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The “state” doesn’t do much in Armenia nowadays. It doesn’t matter if it’s for a good or bad cause. The state doesn’t play a role in any field. In fact, people can’t even differentiate what’s being done for a good cause and bad cause. For example, is it a good thing that Yerevan has “turned …

I think that the announcement made by the vice U.S. Secretary of State Matthew Breizen wasn’t really paid attention to. Journalists were more concerned with the scandal about calling John Evans to the U.S. Meanwhile, Matthew Breizen made a startling announcement. He said that from now on, the U.S. will use its resources to have …

The media and politics go together in Armenia and there are two issues on which both agree on. The first is the number of political parties in Armenia and the second concerns the parliament. Both pro-government and the pro-opposition media talk about these issues with irony. Let’s start out with the parliament, or National Assembly. …

The president of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabagh Arkadi Ghukassian has announced that Karabagh can take part in the conflict negotiations only if Armenia refuses to negotiate with Azerbaijan. “When Azerbaijan only negotiaties with Armenia, I consider that propaganda.” This announcement proves that the Armenian and Karabagh authorities tend to disagree on some issues concerning the …

The failure of the negotiations in France on the Karbagh conflict was predictable and it proves once more that the parties are still not ready for compromises. At the same time it doesn’t matter which party stopped the negotiations. What difference does it make which party has suggested first to “finalize the results” if there …

The election for the new ombudsman in Armenia not only showed what the ombudsman’s role is in Armenia, but also how the authorities treat the ombudsman. Of course, this is not a personal issue. It was all about how each person considers an ombudsman to be and whether or not each person thinks that it …

During an interview with journalists a couple of days ago, President of Russia Vladimir Putin touched upon some issues of which the most important for Armenia was Russia’s orientation of the conflicts going on in the region. Vladimir Putin stated that the UN Security Council must go along with universal principles when determining the future …

The most talked about issue today in Armenia is the gas price increase. People are talking about both the time needed to repair the gas pipeline explosion and the Armenian-Russian gas price negotiations. In reality, the issue is much more complicated. The issue concerns reviewing Armenian-Russian relations. What’s important here is what Armenia thinks of …

“Public opinion” is a very interesting category in Armenia. For example, in our internal political life pubic opinion doesn’t play any role. A political party that has very low reputation in the public may win a lot of places during elections and thus accordingly a party that has a very good reputation may stay out …

These last months the developments of the Karabakh conflict negotiations are more active. But this is strange and there is no clear information, because all the time people are talking about signing an agreement and stationing international peacemaking powers in the region, as well as about serious developments in the conflict negotiations process and the …