Politics

The meeting of Armenian National Congress will be held at Freedom Square today, and as ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan announced on the 8th of April, it will either be a day of division or a dialogue. The events and developments of the last 20 days have shown that it becomes more likely to have a …

Says the director of the Armenian Center for National Studies (ACNIS) Richard Giragosian – What is the result of the dialog between the Armenian National Congress and the government? Did the government really yield to the Congress, which they wouldn’t do up until recently? Is that any other purpose? – What we see currently is …

“Our requirement for official assurances for discovering the March 1 on part of the authorities have been satisfied, and we are accepting it as a message that the authorities are accepting our minimal package of requirements and are thinking of fulfilling the other requirements therein as well,” said ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan to radio Liberty. …

“By refusing to open the borders Turkey has bigger interests than losses. Besides the economic and historical relations with Azerbaijan, they depend on Azerbaijan as they buy gas,” said Sabiha Senyucel Gundogar, the head of foreign policy project of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, /TESEV/) by emphasizing the factors of Russia and the …

“The Armenian issue is the biggest taboo in Turkey. Currently we are trying to overcome it. It is a process, and it is better to say that it is the beginning of the process,” said Aybars Gorgulu in Istanbul, assistant to the head of foreign policy project of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, …

Yesterday Armenia’s state human rights ombudsman, Karen Andreasyan, offered to help the government and the main opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) embark on a dialogue that would address lingering political tensions in the country. The problem is not that the mediator’s function is outside the powers of the Ombudsman despite the fact that Karen Andreasyan …

Yesterday the Ombudsman of Armenia Karen Andreasyan stated that he wishes to become a mediator between the Armenian National Congress and the Armenian government. “By signifying the role of the Human Rights Watch and the prevention of the violation of human rights and by sincerely believing that in our current political situation we need political …

The Gallup research center has published a report, which tries to find out how people evaluate their lives in 124 countries and what their expectations are for the coming five years. In fact the information about Armenia is horrible. 54% of the respondents said that they are struggling to survive, and 34% said that to …

By an order issued by president Serzh Sargsyan amendment has been made to the RA president’s Order NH-107-A on ‘Approving the members of the national security council’ dated May 4, 2008. According to this amendment, the following has been added to the text: “Head of the NA Prosperous Armenia faction”. The president’s spokesman informs that …

– The RA president Serzh Sargsyan assigned the law-enforcers to find new ways to actually investigate the March 1, 2008. Do you agree that by that he abided with one of the main demands of the Armenian National Congress? Do you think that before April 28 rally the rest of the two demands will be …