Politics

The RA prime minister Andranik Margaryan has worked out a three-degree grading system (good, fair, poor) with the purpose to evaluate the work of the ministries and the other governmental bodies after their annual statements. Yesterday the Ministries of Energy and Transportation/Communications and the state taxation committee made their statements. The marks of the last …

Yesterday the RA presidential adviser Gagik Isagulyan didn’t deny the news claiming that he had written an application to the president to let him resign from his position because of their conflict which had rose in connection with their approaches regarding the Karabakh conflict negotiations. “Who told you this?” said Mr. Isagulyan thus trying not …

Within the framework of the program “Millennium Challenges”, 130 million dollars will be given to the Javakhk region of Georgia with an Armenian population with the purpose of implementing social and economical development programs there. Yesterday the foreign affairs minister of Georgia, Gela Bejuashvili, announced about this during the press-conference at the foreign affairs ministry …

The former member of the “Republic” party council Vahan Babayan explained his decision to leave the party by saying that he was disappointed in some oppositional leaders. Recently V. Babayan made the following comparison: “When Condolezza Rice dropped her membership in the Democratic party and joined the Republican party, journalists asked her why she did …

– Since 1998, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) has been backing up president Robert Kocharyan during all the elections, but now the president is trying to form new coalitional political parties to support him and leaving behind the ARF. Isn’t the ARF worried about this? – We truly have intimate ties with the president. We …

Whereas the authorities started the New Year off with the scandal of cultural minister Hovik Hoveyan, which led up to his resignation, the opposition split up. As mentioned in our previous edition, on January 11, member of the political council of the “Republic” political party and leader of the youth organization Vahan Babayan sent a …

During his interview to our newspaper the RA Prime-Minister announced that the ARP doesn’t have a social ministry to exchange the portfolio of the Minister of Culture with the “Legal State”. “The ARP doesn’t have a social ministry. It either belongs to the ARF or the “Legal State”. The ARF and the LS should negotiate …

At any rate, the relationship with Armenia is classified as “pragmatic” in the security charter of Georgia. However, Azerbaijan is classified as Georgia’s “strategic partner” (and everybody knows how Georgia’s relationship looks like with Russia after the “Revolution of Roses”). In regard to this, during the press conference with RA Foreign Minister V. Oskanyan yesterday, …

According to Turkish “Eni musafat” newspaper, the president of Azerbaijan Heidar Aliev is leading confidential negotiations with OSCE representatives in Paris and the topic is the Karabakh conflict regulation developments, particularly the possibility of organizing a referendum. Heidar Aliev is on a short-term vacation in Paris since January 2. By referring to some diplomatic sources, …

During our conversation with Andranik Margaryan he approved the rumors that the coalition is going to nominate Armen Harutyunyan for the ombudsman’s position. “We came to the conclusion not to nominate party representatives, but to nominate a person who is advocated by all the coalition parties at the same time”, says Andranik Margaryan. We asked …