‘Politics’

  • Vazgen Khachikyan was relieved …
    By Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s decision, Vazgen Khachikyan was relieved of the office of Head of State Social Security Service by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia.
    December 17, 2010 13:26
  • The Prime Minister receives newly appointed Latvian ambassador
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received today newly appointed ambassador of Latvia to Armenia Gints Apals (seated in Vienna). Extending congratulations and best wishes for efficient activity, the Prime Minister expressed conviction that the ambassador will help further and strengthen Armenia-Latvia relations during his tenure of office in our country. The head of government...
    December 17, 2010 11:59
  • President of the Artsakh Republic signed laws
    On 16 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a law “On General Agricultural Census”. On the same day the Head of the State signed a law on making changes and amendments to the law “On State   Registration of Legal Persons” and a law on making an amendment and changes to the law “On Minimal Monthly Salary”.
    December 17, 2010 11:20
  • Armenia Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan Receives NATO Expert Group from the Sector
    Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan received NATO expert group from the military sector, which was in Armenia on an advisory mission. Introducing the policy of the ARM MoD in the military educational sphere, the Minister mentioned the reforms realized in this regard, as well as the peculiarities of the draft ARM military-education concept, created as a result of those...
    December 17, 2010 10:38
  • RPA Council elected Karen Karapetyan Yerevan mayor
    Today President Sargsyan attended RPA (Republican Party of Armenia) Council’s meeting, whete the top issue was the candidate of Yerevan mayor and the cabinet reshuffle. Presidential spokesperson Eduard Sharmazanov announced to NEWS.am that RPA (Republican Party of Armenia) Council decided on the RPA nominee for mayor’s post. He is Chairman of ArmRusgasprom Board Karen...
    December 16, 2010 22:31
  • Solemn ceremony of putting into operation the 8th zone infrastructures of the capital’s water supply system
    On 15 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan partook at the solemn ceremony of putting into operation the 8th zone infrastructures of the Stepanakert city water supply system. The Head of the State noted the importance of securing twenty-four-hour water supply noting that activities in this direction would be of a continuous nature. Vice-premier, finance...
    December 16, 2010 10:38
  • The newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to Armenia presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan
    The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to Armenia Gints Apals (residence in Vienna), presented today his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan. The President congratulated the Ambassador on his assignment, wished him active and efficient work and expressed confidence that during his tenure the Armenian-Latvian relations...
    December 15, 2010 18:44
  • Talks on Association Agreement to be continued
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Gunnar Vigand, Director for Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia of EC General Directorate of External Relations, who is in Yerevan to attend the third plenary session of negotiations under the Association Agreement between Armenia and the European Union. The head of government was briefed on the course of the ongoing...
    December 15, 2010 17:55
  • The experience of cooperation was highly evaluated
    From December 6-8 the delegation headed by the Prosecutor General of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan participated in the meeting on “Joining Forces Towards Development Effectiveness Through a Global Alliance to Combat Corruption” organized by the World Bank. During the visit to Washington the Prosecutor General of Armenia had meetings with the high-ranking officials of the...
    December 15, 2010 15:41
  • US Court of Appeals Hands A Major Victory to Armenians
    In a stunning development, a federal appeals court handed Armenian-Americans a major legal and political victory last week. It reversed its earlier ruling and decided that a California law extending the deadline for lawsuits against life insurance companies WAS constitutional, after all! The new ruling did much more than assist heirs of Armenian Genocide victims to file...
    December 15, 2010 10:59
  • Israeli scholar calls for further struggle for Genocide recongition
    December 14, at an international conference on Genocide, particularly on the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, the Israeli scholar Israel Chain called for forming an association of peoples that survived genocide. The association is supposed to defend the peoples’ interests. “We, Armenians – yes, it is not a slip of the tongue – we, Armenians, have...
    December 14, 2010 16:36
  • Alexander Iskandaryan: NK is integral part of Armenian political idenitity
    “Turkish weekly” had exclusive interview with the Director of Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and position of Armenia. Read below the original interview. Q: If we take Sarkissjan era into consideration, is there a remarkable deviation from the former President Robert Kocharyan’s policy concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh problem? A:...
    December 14, 2010 15:52
  • I’ve twice been in Tsitsernakaberd, I’ll be there again: Taner Akcam arrived in Yerevan
    After 95-year-old denial of Armenian Genocide, I don’t think Turkey can found a good democracy, Turkish historian and scientist Taner Akcam told reporters on Thursday. Turkish scientist, who currently lives in the United States, arrived in Yerevan to attend “Crime of genocide, prevention, condemnation and elimination of the consequences” international conference...
    December 14, 2010 15:12
  • Prosperous Armenia in doubts
    The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) will not nominate a candidate for the post of Yerevan Mayor, PAP Press Secretary Khachik Galstyan toldNEWS.am. No information on whether the PAP faction will support the PAP nominee is available. “Our position will be clear after the RPA has nominated its candidate,” Galstyan said. Republican group at the Council of the Alderman includes...
    December 14, 2010 14:39
  • Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan Receives the Delegation from the Polish Military Industrial Sector
    Armenian (ARM) Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the delegation headed by president of the Polish Chamber of National Defence Manufacturers Slawomir Kulakowski, which was in Yerevan from 10th to 14th of December, 2010. During their visit to Armenia the Polish delegation, which included representatives from Polish military industrial factories, Air Force Institute...
    December 14, 2010 14:00
  • President Serzh Sargsyan participated at “The Crime of Genocide” International Conference
    Today, President Serzh Sargsyan participated at “The Crime of Genocide: Prevention, Condemnation and Elimination of Consequences” International Conference held in Armenia on December 14-15. The Conference is dedicated to the adoption of the UN Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The conference in Armenia has gathered numerous scholars...
    December 14, 2010 13:33