Politics

During her interview to the Radio Liberty the spokesperson of the Prosecutor General of Armenia Sona Truzyan once again refuted the allegations of the prisoners and their lawyers that the current court trials are “political orders.” The court has already made its verdicts for the most part of the imprisoned ones, however the latter refuse …

Yesterday the department of public relations of the National Assembly reported that on May 5 the National Assembly Committee of Human Rights and the Committee of European Integration held a joint meeting during which they decided to hold a joint parliamentary hearing on June 5. The topic is the extraordinary report of the ombudsman Armen …

– The RA Prosecutor General and the Justice Minister almost simultaneously submitted their objections to the report of the Ombudsman of RA on the Presidential elections February 19 and post-electoral developments. The main point of their objections were that the Ombudsman exceeded the framework of his authorities. Do you as a former Ombudsman agree with …

Yesterday adviser to the president, chairman of National Security party Garnik Isagulyan announced that the idea of forming a public council in Armenia was proposed for the first time two years ago during the discussions of the national security strategy in Armenia. He says that the reason why he has announced this is the fact …

On the day of the 90th anniversary of the first Republic of Armenia the three presidents of the new Republic of Armenia visited the Sardarapat memorial. The incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan and former president Robert Kocharyan visited the memorial escorted by many high rank officials and participated in the celebration in the morning. In the …

The US department of state has published its annual report on freedom and democratization in 2008, which criticizes the state of democracy in Armenia. Specifically, the mentioned report covers the electoral procedures of the presidential election 2008 and the events of March 1. “On March 1 the government announced state of emergency and used power …

The coalition parties have proposed a draft to the parliament aimed at increasing the role of the parliamentary opposition. According to the draft law, the opposition shall have a priority right to ask questions during the Q/A session with the government. According to another provision the opposition faction shall be entitled to develop one extraordinary …

Amnesty International law organization has published its annual report, which writes that in 2007 the independence of media and free speech was limited in Armenia. The report also brings concrete facts. “In October 2007 chief editors of newspapers Nikol Pashinyan and Shogher Matevosyan were arrested for participating in a rally organized by ex-president and opposition …

“The February 2008 presidential elections were significantly flawed,” the State Department said in its latest report detailing its efforts to promote democracy and human rights around the world. The report was released yesterday. “Problems included favorable treatment of the government’s candidate, instances of ballot stuffing, vote-buying, multiple voting, voter intimidation, violence against opposition commission members …

Yesterday the representatives of both the RA and NKR governments and opposition in the person of Levon Ter-Petrosyan visited the memorial of Sardarapat on the 90th anniversary of the first republic of Armenia and to commemorate the victims of 1918. The third president of the third republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Supreme Patriarch of All …