Politics

Political prisoner Felix Gevorgyan will be released today. This information was publicized by the head of the PR department of the RA penitentiaries Arsen Babayan. In his words the penitentiaries’ department has given an approval to either release 16 prisoners or temper their punishment period and conditions. This was approved by the commission. Among those …

“The Armenian forces are well-prepared and are able to withstand the protracted resistance with the Azeris,” such an opinion is expressed by the International Institute for Strategic Studies based in London. This information was included in their annual report. “The military competition between Azerbaijan and Armenia is pretty tense. In 2009 the military budget of …

According to our information, the head of the environmental protection ministry’s plant sanitary department head Vram Gyulzadyan was fired because of Davit Harutyunyan’s daughter. Recently the prime-minister criticized several departments, including the ministry of agriculture. As a result of that deputy ministers and other officials were dismissed, including Gyulzadyan. Several days later the head of …

As it was expected, closer to the launch of the summit in Astana new realities popped out regarding the NKR conflict resolution. The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan promised “more decisive efforts” to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict but announced no concrete peace agreement. They only issued a joint statement that was also signed by the …

Yesterday in Astana on the day of the big summit, the Wikileaks cabled a new publication, which came from a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan. It speaks about the hobbies and customs of Kazakh government elite. "Kazakhstan’s political elites appear to enjoy typical hobbies — such as travel, horseback riding and skiing. Not …

During the seventh summit of the OSCE, which took place in Astana, a statement was on regulation of the conflict of Karabakh was adopted. RA president Serzh Sargsyan signed under a document, as a result of which in fact he adopts the principles of Madrid. From the prospective of the conflict settlement this is a …

Yesterday the world was shocked by the information published by the Wikileaks web site, which is registered in Sweden. The web site, which has made a lot of noise about the US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq yesterday published 251,000 messages. Most of these documents are classified as confidential. As of yesterday the web site …

When the world is in deep economic crisis, it’s the right time for making a world scale noise. The project of the Wikileaks is certainly a result of the American domestic political competition, but it concerns countries as well, which are in friendly relations with the US. They touched upon the Caucasus too, which gives …

The former president’s spokesman Viktor Soghomonyan has told the Epress.am that he is not the one to comment on the information published by the Wikileaks, especially the letter on a warning not to sell weapons to Iran sent to the Armenian president. The Wikileaks published a letter dated December 24, 2008, sent to the RA …

World scandal, diplomatic Chernobil, September 11 of diplomacy, etc. This is how the information published by the Wikileaks web site registered in Sweden called in the media. This web site, which has made a lot of noise after the publication of information about US armed forces actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, has published confidential letters …