Politics

Leader of the “Heritage” parliamentary faction Raffi Hovannisian found it necessary to underline the following during a press conference Friday with regards to the members of the faction: “Members of the faction are first and foremost citizens of Armenia with a capital “C”.” The leader of “Heritage” also announced Friday that the opposition had chosen …

The wife of former RA Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanyan, Melissa Brown, spoke at the public meeting held by the “Alternative” NGO/political initiative. She said that she had met with her husband on Wednesday and expressed the former foreign minister’s greetings. “I love him for his freedom and strength and although he is currently in jail, …

Raffi Hovhannisyan, leader of the “Heritage” parliamentary faction, informed on Friday at the “Viewpoint” club that “Heritage” has congratulated all of the factions of the fourth convening of the National Assembly and wished for productive work. As you know, “Heritage” plans on being a “constructive” opposition to the existing government which, as Hovhannisyan announced right …

Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkissian received EU special representative Peter Semnebi on Friday. Touching upon the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process, Semnebi said that the EU is still interested in the settlement process not only because Armenia and Azerbaijan are important partners of the EU, but also because the EU is aimed at creating an atmosphere …

On Friday, as expected, head of the “Legal State” youth union, Samvel Farmanyan, and two other people officially left the “Legal State” party (LS). They explained the motives of their decision in a touching letter; however, we have already informed our readers why Farmanyan had planned on leaving LS. Interestingly, deputy leader of LS, Heghine …

Yesterday the head of the Azeri president’s department on foreign affairs office, Navruz Mamedov, said that he “couldn’t say anything” concerning the results of the meeting between Kocharyan and Aliev in St. Petersburg. “It is planned to arrange a meeting with the participation of the foreign affairs ministers of the two countries, and if there …

After the unproductive meeting of Kocharyan and Aliev in St. Petersburg, some people in Azerbaijan say that there is a need to put the country on a war footing and reestablish the territorial integrity of their country by military means. However, there is no reason to worry. The authors of those announcements are the Azeri …

The elections of May 12 showed that the society said “no” to radical forces and the ones that had high level of nihilism. Yesterday this opinion was expressed by NA RPA faction member Edward Sharmazanov in Hayatsk Club. Is the newly elected Parliament the “favorite” of the society? That is to say, do the five …

Richard Giragossian, a Washington-based Armenian analyst, repeated yesterday at the Friday Club his opinion that Armenia is exposed to internal threat, namely corruption and ineffective governance. He said he views the parliamentary election neutrally, as someone from the Diaspora. Saying that he is perhaps the only person in Armenia who mentions names, Giragossian enumerated three …

The issue of the Karabakh conflict may be considered closed, at least for several years. The OSCE mediators are confused and are looking at each other in surprise, thinking what there is new they can propose. As for the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, they seem to be satisfied. Some Armenian analysts say there won’t …