Politics

On Monday Serge Sargsyan personally visited former world and European championship boxer, and former National Assembly deputy candidate Israel Hakobkokhyan, who had been on a hunger strike near the Central Electoral Commission building for the past six days. After a short conversation with the prime minister, Hakobkokhyan ended the strike. Sargsyan came to the CEC …

On Monday, events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the liberation of the Kashatagh region of Nagorno-Karabagh took place in the center of the region of Berdzor. Among the participants were President of Nagorno-Karabagh Arkadi Ghukasian, Chairman of the National Assembly of Karabagh Ashot Ghulyan, government officials and heads of regional administrations, as well as …

Yesterday “Impeachment” bloc, “Republic” and “New Times” party organized the biggest rally since the recent parliamentary elections. It took place in Freedom Square, with the participation of 10-12,000 citizens. Following the rally, the participants walked down Mashtots Boulevard, and then continued their way to the Republic Square by way of Amiryan Street. The participants were …

Yesterday at Tesaket club NA chairman Tigran Torosyan, referring to the evaluations of the European monitors about the 2007 parliamentary elections in Armenia, said that those proceeded in accordance with international criteria. Torosyan spelled out the approach of the Republican Party, which is the parliament majority according to the result of the voting, towards the …

In his interview to the French §LA LETTE DIPLOMATIGUE¦ magazine, the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, announced that “Karabakh is an historic territory of Azerbaijan.” “The territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is recognized by the UN and the entire international community. This gives a high status of autonomy to Karabakh. There are national minorities all over …

Excuse me; have you ever personally taken a bribe? My question is for school principals, heads of clinics, top-ranking soldiers, government officials, ministers and the president of Armenia and, in general, to each one of us. It is rare to find one principal who will answer ‘yes, I have taken a 200 dollar bribe from …

Yesterday prime minister Serge Sargsyan announced his intention to run for president during the upcoming presidential elections of 2008. “I think that the parliamentary elections prove that our party is advocated by the constituency, and if the party decides to nominate me, I will run for president,” he said, and meanwhile excluded the possibility of …

It is an established fact that election campaigns usually start right after the previous elections. In fact, the same is also happening in Armenia. We may say that the presidential campaign has already started in Armenia. Both prime minister Serge Sargsyan and ADP chair Vazgen Manukyan have announced that they are going to run for …

Yesterday Nikol Pashinyan, who was the first person in the proportional list of “Impeachment” bloc and is the chief editor of “Haikakan Zhamanak” newspaper, started a hunger strike at Freedom Square. With this hunger strike, he is protesting against the violations during the parliamentary elections. Pashinyan says that this is not a disappointment, but a …

RA FM Vardan Oskanyan said to “Azatutyun” radio station that the OSCE co-chairs may visit the region next week. “They want to visit the region before the visit of the newly appointed OSCE chair, the Spanish foreign affairs minister, but they may come here after that visit too. The purpose of these visits will be …