Politics

They want to try again

05.09.2006

During a work meeting with the president, municipality officials and community heads in January, the president complained about the situation in Ajapnyak community and said that the local administration office didn’t follow constructional norms in a duly manner. After this note many people assumed that the president didn’t like the work of Artsroun Khachatryan. It …

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Village community head was killed

05.09.2006

On August 30, head of the Dallar village community of RA Artashat region, Tigran Petrosyan was killed not far from the community administration office. According to the sources of “Radiolur” agency, the community head was killed in his own car by the former community head of the same district, Gegham Badalyan, who went to the …

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No decision taken yet

05.09.2006

In response to the question as to whether the rumors about the U.S. Ambassador, John Evans giving a video recording to the president of Armenia showing that the minister of environmental protection, Vardan Ajvazyan, has taken a $3 million bribe were accurate, the president’s press-secretary, Viktor Soghomonyan said that he didn’t know anything about the …

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Do you have a good will?

05.09.2006

“I have met the leaders of the conflicting parties and suggested them different services. Besides that, it is impossible to settle conflicts only through the efforts of the OSCE chairman. Success depends on the desire and will of the conflicting parties as well”, said OSCE existing president, the foreign affairs minister of Belgium, Karel De …

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Acting against referendum

05.09.2006

Former advisor to the Azeri president, Vafa Guluzadze has said that no referendum would be held to define the status of Karabakh. According to him, organizing a referendum in the territory of Karabakh contradicts the principles of their Constitution. Guluzadze petitioned people not to pay attention to the rumors concerning organizing a referendum in Karabakh. …

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Where is the mousetrap?

05.09.2006

ARF member and deputy Spartak Seiranyan had this to say about Viktor Dallakyan advocating the system of being elected on minority proportion and calling it a mousetrap. “I may assume too that this system of 100% minority proportion elections is coming up for the purpose of making the other party return to the 75/56. I …

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Happy birthday Mr. President!

05.09.2006

RA president Robert Kocharyan turned 52 on August 31. The first one to congratulate the president was the prime minister. We were informed by the public affairs department of the RA government that “the prime-minister wished the president health, good luck and happiness”. Today also marks the birthday of the Belarusian colleague of our president …

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Publishing facts

05.09.2006

By September 15, the Armenian Intelligentsia Forum will conduct a meeting, where they will publish a list of Armenian officials that are corrupted and have criminal groups undercover. Academician Rafael Ghazaryan, Lenser Aghalovyan, head of “Fatherland and Honor” party Garnik Margaryan are just a few among the 400 members of the forum. Anyhow, it turns …

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Whom does the mousetrap have in its target?

05.09.2006

Things will certainly be heating up at the Armenian parliament during the upcoming session. The reason is the fact that the parliamentarian parties have serious contradictions in their approaches concerning the amendments to be made to the RA Electoral Code. The former secretary of “Justice” alliance, which was elected in Vanadzor based on a minority …

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All against one and one against all

05.09.2006

So far, only two candidates have said that they wish to be nominated as head of the Ajapnyak community elections on October 29 and they are the current community head, Artsroun Khachatryan, and head of the Ajapnyak community headquarters of “Republican” party, Arman Sahakyan. The other possible candidates still don’t say a word; they only …

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