Politics

This year marks the first year that the Armenian parliament is actually discussing serious political issues concerning Armenia. One of the issues is whether Armenia should adopt a system of a full minority basis for elections or go along with the current system, according to which 56 MPs are elected based on a majority. The …

RA president Robert Kocharyan will pay a visit to Germany by the end of this year to take part in the CIS summit in Minsk. He will then make the trip to Kazakhstan. On August 30, the president’s press secretary, Viktor Soghomonyan officially informed this during an interview. The latter said that this was preliminary …

On August 29, Secretary of the National Security Council attaché to the president and defense minister Serge Sargysan welcomed head of the Belgian Senate’s foreign relations and defense committee and Senator Fransua Roelan dyu Vivye. Touching upon the requirements for countries wishing to become members of the European Union, the Senator emphasized the importance of …

During a press conference held last week, Chairman of the National Assembly Tigran Torosyan announced that the National Assembly had ceased the 10 million AMD grant program provided to the “Russian-Armenian interregional cooperation center” NGO. According to Torosyan, this NGO was founded in 2005 and last year, it received 20 million AMD from the National …

Currently, there are many rumors flying around about the candidates for the next presidential elections in Karabakh. Some levels of society are mentioning the names of well-known people, while others are talking about new candidates, however there still hasn’t been an official announcement to this day. The problem is that 2007 marks the end of …

The president of France, Jacques Chirac will pay an official visit to Armenia on September 28-30. Famous singer Charles Aznavour, couturier Alen Manoukyan and other guests will accompany the president of France during his visit to Armenia. According to our information, Jacques Chirac will be staying at the “Golden Palace” hotel during his stay.

Summer is coming to an end and politicians will start actively working very soon after their vacation. It’s very important to be ready for the competition in the political field. For instance, Arthur Baghdasaryan spent his vacation in Bulgaria, and as some people say, he lost 20-25 kilos there. This means that now he looks …

Recently, RA Justice Minister David Harutyunyan said that he may resign due to some political changes. According to our information, David Harutyunyan may resign after returning from abroad and join “Prosperous Armenia” party. According to our sources, his position will be given to head of the Armenian Cassation Court, Hovhannes Manoukyan. We asked the minister’s …

Despite the fact that the “Rule of Law” and “National Unity” parties have agreed not to criticize each other, recently secretary of “Rule of Law”, Heghine Bisharyan violated that agreement during her visit to Shirak region. She said in Gyumri that Artashes Geghamyan was an “oppositionist that had been bribed”. According to Bisharyan, that fact …

Former foreign affairs minister of Karabakh, advisor to the president of Karabakh on foreign policy issues, Arman Melikyan told us during his interview that it is impossible to organize a referendum in Karabakh in the nearest future. “The rumors about the referendum are just rumors and don’t have any legal ground. Azerbaijan says that organizing …