European countries to provide some €3 million for Armenia electionsNovember 14, 2018 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Union, Germany, Great Britain and Sweden will provide €1.5 million, €700.000, £0.5 million pounds and 1.5 million Swedish kronas , respectively - more than €2.9 million in total - for Armenia to organize the upcoming presidential elections. The Armenian government will, in turn, spend $700,000 on the project, the RFE/RL Armenian Service says. The corresponding document about the launch of the program was signed on Wednesday, November 14 at the government building in Yerevan. According to the paper, the project is aimed at ensuring the use of voter identification machines imported for the parliamentary elections of 2017, providing live broadcasting from all 2000 polling stations through the installment of 1500 web cameras, as well as improving the voter registration process. Snap parliamentary elections will be held on December 9. Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |