Politics

The 16th Congress of the ANM party taken place on Saturday created various questions in the political field of Armenia. Perhaps for the political actors these issues were clear and explainable but for the politically active society this congress was mildly said a cause for becoming more confused and embarrassed. No one could understand in …

Former member of Board of the Armenian National Movement (ANM), Ex-Vice Speaker of Parliament Karapet Rubinyan issued an open letter informing that he abandons ANM. “I am deflecting from the ANM party. I am neither the first one nor the last one to leave the party. So there is nothing tragic about that. Indeed, in …

The uncle of the former prime minister Vazgen Sargsyan, the head of Ararat village Grigor Melkumyan during his yesterday’s conference stated that the factories in charge of grape storage demand from the villagers to become a member of this or other political party. Otherwise, according to him, their grapes are not accepted for storage. “This …

Robert Kocharyan has become a shareholder of the AFK Sistema company. Among the new shareholders are the chair of the company Leonid Melamed and the founder of Sistema Shyam Teleservices (Sistema bought it in 2008) Rajiv Mehrotra. They have received 0.0009% shares each. Besides that as an award the members of the board of directors …

On July 15, President Serzh Sargsyan signed an order on creating a task force responsible for the negotiations on the Association Agreement with the European Union. The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will fulfill the functions of the secretariat carrying out the ongoing works. Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan was appointed coordinator of the negotiating team …

Today in the conference hall of the government the congress of the Armenian National Movement will take place. Although formally the congress is a regular one but with its contents and in the aspect of the events, which took place within the ANM during the recent period, the congress may be considered extraordinary. Let us …

Today in the capital city of Kazakhstan Almaty the two-day unofficial conference of foreign affairs minister of OSCE member states was launched. According to the opinion of certain pundits certain document may be signed regarding the regulation of the NKR conflict. During the conference unofficial meetings will take place among the foreign affairs ministers of …

Finally the governor of Ararat Vardges Hovakimyan resigned. The rumors of his resignation have been circulated for weeks now. Moreover, there were also rumors that he will be replaced by the brother of the NA chair – the former NA MP Jonik Abrahamyan. Earlier discussions were ripening that Hovakimyan was made to resign his post …

–  What do you think about the future of Turkish-Armenian normalization process? – I hope that the ratification process can continue. And it is very important that no one is putting conditions that were not mentioned in the protocols [signed by Armenia and Turkey in Zurich in October 2009]. I do not want to point …

“I have numerously said and I am saying it again that that the key to the settlement of Karabakh conflict is in the hand of Russia. And Armenia may be used like a coin by Russia for more important regional or global issues. In a word, Russia will do all its interests may require,” said …