Politics

Head of the Armenian representation of the World Bank Roger Robinson left Armenia on October 27. In his latest interview, he said that the sum of the credits that Armenia had received from the WB during the past four years covered $300 million. Mr. Robinson said that it was possible for Armenia to receive credits …

According to the Constitutional amendments passed in 2005, the status of Yerevan must be changed. According to the amendment, the law may define either direct or indirect election system for the mayor’s position. The government has founded a commission to discuss the issue and pass a law for Yerevan. They are discussing two versions for …

On October 27, all oppositionists of Armenia visited the Pantheon of Armenia to pay tribute to former Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Karen Demirchyan, who was one of the victims of the atrocities at the parliament on October 27, 1999. “It is clear what we think about the judicial process. The verdict didn’t …

“There were Russian painters at our house; we were painting and talking. They told me: “Do you love us a lot?” I answered: “If we were able to not love you, then we wouldn’t. We have no other choice,” said deputy of the ARF faction Alvart Petrosyan. Petrosyan also added: “If we dedicate ourselves to …

“We Armenians don’t have big brothers. That’s a complex that comes from the past generations and we have to overcome that. Each of us has to raise the level of self-esteem and not continue considering ourselves slaves and say “our big brother, we’ll die without Russia”… This is what ARF faction deputy Alvart Petrosyan said …

During the briefings held at the National Assembly on October 27, Gegham Manukyan of the ARF faction has assured that his party wasn’t part of the terrorist act that took place at the National Assembly on October 27, 1999. “Nobody should accuse the ARF of participating in the terrorist act because ARF has been one …

“Being Christian has also played a major role in seizing Nagorno Karabakh and populating it with Armenians,” writes the Azerbaijani “Zerkalo” newspaper and states that the Vatican has also helped the Armenians as a Christian-brother. “The illegally formed “Opus De” military units of the Vatican fought during the seizure of Azerbaijani lands (“Opus Dei” literally …

On October 27, President Robert Kocharyan met with leaders of the diplomatic representations and members of the European Union accredited by Armenia. He welcomed the end of the consultations on the European New Neighborhood Policy program activities and hoped that the program would be approved by November. “The large package deal proposed by the Armenian …

“You signed the ceasefire agreement. Will you sign the peace agreement as well?” Defense Minister of Armenia Serge Sargsyan in response to that question: “I think that the president can do that.” In response to another question as to whether he would be that president to sign it, the defense minister said, “I don’t know. …

Recently, leader of the youth wing of the “Rule of Law” party, Samvel Farmanyan, invited NA deputy Armen Ashotyan for a debate on political issues. Concerning the mentioned suggestion Armen Ashotyan said, “I am already in a debate with two young representatives of the RL; Arthur Baghdasaryan and Mher Shahgeldyan. The third young man can …