Politics

Political prisoners to be judged separately

05.04.2009

The case of seven was brought to end yesterday at the court of general jurisdiction of Shengavit community. After the amendment of the articles 225 and 300 the prosecutor asked the court to give ten days to change the accusation. After the mentioned law amendment yesterday the court held the first session in the new …

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“That is insult to government”

05.04.2009

– It is already been three months that the ad hoc convenes only working sessions, which deserves various interpretations. What is the reason? – There are numerous conversations about the creation of the ad hoc and they may continue even after the completion of the mission of the ad hoc. The thing is that the …

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Decided not to interfere

02.04.2009

Yesterday the chairman of the National Assembly of RA Hovik Abrahamyan discussed with the NA factions the letter sent by the detained MPs Hakob Hakobyan, Myasnik Malkhasyan, Sasun Mikayelyan accused in the framework of the case of seven. In the letter the mentioned MPs requested Abrahamyan to convene a parliamentary session to nullify the NA …

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One more month

02.04.2009

Yesterday in Valencia city of Spain the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) convened a sitting. Among other issues, the Committee examined the implementation of PACE Resolution 1643 (2009) by Armenian authorities. Member of the Armenian delegation in the PACE Armen Rustamyan told our reporter that no decision was …

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PACE will “sing the same song”

02.04.2009

Yesterday at 3 p.m. of Yerevan time the session of the PACE was launched in Valencia, Spain, which lasted till late evening. The co-reporters of PACE on Armenia Georges Colombier and John Prescott presented on what Armenia had done in 2009 to improve the situation in terms of conforming to the requirements of PACE resolution …

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Will the border be opened?

02.04.2009

“After the visit of the US President Barrack Obama to Turkey in April Turkey may open its border with Armenia,” such information was disseminated by the Euronews by basing on the high-rank officials of the EU. According to Euronews sources the possible visit of the Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Babajan’s to Armenia to take place …

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New details

02.04.2009

“Turkey and Armenia agree on the roadmap to establish diplomatic ties and open the shared border,” yesterday such information was publicized by the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper. According to it Ankara and Yerevan have agreed on the major parameters of a historic reconciliation in secret talks to start diplomatic relations and re-open their shared border. However …

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Principle of feudal heredity should be rejected

02.04.2009

– Do you think that the mayoral election of Yerevan is so important that first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan really wants to be elected? – I think that the mayoral election of Yerevan is really very important in consideration of the fact that Yerevan has dominating power in the economic, cultural and political life of the …

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Next week

31.03.2009

Yesterday the head of the Heritage faction Armen Martirosyan and member of the Heritage Bureau Anahit Bakhshyan met with the NA chairman Hovik Abrahamyan in order to discuss the request letter of political detainees Sasoun Michaelyan, Myasnik Malkhasyan and Hakob Hakobyan. According to Bakhshyan the NA chairman told them that he had received the letter …

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Dangerous expectations

31.03.2009

While the Armenian people are busy with the upcoming mayoral elections, certain things are happening out of Armenia, which don’t stand for a pro-Armenian settlement of Karabakh conflict. In order to see this fact it is enough to read the official information. For example, according to the foreign affairs ministry of Armenia, yesterday the French …

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