Marzes

$400.000 cannot be borrowed

21.12.2010

According to RIA Novosti, the employees of the Armenian office of the Russian largest travel company Tez Tour have been take to the police for two times. On December 11 they were taken to the sixth department of the police in the morning and were allowed to leave from the police only in the midnight …

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Khosrov reserve facing danger

19.10.2010

Days ago Ecolur NGO received an alert call that the construction of a restaurant in Gilan reserve of Khostov forest had been continuing. Let us remember that the construction was on hold for awhile due to the efforts of the environmentalists. In order to find out the actual situation we visited Gilan reserve with the …

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Suggested to become MP

08.11.2007

On January 13, 2008, there will be additional parliamentary elections in two precincts in Karabakh. One of those precincts is the 4th precinct of Stepanakert, in which Ara Harutyunyan was elected as deputy before being appointed as prime minister. The elections in this precinct may be interesting due to the fact that the main competitor …

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“Naive” Lori residents

04.09.2007

The main topic of the conversation of Lori residents is currently the pig plague, which has become quite wide-spread recently. The second topic is the murder of the prosecutor, related to which they avoid giving clarifications by preferring to wait the official police statement. But the population of the marz speaks quite disappointedly about the …

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A KGB atmosphere rules in Karabakh

18.07.2007

Nagorno-Karabakh presidential candidate, Bako Sahakyan, has ended his pre-election campaign meetings in different regions of Karabakh. The candidate is currently in meetings in the capital city. His regular meeting on Friday was with workers of hospitals and clinics. Presenting the propositions of his platform, Sahakyan said that the platform is mainly aimed at social issues. …

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“The current authorities are irrationally setting their foot on the same “mine”” -assures Nagorno-Karabakh presidential candidate Masis Mailyan

29.06.2007

– Mr. Mailyan, how do you explain the fact that you and Bako Sahakyan were the government candidates for the Nagorno-Karabakh presidential elections? – There are many government officials who share my opinion that there is a need for serious and radical reforms in the country. There are also conservative government officials who find that …

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Two candidates have started an active campaign

26.06.2007

As is known, starting from June 20 the campaign for president has been launched in Karabakh. Starting from the first day, numerous meetings and rallies have been held in different areas of Karabakh. On the first day, all five candidates had an opportunity for an appearance on public Karabakh TV and Radio. Only three of …

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Many are still undecided

29.04.2007

From now on, citizens of Karabakh will no longer see the line reading “I am against everybody” when they cast their ballots during elections. This and other amendments of the Karabakh Electoral Code have been approved during the April 25 session of the Karabakh National Assembly. After the first approval of the bill, ten proposals …

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Two Karabagh presidential candidates

20.04.2007

It seems as though the pre-election period is beginning to “warm up” in Karabagh. Two candidates have already announced that they will run in the 2007 presidential elections of Karabagh. The first to make the announcement was Deputy Foreign Minister of Karabagh, Masis Mailyan. As for head of the National Security Service of Karabagh Bako …

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Arkadi Ghukasyan: “Compromises must not hurt Nagorno-Karabakh independence and security”

15.03.2007

Recently French co-president of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernar Fassie told journalists at the airport in Baku that the purpose of his visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan was to discuss the preparation for the meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Vardan Oskanyan and Elmar Mammedyarov to be held on March 14th in Geneva. The …

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