Politics

“Everything that is being done to imitate that Kocharyan is far from the PA is for those people who want to believe in it. And the opinion that those who do not support this opinion are supporting Serzh Sargsyan is a simple blackmail against the political sector,” said NA heritage faction head Ruben Hakobyan to …

The recent demonstration of the Armenian National Congress and the speech of its leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan show that the demonstration was not done for the purpose of mobilizing the society to restore the constitutional order but deliver the messages of the government, which they believe is opposition, to the external world. Or, otherwise it can …

The leader of the Armenian National Congress, Levon Ter-Petrosyan dedicated a large part of his speech at a recent demonstration to Prosperous Armenia party. The ANC leader spoke about the relations with the PA and the role of that party in the political sector of Armenia, as well as possible cooperation with other parties. From …

During the recent years Armenia has started to lose more cases in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Most of the applications sent to the ECHR concern the 6th provision of the European convention protecting the right to fair trial. The submitted cases show that people mostly accuse the judicial bodies in unfair treatment …

Today the Armenian National Congress will hold a demonstration in the Freedom square of Yerevan, which is the first one since the recent parliamentary election and ANC first seats in the parliament. This demonstration of the ANC will be in a different environment, in which the ANC’s demonstration is more artificial event than a political …

“If the Armenian presidential election does not proceed in free and fair condition enabling the elected candidate have a full political mandate, he will not have enough legitimacy to fight corruption and resolve the conflict of Karabakh through peaceful negotiations,” writes the report of the International Crisis Group in the section about Armenia published recently. …

Yesterday the International Crisis Group released a report about Armenia. Below is the full report titled “Armenia: An Opportunity for Statesmanship.” After May’s parliamentary elections, Armenia is preparing for a pivotal presidential vote in 2013 that will determine whether it has shed a nearly two-decade history of fraud-tainted elections and put in place a government …

Journalists asked the Director of Armenian National Security Service Gorik Hakobyan about the criminal case related to deputy from “Prosperous Armenia” Party Vardan Oskanyan and “Civilitas” foundation after the session of the Government. “Honest man must come and explain, cry, write, tell everybody that he is an honest man, everything is wrong and etc. But …

The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia during its extraordinary session by two readings adopted the bill on Sevan. The head of the standing committee of nature protection of NA Vardan Ayvazyan told our reporter, “Now are the environmentalists concerned about Sevan or they are worried that it won’t reach the villagers? I don’t …

“I admire Armenia’s economy,” the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) Secretary General Orsalia Kalantzopoulos said during business-forum organized in Yerevan yesterday. Armenia is the only state which managed to register fiscal indicators during the election period, she said adding the indicators are capable of resisting the world challenges. It would be spare to …