Politics

A lot of brandy

14.09.2006

Recently, member of “Justice” alliance and NA deputy Aram G. Sargsyan told our correspondent about where he had got the information about the Brandy factory of Yerevan. He also told about those sources of information to the president of that company, Erve Karof, whom he has seen only once during an airplane flight. “If you …

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Compromise

14.09.2006

According to our sources of information, recently RA president Robert Kocharyan had a meeting with ARF representatives. According to our information, the ARF discussed issues concerning the amendments to be made to the Electoral Code. They promised to refuse to advocate a 100% minority basis elections system if the president makes sure that some of …

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Armenian territorial integrity was violated

14.09.2006

Member of the board of the Armenian National Movmenet, Aram Manoukian has announced that the RA Constitution was violated and Armenian territories were given to another country. Furthermore, he says that according to a governmental contract with Russia as of 2001-2002, territories were given for Russian military forces to use without any terms and time …

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ARP board has discussed issues

14.09.2006

According to our sources, the Armenian Republican party has discussed details regarding their participation during the upcoming 2007 parliamentary elections. According to our information, the board discussed whom to assign as their pre-election central headquarter. The same sources of information say that the board discussed the candidacy of Hovik Abrahamyan and there wasn’t anyone that …

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The “boss” of the outpost

14.09.2006

The number of “great friends of Armenian people” increased by one. On September 6, vice speaker of Russian State Duma Vladimir Jirinovski announced in Moscow that referendums should be organized in the unrecognized states of the former Soviet union and those states should become independent (Near Dnestr, Southern Osia, Abkhazia and Karabakh). Don’t get the …

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Another murder in Yerevan

14.09.2006

On the morning of September 6, at 9:15 a.m. an anonymous person or a group of anonymous people blew up the GAZ 3102 brand name 005 LL 03 state licensed service car belonging to Hovasapyan. Shahen Hovasapyan died, while his driver Andranik Charchyan received physical injuries. What’s interesting is that based on the information from …

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Escape from the desert

14.09.2006

Do you want to accompany, or lead, or go your own way…You must know what you want and that you want it.” Friedrich Niche The Armenian opposition hasn’t been out in the open ever since the end of the constitutional amendments referendum. Oppositionist figures are afraid to show themselves to the public eye after not …

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Are there virtual Dashnaks?

14.09.2006

In early September, a number of newspapers, including “168 Hours”, received an undersigned letter from [email protected] electronic address from a person by the name of Ashot Petrosyan, stating that the Armenian Revolutionary Federation disagreed with some of the political processes taking place in Armenia and that they were going to appeal to the president to …

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Baku is concerned

14.09.2006

According to “ATV” TV company, deputy minister to the Azeri foreign affairs minister, Araz Azimov has said that the ministry of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan was going to send an official letter of concern to the ministry of foreign affairs of Russia concerning a program dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the independence of Karabakh …

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They are waiting

14.09.2006

Recently NA speaker Tigran Torosyan told our correspondent that if the political powers violated the agreement made between them to advocate 41/90 proportion of places in the new Electoral Code, they would insist on the proportion as 52/75 proposed by their party. “If there are new discussions, everyone will express their own opinions and those …

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