Politics

Yesterday the former Ombudsman of Armenia, Larisa Alaverdyan publicized her annual report. The report reads that the preparation of the report was hindered due to the well-known decree of the RA President as of January 04, 2006 and the Government decision as of January 12. The report also touched upon the actions of the government …

Yesterday, the National Assembly discussed Robert Kocharyan’s second humiliating loss of the year. The first one referred to how former rector of the state university Radik Martirosyan did not get elected as university board president, and the second one was how the coalition’s nominee for ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan lost the election. What’s interesting is that …

The secretary of the “Justice” faction Victor Dallakyan blamed the National Assembly’s coalitional parties for Armen Harutyunyan’s loss during the ombudsman election held yesterday, claiming that they had not taken into consideration the fourth and primary side of the coalition-Robert Kocharyan. According to Dallakyan, the closed ombudsman election “showed that the National Assembly is vulnerable.” …

The Karabagh peace settlement negotiations are becoming more and more uninteresting. They are uninteresting just like watching a soccer game when you already know the score, or when you watch a film knowing the plot beforehand. You don’t have to get surprised, or angry, doubt or think twice because, according to many Armenian, Russian, Azerbaijani …

The Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Markaryan doesn’t have any updates of the Karabagh peace settlement negotiations. “I think that we shouldn’t discuss the allocation of the peacekeeping forces. It is not clear how the negotiations are going, what the package deal is and the sides are only talking about one component of the package,” …

The heads of the RA police board departments took part in this meeting, as well as the head of the police board of Karabakh, Armen Isagulyan. The RA general prosecutor was there, who according to our information said that he was dissatisfied with the work of the corresponding departments investigating and preventing crime committed by …

The election for the new ombudsman in Armenia not only showed what the ombudsman’s role is in Armenia, but also how the authorities treat the ombudsman. Of course, this is not a personal issue. It was all about how each person considers an ombudsman to be and whether or not each person thinks that it …

According to our sources, recently police are seriously concerned about the rise in crimes such as attacks and theft. The high deputy police department officials have telegraphed all the regional police departments of Armenia and have notified them to check foreign citizens if they notice anything unusual. The police officers also mentioned that they must …

The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia will meet on February 10-11 in the Rambuye suburb of Paris According to the International Herald Tribune, diplomats involved in resolving the Karabagh conflict claim that the parties are entering a new stage of negotiations and that there is a chance for a peace settlement this year. The newspaper …

Former Russian co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Vladimir Kazimirov doesn’t have any expectations for the Armenian-Azeri presidents’ meeting to take place on February 10-11 in the Rambuye suburb of Paris. He said this during his interview given to “Arm Info”. “There are means to resolve the conflict in 2006, however, I don’t think Kocharyan …