Politics

During the October 15 rally the first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan once again spoke about the relations of the Armenian government and the Armenian businessmen. He reviewed these relations purely in the context of corruption. In the words of the first President, “corruption is a phenomenon that is mostly characteristic to the government and …

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan yesterday had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. “Serzh Sargsyan took the opportunity to congratulate Vladimir Putin on his birthday and wished him success in the large-scale initiatives for Russia’s economic growth. Sargsyan expressed confidence that the reinforcement of Russia’s economy is also a …

Yesterday Despite the rainy weather, people continue gathering near Matenadaran, the institute of ancient manuscripts, to participate in an opposition rally, held by the Armenian National Congress. As usual the leading speech was the first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s. He accused Armenia’s leadership of presiding over an “incredibly” corrupt political and economic system at a fresh …

We Armenians are fond of being proud of Armenians, who have success worldwide. Our insatiable love to the ones with the last one “…yan” is only showed from distance and is limited only in the lofty speeches of national and patriotic stereotypes… Among the world famous chess players chess master Gary Kasparov is also outstanding …

It is pretty difficult to take an interview from famous chess player Gary Kasparov. The most important thing is the time, which is not enough for the 13th world champion of chess in the world. We succeeded in interviewing him only after the third attempt. The first two attempts failed due to the participation of …

It is impossible that Serzh Sargsyan, who is originally from Karabakh, may agree to give some of the “occupied” lands against the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border. This opinion was expressed by a senior expert of the Carnegie research center Thomas De Waal. He says the Turks have been mistaken in connection with this issue. …

The Armenian-Turkish protocols signed a year ago may still “exist” and the process of reconciliation in the region is still possible. This is the opinion of a senior expert of Carnegie Center Thomas De Waal, who in his recent report has also adverted to the Armenian-Turkish relations, “soccer diplomacy,” the protocols, the issues of the …

A few days ago the founding chairman of the Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisian suggested that his bill on the recognition of the NKR independence should be postponed till the nest sessions of the NA. “I request your support to make this a pan-national initiative to ensure that it enters in the agenda of the NA …

Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Armenian-Turkish protocols. But it’s hard to say whether it’s an anniversary or a birthday. Everybody remembers how and in what conditions in the Swiss Zurich on October 10 the foreign affairs ministers of Armenia and Turkey Edward Nalbandyan and Ahmed Davutoghlu signed the protocols. For …

– Mr. Ohanyan, up until now the talks about the prolongation of the deployment of the Russian military base in Gyumri don’t stop. Many of the governmental officials are trying to convince that the Russian troops will mediate during the possible resumption of the Armenian-Azerbaijani war. In your recent interview you have clearly mentioned that …