Politics

– What do you think about the dialogue between the ANC and authorities? – I think that the dialogue with the opposition has always been open to the society and I think it is very positive. Even more, for more than three years we have announced that this dialogue is important. We have invited the …

According to the sources close to the Armenian National Congress the ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan has instructed the ANC leaders to covertly prepare a list of proxies in order to be ready for the possibility of upcoming by-elections for presidency. Under the current political circumstances this information mildly-said seems implausible. And it’s not excluded that …

Armenian Parliament Speaker welcomes the current dialogue between the authorities and the opposition. "I hail any kind of collaboration. And I see that they [the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC)] also say that such collaboration is necessary. Any kind of collaboration is in the interests of people," Hovik Abrahamyan told A1+ in Victory Park. The …

Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, yesterday again urged the Armenian authorities to free all opposition members remaining in prison and properly investigate the March 2008 unrest in Yerevan. In a report on his fact-finding visit to Armenia last January, Hammarberg said he remains concerned about the fate of the jailed …

Yesterday Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights released his human rights report on Armenia based on the results of his January visit to Armenia. It was supposed to be issued on May 2 but according to certain information it was sent to the authorities in advance, who have asked for some …

The authorities of Armenia like very much to speak about oligopolies and monopolies, and the need to fight them. Especially prime minister Tigran Sargsyan likes speaking about oligopolies and when he speaks about monopolies his face has a helpless expression like he does not know what he is speaking about. However, citizens feel the breath …

– Why didn’t president Serzh Sargsyan meet the demands of the opposition to release the political prisoners, investigate the events of March 1, open the Liberty Square for opposition protests? And why does he do it now? – I should once again remind that back a year and a half ago the president declared amnesty. …

Strasbourg, 09.05.2011 “Some significant steps have been taken to address the human rights consequences of the March 2008 events, but more needs to be done to promote reconciliation in society and reinforce public trust towards the authorities”, said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, releasing today a report on his visit …

Yesterday, President Serzh Sargsyan met with the President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė, who has arrived to Armenia on a two-day working visit. Sargsyan blamed Baku for stretching the NKR conflict regulation and the attempts of searching occasions for resuming military actions. “Unfortunately, Azerbaijan continues to build up tension through the recurrent statements, …

In the recent times it is spoken much about the intervention and role of external powers in domestic politics, especially in the context of dialogue between the Armenian National Congress and authorities. A part of such opinions and analysis come to the conclusion that the dialogue between the authorities and opposition is mediated by the …