Politics

The “Gallup” Baltic institution conducted a survey in August according to which most Armenians are optimistic about the future of Armenia. Out of the 1,200 citizens over the age of 18 that participated in the survey, 57% said that they were optimistic about the future, 31% said that they were neutral and only 10% were …

During the parliamentary Q&A session, RA foreign affairs minister Vardan Oskanyan said that the territorial issue of the Karabakh conflict may be discussed with Azerbaijan only after the determination of Karabakh’s status: “Only in that case will we go into further details.” said the minister. The minister said that it didn’t concern only the territories …

Although the Armenian parliament has ended discussions on the amendments of the electoral code of Armenia (EC) and has already voted for it, however it doesn’t really seem that this was a discussion. Even the speaker of the National Assembly was of that opinion and said that the deputies talked more about other issues rather …

The latest “performance” of the parliament was the best. I don’t mean the words that the deputies use; we have got used to them already. I mean the surprising yet sincere critical statements made by the “Republican” and “Rule of Law” members; the two parties went against each other. As expected, at the end they …

Leader of the “New Times” party Aram Karapetyan is of the opinion that the Armenian authorities’ “puppet show” is over. During a press conference held on October 25, Karapetyan touched upon two issues, one of which concerned the issue of Javakhk. The political figure mainly talked about member of the “United Javakhk” party Vahagn Chakhalyan, …

Politician Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan expressed his opinions about the regional conflicts going on at the “Pastark” club on October 25. While discussing the increasing tense relations between Russia and Georgia, the politician said that Armenians shouldn’t really focus on that because Georgia will always be Armenia’s friend and Russia will remain the ally. “We’re always going …

“My dad brought me a dog sheep,” a boy from our yard said once. “ It’s not a dog sheep; it’s a sheep dog,” we used to say, but the boy kept on saying “dog sheep”. At first, we thought that he felt jealous that we were saying it the right way, but then we …

“Freedom for the ones preventing the “Kars-Akhalkalak», “Neglecting the Javakhk issue is betraying the Armenian Issue”, “This is our homeland. We don’t need permission to come here” and other phrases were just some of the phrases on the posters seen during the demonstration near the Mikael Nalbandyan statue, which is in full swing for the …

An Armenian businessman from the Armenian Diaspora asked the painter whether those paintings were about the Armenian Genocide. The painter replied that the paintings were about all the genocides. Several years later, those pictures were brought to Armenia with the help of the Armenian government and were given to the Genocide museum. In regard to …

“I don’t advocate the decision of privatizing the Armenian railway. Armenia is still in war and the railway must stay under the possession of the government. Why do they think that the concession agreement is the best way? Why do they think that the Armenian government isn’t able to reconstruct the railway and improve it …