Politics

Robert Kocharyan left for a four-day official visit to France. The meeting of Robert Kocharyan and Jacques Chirac will take place in Paris. The delegation headed by Robert Kocharyan will leave Paris for Niche with the purpose of participating in the opening ceremony of the Armenian square and meeting with municipal authorities.

Former Prime Ministers of Armenia Hrant Bagratyan and Khosrov Harutyunyan are current leaders of the “Azatutyun” (Freedom) and Armenian Christian Democratic Union political parties respectively. During a press conference at the “Hayeli” club on Friday, journalists tried to find out how each party leader is going to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Kh. Harutyunyan …

The 3rd out-of-turn congress of the “Bargavach Hayastan” (Prosperous Armenia) political party took place in the Sessions Hall of the Government building during which National Assembly Deputy Gagik Tsarukyan was re-elected leader of the party. The party also elected a council consisting of 35 members. It turned out that in contrast to the rumors, the …

Yesterday member of “Dashink” party board Andranik Tevanyan said concerning Samvel Babayan’s citizenship that the Soviet Supreme Council made a decision defining that Karabakh is a part of Armenia and since that time no one in Armenia has rejected that law. Thus, Andranik Tevanyan believes that the decisions of the Soviet times made on December …

By the RA president’s order as of February 12, general-colonel Gurgen Dalibaltayan ceased his work as the president’s adviser and military supervisor. There are rumors that this position will be assigned to deputy defense minister, general-lieutenant Manvel Grigoryan.

Far in the Ancient Rome the law defined a limit for wealth in order to be eligible to participate in elections, which meant that only rich people could be elected. The Romans understood that the intellect did not depend on the wealth. The goal of that law was the following: only those people could be …

To our question whether it is right that the opposition is secretly negotiating in the country on making a joint proportional oppositional list before the upcoming elections member of “Republic” party board Suren Surenyants answered, “We are consulting with the oppositional powers every day. Those meetings are held in Yerevan openly and are not secret …

Some politicians believe that the leader of “Dashink” party, Samvel Babayan either imitates to be opposition or is opposition for a governmental representative only, i.e. for Serzh Sargsyan. Yesterday a journalist told about this to member of the “Dashink” party board Andranik Tevanyan. “We don’t think there are different and separate governmental branches. All what …

Following the estimations of the international community concerning the high prices of pre-election campaign air broadcasting, the government did not wait long to answer. The answer can be divided in two parts: firstly, the president’s spokesman said that he was surprised to see complaining especially those politicians, who often go for vacation at expensive hotels …

When speaking about the large-scale protests held in Istanbul and great cities of Turkey dedicated to the murder of Hrant Dink, NA ARF Deputy, Alvard Petrosyan said at Hayeli Club that those protests were held in participation of mostly Armenians and Kurds as well as Turks, who only by the orders from “above” were saying …