Politics

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan gave an interview to Mir TV and made announcements about the possibility of making the Russian ruble currency used in the territories of all CIS countries. Indeed yesterday he tried to explain his interview and the ideas expressed in it, but he failed to explain and gave reasons to ask more …

Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) Director Richard Giragosian issued a statement yesterday commenting on a recent report in the Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet claiming that a new "partial agreement" has been reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabagh. “According to the Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet a new "partial agreement" has been …

Any intellectual person would understand that the government of Armenia should not have suggested world famous Charles Aznavour to become Armenia’s Ambassador in Switzerland. Chalres Aznavour is 85, and Armenia should leave him quiet and not disturb with anything at least for the great honor that he has done to Armenia. However, some people think …

Charles Aznavour refused to become the Ambassador of Armenia in Switzerland. He announced about his decision in an interview given to the El Pais. According to radio Liberty, Aznavour said that he is an independent person. “Recently the president of Armenia suggested me to become the Ambassador of Armenia in Geneva. I felt very proud, …

After protracted silence the government of Armenia finally officially declared about the 500-million USD loan they are supposed to receive from Russia. The statement publicized on the website of the ministry of finances reads as follows, “As a result of the negotiations between the governments of Armenia and Russia an agreement was signed, according to …

Yesterday the Armenian National Congress officially confirmed Monday its intention to rally supporters on March 1 on the first anniversary of the deadly post-election clashes in Yerevan. The Armenian National Congress notified the City Hall of a March 1 rally in central Yerevan. The opposition intends to hold the rally either near the Matenadaran or …

Yesterday Goran Lennmarker, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s representative on the South Caucasus conflicts, arrived in Yerevan on the first leg of his regional tour. Last week he has spoken of a “good possibility” of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict this year ahead of his upcoming fact-finding visit to the South Caucasus. When commenting on his statement …

“There is a good opportunity of settling the conflict of Karabakh during this year, but the parties don’t have much time and they should use this opportunity,” announced PACE special representative on Karabakh issue Goran Lenmarker, who will visit the South Caucasus countries during next week. He will visit Armenia on February 10-12, and on …

The government of Armenia is happy again as Russia agrees to provide (or they say that they will) a borrowing of 500 million USD to Armenia. So far only the amount of this borrowing has been informed and there is no information concerning the interest rates and term of covering. While the government of Armenia …

PA faction representative Naira Zohrabyan told Mediamax news agency concerning the Azeri president’s office foreign relations department head Novruz Mamedov’s announcement saying that “the Armenian president was not brave enough to participate in meetings and discussions of important issues in participation with the Azeri president in the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos” …