The international organization The Economist Intelligence Unit has announced Democracy Index for the year 2016.
According to the report, nearly half of the countries are considered to be democratic, but the number of "full democracies" decreased from 20 to 19 in 2016. Even the United States was withdrawn from the list of "full democracies" and put in the list of countries with a "flawed democracy". The authors attribute this to the fact that the credibility of the government and elected officials in the US decreased, informs Radio Azadliq.
On the level of democracy Azerbaijan is located on the 148th place among 165 countries, and this figure is lower than in Zimbabwe (140), Gambia (143), Djibouti (145), Bahrain (146), and the UAE (147).
Among the Caucasian countries for the level of democracy the leader is Georgia – 78th place, while Armenia is No. 120. Turkey is No. 97, Russia is No. 134, and Iran is No. 154.
In compiling the index The Economist Intelligence Unit considers five broad categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, government activities, public participation in the political life of the country, and political culture.
There are four types of regimes classified: full democracy, imperfect democracy, transitional regime, and authoritarian regime.
The report also states that the regimes in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are more pluralistic than in Azerbaijan.
Norway topped the "full democracies" list last year. It is followed by Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Denmark; Canada and Ireland are at the sixth place. -02D-
Politics
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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