Politics

“I understand the people who are demanding active actions very well as they have struggled against violence for many years and want changes. The Congress will do their best to make the expectations of those people come true. Meantime the absence of such active actions has always been criticized. It is criticized and misused by …

“Azerbaijan has chosen the strategy of delaying the resolution of the conflict in order to make a new military provocation,” said president Serzh Sargsyan during yesterday’s joint press conference with the president of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė. According to Serzh Sargsyan, Azerbaijan continues to deepen the separation line it has created and is also drawing new …

– As we see there is a dialogue between the Armenian National Congress and authorities as the president is making both verbal commitments and real actions toward the demands of the opposition. The Freedom Square was opened for the opposition and the political prisoners will be set free during this month. What will the opposition …

During his April 28 rally the ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated that the opportunity of the dialog with the government is not fully worn out and stretched the “deadline of complete separation for another month” “To put it figuratively, the door for the dialogue, if not fully open, is at least half open. I have …

An Armenian court yesterday granted parole to yet another opposition figure from Sevan penitentiary, who was controversially arrested and imprisoned following a disputed presidential election held in February 2008. Aram Bareghamyan, who headed a regional chapter of a major political party aligned with the main opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), walked free one month after …

An international media watchdog yesterday expressed concern about an upsurge in libel suits against Armenian newspapers critical of the government, calling it a serious threat to press freedom in the country. “Reporters without Borders is concerned about all the libel actions being brought against Armenian newspapers and the disproportionate damages being demanded, which threaten their …

Despite a majority support by the Socialists, as well as some communist representative and UMP senators, there were fears that the government may still block the adoption of the bill. To that end, a delegation from the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF) met president Nicolas Sarkozy. According to Radio Liberty, the French …

An international media watchdog yesterday expressed concern about an upsurge in libel suits against Armenian newspapers critical of the government, calling it a serious threat to press freedom in the country. Reporters without Borders is concerned about all the libel actions being brought against Armenian newspapers and the disproportionate damages being demanded, which threaten their …

– Mr. Bagratyan, during the demonstration on April 28 you announced that the authorities are trying to attract the opposition in a swamp with their offers for dialogue. Indeed the opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan believes that such dialogue can cure the sick political environment. Do you agree with this opinion? – I would like to …

The speaker of the parliament Hovik Abrahamyan has applied to president Serzh Sargsyan with a petition to grant amnesty to political prisoner, former MP Sasun Mikayelyan. “Joining the recommendation of the coalition powers and being worried about the health conditions of our former colleague Sasun Mikayelyan, I am asking you to discuss the possibility of …