Politics

Recently the head of “Liberal Progressive Party of Armenia”, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan paid a visit to the USA. According to him, he had several important meetings at the Department of State and the White House. He said that the most important issue he had discussed there concerned the Caucasus: “The hottest point in the world now …

 “I follow those people who say that the existing Constitution needs to be amended. But I can’t agree with the developments that take place now. They must not make so much effort in such difficult conditions only in order to adopt the Constitution. This is the end already; this is the last branch on which …

The French “Perno Ricar” company informed us that they had foreseen spending 70 million dollars for the privatization of the Yerevan Brandy Factory back in 1998. However, by the order of President Robert Kocharyan, the Armenian authorities sold the factory for 28 million dollars (without even holding a session and breaking the law). We found …

The seventeen political parties against the constitutional amendments organized a meeting on Saturday and this meeting was not like any other. The column of cars with the orange flag on top traveled from the Shahumyan square in Yerevan to the region of Shirak with the purpose of the “no” propaganda. Other members from the cities …

According to “New Anatolian”, the Foreign Minister of Turkey Abdula Gyul has announced that there are many wrong rumors going around claiming that Turkey will recognize the Armenian Genocide in order to get admitted into the European Union: “Many formulas of the parliaments of different countries have been sent to the European Court of Human …

A couple of days ago, the students of Jerusalem’s St. Hakobyants Patriarchal school beat their teacher (director), his extreme Holiness Paret Yeretsyan and kicked him out of the school. As a result of the fight, two students have been physically injured and they have been transferred to a hospital. On October 28, the parents of …

“The Republic of Karabagh will never be independent or join Armenia. The Armenians living in Karabagh can enjoy the fruits of autonomy under the control of Azerbaijan,” said Ilham Aliyev according to “Regnum” news agency. Aliyev had emphasized that Azerbaijan’s decision was dependent on international norms; meanwhile “Armenia’s orientation completely contradicts international laws.” He also …

Whenever a new topic comes up in the political life of Armenia, the people start to wait for what kind of debate will take place. It is a usual thing to see public and political figures contradict each other regarding this or that. Just like in any post-Soviet country, Armenian society also lives and evaluates …

The whole world is talking about the announcement made by President of Iran as he said:“Israel must perish from the face of the earth.” Thousands of Iranians have gone out to the streets of Tehran in protest to the Israeli government for mistreating the Palestinians. The Foreign Minister of Iran claims that they are going …

One of the high officials of the Ministry of Education and Sciences informed one of our reporters that Artur Baghdasaryan has ordered Armenia’s universities to propagandize the “yes” campaign for the constitutional amendments. There has been a warning to forbid any comment on the “no”. Active participant is rector of the Institute of Economy Grigor …