Politics

“Of course, the issue on status is debated, and it is the main issue. If the issue on status is not debated then what is discussed in negotiations?” said the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs when answering the questions of the Azerbaijani APA news agency. He also added that the issue on referendum, defining fate …

During his interview to A1+ the former Advisor to the President of NKR, candidate of Armenian Presidential elections Arman Melikyan said that he welcomed Ter-Petrosyan’s nomination as a presidential candidate. Meanwhile he thinks that at present there is no presidential candidate, who will be able to solve two crucial issues – resolution of NKR conflict …

During his interview to the Azerbaijani APA news agency the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs ascertained that during negotiations the parties are discussing the status of Karabakh. “Of course, the issue on status is debated, and it is the main issue. If the issue on status is not debated then what is discussed in negotiations?” …

The ten-year silence between the first and the second presidents reminds of a history. During one of the concerts composer Morris Ravel appeared next to another composer, who hated Ravels’ music. After silently sitting next to him for ten minutes Ravel offered his “talk-friend”, “my friend, let’s change the topic.” As time shows the ten-year …

“Baltic Surveys / The Gallup Organization” (The Gallup) has conducted public surveys of the upcoming presidential elections in Armenia. The Gallup has submitted its findings to the corresponding political parties. The results of the polls, which concern separate candidates or parties, were submitted to them only. This is the Gallup’s principle how it works. As …

On December 5 Alexander Arzumanyan, head of the office of nomination of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, met with the head of the election department of the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Gerald Mitchell, advisor on elections Nicola Schmidt and the assistant head of the OSCE Yerevan office Marc Bojanich. They discussed issues relating to …

Georges Colombier, a rapporteur for a PACE body monitoring Armenia’s compliance with its membership commitments to the Strasbourg-based organization, said the February 19 elections should be markedly different from the weekend election to Russia’s State Duma strongly criticized by the West. “I hope that they will not take place the way they did in Russia,” …

Closer to Presidential elections of RA certain political forces are trying to concentrate their efforts to exclude illegitimate presidential elections on February 19 2008. Ter-Petrosyan’s co-thinkers have established a new public movement the “Legitimate President 2008”, which unites Lyudmila Sargsyan, chairwoman of the “Social-Democratic Hnchak Party” (SDHP), Garnik Margaryan, Chairman of “Fatherland and Honor” party …

The questions of the MPs Fore example, independent MP Victor Dallakyan, who is popular with his opposition behavior, has sent a written question to the government and offered to establish a temporary NA committee to estimate the level of use of the monetary funds spent on the Earthquake since 1989 because according to Dallakyan 20 …

The public polls conducted by the Armenian sociological union within the period of October 27 – November 3, which have been prepared and analyzed by “Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization (Dr. R.Alisauskiene)”, express the ratings of 13 Armenian politicians. The survey was ordered by the International Republican Institute (IRI) in financial support of the US International …