Politics

“It’s been the fifth day since the unlicensed rallies and pickets are held in the Liberty Square thus violating the law on meetings, rallies and protests,” reads the statement of the City Council of Armenia made yesterday. The statement also reads that the current rallies cause the complaint of residents and harm the regular life …

“The new president of Armenia is well-aware of the NKR negotiation process and the document on the negotiation. As a whole, the incumbent president and I approve the basic principles included in the document. In this regard the standpoint of the Prime Minister is clear. We won’t waste time and very soon will resume the …

The Supreme Body of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsoutyun released a statement, which specifically reads, “The past presidential election has become one more test for Armenia in its way to democratization. We can and must pass it. This way we will be able to resist the inner political and foreign challenges. The party regrets that …

Vardan Oskanyan has made an announcement concerning dismissing several Ambassadors and foreign affairs ministry employees from their positions and said those people have been “honored” dismissal, who have been in very serious relations with the former authorities. The law on Diplomatic service does not allow our diplomats to express a political stance openly. Some of …

The post-election environment is getting worse in Armenia. The authorities have started arresting Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s supporters by different reasons. The police has already arrested former deputy public prosecutor general Gagik Jhangiryan, former minister of state incomes and member of the Republic party Smbat Ayvazyan, the chairman of democratic fatherland party Petros Makeyan and the chairman …

MP Hrant Grigoryan has refuted the rumors that he and his uncle Manvel Grigoryan have joined the movement led by Levon Ter-Petrosyan. “Neither Manvel Grigoryan nor me have ever been in any movement,” said Hrant Grigoryan. Concerning the rumors that he has been obliged to refute the rumors he said, “On the voting day I …

Yesterday PM Serzh Sargsyan received congratulation letters on victory during the presidential election from the president of China Khu Tzintaon, the chairman of the European people’s party Wilfrid Martinez, general secretary of the CIS inter-parliamentary summit Mikhail Krotov, the mayor of Moscow Youri Luzhkov, the president of Egypt Muhamed Hosni Mubarak, the Armenian patriarch of …

The president of the EC ministers’ committee, the foreign affairs minister of Slovakia Yan Kubish estimated the Armenian presidential election during a press conference at the Armenian ministry of foreign affairs yesterday and said that they are basing on the report of the OSCE/ODIHR mission. “It is a report, which reflects the overall quality of …

Yesterday morning the Armenian human rights defendant office received information that member of the Republic party Smbat Ayvazyan, who was taken to the police on February 24, has been beaten by police officers. Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan has issued an order to convene an ad hoc commission, which has visited the Kentron community department of the …

The presidents of Armenia and Russia have met in Moscow within the framework of the non-official summit of the CIS country presidents. The Russian president said that he hoped that one of the first official visits of the newly elected president would be to Russia and told Kocharyan that he invited Serzh Sargsyan to visit …