Politics

A series of Armenian opposition parties have given consent to take part in the 2008 presidential elections with one candidate, and there is a tendency of more parties joining. Artashes Geghamyan’s “National Unity” political party has joined the “Alternative” NGO’s political initiative, along with the conservative “Democratic Homeland”, “Republic”, and People’s Party of Armenia. It …

Today it is already evident that the most important issue in Armenia is freedom of speech, and the fact that the change in the law on Television and Radio was postponed for a couple of months should not calm us down. The issue of “Liberty” radio is only one noticeable detail in the reality of …

During his regional visit to Armenia, Chairman of PACE, Rene Van der Linden, met with the Armenian authorities and gave a press conference. Van der Linden came in an hour and a half late due to his two-hour meeting with Robert Kocharyan. Van der Linden congratulated the journalists on the occasion of the National Assembly …

In one of the reports of the television stations of Lyon on June 27, UMP deputy Reno Miuselie introduced Patrick Devejian to the newly elected UMP deputy Mishel Havari. “This is Mishel Havari, who beat Anna-Maria Comparini. It was a good victory.” The secretary general of the UMP party (Union for Popular Movement, chaired by …

The new government, according to its new program, is going to increase pensions by 60% starting from January 1, 2008. It is clear that this promise is a part of the pre-election campaign, but it is not clear how the budget is going to provide that sum. In addition, whereas the parliamentary opposition does not …

Recently, EU secretary general Terry Davis used the expressions “as it is said” and “separatists” when speaking about the upcoming presidential elections in Karabakh. Yesterday, a delegation led by the Swedish Ambassador to the EU, Pierre Sorgen, arrived in Armenia, which is, “as it is said”, the Ago group. Yesterday Ambassador Pierre Sorgen told Armenian …

“Do you guarantee that after the adoption of this law, “Liberty” radio station will not be closed?” Answering to this question asked by a correspondent of “Liberty” radio station, NA speaker Tigran Torosyan said, “I can give guarantees only concerning issues that are under my authority. I can only guarantee one thing; no one will …

Yesterday, the Ago Group for the monitoring of obligations assumed by Armenia before the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers led by Pier Sjorgen, ambassador of Sweden to the CoE, held a meeting with the minister of foreign affairs of Armenia, Vardan Oskanyan, during which he warned the Armenian authorities against effectively pulling RFE/RL off …

Before the A1+ TV channel was shut down, President Robert Kocharyan announced that he “loved A1+ a lot.” But he immediately added that if A1+ were shut down he would invent a new one. Two days after Kocharyan’s statement, HHHM made the decision to shut down the TV channel. Over six years have passed since …

A couple of events were taking place at the same hour on Monday in Yerevan. Three political prisoner cases had to be examined in the Kentron and Nork-Marash first instance court. The National Security Service had filed for intercession with the purpose of extending the term of former RA Foreign Minister and founder of the …