Politics

This is what director of the TI branch in Yerevan Amalya Kostanyan told journalists. What does it mean to have 2.9 points? The rating is based on a scale of 0-10. The lowe the score, the more spread corruption is. For example, out of the 163 countries rated, Haiti scored the lowest with a 1.8 …

During his speech at the “News Exchange” international conference in Istanbul on Friday November 3, Turkish Prime Minister Rejeb Erdogan said that there hasn’t been an Armenian Genocide. Armenian delegate and secretary of the Armenian National Assembly ARF faction Gegham Manukyan objected and said that Istanbul is the city where the arrest of Armenian intellectuals …

During a press conference last week, RA defense minister Serge Sargsyan answered to journalists’ questions and said that he agreed with former chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Arthur Baghdasaryan when he announced that the next president of Armenia must be Armenian. “Mexicans can’t run for president in Armenia. Certainly, the Armenian president should …

“If there were crimes committed in the Armenian plane that crashed in Sochi of there were conflicts that could have led to the catastrophe, then you would know about them,” said Serge Sargsyan to journalists. The case was investigated by both the Armenian and Russian sides, including the company that produced the “Airbus” aircraft. If …

As all Armenians know, Arthur Baghdasaryan never misses out on any opportunities to announce that Armenian is backed by a European country after his long-term visits to European countries. We understand the fact that he wants to become president and such accurate or absurd announcements form an important component for his PR strategy. However, this …

ARF members think that the headquarters will be able to operate effectively only if it consists of both oppositional and pro-government powers. It’s worth mentioning that the ARF had made such a suggestion before the previous elections too. “At the time, most of the political parties participating in the discussions agreed with us, nevertheless they …

On November 3 the “Freedom House” organization called on the “Millennium Challenges” to exclude Armenia from the list of countries eligible to receive monetary grants during 2007. The organization reasoned that Armenia registered regress in democracy development. The mentioned list was supposed to be approved on November 8. The Minister of Economy and Finances, Vardan …

On October 28 at around 5:30 p.m., public prosecutor of the Avan and Nor Nork communities of Yerevan Gevorg Tovmasyan, his assistant and an anonymous person entered the home of member of the Lawyers’ Home Liana Balyan without any legal basis or decision and committed illegal acts. Referring to the out-of-turn session held on October …

The well-known “Freedom House” international law defense organization called on the “Challenges of the Millennium” corporation to stop the aid to a series of countries, including Armenia due to the fact that those countries haven’t protected the freedoms of civil society and political rights. On November 8, the board of directors of the “Challenges of …

According to www.globalrus.ru, during the visit of Robert Kocharyan to Moscow the main topic for discussion with the Russian president was the gas issue. The news agency writes that the gas price was increased by almost twice at the beginning of this year, however it doesn’t have an influence on the Armenian economy and citizens …