"Our satisfaction with the fact that these elections take place according to international standards is mitigated by the lack of engagement of political parties with local governance," said Henry FERAL (France, EPP), head of the delegation for the observation of local government elections in Armenia.
Today, Yeghegnadzor Police took former Vayots Dzor Regional Administrator Sergey Bagratyan into custody after receiving a report from a witness that he tried to tamper with ballots in the election for mayor of the rural community of Artabouynq.
16 year-old Artak Grigoryan hadn’t spoken a word in his life until quite recently. He’s never attended school in his native village of Akori, Lori Province. It seems that Artak’s cleft deformity, a treatable congenital pathology, has held him back from living a normal childhood.
Since running the brand train "Armenia" of CJSC "South Caucasus Railway" transported 49 864 passengers on Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan route. This figure is 25,3% higher than in 2011, when in the period from June 15 to September 19 39 788 passengers were transported.
This is the fifth year that 14 year-old Rouben Boudoyan won’t be going to school. Instead, he’s become a shepherd in the Gegharkounik village of Metz Masrik.
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