The ODIHR Election Observation Mission and the Human Rights Defender of Armenia have recently released their reports on the Armenian Parliamentary Elections, which took place on 6 May 2012. Below we provide you with some excerpts from these two reports. Excerpts from the Final Report of ODIHR Election Observation Mission "The election campaign was vibrant, competitive and largely peaceful, with a few isolated violent incidents. Electoral Code provisions aimed at ensuring equal... Read more

On 18 June 2012, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs met with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Paris. European Friends of Armenia shares the disappointment and recommendations issued yesterday by the three Co-Chairing Presidents at the G20 summit in Los Cabos (Mexico). In particular we regret that Azerbaijan continues blocking the key confidence building measures, i.e. the establishment of an investigation mechanism for incidents on the line of contact, the removal of snipers and... Read more