Politics

If the existing authorities were clever, they would raise the existing limitations on TV and radio companies just now and would let them organize discussions before the presidential elections. It is not dangerous, it is helpful for them. There is nothing dangerous since many oppositionists will not start criticizing the existing authorities, but they will …

Last week in one of the British magazines named “Observer” British engineer Bruce Tasker, who has worked in Armenia since 2003, requested to investigate the corruption and abuse allowed during the realization of 35 million USD project provided by the WB, which was aimed at reforming the water provision system in Yerevan. As a response …

To the questionable whether there is a possibility that President Kocharyan following the example of his Russian counterpart Putin may wish to become Prime Minister, ARF MP Alvard Petrosyan answered, “I cherish this tale. I like Robert Kocharyan but I don’t think we should exactly imitate what Russia does.” Despite this statement she accepts the …

In Mid-October Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Washington DC. The Public Relations department of the government informed that the details of the visit are not clarified yet. At present it’s known that besides the official meetings Sargsyan is going to participate in the annual conference of the World Bank and IMF as well …

Yesterday “Interfax” cited the announcement of Petros Gharibyan, an elder investigator on important issues of the investigation committee of the RF prosecutor’s office, who had told that the case of murdering journalist of “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” newspaper Anna Politkovskaya had been discovered. “On the other hand, all the chain should be discovered – starting from the …

RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, who has recently paid an official visit to Moscow, Russia, announced in Moscow that Armenia must recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan must recognize the self-determination right of Karabakh. Although this was not the first time that Sargsyan or even many other statesmen have made such statements (FM …

The Parliament of Armenia has started to cautiously speak about the Audit Chamber. They say it is going to be a “monster” body, which is going to have unlimited opportunities and powerful functions. However the information of the MPs about the Audit Chamber of the NA is not only limited by this. They also say …

During the NA quarter to be launched on October 22 RA President Robert Kocharyan must propose his candidature for the position of the chair of the NA Audit Chamber. According to our information the government is considering two main candidates for that position. One of them is the former head of the State Tax Service, …

“All efforts to dissolve the alliance between the Armenian Liberal-Democratic Party (HRAK) and the “Alliance” Party are doomed to failure because our unity is already reality,” Alliance leader Samvel Babayan told A1+. “This is not in the negotiation stage. All the issues are solved now. We are just waiting for the Congress to ultimately register …

Recently the Armenian and Russian media publicized information, by which several hundred famous representatives of the science, culture, business and NGO sectors have formed a Civil Movement. According to our information among the initiators of this movement are included the owner of the “Troyka Dialog” company, Ruben Vardanyan, chairman of the People’s Party, Tigran Karapetyan, …