Politics

Not far from a symbol of the Armenian independence, the ministry of foreign affairs, a correspondent of “Mir” TV channel was stopping citizens and asking them questions. I tried to pass nearby, but I was stopped by her microphone and attractive smile. I couldn’t be indifferent. She asked me whether I was satisfied with the …

Armenian oppositional powers have started speaking about criminal groups and their ties with the authorities more. Several powers have founded an alliance for that purpose and have mentioned a couple of criminals’ names. We were informed by the head of “New Times” (NT) party, Aram Karapetyan, that they had prepared a statement concerning the mentioned …

After the UN 61 General Assembly and a meeting with the OSCE co-chairmen, the Armenian foreign affairs minister, Vardan Oskanyan, gave an interview to “Azatutyun” radio station, where he said that during the meeting in Paris they spoke about organizing a meeting of the foreign affairs ministers in New York, however, after the recommendation proposed …

How does the elder advisor to the president on economic issues, Vahram Nersisyants, relate to the recommendation developed by the ARF to found a separate department for struggling against corruption? Answering to this question V. Nersisyants asked whether the new body would not be corrupted either. As for the ARF, the advisor recommended them to …

The most important political development in this period is the announcement of the president of ANM (Armenian National Movement) party, Aram Manukyan, who said that they are going to be involved in politics actively and if they fail to come to power during the parliamentary elections of 2007, they will do their best to at …

Despite the efforts of the Armenian authorities, the National Assembly wasn’t able to pass the bill on “Alienation of Property for Social and State Needs”. The “Justice”, “National Unity” and “Rule of Law” factions and independent deputies boycotted the voting. As a result, the ARF, the Armenian Republican Party, the United Labor Party, the “Businessman” …

At the end of last week the RA foreign affairs minister, Vardan Oskanyan, participated in the 10th “Bertelsmann” forum in Berlin, where he said that one can’t take the right of self-determination of people basing on political convenience only. “If the world were led with fright of precedent, half of the world countries would not …

On October 2, a delegation representing the EU headed by Ercci Tuomioa, the foreign affairs minister of the existing EU chair-country, Finland, is visiting Armenia. Also the following persons are included in the delegation: EU officer on foreign affairs and on relations with European neighboring countries, Benita-Ferero Valder, EU representative to Southern Caucasus, Peter Semnebi, …

On September 23, the new head of UCR party, Haik Babukhanyan petitioned the oppositional powers to make an “anti-criminal political alliance”. He also said that “Prosperous Armenia” party is under the umbrella of criminals as well but it is out of it partially. According to H. Babukhanyan, the “Prosperous Armenia” is trying to make ties …

According to “Izvestia”, at the end of last week Georgia had a very important diplomatic victory. For your information, on the previous day before the speech of Saakashvili in the UN, the leaders of 28 NATO member countries announced about their intention to “make intensive dialogues” with Georgia. Politicians call the last phase on the …