Politics

Recently regional management minister Hovik Abrahamyan said: “Do you think that the president only advocates “yes” for the Constitutional referendum and will be happy only in case it is brought up? I think the president gave a good answer and it is good of him as a president to say that he will be happy …

US ambassador in Turkey Ross Wilson answered the letter of senator Paul Sarbanes and wrote: “I think Turkey should open the border with Armenia, and the US should support the regional integration where all countries of the Southern Caucasus will be included”. The ambassador also noted that the documentation for Turkey integration in the EU …

These days the authorities are actively getting ready for the upcoming opposition public meetings. Several days ago a lot of people witnessed two water-spraying cars and one car full of barbed wires going to the center of Yerevan. Of course they will keep these facilities till November 27 in a safe place and then they …

Yesterday we asked Galoust Sahakyan about the news that the party had been divided in two parts because of the conflict of Andranik Margaryan and Hovik Abrahamyan and he answered: “Republican party has no wings, but strong legs. We always rely on our strong legs”. Concerning the coalition he said that after the referendum the …

There are good, experienced and bad players in the political field just like in chess. But in both of these two fields all players want to play in high category competitions. A lot of grand masters take part in this kind of competitions. By playing with grand masters some people want to practice themselves, and …

Head of “New Times” political party Aram Sargsyan told our correspondent that he was “an old revolutionist”. To our question concerning what he meant by saying “old revolutionist” he said: “We have been always the first to take actions. If you remember we were the first in April too”. He wondered whether by saying that …

During the 2nd annual world society informational summit in Tunis dedicated to IT advances in Armenia, sponsored by the UN, the Turkish side present was very furious when hearing the speech of Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan. “Armenian specialists won 1st prizes in Tunis and Zhnev for “Foresights of the Solar System” in the “E-Science” …

– Mr. Abrahamyan, the Armenian Republican Party lost many votes during the recent local government elections. On the contrary, “Popular MP” won most of them. Don’t you think that the authorities are now trying to form a majority for the next elections? – What you know does not correspond to reality-the Armenian Republican Party is …

There were some unique moments during the meeting organized by the “Justice” alliance and oppositionist political parties at the “Artsakh” fountain in Vanadzor on November 17. The meeting started pretty late (the organizers of the meeting apologized to the public, claiming that it was due to the heavy traffic and the warnings of the “police”), …

Recently Samvel Babayan met owner of “Grand Tobacco” Hrant Vardanyan and asked him to return him his money (Robert Kocharyan had been informed about this beforehand). The problem is that in 1998 Samvel Babayan was obliged to give his share of “Grand Tobacco” company (100 k dollars) to Hrant Vardanyan. And now, according to Samvel …