Politics

There are separate clauses referring to the organizing and conduct of the upcoming Armenian parliamentary and 2008 presidential elections in the resolution on the assignments and responsibilities of Armenia approved on January 23 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). First, the Assembly sadly reports that none of the elections conducted in …

There is a special reference made to the work of the Armenian Police Forces and the National Security Service in the resolution on Armenia approved by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on January 23, “The Assembly is sad to report that there are still complaints about inhumane treatment, especially the behavior of …

On January 19 at 5:00 p.m. in the evening, a 16-year old Turk by the name of Ogyun Samast murdered chief editor of the “Agos” weekly of Istanbul and Turkish-Armenian well-known activist Hrant Dink. The crime committed by the 16-year old teenager could either be considered a casualty or error if Dink were not to …

The U.S. has provided 1.6 billion dollars to Armenia since independence. This is what U.S. Temporary Charge d’ Affaires of the U.S. Embassy to Armenia Anthony Godfrey announced during a recent press conference. It is assumed that the topic of the press conference must have been the money provided and to be provided to Armenia. …

There will be only one candidate nominated for Charentsavan city mayor’s position. The mentioned candidate is the son of ARP member Kovalenko Shahgaldyan, Hakob Shahgaldyan. He had only one competitor, who represented ULP and recently recalled his candidacy complaining that he had been threatened and he had done hat for the purpose of escaping conflicts. …

Yesterday Vladimir Putin met RA president Kocharyan in Sochi and said, “We have always topics to talk about. We have arranged everything in the field of energy production, now we are actively working on the transport and production fields”. If this field is managed like the field of energy production, very soon it will be …

“People should clearly understand that aggressors are those that are really aggressive. There is not any example in the world when one of the conflicting parties is not included in the process of negotiations. Rejecting collaboration and even dialogue may drive the process to a “neither war nor piece” situation, which may bring to a …

It is said that RA justice minister was a child prodigy in his childhood. Maybe this is the reason why he was so well-prepared for the reporting session of ministries and governing bodies at the government. Thus, the ministry of Justice was the only one among the governmental institutions, which work was evaluated excellent. The …

This is how CEC head Garegin Azaryan answered to a journalist’s question yesterday whether “he was going to paint figures during the upcoming elections or not”. The journalists asked the question concerning violating the results of the upcoming elections, to which Garegin Azaryan replied, “I am inviting you to spend all your in the CEC …

Yesterday Kocharyan and Putin gave an interview following their meeting, during which Kocharyan said that Russia might increase its investment capacities in Armenia and be the first one with its capital in Armenia again. The president also said that besides the trade capacities the Russian investments were growing as well. Kocharyan cited Putin’s words that …