Politics

Sociologist Aharon Adibekyan met with journalists for the third time since the start of the election campaign to present the results of the survey conducted by his “Sociometer” center. This time the surveyed were citizens of Yerevan, and it turns out that only 56% of them are going to participate in the elections. Eighty-three percent …

Coordinator of the “Protection of Liberated Territories” initiative and administration member of the “Armenian Volunteers’ Union” movement, Zhirair Sefilyan, calls on citizens to vote for the “Dashink” party, led by Samvel Babayan, during the parliamentary elections to be held on May 12. The following is stated in the message dispersed from the “Yerevan-Kentron” police station …

Robert Kocharyan announced on Friday at Yerevan State University that he does not agree with the statement that the mass media is violating the balance of the pre-election campaign by shedding light on the activities of Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan, who is also chairman of the Armenian Republican Party and heads that party’s proportional electoral …

During a press conference on Friday, leader of the National Democratic Party Shavarsh Kocharyan had this to say with regards to the secret recording of the conversation between “Country of Law” leader Arthur Baghdasaryan and the British diplomat and the qualification of Arthur Baghdasaryan as a “betrayer of the nation”: “First of all, recording conversations …

“The statement in the previous version of the U.S. State Department report was not correct. In consideration of the current phase of the Karabakh conflict negotiations, it was our mistake,” assistant to the secretary of the Department of State, MG co-chair Matthew Bryza said yesterday. “Currently we are in a phase when the parties are …

Yesterday president Kocharyan introduced the newly appointed defense minister, Michael Harutyunyan. He said that Harutyunyan had actively been involved in the army structure since its foundation. President Kocharyan said that his experience in the Armenian army, and 40 years experience in military service, will serve best in continuing the policy of the improvement and development …

– Mr. Bagratyan, why isn’t “Azatutyun” party running for the parliamentary elections? – In consideration of the fact that there is lack of resources, the best option to participate in the elections as opposition was uniting and making a common opposition. Notwithstanding, it didn’t happen. The opposition is participating in the elections being four times …

Yesterday a group of Armenian pop stars suddenly announced their support to the governing Republican Party. Shushan Petrosyan, Aramo, Suzan Margaryan, Sirusho, Zaruhi Babayan, Arame, Arsen, Arminka, Alla Levonyan and some others said they will be touring across the country to sing for voters and urge them to vote for the Republican Party. Announcing their …

If you have noticed, every time on the threshold of elections new “traitors of the nation” appear in Armenia. This time that role was given to Artur Baghdasaryan. The latter, when talking “privately” to a high-ranking British diplomat, was trying to convince him that the West should provide very harsh reports on the coming parliamentary …

During his interview to the “AzerTaj” news agency, Matthew Bryza, Assistant to the US Under-Secretary of State and Head of the Minsk Group, also spoke about the US State Department report regarding the formulation on Karabakh, which caused a lot of complaints among Azerbaijanis. “The statement found in the previous version of the US State …