Politics

Yesterday on March 26 starting from 6 p.m. the supporters of Levon Ter-Petrosyan held their consecutive “political” stroll-action, which was preliminarily titled as a day of reading. As it was planned the participants of the actions were supposed to stroll in the Northern Avenue and audibly read parts from newspapers or books. The police hindered …

“The faked elections and the violence in the post-election period resulted in the tragic events of March 1. People had come to the Square to voice their protest. The rallies were mainly peaceful and the rumors of the use of arms are groundless,” leader of the People’s Party of Armenia (PPA) Stepan Demirchyan said to …

In near future the National Assembly perhaps by the second reading will adopt the law on Yerevan (full title – law on the local government and self-government bodies of Yerevan) as in the fall local government elections must be held in Armenia. According to this legislation the future mayor of Yerevan shall be elected by …

Armenian law-enforcement authorities announced on Wednesday that they established the identity of a woman who claimed that security forces killed a 12 year-old boy when dispersing supporters of ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosyan on Freedom Square in the early hours of March 1. Several local dailies published the photo of the woman for several consecutive days asking …

Today is the first year of former RA Prime Minister, RPA Board chairman Anradnik Margaryan’s death. Exactly one year ago on March 25 Margaryan died of heart attack. His death was a loss not only for his relatives but also for the Republic of Armenia. As Margaryan was really an irreplaceable person it becomes hard …

8 citizens who have suffered during the March 1 events are still in hospital. 3 out of these citizens, whose health conditions are still bad, are in reanimation departments. 6 citizens are civilians, one of them is a soldier and the other one – policeman.

Yesterday the Prime Minister of RA, president-elect Serzh Sargsyan paid his first foreign visit in his new status. Of course, he visited Russia. The near future will perhaps show the economic-political outcome of the visit. But the fact that he paid a visit to Russia caused numerous assumptions. The first assumption is that Armenia once …

On March 22 the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan again met with the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby and his delegation including the French ambassador to Armenia Serge Smessoff, the charge d’affaires of the delegation of the European Commission to Armenia Raul de Luzenberger, and Andrej Didenko, political adviser to …

Residents of Vanatur Village, Kotayk Marz, held a protest action yesterday in defense of MP Sasun Mikaelyan. They demand an immediate release of the Armenian MP, who was arrested on March 12. According to the RFL dozens of hundred of people participated in the protest. “The police didn’t hinder the protestors,” informs the RFL. Let …

“Souren Surenyants, member of the political board of the Republic Party, has gone on a hunger strike since early morning of March 24.” This statement was made by Nubarashen penitentiary. He noted that he had practiced his constitutional right and freedom and did not commit any offence and therefore demands stopping persecution and immediate release. …