Politics

“March 1, 2008, was a great tragedy. That should not have happened in Armenia. W have lost years, in all ways, as a result. Let me say something about my role that day. When it was suggested to me to hold that press conference, I agreed for two reasons. The first was my political responsibility …

“This cannot go on another seven years,” this is how the statement of the Heritage party of yesterday was entitled. Prior to that statement, the Heritage faction quite unexpectedly boycotted the NA session. First, the chairman of that party Raffi Hovhannisian made a speech and said that the policies and agenda of the parliament do …

Yesterday took place the rally organized by People’s Party near the Matenadaran. Before the rally, participants were given red cards with "the Lord’s Prayer" written on the reverse side. The participants commemorated the victims of the 1988 Sumgait pogroms and March 1, 2008, clashes with a minute of silence. The Leader of the People’s party …

Yesterday RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan gave a TV interview to the absolutely free and unlimitedly responsible TV channels. The latter had made the right decision (or had the right order) to show the interview during prime hour, when usually the channels are showing entertaining programs, shows and soap operas. In the center of the …

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan yesterday met in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg for talks which their offices said touched upon a broad range of issues of mutual interest. In virtually identical short statements, the Kremlin and Sargsyan’s press service said they discussed Russian-Armenian cooperation in various area as …

– Do the recent visits of the State Secretaries of the US and the deputy-ministers of foreign affairs to Armenia, yesterday’s meeting of Dmitry Medvedev and in the near future the meeting of Aliyev and Sargsyan mean that the regulation of the NKR conflict steps into a new phase? – First of all a new …

– The coalition has nominated you for the ombudsman’s position. Will it be difficult for you to work as the human rights defender? – I can’t say if it will be difficult for me. Also, the coalition has majority in the parliament and nobody can become ombudsman without the coalition’s approval. As for the fact …

Yesterday it was officially found out that the ruling Republican Party (RPA) has nominated a 33-year-old lawyer and former television host for the vacant post of Armenia’s human rights ombudsman. Karen Andreasian’s candidacy was also promptly approved by the RPA’s junior coalition parties, making its parliamentary endorsement a forgone conclusion. His candidacy will be discussed …

Yesterday the Russian Rusrep.ru website has publicized the regular portion of Wikileaks materials, which this time related to the dominating logic within the Azerbaijani administration. The cables signed by then the US ambassador to Azerbaijan reveal the US anxiety over Azerbaijan’s resistance to the Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process, the deteriorating state of the US-Azerbaijani and the …

The talks about the possibility of the social riot in Armenia are limited with the press conferences of politicians and with judgments, which either deny or accept the social riot. But the prerequisites of the “riot” are becoming for visible among the average citizens and in order to notice that there is no need to …