Politics

The investigation department of the National Security Services has finished the investigation of the case of robbery and attack at the house of Armen Avetisyan, former chief of the RA customs service, in October 2008. The investigation department has found the criminals who robbed Avetisyan’s house and did other crimes as well. The investigation department …

The representatives of the Armenian authorities are speaking of the resolution presented by the head of the Swedish delegation to the PACE Goran Linbland with ignorance. Generally when any anti-Armenian statement or documents are generated in the European institutions, the Armenian government tries to ignore such things, or at least they show that they are …

“There may be a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” said the head of the US surveillance service Dennis Blair during the US Senate Surveillance committee session on Tuesday. He said that the Russian president Dmitri Medvedev considers the former Soviet states as a zone of privileged interests, which may undermine the relations between Washington and …

The parliament is discussing the package of draft laws on taxes, which envisages to define new taxes. The main goal of the draft law is to enable local government bodies to define and collect taxes in their administrative districts. The government is suggesting 5-6 types of taxes to be defined by community heads. The tax …

John Prescott and George Colombier, Co-rapporteurs on Armenia in the PACE, released a statement on Tuesday reading that the Armenian government should immediately implement the reforms suggested by the commission looking into the events of March 1-2. The co-rapporteurs have also sent a letter to the Armenian parliament asking to present the timeline of the …

“During several months we will organize an extraordinary session, after which I think there will be crystallization. We should come to an agreement to make the society understand that currently the Republic of Armenia is in need to see the society united. By saying crystallization I mean clarification of the future policy of the Heritage …

“He used to use the same terminology when accusing on March 1 as the ANC is using concerning us. I am very surprised to see Zaruhi Postanjian using the same ANC’s terms. She could use other words,” said member of the Armenian delegation to the PACE Armen Rustamyan concerning Zaruhi Postanjian’s announcement saying that the …

“Fright and vanity are a standard both in Armenia and Europe. I have said that this is the seed that results in a situation when there are political prisoners both in Europe and Armenia as a part of Europe. One may witness destroying of the Armenian culture and not to do anything here or there. …

The Armenian delegation to PACE, which returned from Strasbourg last week, convened a news conference to update the public of their activities in the PACE. But it turned out that the press conference turned into a response to the member of the Heritage faction Zaruhi Postanjyan. Let us remember that the latter wasn’t included in …

Yesterday the PACE Bureau held a close session, during which ARF representative Armen Rustamyan was elected representative from the Armenian opposition. As a result of the voting Zaruhi Postanjyan, who is a substitute of the Armenian delegation to the PACE, received 10 votes, and Armen Rustamyan received 15 votes. Eventually the Armenian delegation could have …