Politics

The Kocharyan-Aliev Karabagh conflict negotiations in Bucharest are over, but the sides have not reached a final agreement. It was expected that the parties would come to an agreement on the main principles of the conflict. There aren’t any details concerning the meeting. In regard to the meeting, Vartan Oskanyan said, “The problem that the …

A journalist asked head of the Republican party, Andranik Margaryan whether the Hrazdan stadium belonged to them before being elected or not, to which the prime minister answered, “The stadium didn’t belong to our party. It doesn’t belong to us now either. All that we own are cars and offices. But we don’t have any …

The Russian “Echo” newspaper writes, that according to their sources from the Russian foreign affairs ministry, the main points of the Karabagh conflict have already been agreed on. According to the newspaper, there is also an agreement to return some territories that are under Karabagh’s control to Azerbaijan. According to them, the Lachin passage connecting …

On June 2, the vice president of the Russian-Armenian business cooperation association, senator of Kalmikia, Levon Chakhmakhchyan and the chief accountant of the association, Igor Arushanov were arrested in the office of the Russian “Transaero” company. This arrest was done on the basis of their information, claiming that high ranked officials take bribe to hide …

June 5 marked the end of the two-day Karabagh conflict negotiations between Armenian president Robert Kocharyan and Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliev. The two presidents had left for Bucharest in order to participate in the Black Sea Dialogue and Cooperation Summit. It was clear from the start that the negotiations in Bucharest were going to be …

“Like any ambassador, I also consider it an honor for the president of France to pay a visit to Armenia,” said Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to France in Armenia, Anri Kyuni. He didn’t respond to the question as to whether or not French president Jak Shirak will come to Yerevan. “If the president of France …

It is expected that on June 5, Armenians will organize a rally not far from the Armenian Embassy in Moscow connected with the recent murders committed by skinheads in Moscow. After the murder of Vigen Abrahamyants, head of the Russian Armenians’ Union, Ara Abrahamyan said that it would be better to organize rallies and demand …

On June 4, Robert Kocharyan left for Romania with the purpose of taking part in the Black Sea summit. The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are going to have a meeting as well. It is expected that the meeting will be held with the OSCE chairman, the Azeri and Armenian foreign affairs ministers and co-chairmen …

NA deputy Vostanik Marukhyan has been elected rector of Yerevan Architectural State University. In fact, he was the only candidate nominated. Mr. Marukhyan is going to drop his mandate soon. Probably the next person from ARF to be brought up in this majority list will be the chief-editor of Erkir newspaper, Spartak Seiranyan. In regard …

Andranik Margaryan has already met with the head of the Armenian representation of the OSCE, Vladimir Priakhin. They discussed different issues, as well as said that it was a good cooperation on the part of the defense ministry and OSCE to dissolve 872 tons of rocket oil that had been collected during many years and …