Politics

Yesterday Aram Karapetyan of the New Times party was transported from the basement jail of the National Security Service (NSS) to the Erebuni Medical Center in Yerevan late Thursday after undergoing urgent medical examination by government-designated doctors. As it’s known a few days ago Karapetyan’s health was drastically deteriorated. Dr. Armen Gasparyan physically examined the …

The Armenian leadership has always ignored the recommendations of the PACE and other international organizations. This statement was made by the chairman of the People’s Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchayn at the yesterday’s press conference. According to him the opposition and the government must be adherent to the conduct of the PACE requirements. “Did people …

“I think that the last public speech of Levon Ter-Petrosyan during the Congress of his supporters clearly showed one thing. Ter-Petrosyan made clear in his last speech that he will concentrate on future elections and move into mainstream politics,” said Peter Semneby in an interview with RFE/RL, the EU’s special representative to the South Caucasus. …

“After the events of March 1 the image of Armenia has suffered,” said PA faction secretary Aram Safaryan during a press conference held yesterday. He thinks that the political powers of Armenia should fulfill the recommendations in the PACE resolution. He believes that the recommendations concern both the government and the opposition as both these …

10 days after the May 2 statement of the first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan made during the second congress of the pan-Armenian movement former President of RA Robert Kocharyan gave a “free vocabulary” interview. Let us remember that in his speech Ter-Petrosyan thoroughly analyzed the events of March 1 and afterward stated that the …

After the events of March 1 the main and compulsory action to be taken to stabilize the situation in the country has been considered developing dialog between the two political poles. It is natural because in order to agree upon something you need to discuss that “something” first. Almost three months have passed since those …

By the instruction of the RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan former NA Speaker Karapet Rubinyan’s restraint has been replaced by a written undertaking not to leave the place, Spokesperson for the Procurator General Sona Truzyan reports. Karapet Rubinyan was charged with attempts of power usurpation and provoking mass disorders. As stated by the Prosecutor General’s …

On April 9, 2008 RA President Robert Kocharyan’s tenure in office came to an end. About a month after the inauguration of the new President he gave an exclusive interview to Mediamax, commenting on the latest statement of Levon Ter-Petrosyan. – Speaking at the congress of his supporters, Levon Ter-Petrosyan dedicated most part of his …

The head of the ad hoc commission on implementation of the recommendations of the PACE resolution on the activities of democratic institutions in Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, has told the radio Liberty that all the recommendations of the mentioned resolution are ready and have been presented to president Serzh Sargsyan. Member of the commission and the …

– It is a long time that people speak about dialog between the authorities and the opposition, but no dialog has taken place so far. We wander who is interested in such dialog. Generally is there need for such dialog? – Dialog is important for helping the political tense environment and establishing an environment of …