Politics

Externally the public life seems quite calm. It’s quiet just like before any election winds. Nothing essential is happening in the economic life of the country either. The AMD rate also remains the same. In countries like Armenia the national currency usually goes down before elections. The number one reason is the expectation of political …

“The Dashnaktsutiun is not preparing Arthur Aghabekyan as a candidate for the Nagorno-Karabakh presidential elections. There is no such plan. That is a lie,” said vice-speaker of the National Assembly, Dashnak Vahan Hovhannisyan during a press conference on Wednesday. Hovhannisyan said that as expected, Aghabekyan was enlisted in the ARF proportional electoral list along with …

There was an attempt to bomb the “Lexus” car belonging to son of Nagorno-Karabakh Chief Police Armen Isagulov a couple of days ago. Fortunately, Isagulyan’s son was not in the car at the time. According to the “Lragir” website, taking into consideration the “force of the explosion, they say in Stepanakert that some powers have …

Member of the “Azgayin Miabanutyun” (National Unity) political party Aghasi Arshakyan appealed to leave the party on Wednesday. According to our sources, the reason was that “NU” had placed him in the 21st place (when Communist Khoren Trchunich was 13th). Arshakyan, who is still at the hospital after a cardiac operation, did not wish to …

It turns out that the Armenian opposition really wants to help the current Armenian authorities regenerate and is doing everything possible with the hope that it will also regenerate. However, all the political parties calling themselves the opposition will participate alone in the upcoming parliamentary elections without forming an alliance with any party. As a …

The Republican Party’s proportional list is comprised of 112 members. All Republican district heads and ministers are included in the list. The following is a list of the 40 people in the Republican Party list: 1. Andranik Markaryan2. Serge Sarkisyan3. Tigran Torosyan4. Hovik Abrahamyan5. Karen Karapetyan (head of the National Assembly “Popular Deputy” faction) 6. …

Vazgen Manukyan will most probably announce his decision to not participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections and this will signal the end of the Ter-Petrosyan era. It is not hard to guess what Vazgen Manukyan’s possible announcement has to do with the end of Ter-Petrosyan’s era, if the issue is observed in the context of …

It finally became clear on Wednesday that the opposition will participate in the elections with nearly one and a half fragments without alliances. The proportional lists of some parties were announced. As of Wednesday, the Armenian National Movement (ANM) still hadn’t formed its list, promising to turn it in “on the deadline constituted by law”. …

President Robert Kocharyan met with ARF Bureau members on Monday. According to the president’s press office, they discussed issues concerning Armenia’s foreign policy, the Karabakh conflict settlement process, the economic situation of Armenia and the upcoming Armenian parliamentary elections.

Nine candidates have applied to participate in the National Assembly elections in the majority electoral system. Six of the candidates are deputies participating in this parliamentary session, including Khachatur Sukiasyan, Hakob Hakobyan (Echmiadzin), Mkhitar Varagyan, Vahram Baghdasaryan, Victor Dallakyan, Hakob Hakobyan (Malatia-Sebastia). Samvel Babayan has also sent in an application.