Politics

Head of the Rule of Law faction Samvel Balasanyan had this to say about Sergo Yeritsyan leaving the party: “Sergo thought more about sitting in the big chair than his party. He has probably been promised another position”. According to our information Sergo Yeritsyan has been promised to be appointed as the president’s advisor on …

Head of the Yerevan municipality administration Suren Koshetsyan has written a letter of resignation. According to the RA law on civil servants, Mr. Koshetsyan had to pass tests in the future, but according to our sources, he didn’t accept this opportunity. Koshetsyan’s position will be given to another officer of the municipality.

The Armenian political field is getting more active now. According to the scenario of some international organizations, Arthur Baghdasaryan resigned. While the authorities are trying to interfere in the process of the Rule of Law collapse, the opposition is silent and doesn’t take any steps. Some powers are currently trying to assure people that A. …

Rumor has it that head of the “National Unity” party, Artashes Geghamyan, is a possible candidate for the National Assembly speaker. As for Artashes Geghamyan, he told “168 Hours” that he didn’t take those rumors seriously. “I think it is a joke like those people that spread the rumors”, told us A. Geghamyan.  MP Armen …

On the basis of Robert Kocharyan’s order, Stepan Mnatsakanyan, whose term was over, has once again been appointed as head of the state statistics service.

The deputy head of the “New Times” party said that over 100 members of their party had dropped their memberships. According to our information these members, most of which are citizens of Aparan, are going to join the newly established “Union for Armenia” party. It is not clear yet as to who the leader of …

The former head of the Russian Duma “Rodina” faction, Dmitri Rogozin, recommends founding an organization like the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. In his interview given to the Russian “Novaja linia” newspaper he said that it would be good of them to use the nationalistic movements and follow the example of the nations that suffered. “Let’s take, …

Yesterday the train carrying the Russian military units from Akhalkalak region of Georgia moved from Tsalka to Azerbaijan, and later it will go to Russia through the territory of Azerbaijan. According to “ITARR-TASS” news agency, they have been informed from the deputy head of the Russian military forces in Southern Caucasus, Vladimir Kuparadze, that the …

The “New Times” party organized a press conference with the purpose of informing members about a provocative act against their party in the near future. Journalists hoped to hear the names of the agents, which according to A. Karapetyan had been sent to their party by the authorities. But the subject of this press conference …

The RA president’s secretary Viktor Dallakyan made an announcement saying that, “The president of Armenia cannot take part in the annual session of NATO in Paris on May 26-30”. The reason is the following: “The president can’t take part in the session because of his busy schedule. In that period the co-chairmen of the OSCE …