Interview with Baroness Nicholson
In this interview with Hetq Online, Baroness Nicholson, the head of the PACE elections observation mission, discusses the role of the parliamentary observers, the various aspects of the mission, progress in pre-election activities and her optimism for a brighter Armenia.
Perhaps this is the reason why individual reps of the political forces, and not the parties themselves, used the internet and various social networks to present the public with an overall image of the parties, their activities and underlying motivations.
U.S. Ambassador John Heffern joined Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, USAID/Armenia Mission Director Jatinder Cheema, and Rector of the State Engineering University (SEUA) of Armenia Ara Avetisyan to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, whereby USAID will partner with the Ministry and SEUA to establish the Armenian National Engineering Laboratory on the University’s campus.
It appears that in the parliamentary race in Election District 29 (Lori Marz), stones and knives are being used by candidates and their supporters rather than public debate.
To National Platforms and participants past and present of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, independent Civil Society Organisations and election monitors in Eastern Partnership countries
Environmental activists of "Save Teghut Civic Initiative'' from the Republic of Armenia send their greetings to you, expressing their support. We are really concerned with the issue of Tsaghovski forest, security of the activists and condemn the actions carried out by Police Forces for Special Purposes (aka OMON) and Russian Police undertaken against environmental activists.
We, the Hetq staff, wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to Chief Editor Edik Baghdasaryan and family on the passing of his mother, Mrs. Svetlana.
Interview with Francois-Xavier de Donnea, Special Coordinator for the OSCE Short-Term Observer Mission to Armenia
In this interview with Hetq Online, National Assembly and Party Bureau member Vahan Hovhannisyan of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun discusses the lack of democracy in Armenia, the methods to prevent electoral fraud, cooperation with other parties in the National Assembly, implementing a socialist agenda and strengthening civil society.
In this interview with Hetq, Francois-Xavier de Donnea, the special coordinator for the OSCE short-term observer mission to Armenia, talks about the structure and undertakings of the OSCE elections observation mission, the responsibilities of observers at polling stations, the importance of free and fair democratic parliamentary elections and the methods undertaken to prevent voting irregularities in subsequent elections.
I believe that these elections are the last opportunity for changing the reality in Armenia. If the three political forces – Armenian National Congress, Prosperous Armenia and the ARF – can get their act together and guarantee free and fair elections, then the outcome will be a positive one.
Rare were the attempts of the press to dig deeper and connect the dots, especially when it came to the financial statements of government officials whose meager salaries could not jive with the large amounts of reported revenues and cash holdings
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