Politics

The parliament the second discussion of the bill on “Legal regime on emergency situations”, which was criticized by both the parliamentary and non-parliamentary political powers as they claim it is unconstitutional. There were also opinions that by adopting such law the government is giving a message that they are ready to apply brute force if …

– Mr. Hovsepyan, during his meeting with the law-enforcers in spring 2011 the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan assigned them to investigate the March 1 case in a more aggressive and vigorous manner. At the end of the last year the Special Investigative Service publicized a report, which showed that there was no progress. Can we …

Yesterday the Free Democrats party held a general meeting in the meetings hall of the government. The main intrigue in terms of the recent political development was the possible alliance between the Free Democrats and Heritage parties. Even though during the general meeting no formal decision was made about this cooperation the speeches of the …

During the speech of president Serzh Sargsyan at the RPA’s general meeting it was clear already that there would be strong discussions over the numbers and information spoken by him. However, it was not expected that the debate would last so long. Following the speech of president Sargsyan, former deputy minister Hrant Bagratyan wrote an …

Yesterday, the Free Democrats party convened its second extraordinary congress in the hall of the government building, which was attended by all political parties with the exception of the ruling coalition forces. The Congress hosted MPs and non-parliamentarians from all the opposition parties – Heritage, ARF, New Times, from ANC the Republic Party, Fatherland and …

Leader of the Free Democrats party Khachatur Kokobelyan yesterday met with the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Bruce Donahue, the head of political and economic agency Bart Putney and political officer Christopher Anderson. According to the PR department of the Free Democrats, the interlocutors discussed issues related to Armenia’s political situation and highlighted the conduct of fair …

Yesterday the authorities on behalf of deputy minister of Finance Vardan Aramyan answered the former prime-minister’s criticism regarding Serzh Sargsyan’s speech. The answer in terms of content is really feeble, almost as feeble as the Serzh Sargsyan’s statement about “economic successes.” It is not about figures that were presented as counter argument to Bagratyan in …

Two or three weeks ago, when it became known that that Khachatur Sukiasyan was going to run for MP in district 10, the journalists had been trying to receive answers to their questions personally from him. None of them succeeded ion it because Sukiasyan wasn’t in Armenia. However, yesterday he personally met with the journalists …

Armavia airline company has disseminated an announcement that the company is going to bring new big airplanes to Armenia in April, as well as will enlarge the geography of the flights, including flights to Milano, Stockholm, Birmingham and Amritsar. However, two days before this announcement the owner of the company Mikhail Baghdasarov was complaining about …

Yesterday during a discussion the president of Free Democrats party Khachatur Kokobelyan said to journalists, “Unfortunately they speak of violations before elections and take measures after elections only. Opposition powers should find courage for joint struggle in majoritarian elections. If opposition powers provide 5-10 proxies in every precinct, they may change the outcome of elections.” …