Politics

Yesterday the issue of Kars-Akhalkalak-Tbilisi-Baku was discussed in Yerevan, Baku and Tbilisi. The Georgian economic development minister, Georgi Arveladze said concerning the statements that the citizens of Javakhk are against the mentioned construction program, “The project is going to invest $300 million in Akhalkalak, which will open new windows in the region, the main important …

The arrest of the killer immediately after the assassination of Hrant Dink can have two explanations. Either the Turkish government is interested in exposing the crime and therefore it did everything to reveal the killer right away, or official Ankara decided to stage a show to hide those who are responsible for the assassination. It …

“I agree with the concerns of the defense minister connected with the military crimes growth tendency since that problem is one of the most important ones in our army” said the head of the Armenian Supreme Court, Hovhannes Manoukyan, concerning the defense minister’s concerns about the recent case of murdering two soldiers in Madaghis military …

Most o the existing oppositional political parties are not going to nominate candidates (usually leaders of parties) under majoritaian system during the upcoming parliamentary elections. Most of hose parties say that the leaders of parties are very busy in pre-election periods and can’t coordinate the work of distributing electoral bribe and advocacy campaigning so that …

“Noyan Tapan” informs that Eduardo Ernekyan, the owner of “American International Airports” company, may buy “Conversebank”. It is a long time that there are rumors that “Conversebank” may be sold, however, there hasn’t been any concrete information so far. Yesterday we were told by the general director of the bank, Artak Hanesyan, that their bank …

On January 21 in Charchakis village community of Aragatsotn Marz there were elections for the community head’s position. Only three candidates were nominated for the community head’s position: RP member Albert Khachatryan, former community head Kiarim Khudoyan and Edik Grigoryan (they are nonpartisan).   184 voters participated in the elections, 109 out of which voted …

According to the Turkish Media, Armenian officials and representatives of the Armenian Diaspora have been invited to Istanbul to be present at Dink’s funerals. Now besides the killer over ten people are under custody suspected in the crime. One of the suspected people, Yasin Hayal has been sentenced to 11 months imprisonment for exploding the …

A nationalist militant convicted has confessed to inciting last week’s slaying of ethnic Armenian journalist, editor of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper “Agos”, Hrant Dink. Yasin Hayal told police officers he provided a gun and money to the teenager who is suspected of carrying out Friday’s shooting, a newspaper reported, citing police records. The teenager, Ogun Samast, …

A contest has been declared for the vacant post of the Armenian Public Television/Radio Company Board president. The post has been vacant since January 19 when the term of former board president Alexan Harutyunyan ended. Head of the president’s administration Armen Gevorgyan has been appointed head of the contest commission. All Armenian citizens that have …

The assassination of chief editor of the “Agos” weekly Hrant Dink has been condemned by the President of Armenia, the Armenian Foreign Minister, the President of Turkey, the Turkish Prime Minister, the U.S. State Secretariat, the Chancellor of Germany, the President of France, numerous mass media, many well-known international organizations, etc. The National Academy of …