Politics

Yesterday the people’s movement conducted one more rally in the surrounding area of the Matenadaran and later marched through the center of Yerevan. By the way, this was the first march after the events of March 1. As before the rally of June 20, this time there were many policemen near the Matenadaran and the …

Experts say that in the recent period the high levels of the Turkish and Armenian governments have activated their communications. Also, it is a very surprising fact that in this hard post-election period for the new president of Armenia the Turkish president Abdullah Gull was one of the first foreign presidents to congratulate him. Also, …

While till the rally of the Pan-Armenian Movement would start near the Matenadaran yesterday evening there were rumors circulating that the transportation means traveling to Yerevan from marzes wouldn’t function. This is done to ban the attendance of citizens from marzes to the rally. A part of the ones, who visited from marzes, reached Yerevan …

A leading international human rights organization, the Human Rights Watch, has called on the Armenian authorities to release the editor of a pro-opposition newspaper who was imprisoned two years ago for evading military service. Arman Babajanyan, who founded and edited the “Zhamanak Yerevan” newspaper, was arrested in June 2006 and subsequently sentenced to three-and-a-half years …

During the June 28 rally in Gyumri the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan announced that on March 1 neither the police nor the army fired at the people. “These murderers are criminal elements. Part of them is from Karabakh and the rest is the skinheads of the famous oligarchs,” said Levon Ter-Petrosyan. When speaking …

“The Armenian delegation will lose much without the opposition, and we will need the help of Raffi Hovhannisyan as a man, politician and orator. I’d like to use this opportunity and ask Raffi Hovhannisyan to return and continue his work within the Armenian delegation in the PACE in favor of the Republic of Armenia,” said …

During the PACE session last week a provision was changed in PACE resolution 11656 concerning the A1+ TV company. This amendement was proposed by the Armenian delegation. According to this amendment, the Armenian authorities “shall provide airing right to A1+ immadiately.” However, this provision was changed in the final version as the following: “…shall immediately …

Ombudsman of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan has submitted a written draft of 21 recommendations of amending the electoral law to prime-minister Tigran Sargsyan and the head of the NA standing commission on state and legal affairs Davit Harutyunyan. This draft of recommendations also includes a provision concerning the procedures of campaigning through mass media. “In consideration …

On July 11 the Heritage party will hold a general meeting to discuss the future activities of the party. Heritage party member Vardan Khachatryan informed about this general meeting but he did not inform any other details concerning the issues to be discussed during that general meeting. “We have to clarify those issues with the …

The headquarter of the people’s movement has issued a statement reading that yesterday at 19:00 about 20 men and with provocative behavior attacked the people who were participating in the “political pace”. “There was a scuffle and several citizens were beaten. During all this time when the criminals were doing the orders the police in …