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Armenia’s Parliamentary Elections commented by international community
On Sunday 6 May 2012, the parliamentary elections took place in Armenia. The National Assembly is composed of 131 seats. 90 members are elected in the proportional system and 41 members are directly elected with a simple majority in their constituency. These elections were widely covered by international community and media.Published on Monday 7 May 2012 -
Understanding Armenia’s pre-electoral party landscape: EuFoA publishes Shortpaper
Today, 18 March 2012, European Friends of Armenia publishes a guide on the Armenian political parties, providing on roughly 1.5 pages per party the key facts about their alliances, poll and election data, history, leadership, political ideologies, foreign relations and European aspirations.Published on Wednesday 18 April 2012 -
Two EuFoA events on the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia
On 27 March 2012 European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) held two events dedicated to the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia (to be held on 6 May): a Pre-Electoral Poll Presentation and a Round-Table with the German Ambassador to Armenia H.E. Mr Hans-Jochen Schmidt.Published on Thursday 29 March 2012 -
The Diaspora is a bridge between Armenia and Europe
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan came to Belgium on 5 March 2012 for a working visit during which he negotiated the Association Agreement (AA) and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) with the European Union, as well as the visa facilitation agreement. On 5 March 2012, he met the representatives of NGOs (including EuFoA) and the Armenian community in Belgium.Published on Wednesday 7 March 2012 -
EU launches free trade negotiations with Armenia
On 21 February 2012, the EU decided to launch the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) negotiations with Armenia. The aim of these negotiations will be to achieve a closer economic integration of Armenia with the EU and to boost Armenia's economic growth and investment. This will be achieved through the tackling of market access condition and regulatory approximation.Published on Wednesday 22 February 2012 -
Grateful Armenians honour the French President
The approval by the French Senate of the law criminalising the denial of the Armenian Genocide was greeted with festivities in Armenia. In Yerevan a child was baptized Avetisian Sarkozy in honour of the French President. Referring to the ongoing debate around the French bill criminalising the denial of genocides, Sargis Ghazaryan, Senior Research Fellow at EuFoA is quoted in the article saying that "In the words of Nobel laureate and former deported to Auschwitz Elie Wiesel - the last act of every genocide is its denial". "So - continues Ghazaryan - the physical elimination is followed by the denial of memory, by deletion of the identity of the victims. To those who advocate freedom of expression to counter the criminalization of the denial of the genocide in France it is legitimate to ask whether the right of expression of a denialist overrides the right of the memory of the victims of genocide and their descendants". "Instead of sending threatening messages to France and blackmailing, Ankara would do better to confront its past, listening to the voices of its own civil society". [More in Italian]
Published on Monday 30 January 2012 -
Armenia ranked 39th in World Economic Index, 19th in Europe
Armenia ranks 39th in the world according to the latest index of Economic Freedom released by the Heritage Foundation, in cooperation with the Wall Street Journal; with a score of 68.8, down by a point from last year's index. However, Armenia ranks 19th out of 43 European countries.
Published on Thursday 26 January 2012 -
Erdogan hysteric – should he resign?
On 25 January 2012 Mediamax news agency, to which our Secretary General, Michael Kambeck, is a columnist, published his commentary on the reactions in Turkey regarding the French bill prohibiting the denial of the Armenian Genocide, adopted by the French Senate on 23 January 2012.Published on Wednesday 25 January 2012 -
The 10th round of trilateral Karabakh talks took place in Sochi
On 23 January the Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia met in Sochi to discuss the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This was their tenth trilateral summit. A joint statement was issued in which the leaders noted that in the aftermath of intensive negotiations a progress has been achieved in the coordination of the basic principles of Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.Published on Tuesday 24 January 2012 -
Why don't the Armenian “EPP parties” do their homework?
On 17 December 2011 Mediamax news agency, to which our Secretary General, Michael Kambeck, is a columnist, published his commentary on the co-operation between 4 Armenian political parties and the European People's Party (EPP).Published on Tuesday 20 December 2011