Politics

On October 23, the parliament began discussions and it was evident that the deputies were not curious about the bill on “founding a committee for investigating cases concerning the Armenian Genocide” proposed by Tatul Manaseryan and approved by the NA constant committee on state and legal issues. It is worth mentioning that the ARF doesn’t …

Last week, the U.S. Ambassador to OSCE Julia Finley expressed her concerns about the OSCE missionaries monitoring the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections. Besides that, Mrs. Finley said that an Armenian official had told her “that the authorities may not want to invite OSCE monitors to monitor the elections”. Mrs. Finley said that long-term and short-term …

Currently, Armenia has something new to talk about. Usually when discussing issues and talking about confidential information, Armenians say, “my sources of information are trustworthy”. This is how all Armenian TV channels try to make Armenian viewers sure that Chirac didn’t apologize. The problem is not the fact whether he has done that or not. …

“Although the U.S. has never characterized the events that took place in the Ottoman Empire as “genocide”, that doesn’t mean that the U.S. underestimates the seriousness of the events or denies the massive killings of 1915,” said Deputy U.S. Secretary of State on Europe and Eurasia, Daniel Frid about the bill passed by the French …

The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza has denied the news spread by Russian presses, claiming that the U.S. has changed its role on Georgia’s territorial integrity. According to “Comersant”, M. Bryza said that the news probably referred to what he had said to the “ITAR-TASS” during the interview, which “has been totally reproduced”. “I …

Turkish nationalist intellectuals are certain that the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to well-known Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk is the Western world’s compensation for recognizing the Armenian Genocide. Nearly 80 Turk nationalist and left-wing intellectuals have announced that the Nobel Peace Prize is not the prize awared for Turkish literature, but rather the “compensation for Orhan …

During the next couple of days, 7 citizens of Armenia and 8 citizens of Georgia who were illegally working in the Krasnadar region of Russia will be deported from Russia.. According to “Regnum”, this deportation is part of a Russian program called “Migrant” and the purpose is to find illegal immigrants in Kuban and send …

There are almost 920 communities in Armenia, most of which have 100-200 citizens. The government has finally understood that it is spending too much money by paying the salaries of over 900 community heads and their deputies. The government has found a solution and is going to unite some small communities. The community heads are …

The deputy head of “Karabakh movement 88” party of Karabakh, Gegham Baghdasaryan says that it will be better if the president of Karabakh lists the names of the politicians that have spread rumors for the purpose of undermining the achievements in establishing democracy in Karabakh and thinks that people have a right to know those …

Seiran Avagyan, an advisor to the RA president, is currently actively involved in solving problems concerning the system of local government. During a seminar at the “Congress” hotel of Yerevan dedicated to “European local government experience”, Seiran Avagyan said that Armenia is more developed than the neighboring countries, however, it is not enough and that …