Politics

“Waiting for a positive answer”

12.07.2009

Cooperation of Armenia and Armenian Diaspora plays an important role in the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, Hovik Abrahamyan, speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia said in Paris during a meeting with representatives of Armenian Diaspora. “Politics of Yerevan towards normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations in no way …

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Does Aliyev live in illusions?

12.07.2009

During his interview to the Russian Ria Novosti Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large, ex-President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasyan commented on the recurrent harsh statement of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who declared that he does not see any opportunity for the existence of Nagorno Karabakh outside its borders and the question of Karabakh’s status is not …

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Neither sees nor listens

12.07.2009

During his interview to the Russian Ria Novosti Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large, ex-President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasyan said, “Ilham Aliyev does not see the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Moreover, from the height of his potentially unchangeable dictatorial power he does not see the democratic development of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, does not see the NKR …

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Film, film, film

12.07.2009

And so the “perfect couple” the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group Mathew Bryza, Bernard Fassier and Yuri Merzlyakov are in Yerevan again. The RA President Serzh Sargsyan and foreign affairs minister Edward Nalbadyan received the OSCE chairmen as well as the personal representative of the OSCE chairman Anjey Kasprichik. "Some of you laugh at …

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Alexander Iskandaryan, head of the Mass Media Caucasus Institute: The amnesty was also a result of social pressure

12.07.2009

– Both the government and opposition are satisfied with the 1677 resolution adopted by the PACE. Certainly each of the parties expressed their subjective opinions and eventually it is not clear what the stance of democracy in Armenia is. – Usually in the political life each of the opposition and government allege that they are …

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Congratulations on the Day of the Constitution

06.07.2009

Tomorrow, on July 5 is the 14th anniversary of the adoption of the Armenian Constitution. This is a day, which unfortunately has never turned to become a real holiday during the past 14 years neither for the Armenian citizens nor especially for the political actors or government. Of course, tomorrow many statesmen will make lofty …

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Everyone swindles

06.07.2009

On July 1 the Supervisory Palace (SP) published facts on state income and expenditure collection violations in several sectors in 2007-2008. As a result of the previous publications of this institution we learnt that different state institutions such as ministries, governors’ offices and other departments had embezzled the money they had received from the budget …

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Karabakh Conflict: 15 Years of “Neither War Nor Peace” Situation. 15 Questions and Answers

04.07.2009

The Questions are Answers by Personal Representative of the President of the RA S. Sargsyan, Chairman of the Council of the Institute of Political Research umder the Administration of the President of the RA Mr. Garnik Isaghoulyan – Why has not the independence of Nagorno Karabakh been recognized by Armenia? – The international experience derived …

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Nicol is back

04.07.2009

Yesterday opposition activist and chief editor of Haykakan Zhaman newspaper Nicol Pashinyan, who had been on the run for more than one year, voluntarily visited the general prosecutor’s office. Nicol walked to the prosecutor’s office through the park in front of the prosecutor’s office and told the guards that he had decided to surrender voluntarily. …

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Azerbaijan to refuse Nabucco

04.07.2009

Two days ago it became clear that during the recent visit of the Russian president Dmitri Medvedev to Azerbaijan the Gazprom company of Russia and the state oil company of Azerbaijan executed an agreement, according to which Russia will buy 500 million cubic meter of gas from Azerbaijan every year and will pay a significantly …

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