Politics

President Serzh Sargsyan had a telephone conversation with the U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton on 20 August, President’s Cabinet reports. According to the source the President and Mrs. State Secretary have discussed Armenian-American bilateral relations and the basic problems of the region, in particular, Armenian-Turkish political dialogue.

The “big show” of the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan relating to the seatbelts still serves its purpose. It has become one of the main topics of discussion. Under these circumstances the main question is whether it was one of the urgent issues of the country and why would Sargsyan decide to adopt such a law …

The chief of Armenia’s national police service Alik Sargsyan has denied that either of the two police servicemen killed in last year’s post-election melee in Yerevan might have become victims of weapons used by fellow servicemen. At a press conference yesterday Sargsyan also warned the opposition media against making a ‘scapegoat’ out of the police …

Despite a more optimistic economic outlook that has been presented by Armenian government officials of late, the country’s economy continued to decline in July amid a deepening fallout from the global recession, showing a 18.5 percent Gross Domestic Product contraction in the seven months of 2009. This means that the rates of decline will continue …

The chief of the police Alik Sargsyan promised revelation of two scandalous cases. However, these revelations will not include the murder of the deputy chief of the police Gevorg Mheryan. Alik Sargsyan said it is necessary to wait, and the revelation of that case is a matter of honor. However, while Sargsyan would reveal those …

The ombudsman of Armenia is drafting an extraordinary report on the judicial system. The report will be published either in September or October. Armen Harutyunyan told our reporter that in the report a special attention will be paid to the events of March 1-2 and connected judicial processes. In answer to the reporter’s question what …

The top officials of Armenia like it very much to speak about the legal state, rule of law, necessity of political culture and other similar high categories. Moreover, the more these categories are violated in Armenia the more they speak about them. For example, yesterday the deputy-minister of finances of the RA Vardan Aramyan literally …

“I think it is natural that Levon Ter-Petrosyan will be nominated because he is a political figure, who has consolidated political powers and the society,” said Levon Zurabyan to our correspondent in answer to the question whether the first president would run for presidency in case of extraordinary elections. Will the first president run again …

Andranik Kocvharyan, member of the ANM and the fact-finding group, which was established to look into the events of March 1 but was dissolved later, does not exclude the possibility that till September 15, i.e. till the publication of the report on the events of March 1 they may provide new reports to the institution …

Since the joint announcement of the foreign ministers of Armenia, Switzerland and Turkey on April 22 to develop relations and create a roadmap it seemed that the ice was cracking and the relations between the two countries would develop. However nothing has happened so far. Instead of that the processes in the foreign policy started …