Politics

The court of Yerevan has made a decision to continue the court trial of seven people arrested as a result of March 1 events. The court session will take place on December 19, at 12 o’clock, at the general jurisdiction court of Shengavit community. The court session will be open. The mentioned people are former …

Yesterday Vardan Malkhasyan, member of the Armenian Volunteers’ Union, Fatherland and Honor party member, was released from the Vardashen prison. The term of his imprisonment finished and he spent two years in cells. His friends, relatives, war participant friends and members of Heritage party met him right at the doors of the prison. “In two …

OSCE co-chairman Matthew Bryza said that signing of a resolution concerning settlement of Karabakh conflict failed in Helsinki because of Russia. “Two co-chair countries of the OSCE MG came up with an announcement concerning settlement of Karabakh conflict. A political resolution concerning that issue was failed mainly because of unjustified reasoning on the part of …

“The mayor of Yerevan must be elected directly because he/she must have the direct vote of the citizen. And that will be the best warranty for the mayor to be strong and work well. Every politician or statesmen serves for the ones, who vote for him/her,” yesterday said the head of the Heritage parliamentary factor …

Yesterday the National Assembly organized hearings on the bill on Local Self-Governance and Territorial Administration. Shortly said, they were discussing a bill, which should have been adopted so much longer as defined by the requirements of the revised Constitution. Representatives of various organizations and interested groups were invited. Reminder: As a result of the amendment …

The city administration office of Yerevan has refused the application of the Right and Freedoms Center to organize a march on the international day of human rights protection. The mentioned center was informed about the fact that their application had been rejected from non-official sources even though they had submitted the letter six days before …

The lawyers of Republic party board member Smbat Ayvazyan pledge that the court resolution concerning their client is illegal and they will appeal it in all instances of the court. They say that they will appeal the mentioned resolution at the first instance court, and if it is not satisfied they will do anything to …

“I don’t like the situation that exists in Armenia now. We have many things to do to solve problems in the government system. In our countries issues are solved by personalities but not by the system yet,” said ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan to our correspondent when commenting on the international day of human rights. “The only …

On December 3 president Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree to grant amnesty to three detainees: Edward Ashughyan, Arman Margaryan and Artur Nazanyan. The mentioned people were sentenced to 3-3,5 years of imprisonment for going against the police during the events of March 1. This information was provided to Aravot daily by the president’s spokesperson in …

The Armenian National Congress has made an announcement concerning the attempts of the government and police to make political detainees to “regret” for their actions. “On the one hand due to the growing pressure of the international institutions, and after understanding that keeping hostages and their poor behavior cannot break the democratic spirit, on the …