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Several days ago the PACE president, Karel De Gucht said in Yerevan that he believed the upcoming parliamentary elections would be democratic and would comply with the highest standards. However, Mr. Karel De Gucht did not say why he thought so. There isn’t anyone in Armenia that thinks so. Even the governmental politicians are not …

The oppositional powers say that the upcoming parliamentary elections are going to be violated, indeed the authorities assure that this time the elections will not be violated and will be fair. Please pay attention to the words “this time”. In fact, it means that they agree with the fact that the previous elections were violated …

The arrest of the killer immediately after the assassination of Hrant Dink can have two explanations. Either the Turkish government is interested in exposing the crime and therefore it did everything to reveal the killer right away, or official Ankara decided to stage a show to hide those who are responsible for the assassination. It …

The recent announcement of the deputy chief of the US mission in Armenia saying that the US Embassy is supporting different organizations to help organize democratic elections in Armenia has made “Siunyats Ashkarh” NGO representatives angry. The spokesman of the mentioned organization has said that Embassies don’t have a right to interfere in the processes …

Following the holydays the inner routine life of our country is getting active again, i.e. parties are getting ready for the upcoming elections, people are speaking about possible collaboration between different parties, parties are negotiating more actively, etc. As for the other groups that are not involved in politics directly, they are discussing whether the …

The society discusses the upcoming presidential elections of 2008 differently; mostly they discuss the “legal” and “pragmatic” aspects. The “legal” point is discussed the following manner: will the president be elected by public vote or through electoral violations in 2008? As for the “pragmatic” point, it is the following: will Serj Sargsyan become president in …

The announcement of Robert Kocharyan made during the interview of three TV companies, according to which during the pre-election period the negotiation activeness has reduced in order to avoid inner political games around the Karabagh conflict, was really sensational. The problem is not only the fact that things are this are not spoken out loud …

Time has come and $1,4 million out of the $236 million to be provided to Armenia in the framework of “Millennium Challenges” program will be transferred by the end of this year. By the way, the head of the Armenian representation of the mentioned program has expressed their concerns about the electoral violations of 2005 …

As expected the “window of opportunities 2006” of Karabagh conflict resolution was closed and no agreement was made between the sides. Most probably 2007 won’t bring any fertile results either, In parallel with Karabagh conflict the issues of Javaghk is also gradually maturing for the society. Of course, if wanted here we can only see …

A few days ago one of the organizations held social polls, according to which Prosperous Armenia Party has the highest rating among others (22%). The rating of all the other parties doesn’t exceed 5%. The elections are on the way, thus the number of such researches will be increased. The results will also be different …