CoE: Yerevan municipal elections met European standardsJune 1, 2009 - 15:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The municipal elections in Yerevan met European standards in general, head of the monitoring mission of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Mr. Nigel Mermagen told a news conference on June 1. "We fixed progress as compared to elections to local government held in September 2008. Mission members attended 200-230 polling stations. All shortcomings will be reflected in the resulting report which will be introduced during Council of Europe's fall session," he said, adding that the CoE wishes Armenia could further develop and strengthen democracy. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities was the only international monitoring mission which observed the elections to Yerevan city Council on May 31, 2009. Top stories 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. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. 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. |