  ICES observer mission hails course of elections February 18, 2013 - 20:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - International expert Center for Electoral Systems (ICES) is currently deciding on the observers to monitor the calculation of the votes, head of the mission said. “Positive changes have been reported following 2012 parliamentary vote, with the introduction of magnifying glasses for visually impaired people among them. Though it was very cold in some of the polling stations, the atmosphere was calmer than in 2008, with only authorized representatives of Serzh Sargsyan and Raffi Hovannisian attending the polling stations,” Alexander Tsinker told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. ICES observers will summarize the mission results at Feb 19 press conference.   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 |  Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities.Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |
