President marks achievements, flaws in judicial reforms planJuly 22, 2016 - 17:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan on Friday, July 22 held a meeting on judicial reforms in Armenia, the presidential press service reports. With heads of relevant agencies also participating, the meeting addressed the implementation of 2012-2016 Legal and Judicial Reforms plan, approved by President Sargsyan. The strategic plan aims to establish a legal system and judiciary in line with standards of a modern democratic state. According to Sargsyan, the project is of crucial importance in terms of the development of Armenia’s legal and judiciary system, and its proper implementation is extremely important for the sustainability of reforms. Summarizing the meeting, the attendees agreed that both positive achievements and serious flaws have been registered during the four years of the project’s implementation. Also, the President instructed relevant authorities to do their utmost to effectively implement unfulfilled programs by year-end. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |