Politics

RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanyan didn’t deny the rumors claiming that he might be nominated as president’ during the upcoming presidential elections. Currently, there are rumors saying that the next person to be nominated by the current authorities is Vartan Oskanyan. During a press conference, journalists asked him whether he was going to …

The “Armavia” A-320 plane crash still remains a mystery. A couple of days ago, it seemed as though we were close to finding out the truth, but alas, nothing. This time they say we will know until the end of July. What’s the reason for postponing? Perhaps it’s the disagreement between the “interested” sides, which …

Matthew Bryza is not acting like a co-chairman, but rather the special ambassador doing whatever the U.S. tells him to do. Rector of the Linguistics University named after V. Bryusov Suren Zolyan touched upon the announcements made by the OSCE Minsk Group American co-chairman Matthew Bryza during a press conference at the National Press Club. …

“Alas, people of Southern Caucasus remember everything very well and it doesn’t allow us to settle conflicts here as they do in Europe. They make wars, and then forget about them. But it doesn’t happen in our region”, announced Azeri journalist Alekper Aliev in Yerevan within the framework of a seminar organized by “Caucasus center …

Recently Razmik Darbinyan (head of Urartu production company), the father of RA former prime minister Armen Darbinyan announced in the press about his intention to join ARF. When member of ARF, Levon Mkrtchyan was participating in the live broadcast of the program of “Iravunk” newspaper, Razmik Darbinyan told him, “My three friends and I want …

Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili says that the reason Russia closed its border passing point with Georgia is his recent meeting and negotiations with the US president. “It doesn’t influence Georgia economically because we don’t export anything that way. It is bad for people that transport cargo through that border passing point and Armenia. I don’t …

The fact that Russia closed its border passing point with Georgia was accepted in Armenia as a personal insult. There is no reason to be insulted; Russians had probably forgotten about Armenia. In Russia Georgia is considered to be an enemy for them and they are taking certain steps now for some political purposes; as …

– What can you say concerning the fact that recently your father, Razmik Darbinyan, announced that he intends on joining the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)? – I can say that the reason is the fact that the current political field of Armenia is almost collapsed. For our elder generations, for our fathers, who have more …

Recently Russian newspaper “Izvestia” published an article about what the children of the presidents of CIS countries do. Based on that article, the son of Ukrainian president Viktor Youschenko has a BMW M6 model car in Kiev (130k Euro), has a Vertu model mobile phone ($25.000) and orders champagnes worth $1.000 in restaurants. According to …

The majority of the soldiers of the Karabakh war are against any kind of talks about settling the Karabakh conflict through compromises, especially when it comes to the proposal of handing over the liberated territories to Azerbaijan. Most of them say that that is just betrayal. During a press conference at the National Press Club, …