Politics

The RA prime-minister Andranik Margaryan was treated at the “Nairi” hospital on February 29. The press department of the government informs that the prime-minister has some problems with his kidneys as a result of a cold. They also say that after getting the adequate treatment the prime-minister will go back to work in several days. …

According to our information in close future a film will come up, which can be called “Unbelievable adventures of Armenians in America”. This film will let Armenians see what our statesmen do in American casinos and whom they meet there.

“If the international community recognizes the independence of Kosovo, the authorities of the Near Dnestr will organize a referendum”, announced the speaker of the Near Dnestr parliament, Evgeni Shevchuk yesterday. “We think that the citizens of Near Dnestr have no less rights for their state recognition than the citizens of Kosovo”, said Shevchuk. According to …

The opposition has decided to meet in the spring with a new format: Vazgen Mnukyan, Raffi Hovhannisyan, Aram Karapetyan, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Garnik Margaryan. The negotiations with Aram Z. Sargsyan are still in the process.

Based on the failure of the negotiations in Rambeau on the Karabakh conflict, the American co-chairman of the Minsk group has said: “We must find a solution, because this is a humanitarian disaster for the region and will bring serious problems for regional security. The main thing here is the political will of the two …

The resignation of the former Chief of Staff of RA President Artashes Tumanyan was a great surprise for many people. However, others expected to see Armen Gevorgyan, former first assistant of the President, be appointed to the same position. According to our source, President Kocharyan didn’t quite like the fact that Tumanyan had established a …

On February 24, Chairman of the NA Supervising Chamber (SC) Gagik Voskanyan announced that ATMs are distributing poverty benefits (subsidies). This is mentioned in the 2005 report of SC. According to Voskanyan the distribution of subsidies is conducted by the “Arm Post”, where certain laws are being violated and registered. The “Arm Post” occupies a …

As expected, head of the RA president’s administration was fired yesterday based on his application. According to our sources, the administration is currently discussing whom to appoint as the new head, but the most potential person for this position is the first advisor of Kocharyan, Armen Gevorgyan, who used to be the deputy of the …

President of Karabagh Arkadi Ghukasyan had this to say about Russian president Putin’s intention to invite Kocharyan to Moscow to discuss the Karabagh conflict issue: “It is normal that the co-chairmen countries hold talks with the conflicting parties and I am glad that the idea of organizing continued negotiations”. He also said that he “is …

Recently, Justice Minister of the RA David Harutyunyan has once again hired former head of the ministry’s commissioner department Anatoli Avagyan. He was appointed as an advisor to Justice Minister David Harutyunyan.