Trade Bill is expected to be put on National Assembly’s floor in September. Before drafting the law Armenian legislators decided to analyse current law on trade and its impact on trade sphere. Lawmakers should scrutinise legislative shortcomings in order to avoid them now and make the new law more perfect.

In 1889 in Paris the Congress of the Second International decided: the time came the proletariat to be united and fight for its rights, first of all for 8-hour working day. The Congress made a decision to set a special day, when the class of workers all over the world will present authorities its demands. Before that, in 1886, workers’ protest broke out in one of U.S. cities of Chicago. There...

Today Armenian Minister of Transport and Communication Andranik Manukyan held a press conference to inform that Armenia has become the member of “European Conference of Transport Ministers” Organisation. “There can be no economical development of a country without transport, and integration into such an authoritative organisation is like being a member of World Trade Organisation”, he says. At April 22-24 sitting of the organisation in...

“So-called “Constitutional reforms”, put to referendum, were created under top secret conditions and by an unknown group and not a state body”, the statement of Armenian National Movement, says. The press conference, held by Aram Harutyunyan, the representative of the Committee on Constitutional Reforms, gave rise to the statement. According to ANM Vice-Chair Aram Manukyan, at the conference in Press Club Aram Harutyunyan introduced false...

The political field of Armenia is now passing through a unique period when the political powers announce about their willingness to assume the responsibility for the country. “Dignity, Democracy, Homeland” Bloc is among them. Bloc leaders Gagik Aslanyan, Armen Darbinyan and Lyudmila Harutyunyan are sure they differ from the other political powers with that there are experienced, but former MPs,...

Doing everything in its power to occupy seats in Parliament, Party for Armenia’s Democratic and Liberal Union postpones the conversations about the “shady cabinet” after the elections. The Party doesn’t overvalue its capacities. After the first round of propaganda set for Seyran Avagyan, he concludes: it will be less probable to hold an absolute majority in Parliament . But nothing is lost as the fight has just started. After the elections...

“We welcome the fact that PACE has decided to be occupied with Karabakhi problem, and we do hope that appointment of an authoritative political figure like Terry Davis, as a PACE spokesman for Karabakhi conflict, will give a chance to European parliamentarians to make more thorough and impartial attitude to such a significant problem” . Oleg Esayan, Speaker of Karabahki Parliament, told this to “De Facto” Agency in Stepanakert. According...

Breaking the requirements of the 111th article of Electoral Code, some people holding political and important posts, weren’t released from their official duties from the moment of registration, Armenian PM Andranik Margaryan, Defence Minister Serj Sargssyan, Yerevan Mayor Robert Nazaryan, in particular. It’s a citation from the statement made by social organisation of “Supreme Soviet” MP club for controlling election legality. Committee...

Today ARF Party had a meeting with Shengavit population in “Metro” Theatre of Shengavit. ARF Bureau member Vahan Hovhannissyan stated with pity that the old times of a 113-old party are known to the people much better than the new ones. According to him, the new times differ from the old one by the way of propaganda - the new struggles for job and justice whereas the old - for death and life...

The broadened sitting of the Interstate Council for Eurasian Economic Community /EurAsEC/ started in Dyushambe. At the meeting, held in the governmental residence Armenia was granted the status of an observer in EurAsEC. On behalf of the leaders for EurAsEC-countries Kazakhstan president and EurAsEC head Nursultan Nazarbaev congratulated Robert Kocharyan on his re-election for the president’s...

“Crime in Armenia is not of perilous scale but now Government does its best to prevent spreading thereof” , Armenian PM Andranik Margaryan has today stated at the meeting with Interpol Secretary General Ronald Kenneth Noble. Welcoming the first visit of the head for such an influential international organisation, PM said it’s the evidence for collaboration of police of Armenia with all the...

The opening measure for “Armenia” Consular Club took place in Foreign Affairs Ministry of Armenia. The certificates were handed to the members of that “non-political, but very diplomatic” organisation. 29 representatives of 16 countries are the club members. According to Club Chair Armen Yeganyan, the idea for establishing such an organisation, has occurred since 2000. “His Majesty Mr...

PACE hopes that everything will go on in due course, Lord Russell Johnston, who is in Armenia on three-day trip in the frame of PACE pre-election mission, told journalists today. PACE special delegation will watch the process of the parliamentary election scheduled for May. The aim of visit is to learn what progress is made in prevention of election irregularities occurred at the first and the second...

Opposition activists staged today a march to the Genocide Memorial. Former presidential candidate Aram Karapetyan said that recognition and condemnation of the genocide fact is necessary not only for Armenian nation, but also for all people across the globe in order to prevent and rut out such crimes against humanity in the future. In his opinion, sufficient arguments are needed to obtain the genocide...

Today Government has passed some decisions in agenda. It welcomed the 2002 report of 2001-2003 program on state property privatisation. Ashot Markosyan, Vice-Head of governmental Directorate of State Property Management, introduced the key planks of the report. He thinks the report is one of the best ways to provide transparency and cause the public to be informed about the deals of the state as...

“Justice” alliance started its election campaign today. The alliance visited Aragatsotn province’s village of Nergin Bazmaberd as part of the campaign. After being welcomed by villagers the campaigners made speeches. Before making his speech MP Artshak Sadoyan apologise to the village residents for the opposition failure to protect their votes at the presidential election held the last month. “We made all possible efforts, but came across...

“Help us, and we will help you”, the “Labour, Law and Unity” party leader Mihran Movsissyan told journalists at the press conference held today. The party said in its statement that finds it very important to restore its good reputation in the world and for that urged to hold election campaigning and voting in a just and fair way and establish friendly ties among political parties and unions. Mihran Movsissyan assures that the party has...

The members of “Republican” Party have assembled today in the sitting hall of Government to fix one sentence only - “So, guys, let’s begin!” . On that occasion, PM Andranik Margaryan told his supporters. “As a result of the presidential elections you have accumulated much experience and I hope it won’t be wasted at the parliamentary ones” . “We aim to win at the elections” , Margaryan said. “We must continue the work...

On April 21 the standpoint and the pre-election platform of “Orinats Yerkir” Party was introduced at the 5th conference in Moscow Cinema. Party Chairman Arthur Baghdasaryan said their party is already formulated, they are neither right, nor left . He stated they are in the centre. He presented the pre-election program of the party, named “Human Being, Right, Work” . It was stated the aim of the party is the legal country where a citizen...

One of the divisional election committees has refused to register Hayk Babukhanyan, Vice-Chair of Constitutional Right Union, as a candidate, reasoning that Babukhanyan has introduced to the committee a false paper on property and hid a part of his property, a 2-room flat where 6 people reside. To prove he is pursued politically, Babukhanyan produced documents saying he is not an owner or a co-owner...

Before the press conference began, the new official Internet site of the party had been introduced to the Mass Media. Then Seyran Avagyan, Chairman of Democratic and Liberal Union of Armenia, read out the statement of the political board of the party, which says DLUA moves forward to the election campaign with “Let’s form the medium stratum” motto. Then he was asked if he forecasted what configurations...

21 parties and alliances will take part in the parliamentary elections under the proportional election procedure. CEC didn’t register only “Bagrevand” Party among 23 parties and alliances applied. The number of valid signatures of the party made 29.747 instead of 30.000. ”Raffi Hovhannissyan” Alliance won’t take part in the elections, either. Mr Hovhannissyan rejected nomination. ”Both the process and the results of the presidential...

One of the most important points of Armenian policy turned to be neglected at Parliament working. The Committee of Human Rights affiliated with Armenian president considers as necessary to correct that failure. The issue is over Genocide and Criminal Code of Armenia. The Law, approved in 1961, was “improved” on April 18, 2003 but is still imperfect. So, the new Parliament will have to mend one of the “masterpieces” of the previous one and...

“Orinats Erkir” party once has been known for holding extreme and nationalistic views that proven to be false later. Speaking today at Azdak Club, the party leader Arthur Baghdasaryan announced the OE has already got rid of false extreme and nationalistic ideas. He also said those seeing reasonable ideas in the party ideology would cast their votes in favour of OE. “We are for criticism in the name of rational changes”, Baghdasaryan said....