Politics

“Two percent of the 700 surveyed have refused to respond to the question on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh,” sociologist Aharon Adibekyan said during a press conference on Monday. Ninety percent of those surveyed said that they support the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh with the remaining supporting Karabakh united with Armenia. Eight percent agree with the return …

As you recall, leader of “Legal State”, Arthur Baghdasaryan, explained his reason for not appealing to court for the well-known secret recording of his conversation as due to the situation of the judicial system of Armenia. But “Legal State” did appeal to the Constitutional Court concerning the elections, but regretted halfway and took back his …

Suren Surenyants, council member of the “Republic” political party, said on Monday that the “opposition existing since 2001 ceased to exist in terms of institutionalism” after May 12, and Armenia is facing the need to have a new, qualified opposition. According to Surenyants, the best solution will be to disband the right-wing parties and form …

It seems as though the Armenian opposition is in shock after May 12, and there are still no signs of recovery. Why did the opposition find itself in such a situation and what should it do to get out of that situation? We interviewed leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Shavarsh Kocharyan, for the …

Yesterday the U.S. chargé d’affaires in Armenia, Anthony Godfrey, gave a hint that should be considered by the authorities in a due manner. Thus, Godfrey said that the U.S. is concerned about the development of relations between Iran and Armenia. “We have expressed our concerns in this matter to the government of Armenia,” he said, …

In spite of the fact that Arthur Baghdasaryan is doing his best to explain the fact that many party members are dropping their memberships as unique exceptions, he has failed to stop that process. According to our sources of information in close relations with LS, following the recent scandalous announcements of LS youth branch leader …

Yesterday the former governor of the Shirak region, Romik Manukyan, had a meeting with the regional management board staff, where he introduced the new acting governor, Michael Vardanyan, who had been working as deputy governor before that. According to Mankukyan, Michael Vardanyan was appointed as acting governor by his recommendation; as for the future governor, …

“The general index of democracy has regressed in Armenia.” This is perhaps the only negative evaluation after the May 12 elections. The author of this statement is the director of the Eurasian department of the “Freedom House” US organization, Chris Walker. After the reports of international monitors about the elections, and whether those match international …

The opposition must participate with one united candidate during the 2008 presidential elections. This is what Felix Khachatryan, member of the People’s Party of Armenia, announced on Friday, and did not deny the rumors that the partisan workers of the oppositional parties had turned pro-government during the parliamentary elections. In fact, Khachatryan once again didn’t …

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan received EU special representative in the South Caucasus, Peter Semnebi, on Friday. During the meeting the two sides discussed regional issues, including Armenian-Turkish relations. With regards to the parliamentary elections held in Armenia, the EU special representative said that the EU rates the elections as progressive and expects to see …