As expected, after the registration of deputies, Arthur Baghdasaryan presented his resignation. His party, Rule of Law, however, had already left the coalition. Afterwards, the heads of the parliamentary factions on defense, national security, social and health care issues, Rule of Law representative Mher Shahgeldyan and Gagik Mkheyan did just like their leader. Based on …
read moreIt turns out that owner of the “R” television network Hrant Vartanyan has taken the one-month salary of TV journalist Hamlet Ghushchyan for publicly apologizing to his political and economic counterpart Samvel Babayan without letting Vartanyan know about it. According to “Lragir”, Hrant Vartanyan was on vacation in Russia at the time and talked with …
read moreDuring a recent debate, Arthur Baghdasaryan accused Artashes Geghamyan of getting financial aid from the Minister of Defense of Armenia Serge Sargsyan. In response to the questions about the accusation, Artashes Geghamyan told “168 Hours”: “Baghdasaryan, who is the secondary figure of the country, didn’t blame me for giving bribes but rather Serge Sargsyan and …
read moreIn response to the question as to whether the United Labor Party could fill in the empty spots of the coalition after the “Rule of Law”, leader of the party Gurgen Arsenyan said: “If there is an offer, we will decide.” G. Arsenyan also said that there is no way that the United Labor Party …
read moreArthur Baghdasaryan is getting ready to publish his collection of speeches. “Based on my colleagues’ proposals, I am going to publish a collection of my speeches in chronological order so that people can read what I’ve said over the years,” said Baghdasaryan to the MPs. It’s interesting: will Arthur Baghdasaryan’s comments and opinions about Robert …
read moreThe National Assembly “People’s Deputy” faction has decided not to fill in the empty spots of the “Rule of Law” party, which has left the coalition. “The “People’s Deputy” has been offered the positions of deputy minister, deputy regional head, etc, but we have refused. I think we are doing the right thing because there …
read moreAfter leader of the “Rule of Law” party Arthur Baghdasaryan declared his resignation from chairman of the National Assembly, during a press conference, he had second-thoughts about giving an answer to the journalist’s question as to what “Rule of Law” would do now in the political field. “Isn’t it obvious that we are going to …
read moreNational Assembly chairman Arthur Baghdasaryan’s resignation served as a firm basis for the National Assembly MPs to start their usual debates and make offensive remarks. This time, the contradicting sides were Rule of Law and National Unity. “If two political figures are debating and they accuse each other of corruption and poor governing skills, then …
read moreThe Armenian branch of the Russian “Security, defense and legal protection academy” organization gave a first class medal named after “The Great Petros” to Arthur Baghdasaryan for his efforts for establishing ties between Armenia and Russia. In his speech, Arthur Baghdasaryan said that he had been and was advocating close cooperation between Armenia and Russia. …
read moreThe Armenian and Azeri foreign affairs ministers, Vardan Oskanyan and Elmar Mamediarov met in Strasburg a couple of days ago. According to some sources, at first the ministers had a meeting with the OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen, after which the American, French and Russian co-chairmen met with Vardan Oskanyan first, and then with Elmar Mamediarov …
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