Politics

The latest rally of the ANC opposition power brought some change in their strategy. The opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan said that “they had to increase the pressure and organize larger demonstrations often, as well as make the authorities fulfill our demands…” The opposition leader announced that they were suspending the series of rallies for three …

Yesterday’s rally of the Armenian National Congress proceeded in a quite tense environment. It also looked promising in terms of taking sharp steps in the near future. At any rate, it was expected that it would proceed like that because the dialog started with the government two months ago didn’t give any productive results. Moreover, …

“Migration from Armenia continues with the same tendency. We expect that this information will be subject of due attention on part of the authorities and people of Armenia,” announced the Catholicos of the Great House Cilicia Aram the First during the opening of Armenia-Diaspora congress. “Our enemy wanted to see Armenia without Armenians. Now we …

Armenia is celebrating the 20th anniversary of independence. It is the brightest and best holiday in the history of new Armenia. Unfortunately the speeches and congratulations on this bright day are so full of pathos that are making citizens feel far from the real feeling of patriotism. However, this is the exact reflection of the …

Before starting the construction works of the “North-South” highway the RA government, represented by the ministry of transport and connection, announced a competition for the vacancy of the director of North-South Highway Construction Implementation project state non-governmental organization and the results will be finalized in the end of October. According to well-informed sources, PM Tigran …

It turns out that the slogan of the 20th anniversary (‘you are Armenia’) celebration of independence of Armenia is not the idea of PR managers but is borrowed from Germans. It is taken from the following German slogan ‘Du bist Deutschland’, which was used several years ago during international games. We were informed about this …

President Serzh Sargsyan has signed an order to establish a Council for Controlling and Coordinating the Economic Sector and Raising Effectiveness of State Regulation of Economic Policies. According to the official information, this council has been established for the purpose of eliminating provisions that are obstacle for the development of the business environment and market …

“Reforms” in the government system of Armenia have quite an interesting logic, which may be interpreted as being deprived of any logic. It mainly concerns the dismissals, arrests, proceedings instituted against high-ranking officials. The most recent case is the arrest and proceedings instituted against the Chief of Road Police Margar Ohanyan. Moreover, the whole government …

Publications in Wikileaks continue bringing surprises into the political life. In addition to political discovered information, such publications also discover details about the private lives and professional qualities of officials. On July 11, 2008, the US chargé d’affaires Joseph Pennington sent a cable to the Department of State. The cable is about his meeting with …

On July 11, 2008, the US chargé d’affaires Joseph Pennington sent a cable to the Department of State. The cable is about his meeting with Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan. The full text of the cable published in the Wikileaks is below: SUMMARY: CDA called on FM Eduard Nalbandian July 10 at the FM’s request …