Politics

– Is what’s happening between the RPA and the PA a mere collision, tension or a usual pre-election competition? – The pre-election campaign hasn’t started yet and the coalition parties should realize their functions stipulated by the coalition declaration. The coalition was formed to realize the pre-election promises and policies of the president as well …

The national Statistics Service has published the preliminary information on the macroeconomic situation in 2011, according to which the economic activity indicator during the year was 5,9%. In other words, according to the official statistics the economic growth is about 6%. Former prime-minister Hrant Bagratyan thinks that the information provided by the ANS is a …

During a recent summit in the University of Yerevan dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the army the defense minister Seyran Ohanyan spoke about the role of the army and objective discussions about its situation and said, “It is wrong to make an opinion about the army based on the political situation, processes between political …

– Mr. Bagratyan, there are opinions that the world will undergo the second wave of the global economic crisis, which may be even more powerful. What expectations do you have in this regard? What impact will it have on Armenia? – The world has entered the phase of long-term concerns, which will last 15-20 years. …

Dear Compatriots,Generals, officers, soldiers,Ladies and Gentlemen, I cordially congratulate you on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Armed Forces of Armenia. After losing independent statehood, the Armenian nation brought forth many warriors, but was not blessed with having its own army. The Armenian soldiers, officers and generals brought glory to …

The international human rights defender organization Human Rights Watch has published its annual report, according to which “the Armenian authorities continue to abuse human rights, meanwhile the international partners fail to use their tools to improve the situation”. The report also writes about the events of March 1, 2008, in which it is written that …

The coordinator of the ANC’s ad hoc on state and legal issues Gagik Jhangiryan has announced that the document, issued by the special investigation department in the end of December, concerning the investigation of the events of March 1,2 has raised new questions and suspects concerning the integrity and objective process of investigation. According to …

The opposition political powers of Armenia believe that if the electoral system is transformed to fully proportional system of elections, there will be less electoral violation and falsification. Or, these 41 MPs that are the loyalists of the authorities and business representatives will not be in the parliament anymore. This means that the mechanism of …

The Freedom House has classified Armenia in the list of partly free countries during a recent report. It is the tenth year that Armenia is classified a partly free country in the report, where the human rights and freedoms are not respected in duly manner, the rule of law is weak, and even though if …

During yesterday’s conference on adopting a full majoritarian system of elections organized by the Heritage and ARF parties PA representative MP Naira Zohrabyan announced that she was for adopting a fully majoritarian system of elections and said that it would enable to form a political parliament. “Let’s think how many of those 41 MPs elected …