Politics

“NU”’s position

07.02.2007

The “National Unity” (NU) political party is the only oppositional party so far that already has its position on nominations based on the National Assembly majority electoral order. The political party is actually mentioning some names; in fact former Minister of Internal Affairs Levon Galstyan, who just recently turned member of the “NU”, will be …

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They want to visit

07.02.2007

“Nagorno-Karabakh and the other seized territories of Azerbaijan are our lands and the Azerbaijani deputies have the right to visit. But the meeting of the Azerbaijani deputies and the Nagorno-Karabakh separatist regime authorities is impossible,” announced PACE Azerbaijani delegation member and deputy of Mili Mejlis Aydin Mirzazaden, according to “Trend”. Recalling that during the PACE …

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Silence that is not golden

07.02.2007

Although Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t mention anything new during his annual press conference on Thursday, however the word interchange “annual press conference” is already unusual for us Armenian journalists. Putin once again invited 1200 journalists to the Kremlin hall, including representatives of the world’s largest information agencies to direct their questions to the Russian …

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Did they shoot?

07.02.2007

Recently, according to “Javakhk-Info”, the secret masked Georgian police crew demonstratively arrested “Jermuk” mineral water importer Meruzhan Karoyan and “Kilikia” beer importer Armen Uzunyan. Both import their products to Javakhk from Armenia. Around 5:00 p.m., the secret police crew, along with the Akhalkalak regional police, organized an unexpected attack on the home of Meruzhan Karoyan …

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Demirchyan is ready

07.02.2007

It seems as though the “41 Oppositionist Candidates” operation heard about for months and discussed for a long time has been forgotten. Are the leaders of the oppositional parties ready to participate in the upcoming Armenian parliamentary elections based on the majority electoral order or not? In response to this question, representative of the Armenian …

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Level of corruption on the rise

07.02.2007

Based on the results of the survey on perception of corruption in society conducted by “Transparency International Armenia”, nine out of ten Armenian citizens think that corruption is the “biggest issue or a major issue” and see the conduct of free and fair parliamentary elections as the solution to this. “I’m happy to see that …

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The Meteoric Shine of the ADLU

07.02.2007

The next meeting of the “Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun” (Armenian Popular Party) led by Stepan Demirchyan will take place on February 17 and it is quite possible that the party’s format for the upcoming parliamentary elections will be known during that meeting. As of today, the APP will participate without an alliance. This is what APP …

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Arms race

07.02.2007

The 15th anniversary of the Armenian National Army is, of course, a big, glorious celebration. It had to be celebrated ceremonially and it was. But the ceremonial celebration often ends in itself in Armenia and causes confusion among Armenians. What precept did we want to pass on to the Armenian society by celebrating the anniversary …

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Who’s the CRU head now?

07.02.2007

The appeal court of Armenia decided to uphold the claim of Hrant Khachatryan’s partisans and recognize the decisions of the 17th Constitutional Rights’ Union convention of September 2006 as invalid. It has been announced that after the decisive convention, Hayk Babukhanyan, who turned CRU leader, is getting ready to appeal against the decision of the …

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“BTR”s from Karabakh

07.02.2007

The electoral campaign kicked off once again. Tens of political party workers are campaigning around the city. Doors are knocked on a couple of times a day and different political party representatives present their plans and wish to sign you up to be part of their political parties. Armenians are tired of opening and closing …

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