Politics

Representatives of different political groups visited the NA yesterday with the purpose of taking part in the election for the ombudsman. Not only was the coalition the most active one to take part in this process, but also famous businessmen who rarely visit the NA building. After a long period yesterday MP Gagik Tsarukyan visited …

“The biggest problem that I see in Armenia’s internal political field is that, after 1998, the political field has been fragmented. Some political parties only survive with the hope of establishing democracy in the country. Each one of those political parties has a strong potential including different levels of society and is structured by ideologies. …

Things are not looking too good after the Kocharyan-Aliev meeting in France regarding the Karabagh conflict. However, leader of the “Rodina” political party faction of the Russian Duma Dmitri Rogozin made an interesting announcement on February 15. “I can’t really explain why it is taking so long for the two negotiatiors to come to terms …

There is still hope that Armenia will play a role in regional integration. At least that’s what the commissioner of the Foreign Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner said during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Armenia Vartan Oskanyan. “We will not finance any project proposed by any country in the region …

Tomorrow the RA National Assembly will hold a special session with the purpose of electing an ombudsman and the “Republican” political party faction was the one that took the initiative. According to our information, this time the coalition has made a decision to give each MP its responsibilities so not to be considered guilty later …

Head of the inter-regional and cultural cooperation with foreign countries department of the Russian president’s office Modest Kolerov visited Armenia a couple of days ago. According to our sources, Russia is worried about the fact that there are too many American military forces in Armenia, particularly the so-called military advisors who have visited Armenia recently. …

These days the coalitional parties not only try to put each other down, but also try to come to an agreement with oppositional powers. “These governmental parties have clearly announced that if they treat them this way, they will become oppositional. I don’t mean only the “Republican” party, but also the “Legal State” and “ARF””. …

The speaker of the National Assembly of Karabakh, Ashot Ghulyan has announced that parliamentary parties were making negotiations with the purpose of organizing parliamentary hearings on the Karabakh conflict. According to their preliminary information there will be hearings in March and Armenian officials will be invited too, including the foreign affairs minister Vardan Oskanyan. During …

According to our well informed sources the foreign affairs minister of Iran, Manucher Mottakii, met with Armenian authorities behind closed doors during his visit to Armenia. He hinted that if the NATO troops, especially the US troops are located in the region, the military troops of Iran will be the first ones to cross the …

The head of the Azerbaijani “Obozrevatel” newspaper politics department, Roman Temnikov, who was invited to Karabakh, said that he was treated fairly in Karabakh. The same day the group colleague of the same newspaper said that his behavior was against journalist ethics, according to which “journalists shouldn’t cooperate with countries that are not recognized”. Temnikov …