Politics

Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan congratulated the people of Armenia in light of the 15th anniversary of the formation of the Armenian Army. “Today, we can proudly state the fact that the Armenian Army is the reliable guarantee for the defense and security of not only our independent statehood, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, but also meritoriously participates …

Armenian President Robert Kocharian awarded many orders and medals on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the formation of the Armenian Army on Friday. Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia and General/Lieutenant Arthur Aghabekyan received a 1st degree medal for “Services to the Homeland”, while Vrezh Israelyan received a 2nd degree medal. First Deputy …

The Armenian dram, as President of the Central Bank Tigran Sargsyan says, continues to evaluate. Prices for everything are still going up parallel to the “evaluation”. Perhaps this will be an occasion to come up with a new term in world economics-“Armenian phenomenon”, just like there was a time when there was a new term-“Dutch …

“Who would you like to see in the position of the president of Karabagh?” This social polls, conducted in Karabagh among 300 people, has register quite interesting results. It turns out that only 16 of the inquired ones wants to see Robert Kocharyan president of Karabagh; 5 people supports former NKR Defense Minister, Samvel Babayan …

Tomorrow the army of Armenia will turn 15 years old. No doubt the development of the army has been the greatest achievement of Armenia over the period of 15 years. We feel safe due to our army. Of course, there is still illegality and corruption in our army, however the army is one of the …

On January 25 the delegations of Armenia and Azerbaijan have met in Strasbourg in the framework of the temporary commission on Karabagh conflict resolution of PACE. The chairman of the commission, Lord Russell Johnston has presented the further steps of the commission and several agreements were made on certain issues. According to those the commission …

The Mili Mejlis of Azerbaijan is going to send a complaint-letter to the CoE PACE for depriving the representatives of the Azerbaijani delegation in CoE from “an opportunity to speak” during the discussion of the obligations of Armenia. In the opinion of the deputy-speaker of Mili Mejlis, Bahar Muradova, the Azerbaijani deputies were deprived from …

While the media and the political circles are discussing the versions of the proportional lists of the most “favorite” parties – Republican Party of Armenia and the Prosperous Armenia; the contradictions and agreements among themselves, another party, which is also part of current government – the Armenian Revolutionary Federation has already undertaken the filming of …

In a few months Karabagh is going to conduct elections, however the political life of Karabagh continues to stay “passive and silent”. The political forces of the country “shine” with their quietness and as they say “sleep in the ear of the camel.” However, this quietness is only from the side and the society insists …

Leader of the Armenian Democratic Party Stepan Demirchyan announced the following on Wednesday during the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) convention: “Armenia is doing everything it can to correspond to European standards, the branches of government are well-balanced, citizens now have the right to apply to the Constitutional Court and the Ombudsman …