Politics

Andranik Mihranyan, an Armenian political scientist from Moscow, who is the head of the national strategy commission of Globalization and development of the public chamber of Russia, is in Armenia now. Several days ago he met with the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan at Babken Araktsyan’s “Armat” organization and in several days he will …

As it was expected, yesterday the RA Justice council made a decision to submit a petition to the RA president to cease the liabilities of first-instance court of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities Pargev Ohanyan. The president has two weeks to decide whether to approve that petition or no (if no decision is taken within this …

And so the first step is made. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. Congress’ House of Representatives approved Resolution 106 to describe the World War I-era killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide. However three hours after the US President George W. Bush made an announcement that this step is too soon to …

“Regardless of who the President is he cannot ever say that I am done with my work and leave the political arena. The responsibility, which the presidents submit once they get elected, remains with them till the end of their lives. That’s why the first President of Armenia must at least 1-2 times a year …

Yesterday during the Foreign Relations Session of the European Parliament RA FM Vardan Oskanyan has made a sensational statement. By considering Azerbaijan’s suggestion to discuss Karabagh conflict in the framework of the UN absolutely “irrelevant” he said that Armenia thinks that the best spot for the NKR conflict resolution is the Minsk Group of the …

According to human right watchers during the past 5 years Armenia has regressed in terms of freedom of speech. They made such a statement during the press conference held yesterday. For example, the director of Helsinki Association Avetik Ishkhanyan by quoting the 2007 three-color map of the Freedom House, mentioned, “Green -freedom of speech is …

As it’s known by the mediation of the member of “Karabakh” committee, academician Rafael Ghazaryan on October 8 RA First President Levon Ter-Petrosyan and the first Prime Minister and NDU chairman Vazgen Manukyan met in another “Karabakh” committee member Samson Ghazaryan’s house after a 14-year interval. The meeting was hosted by another member of “Karabakh” …

“To tell the truth, if I had a lot of money, I would make investments in Armenia and nowhere else,” RA President Robert Kocharyan said while addressing the Armenian-Belgian business forum in Brussels. He assured that Armenia has a favorable legislative sphere for starting a business. In answer to Belgian businessmen’s question why Armenia is …

Moscow resident Alexander Aghazaryan, who had made an announcement after the arrest of former FM of RA Alexander Arzumanyan, had claimed that the money that he had transferred from Moscow to Arzumanyan in Yerevan have got nothing to do with “money laundering”. By the request of RA Prosecutor General’s Office the Russian Prosecutor’s Office is …

American Armenian political scientist Richard Giragosyan: the three countries of the region are losing the military balance not in favor of Armenia. According to him, the countries may lose the balance more in the future on the account of increasing the military expenses of Azerbaijan. The political scientist assures that the efficiency of expenses on …