Politics

It has been a while since the opposition in Armenia has turned into a ministry. Don’t be amazed at once because if you think about it, you will see that one is not born to be a member of the opposition, but rather, becomes one, or better yet, gets appointed as one throughout the course …

“168 hours”: Is it possible to talk about national movements during today’s conference, as that happened when the political party was just forming?” Ararat Zurabyan: “This is yet another conference organized by the Armenian National Movement’s (ANM) Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s speech left a big impression and it seemed as if something is going to happen. I …

!68 hours: “What do you think about the fact that Turkey, along with Azerbaijan, is doing everything it can to keep Armenia out of all the projects being implemented in the Caucasus region?” Rageb Duran: “I think that Turkey can not lead that form of politics for a long time.” !68 hours: “Turkey is also …

Yesterday, the Minister of Defense Serj Sargsyan announced that the money from the state budget provided for the army will increase in 2005. However, Serj Sargsyan did not state how much will be increased to the 100 million dollars foreseen for the Ministry’s budget.

Even though the long awaited “heated political meetings” did not take place, however, the last week of November was full of political events. In addition, perhaps those events might be looked at as having nothing to do with one another from first sight, but the order in which they follow says a lot about the …

The interview with Levon Ter-Petrosyan turned into a controversy. Some people believe that the former president was trying to touch upon the social/economic status by talking about his possible return to politics, some think that he has never had such an outlook, otherwise he would not express his point of views at the airport. However, …

“It is impossible to avoid the return of lands. What’s different is the way in which we do that. That is a totally different side of the story,” said President of the “Armat” NGO/poliical organization Babken Ararktsyan yesterday during an interview. The president believes that the only way of avoiding any failure in solving the …

The Ukrainian “blonde heads revolution” is in the process and it is going along very smoothly and it follows the Georgian scenario. You have the same thousands of people gathering at the central street, the same slogans, the same Georgian settlements, etc. The only thing different is that now you have Yulya Timoshenko instead of …

“Azatutyun” radio station: “Who did you meet with?” Levon Ter-Petrosyan: “I met with Clinton, the senior Bush, Carter… “Ayb Fe”: “Will you hold a conference at the Armenian National Movement?” Levon Ter-Petrosyan: “No”. “Ayb Fe”: “Will you participate though” Levon Ter-Petrosyan: “I have participated in all the conferences.” “Ayb Fe”: “Are you planning on running …

“Armenia should not have become a slave for Karabagh. This was all because of Robert Kocharyan”, said political figure Vahagn Khachatryan during the seminar entitled “Armenia’s Foreign Politics and the Karabagh Conflict” at the Armenian National Movement on Monday. Does Karabagh really have that kind of significance for Armenia already? In response to this question, …