Politics

Leader of the “Dashink” political party, Samvel Babayan, told “Radio Liberty” during a recent interview that Zhirair Sefilyan was arrested for working with him. “I am certain that reason for Sefilyan’s arrest was our collaboration,” said Babayan and added: “Each political party of Armenia announces from the podium that we should get rid of these …

During the joint press conference on Friday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan clarified the announcement that he had recently made at the OSCE, according to which the sides are rather close to reaching success in the Karabagh conflict settlement. “If we compare the document with the previous …

The U.S. State Department has reviewed the announcement in its human rights annual report where it is stated that “Armenia continues to occupy the Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabagh and the surrounding seven regions”. According to the Armenian National Committee office of Washington, the modified text has been installed on the web page of the U.S. …

Yesterday, finally, the Karen Demirchyan museum was opened in Yerevan. The red ribbon was cut by Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan, Demirchyan’s widow Rima Demirchyan, and their grandchild. Demirchyan’s widow thanked everyone for the initiative, including President Kocharyan, the mayor of Yerevan, Sargsyan, and former prime minister Andranik Margaryan. “I have conflicting feelings,” said Rima Demirchyan. …

Yesterday the chair of British company “Populus”, Mr. Andrew Cooper, presented the findings of their survey in Armenia and said that if the parliamentary elections were held this Sunday, the ARP would get 31% and “Prosperous Armenia” – 27% of the votes. According to Mr. Cooper, “Legal State” party would be given 11%, the ARF …

The situation in Armenia is calm, the upcoming National Assembly elections will be conducted freely, fairly and transparently, everything is normal, there are no real distractions during the pre-election campaign, etc. In short, “it’s all good”. This was how adviser to the president of Armenia on national security issues and director of the political research …

Yesterday Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan was asked whether he would stay in his position after the upcoming parliamentary elections, to which he answered, “If the president wants this, I will continue working until the president’s tenure is over.” He didn’t clarify the rumors saying that he might run for president, but said, “It is still …

– Mr. Bagratyan, on the threshold of the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Day the necessity of its recognition in the world usually increases. As a rule, Armenians are making more efforts these days. On the other hand, we hear more often about opening the Turkish border and establishing relations with them. How do …

Yesterday the Prime Minister of Armenia was greeted in the Davitashen community of Yerevan with salt and bread. People were holding posters – “For you Armenia”, “Strong army”, “Javakhk” and “Our deputy is Levon Sargsyan”. “Hatred has no place in the kind of Armenia I dream about. Every person must always repeat the words “For …

The subsequent debate at the “Pressing” club attached to the “168 Hours” offices was dedicated to the National Assembly election campaign process. Should the people know the truth, or hear what they want to hear? This and other issues regarding PR were touched upon during the debate during which Yerevan State University professor, PR expert …