Politics

Sargsyan signed a decree on appointing Artur Baghdasaran Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC). Sargsyan signed another decree on determining the structure of the National Security Council. The NSC Secretary has been assigned to present the statute of the National Security Council for the approval of the President of the Republic of Armenia. The …

The four-party coalition of Armenia (RPA, Prosperous Armenia, Legal State, ARF) has made a statement which holds that the reforms aimed at solving the problems mentioned in the election programs, coalition memorandum, government program and the PACE resolution will be consistently implemented. The members of the coalition think that the reforms involve broader involvement of …

The first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated during his last week Congress that he finds it expedient to name the movement headed by him Armenian National Congress. He said it is just a suggestion for the political forces which participate in the movement to discuss. He said the political forces which will be members …

The US State Department has published the latest annual report on world terrorism fighting, which includes some frustrating observations about Armenia. Specifically, the report writes that Iran is one of the first countries which are supporting terrorism and emphasizes that the relations between Armenia and Iran are getting warmer. It is hard to imagine how …

While the new prime minister is busy with making revolution into his staff, the economy is stagnating. Furthermore, while the officials in charge of the economic policy are speaking difficult economic terms which are hard to understand, prices are going up. Tigran Sargsyan is not guilty in this fact because it is the responsibility of …

After the bloody events of March 1 the people’s movement organized its first event recently. Levon Ter-Petrosyan and his supporters organized a congress of the people’s movement, which was the second congress after the time when the first president decided to be involved in politics again. The congress took place in the government session hall …

During the 2nd congress of the “pan-national movement”, held in the conference hall of the Government yesterday, the first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan made two lengthy speeches. His speech started with the estimation of the events of March 1. In his first public speech since the March 1 clashes in Yerevan between his supporters …

After the formation of the new coalition government almost the whole governmental elite is speaking about making lofty reforms and presenting it like the best way of retrieving the trust of the society to the government. Political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan, however thinks that before making reforms the government has to recover its legitimacy. “Judging from …

The "moment of truth" has come for Europe to resist hardliners in Russia who are bent on stopping the spread of democracy in the former Soviet Union, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said to Reuters Agency. "This is not just an attack on a piece of Georgian territory," Saakashvili said, conducted at his half-finished new presidential …

– Mr. Iskandaryan, the government is finally formed. There were no surprises despite the expectations of new designations. How relevant is the current government to the created situation? – I don’t quite agree that there were not surprising changes. It depends on which period we compare these changes with. It is quite understandable that compared …