Politics

OSCE MG co-chair Matthew Bryza had a meeting with president Kocharyan and FM Vardan Oskanyan on March 28. Yesterday the latter said that the main topic of the meeting was the Karabakh conflict negotiations. “Certainly, the main topic was Karabakh, but we spoke about the elections as well,” he said. The minister also said that …

Member of “Prosperous Armenia” party Araik Aghababyan, who lost in the election for the position of Armavir city mayor on March 25, brought a court case on March 29. To note, the competitor of the mentioned PA member was a member of another large political party, “The Armenian Republican Party”. The ARP member was given …

The chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Sergey Mironov, petitioned to make changes in the Constitution, which would enable president Putin to run for a third term. According to Russian news agencies, Mironov said that the limitation to be elected president should be amended, and as well …

The local government elections of Armavir, March 25, during which it was supposed to determine which governmental party is stronger, skipped the attention of the media because of the death of the Prime Minister, Andranik Margaryan, who died on the same day. However, it was clear in the beginning that the defeated party would definitely …

Yesterday RA FM Vardan Oskanyan answered the questions of journalists connected with the Holy Cross church on Akhtamar island and Turkish FM Abdullah Gyul’s statement in the press. He says that it would be incorrect not to have participated in the opening presentation of the church. Mainly, the members of the ARF think that we …

The “Turkish Daily News” published an article entitled “The so-called “Akdamar museum” on Friday in which the author compares the inauguration of the Holy Cross church of Akhtamar Island with “cultural genocide”. “Today marks the day of the inauguration of the ‘church/museum’ which the Minister of Culture turned into a flurry. No matter what the …

Leader of “New Times” political party Aram Karapetyan has appealed to the Prosecutor General of Armenia with the demand to press charges on “Real Law” for the anonymous article entitled “10,000 dollars for getting enlisted”. He has demanded the Prosecutor General to institute proceedings against him for taking bribes and the people who gave the …

The U.S. has declared that it is ready to support the strengthening of export surveillance in Azerbaijan. Head of the export surveillance and border security program in Central Asia and the Caucasus, Donald Grid, is of the opinion that the support is aimed at strengthening export surveillance and that it is necessary to secure open …

An article on “GazProm’s” influence on Russian foreign policy published in the 10th editon of the German “Der Spiegel” weekly on March 5, 2007 presents comments about Armenia, with reference to former Prime Minister of Armenia and rector of the Russian-Armenian University Armen Darbinyan. “I have nothing against the reputation of “Der Spiegel”, but I …

The Holy Cross church of the Akhtamar island of Van was inaugurated on March 29 after its reconstruction. The church, which was constructed in the 10th century, was reconstructed through the efforts of the Turkish government. The Holy Cross church currently lacks a cross, but it is not ruled out that a cross will be …