Politics

Recently the most popular topic that is being discussed in the internal political life is the report of the Ombudsman of Armenia and the objections of the Prosecutor General and the Justice Minister. A few days ago parliamentary hearing was held in this regard. Below we are presenting the interview with the Ombudsman of Armenia …

“I stated right from the beginning that this is a fabricated accusation resulting from a political order by the authorities,” a close associate of former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan Alexander Arzumanyan told RFE/RL in the basement jail of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS). “I am persecuted for my political views and that is why I refuse …

Yesterday president Serzh Sargsyan accepted Armenian businessman from Argentina Eduardo Ernekyan (he is the owner of the American International Airports). According to the statement of the president’s spokesman, Eduardo Ernekyan briefly introduced the investment programs implemented in the framework of their business plan in Armenia. He specifically attaches importance to agriculture and says that they …

The Ambassador of Russia to Armenia Nikolay Pavlov has met with president Serzh Sargsyan and passed Russian president Dmitri Medvedev’s invitiation to pay an official visit to Russia in the second half of June. Pavlov has also passed a thank you letter from the Russian president for congratulating him on his victory during the presidential …

On Friday president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will have their first meeting in Saint Petersburg. The foreign affairs minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan informed during his first interview that there is a concrete package of suggestions to the Karabakh negotiations, which is registered with the OSCE and was presented …

Yesterday the newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan had his first meeting with the journalists. He started the meeting by shaking hands with all the journalists. Afterward he got into the main part of the meeting, which can be divided into two segments – internal and external. As of the external part …

Almost every day the prime-minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan is having meetings with officials of different divisions and presenting programs on reformations and economic development. “We must start a new life starting from now,” said the PM on Tuesday during his meeting with state officials. Ex-PM Hrant Bagratyan does not believe in such reformations and …

The poorly developed civil society or if you wish its absence in the society create great opportunities for the government. As a matter of fact they get real spoilt. The National Assembly is currently discussing the bill on raising the salaries and wages of statesmen and high-rank officials of the country. Several days ago the …

A group of MPs representing the coalition are circulating a draft in the parliament, according to which the salaries of the heads of the judicial, legislative and executive powers should be doubled. If this draft law is adopted, the president will get 800.000 dram a month, the speaker, prime-minister and the head of the Constitutional …

The list of the ministers to be nominated by ARF was submitted to the president almost one week ago. Yesterday, in one week after this list was submitted president Serzh Sargsyan signed decrees on appointing ministers nominated by ARF. Before these appointments the politicians and people were discussing the issue of replacing the ARF ministers …