Politics

In its annual report, Amnesty International specifies that in Armenia repression against journalists continues, as well as persecution of those who carry out alternative military service. Conscientious objectors continue to be imprisoned. There were reports of intimidation of independent journalists. The Ombudsperson was removed from her post in January by a presidential decree that she …

Dashnak Levon Mkrtchyan wants to be in the office of Minister of Sciences and Education of Armenia for the fourth time. “When I took office the third time, I said: ‘Man should not boast of himself’. Yes, I have the desire to work because we have just begun a program in this field and the …

On May 22 at 9:35 p.m. Artyom R. Piloyan, 26, was in a argument for almost 10 minutes with Hovhannes Arakelyan, the owner of the “Karot” gas station located on 3 Yerevan highway of Gyumri, after which Piloyan fired shots at Arakelyan and escaped from the scene of the crime. No one was hurt in …

After securing the “celebrated” process of the May 12 parliamentary elections, the Armenian authorities have dedicated themselves to putting on a show of eliminating the “errors” registered during the elections and punishing the violators. The authorities put on a show by registering 1-2 electoral violations at best and then punishing those falsifiers by law. There …

On Wednesday, representative of the “Artarutyun” alliance of the CEC, Felix Khachatryan, qualified head of the CEC, Garegin Azaryan, as an “adventurer”. Referring to the announcement made by Azaryan according to which he had received a call from the People’s Party of Armenia saying that Khachatryan has been in the “Artarutyun” election list in 2003 …

Samvel Balasanyan, elected deputy nominated by the “Legal State” political party under the majoritarian electoral system in the 35th precinct (Gyumri), doesn’t want to work in the “Legal State” parliamentary faction for the next five years and has filed corresponding appeals to his political party and head of the Central Electoral Commission. But Arthur Baghdasaryan …

It turned out that Armenians associate the word “dashink” (alliance) with the union of the weak. Perhaps only “Unity” can be considered an exception, but it is a unique phenomenon. We can talk about it separately and for a long time. Armenian political parties ponder about becoming allies when they feel alone and unprotected and …

On Saturday the CEC of Armenia finalized the outcome of the parliamentary elections of May 12. Thus, according to the CEC, the overall number of voters that took part in the elections is 1,391,540 (60% of the voters). The CEC of Armenia informs that ARP was given 458,258 votes and thus will have 41 deputies …

A few days ago one more armed attack took place between the Prosperous Armenia and Republican parties. Law-enforcement authorities promptly launched a criminal investigation into the shootout that broke out on a street intersection in the city center on Sunday evening. Prosecutors said two groups of “unknown individuals” exchanged fire in still uncertain circumstances. “All …

“A1plus” inserted a question on its website: “Which of the most likely Armenian presidential candidates of today’s internal political field inclines to get the most votes?” Nearly 1000 people participated in the poll. Raffi Hovhannisyan is in first place with 25% of the votes, followed by leader of the National Democratic Union Vazgen Manukyan with …