Today European Court Chair Liusious Waldhaber introduced journalists his visit results. But he said nothing new. To our questions – “Have You met the Armenian law representatives? And how do You assess human rights defence level in Armenia?“ , he answered he would like to meet them but there was no time enough as well as no one organised such meeting for him. He only met Court and Government representatives, journalists and university...

Today National Unity party proposed Party Chair Artashes Geghamyan as a candidate for Armenian presidency. All those making speeches at the session assured Geghamyan goes towards the elections by a serious program and the people made their choice in the person of Geghamyan . In the summarising speech he said he will publish the second part of his Anti-crisis program in December . It will make...

Only the communists out of 16 parties have reacted to the Anti-crisis program by Artashes Geghamyan at the time being . At today’s session of National Unity Geghamyan introduced the Communists’ objections. According to him, Communists responded to his program by 17 planks. Communists’ and Geghamyan’s standpoints disagree with each other only in 4 out of them . Communists demand both for...

After the presidential elections Robert Kocharyan won’t become an unemployed . At today’s session of “National Unity” party, talking about the rumours that Kocharyan will suggest him PM post at the elections, Party Chair Artashes Geghamyan said: “That Kocharyan will work at me as PM” .

The official representative of National Self-Determination Union didn’t today take part in session of National Unity . Paruyr Hayrikyan said half seriously they have their representative in the National Unity. It’s Artashes Geghamyan. Paruyr Hayrikyan preferred to hold the meeting of chairs of NSDU territorial structures in his office instead of taking part in a session of another party....

To execute death penalty in Armenia or not? What the public’ standpoint on this is We are ready to meet the Europe demand by abolishing death penalty or should we consider priority N 1 our national problems?. Today many approaches like those above and others regarding capital punishment were introduced at the seminar on “Issues of Human Life Right Defence in Armenia” . It was arranged...

“Our meetings with any delegation of France take place in a warm climate” ,- today Vartan Oskanyan said after his meeting with Reno Miuzelie, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry of France. According to Oskanyan, issues regarding both bilateral relations and Karabaghi conflict settlement were discussed at the meeting . Miuzelie’s visit is regional. Before visiting Armenia he had been to Georgia and Azerbaijan. “I was empowered...

Foreign Affairs Minister Vartan Oskanyan announces Security General Eduard Simonyants’ comments on “Paris” and “Key West” principles don’t correspond to the facts . According to Simonyants, Aliev and Kocharyan have a preliminary arrangement regarding the following issues 1. other liberated territories are to be surrendered to Azerbaijan, except Lachin 2. Lachin corridor is to be under Armenian Forces’ control for 5 years 3....

Alvares Khil-Rokhes, Commissar of CE’ Human Rights hopes in May, 2003, Armenia will have executed majority of its commitments to CE N 1 commitment which is not executed yet, is capital punishment abolition. Under the mutual arrangement, Armenia is to abolish death penalty in June, 2003 Foreign Affairs Minister Vartan Oskanyan appraises positively that fact CE made a concession and understood...

The issue on dual citizenship was the topic of today’s seminar in National Press Club. As MP Shavarsh Kocharyan says, each Armenian must receive dual citizenship but to permanently live in Armenia He also thinks besides the right both for holding posts and voting, other rights and responsibilities, regarding other citizens of that country must apply to those having dual citizenship . As...

Constitutional Court Chair Gagik Harutyunyan stresses the importance of holding the 7-th seminar on Constitutional right in Yerevan. That meeting from October 4-5 differs from those before by the representatives’ staff. Lyusius Wildhaber, Chair of Human Rights Constitutional Court, Alvares Khil Robes, Commissar of CE Human Rights, Chairs of Slovakia’s, Czechia’s Bulgaria’s, Lithuania’s, Tajikistan’s Courts are in Yerevan . Armenian...

Constitutional Court Chair Gagik Harutyunyan is ready to give advice to the Authorities on the Armenian representative to European Court. He says Armenian president Robert Kocharyan is to make choice of 3 candidates to EC . An European Court judge is to have enough practice. He or she is to have been a judge or a law professor. Knowledge of English or French is obligatory . Gagik Harutyunyan also...

Economy and Finance Minister Vardan Khachatryan presented the report on 2002 state budget execution at today’s Cabinet meeting. According to the report 9 million-dram debt has been paid for past 9 months. But compering income and expenditure parts of the budget the surplus of emerged. “To prevent some politicians from making fuss over these 3% I say beforehand that the amount makes 4 billion...

Security General Edvard Simonyants, the member of “Liberated Territories Defence” organisation, saw after OSCE Minsk Group’s visit to the region that it has no new proposals and understands the delay in the Karabakhi conflict peace settlement process due to upcoming elections it is no longer possible to reject Key-West and Paris principles. Objecting to Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan’s idea that everything is going on in the right...

CEC Chair Artak Sahradyan regards right the Constitutional Court decision on election lists made yesterday . As known, under the changes made to the Election Law Code in Summer it was fixed election lists can’t be changed on the 2 last days. But yesterday Constitutional Court made a decision through which the changes lost their validity and were considered as restricting ones the human rights ...

Central Electoral Committee has moved to the three-storeyed and newly-repaired building in Kochar 1 since yesterday . Each member of the Committee will have his or her own office. The funding of about 100 million drams for repairs and procurement of new property was allocated both by Armenian and USA Governments. The first session of the Committee in the new building lasted for 10 minutes. MP...

”At the Nakhijevani meeting Heidar Aliev and Robert Kocharyan talked about who’s going second whom at the coming presidential elections” ,- Paruyr Hayrikyan, Chair for “Self Determination” Union was told the secret in Helsinki by Ilgar Mamadov, Co-Chair of Azerbaijan’s “Independence” party. Hayrikyan considers it a gossip. Mamadov also told him Robert Kocharyan and Heidar Aliev are treated in Azerbaijan as friends . Hayrikyan told...

Armenian Nation-wide Movement said recently that the party is likely to support the opposition joint candidate instead of putting its own. Answering our question Hrant Khachatryan said:”Any party’s statement pursues two goals: to have influence on own electorate and then on broader. In the first case the influence is favourable: the party supporter will vote for this joint candidate, and in the...

16 opposition parties meeting was held Tuesday in “National Unity” party headquarter. However, opposition union members so far refuse to reveal any information. The leader of one of opposition party told our correspondent that key issue of discussion was the implementation of signed agreement. Shavarsh Kocharyan was elected as the co-ordinator of new MP-group.

The period of October and November is to be turning point for Civil Council’s employees. The new council planned to be formed on competition basis in October. The members of the council will choose the employees to new posts such as the republic president, Parliament Speaker, executive bodies’ leadership and so on. The heads of 36 governmental bodies will participate in the tender. 529 applications...

Today Armenia’s Council for Scientific-Industrial and Civic Union made a statement . It welcomed the anti-crisis program of “National Unity” and found it ti be the best document in its kind. “It contains rigid and just criticism and ways to move the country away from crisis” ,- the statement says. Artashes Geghamyan’s program was accepted neither by Mass Media favorable by the Authorities nor about all the political powers. Almost...

“Geraguyn Khorhurd – MPs Club” public organisation isn’t engaged in politics. Ruben Torosyan, the head of the organisation, says he is opposed to creation of any alliance. He finds 16-pary alliance absolutely senseless. As a rule, parties gathered without any basic program or national idea are destined to inevitable split, Torosyan says.

“Nagorno-Karabakhi people opinion should be taken into consideration, though it doesn’t means the recognition of the republic independence”, said OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair, Russian Foreign Deputy Minister Vyacheslav Trubnikov on his arrival in Baku on September 28, as Azeri ANS TV Company reports. Talks are to be based on Key West format (2 presidents plus 3 Co-Chairs). Co-Chairs don’t rule out stage-by-stage version of Kasrabakh conflict...

Though OSCE Minsk Group’s Co-Chairs have no new proposals on Karabakhi problem settlement, some ideas are still to be submitted for Azeri leadership consideration, Azeri ANS TV Company quoted Co-Chair Rudolf Perina as saying Saturday upon his arrival in Baku. US diplomat also said the resumption of military actions might have irreparable consequences to both sides. That’s why Co-Chairs intend to continue peace talks with parts. Answering the...