping eliminate the election violations. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |