Politics

Yesterday the well-known German “Frankfurter Algemaine” newspaper wrote about the Armenian gas price issue and noted that due to the contract made between the Armenian Government and Russian “Gazprom” company, the opportunity of Armenia to become a little bit more independent with the help of Iran was failed. According to this newspaper Armenians are starting …

Aliev did not go further in detail regarding the new format, but as we see, recently there is some activation concerning the Karabakh issue. Yesterday the French co-chairman of OSCE Minsk group, Bernar Fasie, visited Armenia. He hosted a press conference in Yerevan today. The day before his visit to Armenia he organized a press …

The representatives of the “Rule of Law” called these privatizations, which were done for very cheap prices, as violations on the part of the government and the “Republican” party, which are headed by Andranik Margaryan. The criticisms of the “Rule of Law” were very like the criticisms of oppositional “Justice” alliance and “National Unity” parties. …

Yesterday the world mass media informed about operating a new thermonuclear reactor in Iran. According to head of the Armenian branch of the Russian institution of geopolitical issues, Ara Sargsyan, Iran is not able to create a reactor, which is able to keep 150-180 million C temperature. If he is right, what did Iran show …

Taking into account the recent developments, we may assume that political powers have already started their pre-election campaign. I do not mean the rally organized by Tigran Karapetyan. In fact this rally was a failure, but we should not be happy about that. This is not good for us. Because usually such politicians have lots …

In response to the complaints of MPs from the “Rule of Law” party claiming that the government has sold Armenia’s property at low prices, Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Markaryan said the following yesterday at the National Assembly: “That has been discussed during the government session and the “Rule of Law” MPs have been present. …

Head of the “Great Valley’ company and MP of the National Assembly’s Armenian Republican Party’s faction Tigran Arzakantsyan was beaten by some security officials at Moscow’s “Kutuzov” casino for refusing to pay the 850,000 dollars that he had lost. There still isn’t any information. According to Andranik Markaryan, this event shouldn’t be politicized and it’s …

The president of Azerbaijan told the Azerbaijani “Trend” news agency that the negotiations for the Karabagh conflict resolution are going at a different pace, which benefits Azerbaijani national interests and serves as a firm basis for bringing back territorial integrity. In his words, the Azerbaijani side doesn’t want to restart the war, but at the …

Press secretary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Hamlet Gasparyan has told a reporter from ArmInfo that so far, the Armenian side has managed to prevent Karen Avanesyan from being exiled from Great Britain to Azerbaijan. Karen Avanesyan left for Great Britain three years ago as an illegal immigrant, ha studied there and …

Special representative of the chief secretary of NATO’s Southern Caucasus and Central Asia issues Robert Simons has announced in Baku that NATO isn’t against having Russian military bases in Armenia. In his words, NATO’s decision is the same as that of the OSCE and its principles-military bases can be allocated if the side agrees with …