Politics

Yesterday NA speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met with the US Ambassador in Armenia Marie Yovanovitch. According to a recent statement released by the press department of the parliament, the ambassador said that if there is someone who can break the wall between the political parties, improve the Armenian-Turkish relations and support the peaceful settlement of Karabakh …

“The positive side of the meeting is the fact that during the meeting we had the opportunity to hear both critics and recommendations which are important to us because we must know the moods and opinions of political parties, what they think about the current difficulties and solutions, including collective solutions with us. Also it …

Yesterday morning at 11:00 a.m. at the sports complex after Karen Demirchyan the Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan convoked his second meeting with the Armenian political parties, the topic of which was the financial economic crisis and its impact on Armenia. A similar discussion was held in fall of 2008 devoted to the Karabakh conflict resolution. …

President Serzh Sargsyan had a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. According to the President’s official website during the conversation the interlocutors dwelt on Armenian-American bilateral relations, the implementation of the "Millennium Challenge Corporation" in Armenia, the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, as well as issues related to the Armenian-Turkish …

Yesterday after the voting session of the parliament businessperson MP Samvel Alexanyan changed his place and took the sit near LS representative Heghine Bisharyan and started talking to her. There was time when this MP used to sit in the rows of Heritage party. “One of the Armenian oligarchs, Samvel Alexanyan of Malatya-Sebastia community has …

“There is a large segment of the electorate that finds it hard to vote for Levon Ter-Petrosyan,” Hovsep Khurshudyan, the Heritage spokesman, said, explaining the party’s position. Khurshudyan claimed these voters would rather back a young leader like Martirosyan than opposition heavyweights like Ter-Petrosyan or even Hovannisyan. “Gagik Beglaryan should have been up against a …

“The police have fired high rank officials after the unrest of March 1. Is it connected with illegal activities on part of the police officers?” asked the chairman of the ad hoc looking into March 1 Samvel Nikoyan to deputy chief of the police Hovhannes Hunanyan. “If yes, why haven’t they been punished so far?” …

The RPA has ultimately decided to run in the municipal elections of Yerevan without coalitions. The RPA already considers this issue closed and have started to forecast by “plus or minus” which of the other parties has chance of votes. Thus, judging from the last reverences of the Heritage party the RPA has a hope …

During his visit to Georgia the assistant to the US Secretary of State Mathew Bryza declared that that he would continue working for the new DC administration and would occupy the position of the US State Secretary’s assistant on Caucasus. “I am much linked to that region and will be happy to continue my work …

Today during the court trial of the case of seven neither the political prisoners nor their 6 attorneys will be present. During yesterday’s court litigation judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan suspended judicial proceedings against one of the jailed oppositionists, who is due to undergo a psychiatric examination, and banned the six others from attending the trial for …