Lilit AVAGYAN

You may agree that it’s not that pleasant to find out from a German magazine, to which your country’s Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan has given an interview, that he has intentions to run for president in 2008. Of course, Robert Kocharyan has frequently been saying that he’s going to support Sargsyan during the presidential elections. …

While talking about the opportunities granted by the constitutional amendments in the numerous speeches dedicated to Constitution Day, Armenian government activists placed emphasis on the fact that those amendments give the opportunity to develop the relationship between Armenia and the Diaspora. However, that opportunity is put to practice as much as the Constitution, for example, …

The “Freedom” radio station faces the danger of shut-down from time to time, with the accusation of shattering the security of Armenia, getting funding from the West, and implementing subversive activities in the country. The accusation is unclear, and is put in circulation from time to time by the rules of conspiracy and secrecy. When …

A few years ago, in the Ogonyok event, actor Armen Jigarkhanyan confessed that if some day somebody threatened him with torture to give evidence or give witness about something he will definitely do so, because he’s afraid of threats and pain. During the same interview he told another story. After the performance of Oleg Yefremov, …

– Holy Father, when the RA President makes it to the last moment of the clerical services and when he doesn’t kiss the sacred cross of the Catholicos the society seems to start to connect all the negative things in the country with the fact of Kocharyan being an atheist. Do you think the fact …

Recently the “Kultura” television station broadcasted a program showing how thousands of people had gathered in the biggest auditorium of the central part of a small Italian city. That was not a meeting with, let’s say, an Italian singer that placed 7th in “EuroVision” or some show-business star. People had purchased tickets and were going …

Excuse me; have you ever personally taken a bribe? My question is for school principals, heads of clinics, top-ranking soldiers, government officials, ministers and the president of Armenia and, in general, to each one of us. It is rare to find one principal who will answer ‘yes, I have taken a 200 dollar bribe from …

Recently the “European Movement” organization granted the title “European of the Year” to the deputy-chairman of RPA, NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan. It’s noteworthy to mention that last year this title was granted to Artur Baghdasaryan. We decided to speak to Torosyan not about his European image but about pre-election developments. – Mr. Torosyan, recently when …

Armenian contemporary singers announced once again that they support the Republicans and are ready, true, with honoraria, to travel from village to village and steer the Armenian villagers towards the Republican Party. Another group of young singers is getting ready to do the same thing for the “Prosperous Armenia” party. Arto Tunjboyadjyan has already shown …

Does any Armenian have an opportunity to get a Nobel price? The genre of literature can be appreciated the best by the president since he does not have time to read them. However, we think that there is an opportunity when an Armenian may be accepted by the whole world too. It will happen when …