 Heritage leader, EU envoy discuss post-election developments March 6, 2013 - 16:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage party leader, former presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian met Wednesday, March 6 with Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, ambassador Traian Hristea. Violations recorded during the February18 presidential vote and the political crisis following the election day were in the focus of the discussion. Spokesman of Hovannisian headquarters Hovsep Khurshudyan, head of the Political, Economic, Press, and Information Section of the EU Delegation Onno Simons, and Political Adviser Andrey Didenko of the EU Delegation also attended the meeting. On Thursday, Raffi Hovannisian will meet with Norbert Lammert, President of the German Bundestag, currently in Armenia on official visit. Raffi Hovannisian headquarters legal adviser Karen Mezhlumyan will address the Constitutional Court to challenge the constitutionality of Article 18:5 of Armenia’s Electoral Code, Hovannisian’s headquarters reported. Partner news  Top stories A special sitting of the National Assembly launched on Monday, June 17, with 104 parliamentarians participating. “I’m good at what I’m doing – implementing educational and charity projects,” he said in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak. RPA parliamentary group leader Galust Sahakyan said the latest National Assembly session featured both show and populism. The National Assembly adopted package of bills on making amendments to laws on “government structure” and “public service”.   Partner news |  Latest news UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts  Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff.Friends of Syria to meet in Doha on June 22: French official Assad's forces aim to retake Aleppo, where they have been mired in a bloody stalemate with rebels for nearly a year.Parliament approves amendments to law on minimum wage rate Besides, new scale of salaries will be introduced, according to which the minimum wage rate will be doubled by 2017. |
