ArmInfo. The second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, who is imprisoned in the "Yerevan-Kentron" penitentiary institution, did not vote in the early  elections to the National Assembly.

ArmInfo.The Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, in the early parliamentary elections in Armenia, voted at the 14/11 polling station in Echmiadzin. About this  on his Facebook page reported priest Vahram Melikyan. After voting in  an interview with journalists, His Holiness said that while praying  for stability, peace and progress in the country, he voted for  people's life in safety, love and harmony.

ArmInfo.As of 11.00am, 7.76% of voters took part in the early elections to the National  Assembly of Armenia. The Deputy Chairman of the Central Election  Commission (CEC) Laura Galstyan reported this on December 9 at the  briefing.

ArmInfo. The first number of the "We" electoral bloc, Aram Sargsyan, is pleased with the course of the nationwide voting on the early elections to the National Assembly  of Armenia.

ArmInfo.Early elections to the National Assembly of Armenia are being held normally. This was announced on December 9 at a briefing at the Central Election  Commission (CEC) by the head of the department Tigran Mukuchyan.

ArmInfo.The mission of observers from the CIS continues to monitor elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Five out of the 11 political forces that participate in the elections to the National Assembly are in favor of sharp reversals in foreign policy. And in  this sense, the most radical is the Sasna Tsrer party. This was  announced at a press conference by the chairman of the party "In the  name of social justice" Arman Ghukasyan, who presented in detail the  election programs of political forces in terms of foreign policy.

ArmInfo. From the very beginning of the election campaign, employees of the Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia have been monitoring.

ArmInfo. Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Areshev in an interview with ArmInfo forecasts the most likely outcome of the elections to the National Assembly of Armenia scheduled for December 9. He comments on the chances of various political forces, shares the Russian perception of Armenia's internal political arena. He talks about the need for changes in the Russian policy towards the ruling elites in the post-Soviet space.

ArmInfo. Today, the Prosecutor General sent a petition to the National Assembly to include on the agenda the issue of the arrest of the former Minister of Nature  Protection, MP Aram Harutyunyan. On December 3 at the time of the  election campaign, said the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia, head of  the My Step bloc Nikol Pashinyan in Armavir.

ArmInfo.In order to monitor the electoral process, a working group was formed on the preparation and holding of December 9 extraordinary elections to the National  Assembly of Armenia. This was stated by Human Rights Defender of the  Republic of Armenia Arman Tatoyan during a meeting with the head of  the observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic  Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) OSCE  Urszula Gacek.

ArmInfo. In the second half of the 19th century, anticipating the beginning of the world trade intensification and the first signs of globalization, abandoning the traditional policy of isolationism, Japan took the path of the human capital intensive development, accompanied by a significant increase in education, thus creating a solid foundation for an unprecedented technological breakthrough. Overcoming obstacles, all the adversity and tragedies, a country having no  essential  natural resources, successfully became the leader of the world economy, setting an example of resilience and exceptional Eastern wisdom - an example highly desired for Armenia as it is today. The first serious direct contacts between Armenia and Japan began to form only after the devastating Spitak earthquake of 1988, when Japan extended a generous helping hand to us. And four years later, diplomatic relations were established between the current independent Armenia and Japan. In the interview given to the ArmInfo News Agency, courtesy of the newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Armenia, His Excellency Mr. Jun Yamadа, summarizes the thirty-year history of diplomatic and consular relations between our two countries, talks about international assistance in the upcoming  early parliamentary elections in Armenia, shares his opinion on the development of educational programs,  touches upon  the prospects of mutual investment protection, cooperation in the field of prevention and counteraction to the consequences of emergency situations and much more.

ArmInfo.On November 29, 2018 at 11:00am a court hearing will be held in the court of general jurisdiction of the administrative district of Avan to consider the  complaint of the head of the Yerkir Tsirani party Zaruhi Postanjyan,  the press service of the party informs.

ArmInfo.Head of the mission of the CIS observers mission in the early elections to the  National Assembly of Armenia Yevgeni Sloboda, visited the Prosecutor  General's Office of Armenia and met with Deputy Prosecutor General  and head of the working group on investigation of violations during  the upcoming elections Hayk Aslanyan.

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ArmInfo. Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attacked Karabakh officials, who sharply responded to the statement by member of Pashinyan's "My Step"  election bloc Sasun Mikayelyan, that the victory of the people in the  revolution is more important than the Artsakh liberation war.

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ArmInfo.Vitaly Balasanyan, the secretary of the NKR National Security Council, the hero of Artsakh, reacted harshly to the statement of Sasun Mikayelyan, headed  by Nikol Pashinyan, about the victory of the people in the revolution  more important than the Artsakh liberation war.

ArmInfo.And about. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during the pre-election campaign in Artik city sharply reacted to the statement of representatives of the Sasna  Tsrer party that new extraordinary parliamentary elections should  take place in Armenia in a year and a half.  "Have you really decided  that you have the right to decide the fate of the parliament, as well  as other people? I want to note that Serzh Sargsyan and his weak  power are not the weak-minded in power now," Pashinyan said.