The Open Society Foundations – Armenia is currently seeking applications for the position, program coordinator for the areas of human rights and civil society. This position is under the supervision of the foundation’s Executive Director and Deputy Director for Programs. Job Profile: Prime Minister Pashinyan has repeatedly and clearly stated that violence has no place in our life. Today, however, after several attempts to interrupt MP Edmon Marukyan’s speech in Armenia’s Parliament, My Step faction MP Sassoon Mikayelyan exerted violence on Marukyan, after which an all-out brawl began on the Parliament floor. The culture… On December 30, 2019, Veon Armenia and Ucom CJSC applied to the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of the Republic of Armenia for seeking consent to market concentration. In particular, Ucom CJSC plans to acquire 100% of Veon Armenia shares based on this application. SCPEC has initiated proceedings in accordance… On 30 March 2020, the Government of Armenia took the initiative to convene an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly. The only agenda item was the Draft Law on Supplementing the Law on the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency (hereinafter, “the Draft Law”). While we value the Government’s…
We denounce the violence in the Parliament
May 8, 2020
The analysis of the legislative amendments adopted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia with respect to vetting in the judiciary and the legal system supports the following conclusions:
Statement
March 31, 2020