OSCE PA observation mission head arriving in Armenia April 12April 10, 2007 - 17:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Tone Tingsgaard will visit Yerevan on 12-13 April as a part of the Assembly's observation of the 12 May parliamentary elections in Armenia, an OSCE PA PR Officer told PanARMENIAN.Net Mrs.Tingsgaard, a Member of Parliament from Sweden, has been appointed to lead the international delegation of parliamentarians from the OSCE PA.The pre-election visit will enable the OSCE PA team to gather information regarding the ongoing campaign. In Yerevan, Mrs. Tingsgaard will meet with representatives of political parties, the Central Election Commission, the National Assembly, the long-term observer mission deployed by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, and other observer groups. Mrs. Tingsgaard, who has extensive experience monitoring elections in the OSCE area, will return to Armenia in May to lead the delegation of OSCE parliamentarians that will be deployed across the country. Since 1993, the OSCE PA has deployed more than 2300 parliamentarians to observe elections across the OSCE region. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |