Politics

“Time proves that being nominated by political powers the fact-finding group members failed to get rid of their political agenda and act is independent experts, which means that the efficiency and existence of the fact-finding group itself is under question. This fact resulted in the existing situation in the group and failure of its work,” …

The ballots of the 8/05 precinct of Malatia-Sebastia community were re-counted in the general public prosecutor’s office yesterday. It is worth mentioning that all the possible and impossible forms of electoral violations and violence have been observed in this precinct, including ballot stuffing, as well as in the presence of a US Embassy representative, violence …

“The Kremlin office believes that the upcoming meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the framework of the economic forum in Saint Petersburg is very important,” announced the RF president’s spokesperson Natalya Timakova yesterday. “The fact of the presidents’ meeting itself is important because it means that the process launched by the president …

“There won’t be crucial decisions during the upcoming meeting of the Armenian and Azeri presidents,” said political scientist Stepan Grigoryan and added, “However I think that it is positive that the Azeri party says that during Robert Kocharyan’s tenure the negotiations were in a better context.” He believes that this time Azerbaijan will say that …

Within the framework of the criminal case brought up at the Special Investigative Service, the prosecutor’s office opened the packet of votes from the 8/05 polling station of Malatia-Sebastia community. The experts, who were conducting the recount, mentioned at the beginning that the sack of the ballots was opened after being closed. This was the …

According to the polls of the Transparency International anti-corruption movement once again it was declared to the world that bribery and corruption are deeply enrooted in our blood. The Global Corruption Barometer, a global public opinion survey released found that over half (54%) of those polled believe that the private sector uses bribes to influence …

On May 29, RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed an order on the composition of the public council. According to the press office of the president the president approved the composition of 24 members of the public council. They are the following: Robert Atoyan, Stepan Gishyan, Karine Danielyan, Hovhannes Tadevosyan, Babken Harutyunyan, Henrik Hovhannisyan, Markos bishop …

Yesterday the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) described the mayoral elections in Yerevan as deeply flawed and said it will not recognize the legitimacy of their official results. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), Dashnaktsutyun got only 4.7 percent of the vote, failing to win any seats in Yerevan’s new municipal council. The influential party …

After the shameful May 31 elections yesterday perhaps took place the only political event, which will surely affect the further political developments of the country. During yesterday’s rally of the ANC the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated that the ANC will permanently boycott Yerevan’s newly elected municipal council and never engage in dialogue …

“The Council of Europe welcomes the conduct of the May 31 mayoral race. The overall organization of the elections has been broadly carried out in compliance with European standards,” Nigel Mermagen, the British head of the mission, said, presenting its preliminary assessment of the polls. Mermagen did not elaborate on irregularities witnessed by members of …