Politics

Yesterday the leader of the NDU, presidential candidate Vazgen Manukyan made a statement, which specifically says, “I am grateful to my voters and supporters whose number is more than the official data. It is the unbiased, principled part of the society which shares our ideas and is the reliable cream which may underlie the future …

Yesterday RA presidential candidate Vahan Hovhannisyan spread an announcement, which specifically says, “I address to you personally as a presidential candidate. All this time I did not spear effort to keep competition within a constructive political debate and ask the citizens to make a decision for the sake and not against. I tried to persuade …

Yesterday during the CIS country members’ non formal summit in Moscow the President of the RF Vladimir Putin said that during the 8 years of his presidency the CIS states were able to avoid the spare issues of interrelations. “Very soon the term of my office will be over. I have also invited you to …

“The historic past of Kosovo, having nothing in common with the Karabakh issue, is much more like the history of Nakhijevan, when the world powers decided to artificially annex territories to the country they considered convenient. Unlike Artsakh the population of Kosovo is not indigenous, unlike Kosovo, which independence was declared by the Parliament the …

“Now we are discussing and concluding the activities of separate divisions of our party. One thing is clear that we have lost; we are not happy to lose but we are accepting that information with consciousness. Our party has the potential to win, and this will be a new beginning,” yesterday said ARF Bureau member …

British company Populus, which is one of the largest research companies in the Great Britain, has organized exit poll surveys before voting. They have conducted surveys in 126 precinct centers throughout Armenia. By the way, the precinct centers have been chosen by the company and the criteria of such selection was the compliance of the …

The president of France, Nicolas Sarkozie has congratulated PM Serzh Sargsyan on his victory during the presidential election. “I am sincerely congratulating you on your victory in the presidential election. The significant superiority you had over the other candidates shows the support you have in your country. I appreciate the choice of the Armenian people, …

According to the preliminary information of the RA CEC published by the CEC chairman Garegin Azaryan, Serzh Sargsyan has won the presidential election just during the first round. Garegin Azaryan said that the protocol of preliminary results had been signed by 6 members out of the 8 ones. ARF representative to the commission Hamlet Abrahamyan …

Yesterday Levon Ter-Petrosyan and his supporters organized their first post-election rally in Yerevan. It was planned to start the rally near the Matenadaran at 3 p.m., but on February 19 Ter-Petrosyan’s campaign office informed that due to the huge capacities of fraud it was suggested to start the rally at 11 a.m. People were coming …

RPA spokesman MP Edward Sharmazanov has told the radio Liberty that the presidential election of 2008 will be the best election in the new history of Armenia. “It is our goal to organize legitimate, democratic elections. I believe that this election will be the best in the new history of our country,” Sharmazanov said. Answering …