I would like to recall the recommendations made in the opinion of the Venice Commission adopted in October 2019 that any early retirement scheme at the Constitutional Court has to remain truly voluntary, exclude any undue political or personal pressure on the judges concerned and must be designed not to influence the outcome of pending cases.
“We are very concerned by the high level of tension between two State institutions in Armenia, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Presidency of the Constitutional Court,” said the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the monitoring of Armenia, Andrej Šircelj (Slovenia, EPP/CD) and Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC).
During the session of the Eurasian Inter-Governmental Council in Almaty, Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin handed over the Stolypin Medal 1st Class to Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Tigran Sargsyan.
Two cases of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV were confirmed in Italy, ANSA news agency reported on Thursday citing Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, reports TASS.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group reiterate their full commitment to helping the sides find a peaceful solution to the conflict and the principle of confidentiality in the settlement process, reads the joint statement by the Armenian, Azerbaijani FMs and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs.
In regard to the situation concerning the Constitutional Court (CC) of the Republic of Armenia, 168.am’s correspondent sat down for an interview with Doctor of Law, candidate for judge of the Constitutional Court Gor Hovhannisyan, who has worked as a lawyer in Germany for many years. Let us remind that Hovhannisyan wasn’t elected judge of the Constitutional Court by the National Assembly (NA) on April 16, 2019.
President of France Emmanuel Macron attended the annual gala dinner of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF) in France and delivered remarks.
The Geneva meeting between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov is over, the spokesperson of the MFA Armenia Anna Naghdalyan told ARMENPRESS, adding that it will continue on January 30.
The meeting of Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov kicked off in Geneva, the Armenian foreign ministry spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan said on Facebook.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan held a meeting in Geneva with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Stéphane Visconti (France), Andrew Schofer (US) and Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, foreign ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan said on Facebook.
