Politics

On Friday, the OSCE/ODIHR published its first post-electoral, mid-term report on the Armenian parliamentary elections, which puts the freedom and fairness of the May 12 elections in jeopardy. That report differs considerably from all of the previous reports of the OSCE/ODIHR in which it is stated that Armenia “has recorded general progress in the organizing …

On June 1st the Constitutional Court will examine the appeals sent by the “Republic”, “Legal State”, “New Times” parties and the “Impeachment” alliance which put the results of the parliamentary elections of the proportional system up for debate. The working consultation group will decide today whether the appeals will be examined one by one or …

“The party will not make such a decision. I didn’t become mayor due to anyone. No party has backed me. If I see that people don’t like me, I will not stay here even for two days. No one has told me to resign. Are there any problems with me to where I should resign? …

Yesterday Armenia officially celebrated the anniversary of the establishment of the first republic. Our authorities and the statesmen were standing in the line to make eloquent speeches about independence. High-ranking officials, together with Kocharyan, delivered glamorous messages to people about independence. These are the same officials who willingly passed the wealth of Armenia to Russia. …

– Mr. Ghukasyan, have you turned in your resignation? – It’s a lie. There is nothing like that. – There are rumors in Yerevan that your resignation is quite expected any second now. – It is not true. Tomorrow (that is today) I am going to work. Tomorrow I will go and work for half …

Recently the Office of Public Prosecutor of Shirak region brought charges against Spartak Ghukasyan, son of Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan, as well as Rustam Sargsyan and Telman Karapetyan under Articles 34-104 Chapter 2, Point 1, 6 and 7, Article 235 Chapter 1 and Article 258 Chapter 4 of the Criminal Code of Armenia. The three …

Recently, deputy to the U.S. Department of State on Europe and Eurasia issues Daniel Frid said during a discussion on the “Russia today” topic organized by the Helsinki commission, “I visited the region last year with my Russian and French colleagues of the OSCE MG for the purpose of helping the peaceful negotiations and presenting …

Yesterday Bernard Fasier, the French co-chair of the OSCE MG, said during a press conference dedicated to the official talks with Baku that Kocharyan and Aliev will meet in Saint Petersburg on June 9, within the scope of their participation in the non-official meeting of the leaders of CIS countries. “The fact that the presidents …

Yesterday the head of the Armenian army central headquarters, first deputy to the RA defense minister and general-lieutenant Seyran Ohanyan, was granted a military rank of general-colonel by the order of President Kocharyan. By another order of the president, Nikolay Grigoryan was appointed deputy to the head of the RA Public Utilities Regulatory Commission with …

Yesterday during the “Caucasus-2006” international symposium the head of the interethnic problems department of the Russian political and strategic analysis institution, Sergey Markedonov, said that the relations between Armenia and Russia became significantly worse in 2006, but not on an official, governmental level. Markedonov said that the victory of ARP, PA and ARF during the …