[ last updated 16:53 ] Visiting parliamentarians from the Council of Europe expressed concern at what they see as a widespread voter apathy reigning in the run-up to Armenia’s parliamentary elections as they ended a three-day visit to Yerevan on Friday.
[ last updated 16:55 ] Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian said on Friday that he will avoid an active involvement in his governing Republican Party’s election campaign dogged by opposition allegations of unfair play.
[ last updated 17:00 ] Armenian courts lack independence and are widely distrusted by the population despite undergoing a sweeping structural reform over the past decade, a high-ranking judge admitted on Friday.
[ last updated 16:52 ] Citing unnamed government sources, “Haykakan Zhamanak” reports that the vacant post of defense minister will not, after all, be given to the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun).
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