Politics

The court of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities has satisfied the petition of the investigation bodies to prolong the term of MP Myasnik Malkhasyan’s and Hakob Hakobyan’s arrest for two months (till January 2, 2009). The court has refused the petition of Hakobyan’s lawyer Melanya Arustamyan to release her client under pledge.

OSCE Minsk Group co-chairman Matthew Bryza’s wife, Zeino Baran, who is the director of the Eurasian center of Hudson University and is Turkish, said during a private conversation at the third energetic forum in Budapest that his husband might be offered the position of the assistant on security issues of the new president’s administration.

The head of the Armenian National security Service Gorik Hakobyan has told Jane’s Intelligence Digest news agency that fighting corruption and terrorism are priority issues for the security services of Armenia. “The external danger threatening to the country is the potential repetition of the Armenian Genocide. We are concerned of the possibility of repetition of …

Yesterday the prosecutor general of RA Aghvan Hovsepyan confirmed all the rumors that the murder, which was committed on Sunday on Komitas street, was the continuation of the murder of the head of the RA Hunter’s Union killed on November 8 of 2007. Reminder: Sayat Davtyan was killed in 2007 near Arabkir market and was …

On October 24-25 Serzh Sargsyan was in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic for a two-day working visit. On October 25 he met with NKR president Bako Sahakyan, participated in the ceremony of dedication of the new apartment buildings in Stepanakert and the village of Ivanyan for the staff of the NKR Defense Army. Afterwards, the leaders of Armenia …

The Sunday elections of the mayor in Gyumri proceeded in an environment of violations. Starting from early morning the precincts of Gyumri were surrounded by special forces of RA. This has become a quite common phenomenon in Armenia. At any rate, during the recent local government elections the special forces have played their role in …

It is possible that starting from January 1 of 2009 the salaries of statesmen may be doubled. This recommendation, which was offered by a number of MPs, is currently discussed by the NA Standing Committee on Social Issues. “At present negotiations are being held with the government to reflect the increase of salary in the …

With regard to the fact-finding group to look into the events of March 1-2, the first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan said, “We shall do our best but our involvement in the group is still under consideration. We shall exert all our efforts but I think it won’t be enough as it will be a voice in …

“Neither the terrorist act of October 27 nor the tragic events of March 1 will be disclosed while the authorities wield power in Armenia. Can the regime expose crimes committed by its stooges? Unless the tyranny is overthrown in Armenia no crime will be disclosed as was the case in other dictatorial countries. Stalin’s misdeeds …

Yesterday during the meeting with journalists the RA prosecutor general Aghvan Hovsepyan particularly said the following about the recent murders committed in Armenia, “In fact during the recent 2-3 days outstanding murders were committed in Armenia. The first murder was committed in Stepanavan, where the mayor was killed. The next one was committed in Spitak, …