Politics

Now the outcome of the upcoming parliamentary elections is not so important since the opposition failed to join and be united, which means that they would not mind much if the situation that we had during the years 2003-2007 repeats after the elections too. Due to this people have become less interested in elections despite …

“The opposition has to decide with whom it is fighting-the enemy or the ideological rivals. If we are the ideological rivals, then it is good to meet, sit down and discuss who is right and who is wrong. But if we are enemies, then we have nothing to discuss. We have to talk on this …

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan announced on Wednesday after his meeting with his counterpart Elmar Mammedyarov in Geneva that they were not able to overcome the “profound disagreements” during the negotiations. “Although there is a clear conceptualization of our positions, it is clear that there are profound disagreements,” said Oskanyan. According to “FrancePress”, the ministers …

Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sarkisyan returned from his visit to France and the latter had this to say to journalists: “We have seen how relations have intensified, deepened and it would not be right to maintain poor strategic cooperation. We wished to start military cooperation and I think we succeeded in doing that. The negotiations …

Former deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia Arthur Aghabekyan who obtained Armenian Revolutionary Federation membership once again after his resignation, ties his future political activity with the ARF even if the political party moves on to the oppositional field. During an interview with “Radio Liberty”, Aghabekyan said that he envisions the ARF as both the …

Elections can not be held in Armenia because the electoral system is broken and the civil institute is eliminated. This is what former deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia and former Coordinating Minister of Productive Substructures Vahan Shirkhanyan said during a press conference held at the “Friday” club. “This is why a group of people …

The “Impeachment” alliance demands that Robert Kocharyan step down from power and be brought to justice for treason and other heavy crimes. “R. Kocharyan sold Karabakh in order to keep power,” announced member of the “Alternative” NGO/political initiative and editor-in-chief of the “Armenian Times” daily Nikol Pashinyan and claimed that there has been some kind …

Beginning in the previous two editions During the years of 1988 and 1990, the then almost hundred year-old national political party-the Armenian Revolutionary Federation which is proud of the fact that it was the founder of the first independent Armenian republic but in no way accepts that it played a large role in the decline …

Leader of the “National Unity” political party Artashes Geghamyan announced during the party session on Saturday that he is going to run for president in the 2008 Armenian presidential elections. Geghamyan also assured his partisans that “National Unity” is going to win in the parliamentary elections to be held on May 12. However, he did …

The “New Times” political party released an announcement on Monday expressing its disappointment in the “Yerkir Media” television station for violating the terms of their agreement and not broadcasting the interview with leader of “New Times” Aram Karapetyan and president of the “European Integration” interest group Karen Bekaryan as they discussed Armenian foreign policy issues. …