Politics

The German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt highlights the speeches of the US State Secretary Hillary Clinton and the Prime Minister of France during the OSCE summit taken place in Astana. They mentioned in their speeches that during the NKR conflict resolution the key 3 principles shouldn’t me separated and those should be considered on …

Before the new candidate for the mayor’s position would be nominated the RPA members knew in advance that the executive body of their party would nominate Karen Karapetyan, the director of ArmRusGazArd company, for the position of the mayor of Yerevan. They thought that the president would make an announcement and say that Karen Karapetyan …

Since the dismissal of the justice minister Gevorg Danielyan the political sector of Armenia is discussing the issue whether the president will allow the head of the mandatory fulfillment of judicial acts of the justice ministry Mihran Poghosyan continue his office. According to some sources of information, the latter will be dismissed from his duties …

According to well-known sources, it is possible that the Ombudsman of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan may submit a pretty high post in the United Nations in the near future. We mean the top post of a UN envoy in the Central Asia. The residence is located in Bishkek. It is not excluded that Harutyunyan may submit …

During yesterday’s session the Council of Elders of Yerevan made a decision to hold the mayor’s election on December 17. Reminder: According to the law on Yerevan self-government after the vacancy of the post of the mayor the Council should elect a mayor no later than a month after his resignation. The factions of the …

Only in two days on December 17 the Council of Elders of Yerevan will elect new mayor for Yerevan. But prior to that, the top topic of discussion for political circles are the stories, which develop around Gagik Beglaryan, who had resigned the mayor’s post last week. More accurately, his resignation is in past and …

The Los Angeles Times newspaper wrote about the relations of Iran with the countries of South Caucasus in a recent publication, where the author pays a special attention to the information published by the Wikileaks, according to which Armenia sold weapons to Iran in 2003. Below is the text of the mentioned article. Armenia finds …

Yesterday when speaking of the issue of resignation of the mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglaryan and the minister of justice Gevorg Danielyan the Ombudsman of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan said, “What connection can the resignation of the minister of justice have with the violation of human rights?” To the reminder that the minister was punished for …

The staff changes of the recent period are being discussed at various levels and various opinions are expressed in this regard. The governmental propaganda describes the resignation of Gagik Beglaryan and Gevorg Danielyan as a beginning of a new “axis,” which the government turns its face to the people and society and that it takes …

Several days ago an argument broke up in Ararat Park Hyatt hotel in Moscow, which is the gathering spot of the influential representatives of the Armenian community. The argument was between Karlos Petrosyan, the former minister of National Security of Armenia and an RPA MP Samvel Sargsyan. A group of Moscow Armenians witnessed this argument. …