Politics

Leader of the United Labor Party (ULP) Gurgen Arsenyan considers the pre-election situation in Armenia as satisfactory and the political processes as normal. The political party considers the situation as satisfactory because “satisfactory for this situation is satisfactory”. There is still much to do before the ULP gives a good or excellent mark. For example, …

Leader of the National Assembly ARF faction Hrair Karapetyan referred to and condemned the assassination attempt on mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan while discussing other issues during the press conference held on Wednesday at the “Pastark” club. However, the Dashnak deputy did that with the following formulation: “Any terrorist act against Armenians in Armenia is …

Beginning in last five editions Some people reading this series of articles consider it as a late PR of the Armenian National Movement. Others say the opposite; they say that I am purposefully presenting the Armenian opposition so that the ANM can come out clean. Both viewpoints are wrong because I could have simply not …

The political parties participating in the parliamentary elections to be held on May 12 already have their slogans. Almost all the political parties registered at the Central Election Commission have decided with what slogans they will attract the people in order to get their votes. It is already clear that this time the Armenian Republican …

It was clear on Monday that Samvel Babayan’s “Dashink” party proportional electoral list has gone through many changes. Interestingly, member of the “Dashink” political party council Andranik Tevanyan, who was 8th on the list, has been removed from the list. Tevanyan refused to make any comments to “168 Hours” about what had happened. The “Dashink” …

Recently, it has become harder to get information regarding what is going on inside Samvel Babayan’s “Dashink” political party than getting information about what goes on in the ARF, which is known for its closed system. Things have started to get interesting in “Dashink”. Some things started to change after the proportional electoral list was …

Last night at about 22:00, after the board session of RPA, an attempt was made on the life of the mayor of Gyumri, Vardan Ghukasyan. Ghukasyan was badly wounded and taken to the hospital. Two (one of them a “Mercedes”) cars carrying Mayor Ghukasyan, his top aides, and bodyguards came under a hail of automatic …

Today the Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, will pay an official visit to Yerevan. During the visit the Minister will hold meetings with RA President Kocharyan,, Armenia’s Catholicos, Garegin II, and RA Foreign Minister, Vardan Oskanyan. After the meeting of the two FMs a joint press conference is planned for today. Later the Russian …

The Council of the Republican Party confirmed late night yesterday the decision of the executive committee of the party to name Serge Sargsyan prime minister. During the session 60 out 0f 66 members were present. Speaker Tigran Torosyan, the deputy leader of the party, stated that the most experienced and suitable candidate of the party …

Yesterday everything was quiet in Armavir till the moment when only a few minutes remained before the court hearing of the appeal of the candidate of Prosperous Armenia Party, Arayik Aghababyan. Thirty minutes prior to the court trial, there was almost no room to stand in front of the courthouse. The SUVs and foreign-produced cars …