Politics

What spoils the Prime Minister’s mood?

13.05.2008

Yesterday on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of Shushi Liberation NA chairman Tigran Torosyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, ministers and MPs visited the Yerablur. However, many of the liberation warriors, who have directly participated in the war of Shushi and the war in Karabakh, were in prisons on that day. What is the opinion …

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The way we celebrate the day of victory

13.05.2008

Yesterday the RA citizens were celebrating the 16th anniversary of the liberation of Shushi in Yerablur and the 63rd anniversary of the victory in the WWII in the Victory park. Since early morning the Victory park looked festive. Soldiers of honor were lined along the museum, veterans of the World War II were walking around …

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In between the interests of counterpart U.S. and non-enemy Russia

13.05.2008

As we know, the relations between the radical opposition and the West worsened just after the head of the OSCE organization for democratic institutions and human rights monitoring mission Gerd Arens published the preliminary report of their observation mission. The document, despite the serious expectations of the radical opposition, had a provision, which seriously disappointed …

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Does Kocharyan influence?

12.05.2008

“I can say the following. There is the head of state, there is the Constitution of Armenia about how the government is shaped, I would say that nobody, especially Robert Kocharyan, would allow himself to interfere with the appointment of the government and playing a role shouldn’t be considered interference,” two days ago stated President’s …

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Evident regret

12.05.2008

Today is the day of the Yerkrapahs, on the occasion of which we will hear lofty words about Karabakh war veterans on TV (except for the ones, who are in jail now). Yesterday the President of the Yerkrapahs Manvel Grigoryan released a similar congratulatory statement for the veterans. In fact his statement sounds like a …

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There are certain changes

12.05.2008

Yesterday the Chairman of Armenia’s Parliament Tigran Torosyan received the EU Special representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby. According to the press office of the NA Torosyan spoke about the number of steps undertaken after the March 1 events. Torosyan presented his approaches and noted that the change in Levon Ter- Petrosyan’s position was …

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Governmental challenges

12.05.2008

Will the government be able to realize the broad-scale reforms, which it promised to the Armenian society and the international community? It is quite difficult to give a concrete estimation to that as the issue consists of a number of important and even unexpected components. Tigran Sargsyan’s appointment to the post of the Prime Minister …

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Chairman of Republic party: The first step should be initiated by the authorities

12.05.2008

– Levon Ter-Petrosyan said in his recent speech that he thought it necessary to rename the movement as Armenian National Congress, which will implement its future activities through a shadow government. Will you join this movement? – There were many good surprises for me in Ter-Petrosyan’s speech. The suggestion of establishing the Armenian National Congress …

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Master and Margarita-2

12.05.2008

All wealthy nations of the world are not praising their failures, but are trying to work them out and develop. “What doesn’t kill me is making me stronger,” Nietzsche said. Is it good to look for positive things in tragedy (1915, October 27, 1999, March 1, 2008) and accept failures as stimulus for development? Let’s …

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Build an atomic station and become a strategic ally

09.05.2008

– Mr. Muradyan, the authorities say that the first and biggest change in the policy of the country is replacing the foreign affairs minister. Does this mean that the foreign policy will be significantly changed? Why did the new president replace Vardan Oskanyan? – Vardan Oskanyan’s replacement is, certainly, an important but local issue. Edward …

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