Politics

Two years in a row an international watchdog Freedom House doesn’t register any change in Armenia in the direction of democracy and civil rights. “The impression is that in Armenia the situation is stagnant,” stated an expert of the Freedom House Catherine McAlec in her interview to Radio Liberty. She also added, “the main impression …

The New York Academy of experts headed by a woman professor Fox, small state definition Fox group, believes that small countries are those that do not possess the military means more power for a long time to resist the military offensive. It turns out that the fate of small countries in the XXI century light …

During yesterday’s press conference the head of the justice ministry judicial acts mandatory fulfillment department Mihran Poghsoyan refused to comment on the incident that took place in 2011, as a result of which the minister of justice Gevorg Danielyan was dismissed from his position. Reminder: during that incident M. Poghosyan slapped in the face of …

By the invitation of the Russian President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev the RA President Serzh Sargsyan will pay an official visit to Sochi. In the framework of this meeting the two presidents will meet. According to the news section of the Armenian President’s Office on the same day the trilateral meeting of the …

Yesterday the World Bank gave an unpleasant surprise to those analysts and officials, who as in the past claim that the second wave of the global crisis will bypass Armenia. They also claim that in the event of the second wave of the crisis in Armenia the country will be able to withstand the challenges …

The Congress convened a session yesterday to discuss the format of its participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections and finalize its electoral list. The ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan and some other delegates didn’t participate in the session. After the session the coordinator of the ANC Levon Zurabyan didn’t concretize what formats they have discussed. The …

Yesterday the Armenian National Congress held a political council session and discussed the format and dates of starting the rallies scheduled for February and most attractively they discussed the issues of formation of the pre-election lists. However, as the governmental parties, the non-parliamentary opposition keeps their plans in secret from public. As the government the …

According to our information, the governor of Syunik region Surik Khachatryan is going to open a hydro power plant in Kapan’s Tsav village. According to the local villagers, one hydropower plant has already been built on the Basuta river that is crossing their village. The villagers could not say the names of those who were …

The picture of powers to be represented in the next parliament is becoming clear already. Now it is clear that the main two largest political powers in the parliament – the RPA and PA parties – will participate in the elections with separate lists. The Legal State party has become trouble for the authorities and …

The RPA wants to leave the votes and proportion of political representation of the PA the same in 2012 as it was in 2007. However, during the past five years the votes of the RPA, ARD and LS have been reduced due to the difficult social and economic situation in the country, but the PA …