Politics

According to our sources, Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan will submit a letter of resignation in the next couple of days. The same sources say that this process has been delayed due to Ghukasyan’s poor health. Let us recall that last week Ghukasyan’s health sharply worsened. He was transferred to a hospital and underwent surgery.

On Monday, the RA Constitutional Court began the examination of the 18-A challenge of the May 17 vote in the 36th precinct under the majoritarian system of the National Assembly elections. The case is being challenged based on the application of Mushegh Saghatelyan, candidate for deputy under the majoritarian system in the Shirak (Artik) regional …

The new U.S. Ambassador to Armenia will arrive most probably in two weeks. According to various sources, Temporary Charge D’ Affaires of the U.S. Embassy of Armenia Anthony Godfrey is ending his diplomatic mission in Armenia and is preparing to move to Turkey. It is assumed that the U.S. must quickly solve the issue concerning …

The Kentron Marash court in Yerevan ordered prosecutors on Friday to investigate allegations by opposition leader Raffi Hovhannisian that government agents illegally entered the sealed headquarters of his Heritage party last year and stole confidential information from its main computer. The allegations stem from Heritage’s dispute with a state theater from which Hovhannisian had for …

“We hope that the presidents will meet again in a couple of months,” said OSCE Minsk Group American co-president Matthew Bryza in his interview with the “Voice of America” radio station’s Russian service. According to Bryza, the presidents of the conflicting sides were able to get the dialogue off the ground. Bryza expressed the opinion …

All deputies of the “Heritage” parliamentary faction have signed a declaration by which they call on releasing political prisoners Alexander Arzumanyan, former RA Foreign Minister, commander of the Shushi squad Zhirair Sefilyan, and Sefilyan’s accomplice, Vardan Ghukasyan. The declaration has been sent to the National Assembly for the signatures of all deputies. Republican Hermine Naghdalyan …

Republican deputy Hermine Naghdalyan was in an unpleasant situation at the press conference on Friday for a long time because of Gyumri mayor, Vardan Ghukasyan. The event took place at the “Hayeli” club with guests Hermine Naghdalyan and deputy of the “Heritage” parliamentary faction, Anahit Bakhshyan. The latter said that Armenia is not a lawful …

Dutch deputy Leo Platvoet will present his report on the May 12 Armenian parliamentary elections on June 25. Until then, an“A1plus” correspondent tried to find out the evaluation of the European Parliament Secretary General, Terri Davis, regarding the situation in Armenia after the parliamentary elections. Davis qualified those “elections” as “better than ever” and added …

“I think that the parliamentary factions of the fourth convention will have the occasion and the opportunity to express their sole viewpoints on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue,” chairman of the National Assembly, Tigran Torosyan, said on Friday. He is certain that Azerbaijan has no desire whatsoever to settle the Karabakh conflict. “They don’t even have the …

The press conferences of RA Foreign Affairs Minister, Vardan Oskanyan, have always been interesting because he always mentions some phrase or statement that is not in the least accepted by the society. Perhaps you remember his words, “progress in the conditions of a 100-year blockade”, “Caucasian tiger”, and numerous “wrong translations”. Yesterday during the joint …