Politics

Police conducting surveys

22.10.2006

“Recently, President of Karabakh Arkadi Ghukasyan said that he was not going to run for president the third time, however he is currently undertaking actions in order to be nominated again”, writes “Lragir”. Recently, we found out that the head of the police of Karabakh, Armen Isagulyan, has ordered to conduct a survey and ask …

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Russia’s ultimatum

22.10.2006

It’s time. Constantine Zatoulin spoke on behalf of Russia and said that Armenia should orient and have an approach for the Russian-Georgian conflict, meaning that Armenia is faced with a decision to make-to support Russia or Georgia in the conflict. Of course, it is clear that “protest” is not a political category; however, it is …

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The bill won’t go very far

22.10.2006

The bill approved by the French National Assembly penalizing anyone who denies the Armenian Genocide won’t be passed as a law,” says French Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Turkey Paul Pudet. “I’m certain that the bill will stay in the two wings of the French parliament-the National Assembly and the Senate. If it doesn’t pass …

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An Armenian soldier was killed

22.10.2006

Alexander Papakhchyan, born in 1987, died at the “Erebuni” hospital on October 16 at 12:30 p.m. He had been enlisted at the Vardenis military registration office. The soldier was injured from the shot fired from the Azerbaijani side. Legal According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, legal proceedings are underway.

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Turks angry after seeing the Armenian national flag

22.10.2006

From now on, one must get permission from Turk special services in order to be able to climb Mount Ararat. This was the decision made after a group of American students of Armenian origin climbed Mount Ararat and stuck the Armenian national flag on top. According to the Turkish “Marmara” paper, the mountain climbers will …

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What’s all the fuss about the “balloons”?

22.10.2006

On the occasion of the events tied to this deputy, a new word was added to the terminology of Armenian economy and politics -the “balloon”. It’s worth mentioning that the person who came up with this word was once again President Robert Kocharyan. “The anti-criminal movement’s “balloon” popped,” said the president, hinting that the movement …

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Hinting the ARF

19.10.2006

In regard to the announcements that the organized murders began during the term of the previous authorities, founder and member of the “Alternative” organization Yerjanik Abgaryan told “A1+”: “They can’t come up with at least one murder case organized by the authorities. The murders were mainly organized by the opposition. There haven’t been any cases …

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Appetite for politics

19.10.2006

The Russian Minister of Communication, Leonid Reiman, said that Armentel was a good active from the political point of view. “We should work there; there is a huge potential for developing the communication institutional capacity”, said the minister and added that the Russian mobile communication operators had already entered the markets of Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan; …

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It does not matter

19.10.2006

On October 16, President Robert Kocharyan paid a visit to the Yerevan municipality once again. This time he didn’t tell Ervand Zakharyan to go to the top floor and watch the roofs of the buildings of Yerevan. He just told the mayor that the adoption of “One window” is a good policy to help the …

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No sooner than 20 years

19.10.2006

President of the EU commission Jose Barroso announced that it may take more than 20 years for Turkey to enter the European Union. “We are concerned about the fact that Turkey does not make quick reforms. Brussels is disappointed about the fact that Ankara does not fulfill its responsibilities connected with freedom of speech and …

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