Politics

Yesterday the activists of the Armenian National Congress held a meeting, during which the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan came up with a speech, commented on the Armenia-Turkey protocols, the situation after executing the protocols and spoke about his opinion concerning the future developments. “…I think the following scenario is more possible: the Turkish parliament will …

Do we need Europe or does Europe need us? It is already 17 years that Armenia is a member of the OSCE. It is 8 years that Armenia is a member of the Council of Europe. Has our society performed readiness to move toward the European society during this period? Do we really care about …

“The normalization of relations with Armenia is directly connected with the attempt of Armenia to normalize relations with Azerbaijan,” stated in Istanbul Turkey’s Prime Minister Rejep Erdoghan during the meeting of the members of Turkey’s ruling party Justice and Development. The latter is also a representative of the party. “There are serious reasons to normalize …

Recently Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian announced that "Armenia’s first and foremost concern is to determine Nagorno Karabakh’s status and by saying "security" we understand a land connection with Armenia." Azerbaijani websites were quick to comment on the Armenian FM’s statement stressing that Karabakh has always had a land connection with Armenia even when it …

It is not a secret that the authorities will do their best to prevent the editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper, Nikol Pashinyan, from being elected in the 10th precinct of Yerevan. Till yesterday everyone was expecting that the government would use the same methods such as ballot stuffing, intimidation on part of skinheads, terrors, etc. …

The expenses for the maintenance of the president’s office will be increased by 2.1% in the budget of 2010, and the maintenance expenses of the parliament will be increased by 1.7%. It is worth mentioning that the expenditure line of the budget of 2010 is less by 9% compared to the budget of 2009.

In the conditions of the world economic crisis the governments of many countries have cut down a lot of expenses, including the expenses of the state office maintenance first of all.  This policy has not only a tangible economic and social effect (as the saved money is spent on more important state issues), but moral …

“The European Union petitions Turkey to ratify the Armenia-Turkey protocols signed in Zurich on October 10,” writes the Turkish Zaman by referring to the EU’s draft report. Besides that in the report the EU hints that Turkey may be criticized in failing Europe’s peaceful initiative as they believe Turkey prevents Europe’s cooperation with the NATO …

The Turkish president Abdullah Gull took part in the opening of the Council of International Strategic Research and during this event he commented on the Armenia-Turkey relations. Gull says he hopes the process Armenia and Turkey have entered into may have a positive result. “Certainly there are different discussions concerning the issue of Karabakh. But …

Last month the ARF sent a draft consisting of 23 questions and 14 pages concerning the protocols between Armenia and Turkey to the parliament. The questions concern the process and content of the protocols. With the help of two questions the ARF tried to find out from the government whether the protocols comply with the …