Politics

Yesterday for the first time all the accredited journalists were able to watch the government session online through live broadcast form the government session hall. This was organized by the assignment of the RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, by whose initiative from now on the visitors of the government website will be able to be …

The Administrative court of Armenia has held the first hearing of the case submitted by four former diplomats fired by ex FM Vardan Oskanyan. The four diplomats are asking the court to cancel the dismissal order issued by the minister, recover their jobs and compensate the financial losses occurred. The representatives of the foreign affairs …

Yesterday the report of the AGO group on the visit to Armenia was submitted to the session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The press service of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe told the Radio Liberty that a package of recommendations was prepared as a result of …

On April 22 Serge Sargsyan appointed Davit Sargsyan as head of the administration of the government of Armenia. Let us remember that before the appointment Davit Sargsyan was the head of the Central Bank department of financial policies and analyses.

Member of the Armenian delegation in the PACE Davit Harutyunyan stated in the National Assembly that the independent investigation of the events of March 1 should be entrusted to the Ombudsman of Armenia. The head of the delegation in the PACE Armen Rustamyan also made such a reference. Has the Ombudsman of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan …

The journalists are often accused of seeing only the color black in the variety of colors. They only find negative and grey tints in positive events and speeches and thus spoil the positive outcome of those speeches. And first of all the government officials complain about this and even try to blame the mass media …

After a divisive and violent postelection crisis, recently installed Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian is anxious to form a new cabinet capable of defusing tension and reaching out to a polarized population. The scripted and predetermined transfer of power from outgoing President Robert Kocharian to his prime minister, Sarkisian, proved far more difficult and challenging than …

– Mr. Harutyunyan, what do you think about the PACE resolution on the democratic institutions of Armenia? – I am estimating it very positively and I believe that the Euro Union is trying to help Armenia continue its development through the democratic path. This is the purpose of that resolution. The level of protection of …

“If a party leader is participating in the president’s inauguration, it means that they will continue raising problems need to be solved. We have heard people saying that Serzh Sargsyan must resign or if they have taken part in the inauguration, it means they are betrayers. There is a sector in between those black and …

The Office for Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (ODIHR) and The Council of Europe Venice Commission have announced that they highly appreciate the agreement with the Armenian authorities to revise the recent amendments to the law on rallies and public demonstrations. “This is an achievement concerning the law on demonstrations due to the long-term cooperation …