Politics

“Time doesn’t work on behalf of Armenia. It’s an outdated approach to connect the development of the county with economic indexes. The real comparison must be made among the neighboring countries of the region. In this regard not only don’t we have progress but also we are regressing. Under these circumstance only the free and …

The meeting of the RA Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanyan with US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice almost overlapped with the release of the report of the US State Department 2006. Both events were equally important for Armenia but their comparison revealed a very interesting fact – the foreign policy of Armenia and the real issues of …

Member of the “Republic” political party council Suren Surenyants announced during a Wednesday press conference that the list of the Armenian Republican Party proportional electoral system comprises “criminal authorities”. After the Republican Party, he moved on to the “Prosperous Armenia” party, saying that “the leader of the party and his friends can’t differentiate charity from …

Continued from previous edition The second stage of state construction in Armenia was supposed to begin after the ceasefire signed in May 1994. The first stage began in 1990 with the Supreme Council elections, approval of the Declaration of Independence which preceded the independence referendum and the first presidential elections of Armenia. These were electoral …

Spring in Armenia is strange. It is not usual, but rather electoral once every four-five years. Armenia has been electing a parliament and president in the spring for approximately ten years now. I don’t know about spring, but the pre-electoral spring came too soon this year. We saw garbage on the streets instead of grass …

There is only one candidate nominated in #32 precinct (Tashir region) for the parliamentary elections – Suren Poghosyan. The web page of the Central Electoral Commission informs that Mr. Poghosyan currently works as a deputy minister of agriculture. As for Mr. Poghosyan, he told us that he started his work in the deputy minister’s position …

Yesterday RA defense minister Serzh Sargsyan had a meeting with the elder deputy prime minister of Russia, Sergey Ivanov, who is considered the most possible follower of president Putin in Russia. This is their first meeting since Ivanov’s appointment in that position. During the meeting they discussed issues coordinated by Mr. Ivanov, i.e. issues concerning …

The regional management minister, ARP member Hovik Abrahamyan has said that he was going to head the ARP pre-election headquarter. Yesterday he said that the board of the party was proceeding the decision to appoint him in the coordinator’s position. Hovik Abrahamyan says that he does not agree with the rumors that “Prosperous Armenia” party …

On March 4 the foreign affairs minister of Armenia, Vardan Oskanyan left for Washington from New-York. Yesterday he met with the State Department secretary, Condoleezza Rice. The minister will also have meetings in the Congress. The minister also had a meeting with the UN secretary General, Ban Ki-moon at the UN central office in New-York.

On May 12 only one organization had been accredited at the Central Electoral Commission to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections. The mentioned organization is the largest domestic election monitoring organization, “It’s Your Choice” NGO.