Politics

“How can the world recognize the Republic of Karabagh’s independence when Armenia doesn’t even recognize it?” This question was given to Serj Sargsyan by the representative of the Turkish-American Association. In response to that question, the Minister of Defense replied: “That is considered to be a compromise from our part. We are also compromising when …

On October 20 NA young republican MP Armen Ashotyan celebrated his wedding party in “Ojakh” restaurant. According to our sources, there were a lot of people from the government there, but they left the hall in several minutes. And the head of Armen Ashotyan’s party Andranik Margaryan had to stay there till the end.

Vartan Oskanyan met with member of the famous American rock group System of a Down Serj Tangyan on October 28th. Serj has paid a visit to the Homeland with the purpose of getting married here. Oskanyan truly appreciates the work done by the rock group and in particular Serj Tangyan’s dedication make others recognize the …

It turns out that National Assembly MP and member of the ”Justice” alliance Shavarsh Kocharyan’s son-in-law is Artyusha Harutyunyan, who is the chief police of the Lori region. During the past couple of years, Artyusha has been known for organizing the electoral bribes and the one ”going against the oppositionists”. Our sources in the Lori …

According to Armenia’s state budget for 2006, the amount needed yearly to keep a service vehicle in good condition is approximately 1 million 200 thousand drams. During the past year, the number of those vehicles has rose by 210 and has reached 835. As for benzene, the budget foresees spending 10 liters a day instead …

”When people are added to the voters’ lists, the opposition protests; but when the list is shortened, they still protest. I am interested in knowing what will happen? Do the existing lists satisfy them? Can we come to that conclusion?” said vice-president of the National Assembly Tigran Torosyan. According to him, the opposition also looks …

”I am happy to know that there are people in Armenia who actually think that I have a chance to run for president. However, I think that it is too early to talk about that, especially since this time the parliamentary elections will precede the presidential elections,” said Serj Sargsyan as he responded to the …

First of all they have made a decision not to participate in any discussions concerning the Constitution. But today the deputy president of the party board announced that there are several provisions in the draft and these are enough not to vote for it. The main goal of the opposition is to make the voters …

Yesterday Head of Central Electoral Commission Garegin Azaryan spoke about the local government elections of September 15 – October 23. He was happy to say that those elections were organized better than the previous ones and were democratic. Mr. Azaryan noted that one of the main developments was the fact that it had already been …

“The constitutional amendments will set the plan for the next 15-20 years in Armenia,” said director of the “yes” campaign for the constitutional amendments Mher Shahgeldyan yesterday during a seminar organized by the European Council’s informational office in the business center of the American University of Armenia with the theme “Professionalism of Media and Propaganda …