Politics

Ten days have passed since the official campaign period started, and we can already sum up the methods and ways each of the 25 parties appears to the public and campaigns (at least for the beginning period). The “National Democratic Party”, “National Consent”, Aram Sargsyan’s “Democratic Party”, “Social-Democratic Hnchakyan”, “The Youth Party of Armenia” and …

On Sunday, the PPA office in Gyumri made a unanimous decision to stop the activities of the office. The 9 members of the party board in Gyumri sent a letter to the PPA Central Office and informed that they are leaving the party. The reason, according to former Gyumri office chairman Artashes Karapetyan, is that …

– Different promises are given during campaigns. For example, the Legal State promises to give 400 thousand drams to the parents of new born babies. The Marxist Party recently promised to put 3 million drams in the cradle of each baby. How realistic are these promises? – If the process of decrease of birth rates …

One of the henchmen of National Assembly deputy Hakob Hakobyan (Tchoyt,) Nshan Aslanyan, was arrested last week. According to “Radio Liberty”, based on the information of the Prosecutor General’s office, Aslanyan is charged with fraud and kidnapping Sahak Ghazaryan, with the purpose of using brute force. Sahak Ghazaryan is Vanik Ghazaryan’s father, who had appealed …

“We want to see improvement in the Armenian parliamentary elections. We don’t expect perfection, but we do expect to see progress. That is important,” announced assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State on Europe and Eurasia Daniel Frid during his meeting with representatives of foreign mass media last week in Washington. “Frankly, Armenia- taking into …

The discussions on the fulfillment of the requirements of Azerbaijan in PACE took nearly one hour during which the Azerbaijani delegates accepted the observations made by the speakers and tried to throw the entire blame on Armenia which, according to them, “has occupied 20% of their country and has left nearly a million people homeless”. …

According to “A1+” news agency, Greek electronic media company “Hayastan” informs that their sources from ARF say that the ARF leadership have insisted the Armenian president give them at least the defense minister’s position or, even better, the position of the president of Karabakh. Against that, the ARF agrees to decrease the percentage of its …

Yesterday Serge Sargsyan received the residents of North Avenue, Dalma gardens, Buzand Street, Firdus and Nork gardens, who have been complaining for months about the illegal construction but haven’t received any solution. Mayor Yervand Zakharyan also participated in the meeting. Sargsyan mentioned that he desires realistic solutions for the residents, however those need to be …

During his visit yesterday to the Arabkir Department of Passports of the Police of Armenia, Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan also spoke about the crimes of the previous month. With regard to the explosions in the offices of the Prosperous Armenia Party and the shootings in the town of Echmiatzin, Sargsyan said, “These are not necessarily …

Russian co-chairman of the Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov told “Trend” in Moscow that the recurring meeting of the Armenian and Azeri FMs is scheduled in Belgrade on April 18. The meeting will be attended by the OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. Merzlyakov expressed hope that the next visit of the …