Politics

The Bush administration, which has ceded the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives to the Democrats, says that from now on they will be more decisive in fighting for any bill having to do with the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. This is what the Turkish “Hiuriet” paper writes as it touched upon the …

The “Azatutyun” radio station informs that the “New York Life” insurance company has started to pay the compensations for more than 2,000 inheritors of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. “New York Life” has agreed to pay the compensation to the inheritors and successors of the Armenians of Western Armenia and Turkey who were insured …

The “victims of state needs” gathered near the parliament again on November 13. They were demanding the parliament to reject the “draft on alienating properties for state needs”. The participants of that action were very decisive; they were going to demand the prime minister to resign. They even wanted to take some deputies captive in …

The RA defense minister, Serge Sargsyan left for Iraq on November 13. In the airport the minister said that the purpose of his visit to Iraq was to meet the defense minister of Iraq, the commanders of foreign armies there and check up on the conditions and situation of the Armenian forces in the place. …

Concerning the announcement of the head of “Fatherland and Honor” party Garnik Margaryan, saying that all the powers getting ready for the upcoming elections have been given promises by the authorities, Stepan Demirchyan says that their party is getting ready for the elections too: “If we are going to take part in the elections, it …

The NA started its session on November 13 and only in 4 hours was it able to confirm  the agenda. Notwithstanding, the reason of delaying the approval of the agenda was not their active discussions. The reason is the fact that the factions were asking for a break one after the other. The situation was …

“The people of Karabakh will not give up their independence and are in favor of long-term peace and stability; we are ready to start political dialogues with all the interested parties in the region” said the president of Karabakh, Arkadi Ghukasyan in the U.S.A. to “Novoe Slovo”, “Inner city press” newspapers and “Ararat”, “AGBU” magazines. …

The party will either participate in the elections separately or with other opposition forces. Demirchyan did not rule out the possibility of cooperation with Legal State and the National Unity. “We are ready for cooperation if Legal State declares that it is part of the opposition,” he said, adding that they already cooperate with this …

One of the main purposes of RA President Kocharyan’s visit to Moscow was the correction of Putin’s administration’s approach regarding the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Armenia. Although the agenda of the visit didn’t anticipate anything like that, however the Russian media has actively mentioned such talks. According to our Russian sources, during the …

According to the “Azatutyun” radio station, the results of the studies of the “Control Risks” independent consulting company show that half of the countries of the world can’t provide a good business environment. In the 2007 risky business/investment report, Armenia is in the group of average political risks, along with Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia and Turkey. …