Politics

Between politics and populism

04.09.2007

Right after occupying the honorable 4th place in the majoritarian elections in #15 District of Talin, Raffi Hovhannisian came up with a legislative initiative. The announcement claims that the Republic of Armenia recognizes the independence of Karabagh. It’s not yet known whether occupying the 4th place in the elections stimulated Hovhannisian to come up with …

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Mowing and bulking grass

01.09.2007

One of the possible versions of Albert Ghazaryan’s murder, the general public prosecutor of Lori marz, is connected with the name of former governor of Lori Henrik Kochinyan since the regional public prosecutor’s office has instituted legal proceedings and launched several criminal cases connected with the period of Kochinyan’s governance. However, yesterday our correspondent talked …

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One more murder

01.09.2007

On August 25, the general public prosecutor of Lori region, Albert Ghazaryan was killed on his way back from work not far from his house. The criminal investigation department of the RA general public prosecutor’s office has instituted legal proceedings, and the investigation works of the place of murder and conditions have been conducted by …

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He is not going to give up any more

01.09.2007

On Saturday there were elections in Territorial District 15 (Talin city) for a seat under majoritarian system. According to the preliminary information, ARP member Khachik Manukyan received majority of votes and was elected. To note, following the elections of May 12 of this year Khachik Manukyan dropped his mandate in order not to give place …

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Sold cheap

01.09.2007

After the construction of Kars-Akhalkalak railroad the Kars-Gyumri railroad will become moot, and Armenia will have to join Kars-Akhalkalak-Tbilisi-Baku railroad to relieve its isolation. On August 27 the president of the Union of Political Scientists Hmayak Hovhannisyan offered this evaluation at the Friday press club. He views the issue in the context of Armenia’s stance …

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Hindered again

01.09.2007

On Sunday evening during the closing ceremony of the 4th pan-Armenian games one more incident connected with leaflet distribution was registered in the Liberty Square. The police tried to impede the attempt of the relatives of Levon Gulyan (mysteriously died in the police department on May 12) and the supporters of the Alternative Public Initiative, …

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Kochinyan is not interested in the prosecutor’s murder

01.09.2007

Following the recent murder of Albert Ghazaryan, the general public prosecutor of Lori region, many people started discussing that it might be connected with the former governor of Lori, Henrik Kochinyan and the mayor of Vanadzor, Samvel Darbinyan. The reason, as it appears to be, is the criminal cases launched under several articles by the …

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It was disgraceful, but congratulations

01.09.2007

On Saturday there were elections in Territorial District 15 (Talin city) for a seat under majoritarian system. To note, on May 12 the chair of “Max Group” company, businessman Khachik Manukyan won the rival in this territorial district. However, the latter dropped his mandate reasoning that he didn’t want to give place to rumors about …

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Police scared

01.09.2007

Two days following the incident at “Triumph” cafe of Yerevan on Wednesday, i.e. yesterday the RA Police made a statement, which wrote several controversial ideas and stated that the mentioned incident took place with participation of teenagers. However, in fact the Police seem to behave more like teenagers than the participants of that incident.

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ARF’s spectrum is not narrow

01.09.2007

One of the main topics of discussion in the top authorities of the Republic of Armenia in the current stage is concluding the upcoming presidential elections with one round. In fact, the oppositional parties are in the same situation too. They are doing their best to exclude the possibility of running in the second round. …

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