Politics

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is in Armenia with official visit. According to the PR department of the Armenian president’s office, the presidents will discuss issues concerning developing the inter-governmental, trade relations between Armenia and Belarus, cooperation within international institutions and fighting the challenges resulted from the international crisis. Lukashenko will also meet with representatives …

PM Tigran Sargsyan had a meeting with the deputies of Prosperous Armenia, ARF and Legal State factions. Last week the prime minister participated in the session of the Republican party as well. There is no information about the details of the mentioned meetings and the parties only informed that they discussed issues concerning resisting the …

“The report is not unbiased. Even in consideration of the fact that the ombudsman should criticize, his estimations are not true,” said RPA spokesperson Edward Sharmazanov to radio Liberty when commenting on the ombudsman’s annual report. ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan says that the report is not unbiased either. “Due to political reasons they refused to …

President Serzh Sargsyan has signed an order to approve the bylaws of the Public Council and appointing the members. The appointed members of the Public Council are Robert Amirkhanyan, Anna Asatryan, Karen Bekaryan, Emil Gabrielyan, Anelka Grigoryan, Astghik Gevorgyan, Haik Demoyan, Hovhannes Zanazanyan, Khosrov Harutyunyan, Vazgen Manukyan and Vladimir Movsisyan. According to the bylaws, the …

The NA ad hoc in charge of the revision of the Criminal Code of Armenia and in particular articles 225 and 300 received the conclusion of the Venice Commission relating to the new draft and formulation of articles. The Venice Commission mostly salutes and accepts the changes. Reminder: The RA NA initiated these amendments in …

The NA ad hoc in charge of the revision of the Criminal Code of Armenia and in particular articles 104, 225, 300 and 301 received the conclusion of the Venice Commission (VC) relating to the new draft and formulation of articles. The first version of the revised code was sent to the Venice Commission in …

During yesterday’s court session of the Case of Seven Sargis Kloyan, the father of Gor Kloyan killed during the March 1 unrest in 2008, came up with mediation suggesting the judge to resign. “Since last year you have been preventing me from having a representative,” said the man, whose son was killed on March 1. …

Yesterday the trial of the case against seven opposition activists resumed without defendant Shant Harutyunyan in the court of Kentron and Nork-Marash. Harutyunyan’s relatives confirmed that his health condition has deteriorated of late but insisted that he is not mentally ill. They said the medical check-up ordered by the judge must be conducted only in …

On the occasion of March 8 the former president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has sent congratulatory postcards to only two female MPs – member of the Heritage faction Zaruhi Postanjyan and member of the Prosperous Armenia Arevik Petrosyan. Moreover, the postcard sent to Postanjyan portrays French painter Tuluz-Lotrec’s painting of two semi-naked women. “To be …

Shant Harutyunyan’s health conditions became very bad yesterday. Shant Harutyunyan is a political prisoner charged under the Case of Seven and has not eaten anything or slept since an injection one week ago. Human rights advocate Avetik Ishkhanyan has visited the Vardashen prison to meet with Shant Harutyunyan. After the mentioned meeting Avetik Ishkhanyan said …