”Socialist Armenia” Union Secretary Ashot Manucharyan decided to shatter the myths spread. Myth N 1 – election results will be falsified . He is sure falsification plays into the hands of neither mafia pattern nor the officials, no any pragmatic person in general . “The people who’re going to falsify know well those falsifying remain in power for 1 year and 2 months” . Myth N 2 – now the Authorities are powerful than ever . Manucharyan...

National Unity and Communist parties representatives took part in the opposition parties alliance today’s meeting. National Unity party leader Artashes Geghamyan said the aim of his deputies presence at the meeting is to discuss his crisis program with other parties’ activists. “Our party is to convene a meeting soon. We will discuss our stance at the meeting”, Geghamyan said. National-Democratic party’s leader Shavarsh Kocharyan said...

“A decade of independence is a lost time for Armenia”, said Shavarsh Kocharyan, the head of the parliamentary commission on education, at the seminar held Thursday by “Public Dialogue Development” organisation. In his opinion, Armenia is trying to head for the road of democracy, omitting the fact that the country is not democratic at all and, moreover, it is actually a despotic one. However, he is sure Karabachi victory completely changed...

"I heard of the first conversations about the common candidate from the circles near to the president" ,- MP Arshak Sadoyan, Chair of National Democratic Union said today. "It's a canard the Authorities will try to profit by. Proceeding from the ambitions of parties' leaders and their capacity for splitting parties, they are sure the Opposition won't come to terms on the common candidate. The Opposition...

Authorities use the elections of local government institutions to collect taxes . It became known today at the session of the Central Electoral Commission. ”Orinats Yerkir” party representative Artashes Avoyan announced Internal Affairs Departments in Vanadzor and Gugark demand the candidates for commune head and leaders’ membership to pay water and land taxes in return for residence place...

“The election activism in Armenia is to reach its hottest point in September”, Victor Dallakyan, the head of parliamentary standing commission on state and legal issues told A1+ correspondent. In his opinion, local government bodies and the republic leadership are to face serious problems during the elections. In Dallakyan’s words, the problems now also exist: it is discord between Republican, Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Erkir parties as well...

Whether Armenian citizens will be able to visit Belarus without visa regime or not is to be clear on September 24. This issue as well as entrance restriction mitigation by Latvia had to be discussed at the Constitutional Court today session. However, the discussion on signing agreements with these countries was postponed because of Deputy Foreign Minister Tatul Margaryan’s absence from the republic....

Armenian women decided with determination to take up leading positions in legislative and executive institutions of the republic. They think women play dismal role in political area nowadays. They are also unhappy about the fact, that so far there is not a single woman-minister in Armenia. Females’ role in the field of ruling of the country became the key topic on the agenda of the assembly held...

At request of Atom Egoyan, the Armenian producer from Canada, "Ararat" film was screened today for Mass Media exclusively , giving them beforehand an opportunity to have questions ready which will be put to the producer at the press conference on September 23. Egoyan's film about the Armenian Genocide has been ready for a year but was first demonstrated at Cannes Festival. The film was shown under...

9 months ago a branch separated from National Democratic Union to establish Armenia's Democratic Liberal Union. Today's conference supposed that the initial phase of the party forming was over. Party head Seyran Avagyan today introduced ADLU' s political orientation, the coming strategy and the activity. He is sure ADLU having been created in the heated political field is the only political power,...

Georgia's Defense Minister David Tevzadze having strained relations with Russia, has been waited for since morning in "Haghtanak" (Victory) Park which is considered to be the symbol of Armenian-Russian Military Collaboration . It's Tevzadze's first official visit to Armenia. Armenian Defense Minister Serj Sargsyan greeted him in the Park. When welcoming the guard of honour, the beads for wasting...

Aram Karapetyan, the Doctor of Politics Science having visited Armenia from Moscow, aims to nominate himself for the presidential elections in 2003 in Armenia after having made public his programs. "One may think whether to nominate himself or not only if the programs are acceptable by both the political sphere, parties and people" ,- he says. He doesn't consider himself a one like Arkadi Vardanyan,...

Vartan Oskanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia made a statement at the 57th Session of the United Nations General Assembly General Debate in New York, September 15, 2002 . Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, May I begin by congratulating Mr. Jan Kavan upon his election to the post of President of this 57th session of...

"The present Authorities devour everything. PDN bargain was probably their last one. They did it and going to slip away. If the country has neither Authorities nor the sense of state system all the high rankers of it are currupt " ,- MP Manuk Gasparyan says. According to Manuk Gasparyan, PDNs cost $500 million with the residual value . If we try to construct what we sold at $ 12 million in cash,...

Two weeks after PDNs were privatised the state and political figures discuss efficiency of the privatisation process in Armenia. At the meeting arranged by the Strategic Research Centre (chaired by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Raffi Hovhannisyan) former PM Aram Sargsyan said our geopolitical position is to be taken into account when shaping the privatisation policy . "3 out of the 4 neighbours...

MP Hmayak Hovhannisyan has no candidate for the 2003 presidential elections . He either has no standpoint on that who the common candidate of the Opposition might be. He thinks the present Opposition spends too much time to determine the common candidate . The Opposition won't manage to mobilise the electorate for voting on the election eve. According to Hovhannisyan, the members of the Opposition...

Today one faction of the Armenian intellectuals announced they anticipate no justice from the coming elections . They account for the fact that citizens and the intelligentsia in particular are deprived of the chance to register a candidate in the elections and conduct an election campaign because of the unjust "Electoral Law Code" of Armenia . According to law requirements it's an expensive pleasure. ...

National Unity Party’s leader Artashes Gegamyan said at Thursday’s briefing that there were delayed action mines among 16 opposition parties included in the newly created political alliance. He is convinced they’ll quit the alliance in December saying no accord over common candidate for presidency has been reached between parties. Artashes Gegamyan also said a crisis program worked out by him would be introduced and put under discussion at...

Today, parliamentary groups and fractions considered people Democratic Party activist Gagik Voskanyan’s candidacy for the post of the National Assembly Control Chamber Head. MP Stepan Zakharyan, speaking on behalf of the “People Voice” parliamentary group, said he is against the candidacy, because Gagik Voskanyan unlike his predecessor has neither relevant education nor experience in this field. Voskanyan objected saying it isn’t necessary...

Armenian Parliament Speaker Armen Khachatryan put up People Democratic Party member Gagik Voskanyan’s candidacy for the post of Control Chamber Head. MP Hamayak Hovhannissyan tried to learn form the sole candidate whether he prefers to be dismissed on the Parliament decision or at the whim of Speaker, just like his predecessor. Armen Khachatryan reacted angrily to the question saying the former Head...

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan has little optimism about OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs coming visit. “This will be the group’s routine trip to the region and new proposals are hardly to be put forward”, Oskanyan said Wednesday at the briefing. Answering the question relating to the recent meeting between Armenian President Kocharyan and Azeri President Aliev, the Minister said he was...

Defendant on the October 27 terrorist action trial, Unanyans brothers’ uncle Vram Galstyan made statement at today’s hearing. “I’m sure certain forces, standing behind the crime, are stalling judicial investigation”, he said. According to Galstyan’s statement key mastermind behind the crime is Edik Grigoryan. He and Nairi Hunanyan know who has organised the terrorist assault. “I was deceived. I was told that people were with us and...

Forth meeting of parliamentary commission on cooperation between CE and Armenia was held on September 9, 10 in Yerevan. CE representative Ursula Shlaykher said Armenians stick to the same values as other nations and pro-European leaning is seen in Armenia. The issue on independent media was discussed at the meeting. Participants expressed hope that the new tender for broadcasting licence will give...

“Transaction with Armentel Company is illegal, as the latter has made an extra profit of $ 60 million at Armenia’s state budget expense”, Vazgen Manukyan, the head of the interim parliamentary commission on communication, said Tuesday at the Armenian National Assembly session. In his words, Armenia is the only country, where mobile phones are extremely hard to obtain despite they are in high...