Politics

International experience The idea of dual citizenship was born in the 1930s by the Haaga Convention. However, the first clause of this convention states that “dual citizenship is not preferable.” In addition to this, there are clauses that follow which talk about dual citizenship. According to those clauses, all issues concerning dual citizenship must be …

Yesterday the musicians that always play music not far from the ropeway station of Tsakhkadzor were waiting for the opening of the third ropeway station. As soon as a car approached to the station, the musicians started to play and said: “this is dedicated to you”. But their business didn’t meet success yesterday because they …

“Turkey must recognize the Armenian Genocide,” said Foreign Minister of Estonia Urmas Paet during an interview by the “Postimis” newspaper edition. According to Paet, each country must remain true to historical facts. “That refers to both Turkey and Estonia,” said the Foreign Minister of Estonia. As he reflected upon Turkey’s possible admission into the European …

The propaganda for the constitutional amendments referendum has already made some errors. The most important one is that there is no television airtime provided for those who are against the amendments (or is partly provided). Besides that, different authority loops are trying to create obstacles for the opposition to not meet with the people in …

In our previous edition, we had presented sociologist Max Webber’s point of view regarding legitimacy. He divided legitimacy in three parts: traditional (based on customs), charismatic (based on the leader’s characteristics and his self-esteem) and legal (based on the laws). Any theory is interesting when it is applied in practical activities. In this article, we …

Our correspondent has been informed by RP that the authorities wanted Arthur Baghdasaryan to coordinate the “yes” campaign for the Constitutional amendments. But Arthur Baghdasaryan understood the intention of the president and suggested appointing Mher Shahgeldyan for the position of coordinator. It is strange, but this position is not called as “head of headquarter”, but …

Yesterday the rectors of Armenian universities joined the campaign for “yes”. Of course this was predictable due to the fact that the Minister of Education and Sciences is Sergo Eritsyan (represents “Rule of Law” political party). He could never stop himself from petitioning people under his management to join this action, which was mostly the …

According to our sources from the RA Customs Service, recently a big quantity of gasoline was imported in Armenia without registering at taxation and customs bodies. The quantity of the import is so big that they haven’t even been discharged and it is still in containers. Some people say that they were instructed to use …

The government has to concede in regard to the Soviet “red passports”. Yesterday the RA police office made an announcement regarding this: “The citizens living on the territory of Armenia who haven’t changed their old soviet passports with new ones have a right to change their old passports with new ones by presenting them to …

On Saturday the general prosecutor of Armenia, Aghvan Hovsepyan participated in the campaign for “no” for about ten minutes. When the opposition representatives were going to the region of Shirak with 150 cars and orange flags written “no” on them, Aghvan Hovsepyan and justice minister Davit Harutyunyan met them on their way to Gyumri (they …