Politics

The third convening and seventh session of the National Assembly has ended and parliamentarians are enjoying the beginning of their “long” vacation. June 16 marked the last parliamentary briefings of this session, however, the Rule of Law party, United Labor Party, “People’s MP” and the newly founded “Business” faction were not participating. Recently, one of …

These days, one of the most talked about topics around the world is the Karabagh conflict. The foreign affairs ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met again a couple of days ago. In regard to that meeting, the RA prime minister told us that the parties have to take new steps. “I think that both sides …

In regard to the recent murders of Armenians and foreigners in Moscow, Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Margaryan said that this was not only aimed towards Armenians. “Of course, I think that this is very bad, but in my opinion, this is not only against Armenians. If this goes on, it’s quite possible that the …

On June 13, a group of Armenian intelligentsia representatives protested to the recent murders of Armenians in Russia. It’s a good thing they didn’t do that on June 12 because that day was Russia’s day and it was celebrated in Armenia and Russia. They sent letters to the Russian authorities where they explained to them …

In late 2001, before the presidential elections, the Rule of Law party [Arthur Baghdasaryan] was pro-Russian. Today, the party has turned in favor of European integration. Baghdasaryan was one of the unique pro-Russian politicians who presented the bill entitled “Recognizing Russian as the second state language” at the National Assembly (in fact, the co-author of …

SIL concern, which belongs to the Sukiasyan family, is not the only Armenian potential buyer of Armentel. According to our information, ex-prime minister of Armenia Armen Sargsyan has also applied to buy 90% of the stocks belonging to ArmenTel. He currently lives in London and used to work as an advisor to the head of …

Recently, Vartan Oskanyan announced that the foreign affairs ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan would meet in Paris on June 13. He said that he didn’t know whether there would be other participants or not and added that he hadn’t been informed about what the meeting was going to be based on. According to Oskanyan, the …

According to Trend agency, the foreign affairs correspondent of the Azeri president’s office, Navruz Mamedov, has announced that the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev is leaving for Moscow in early July. According to Mamedov, the sides will discuss issues concerning cooperation between the two countries during the meeting. This is all the information for the …

Republican Harutyun Gharagyozyan is one of those MPs who actively votes on behalf of his colleagues absent during the voting. On June 12, H. Gharagyozyan was so busy with “legislative” work that he didn’t notice how he voted for the bill proposed by the opposition. He voted for this bill by pressing both his button …

On June 12, during a voting at the parliament, some MPs managed to vote on behalf of their colleagues too. Hovhannes Margaryan, who is a representative of the Rule of Law party, accused some republican MPs of voting on behalf of their colleagues and other MPs. Khachatur Sukiasyan said that when the Rule of Law …