Government session held today presided by PM Andranik Margaryan. To provide the important role of science in social and economical fields, Government established priorities for science and technics development in Armenia .Basic researches, information technologies, advanced technologies, new resources for energy etc are included in the list.To perpetuate the memory of Alexandr Tamanyan, the Executive...

Today Government passed 5 decisions on improvement of controlling health care sphere . Recently complaints have been heard about reduction both of medical staff and services. As the Minister of Public Health says that issue is token about by the medical employees who were deprived of their posts. Others are provided with job . On the situation because of epidemic the Minister says infectious diseases...

”Mass Media are the most important part of election process and we will do our best in order the journalists might not face any obstacle” ,- today Artak Sahradyan, the Chair of Central Election Commission said. He announced he set his hopes on impartial support of journalists, i.e. coverage and providing transparency . The order for accreditation of journalists for the elections was adopted. Forms both for making the same notes by the voter...

At Kocharyan-Aliev meeting at Sadarak Vilayat Guliev, Azerbaijan's Minister of Foreign Affairs said the present stage of Karabaghi conflict peaceful settlement is the most difficult one . "Presidential elections are to take place in both countries. It was said consessions are to be made to solve the problem. But it is difficult to compromise before the elections" ,- Guliev announced.

Robert Kocharyan - Heydar Aliev meeting took place near Sadarak village of Nakhijevanyan part of Armenian-Azerbaijan frontier. Both presidents already met in that place in 1999.In his speech on the negotiations Robert Kocharyan said he had to disappoint the journalists as there was nothing concrete to say . He expressed hope the format of "without negotiators" talks of presidents will get new strength...

”We didn’t try to be more orthodox than Pope but we say elections in Nagorno Karabagh were free and transparent ” ,- the American observers say. Today they represented their observations on presidential elections in Karabagh. They visited 29 polling stations. As they announce, no infringement was fixed at the election . They say it was due to the efforts of Karabaghi Authorities. “Karabaghi...

The negotiations between left powers are in the final stage. Covenant was concluded between the Union for Socialist Armenia and other communist parties , except the renovated communists and Marxists. Aram Sargsyan, the Chair of Armenia’s Democratic Union, says “Armenia’s People’s Party”, “Republic” and “National Unity” parties are negotiated with for being included in that union . The content of joint statement is being worked...

Aram Sargsyan, the Chair of Armenia’s Democratic Party has no expectations from Aliev – Kocharyan talks. “Armenia hasn’t introduced its clear position to Karabagh conflict and we want the world to accept it” . The international public may not accept but it ought to take the fact into consideration. Our Authorities haven’t even specified that position”,- he says.

“The more the Armenian-Russian relations become worse, the more the Russian-Azerbaijan ones intensify” ,- Aram Sargsyan says. He thinks Russia is in the role of a dictator to Armenia . “It is not alike a strategic partnership” ,- he adds.The statement by the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Russia indicates of deepening of Russian and Azerbaijan relations which is about the joint exercises and keeping the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan...

“Robert Kocharyan has never been the president. He is now an acting president and nothing more, because he’s never been elected neither as Nagorno-Karabakhi nor as Armenian president”, Aran Sargsyan, the “Republic” party leader said in an interview with A1+ TV Company. While Kocharyan is running his presidential election campaign, opposition parties are negotiating possibility of alliance and joint presidential candidate. Aram Sargsyan...

According to preliminary ballot results, Nagorno-Karabakh current president Arkadi Ghukasyan is re-elected. He had won 892.jpg%Karabakhi people feel hopeful that “the president will take care of them and rid them of troubles”. Meanwhile, most Arthsakhi citizens think "the voice of one man is the voice of no one". They say the president can’t solve the all Karabakhi problems on his own and is in need of world powers' support.

Temporarily living in Armenia Nagorno-Karabakhi citizens took part in Karabakhi presidential elections held Sunday. Polling station at Nagorno-Karabakhi representative office in Yerevan has being opened from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time. Argine Davtyan, the head of the polling station, said 242 Karabakhi citizens aged from 18 to 81 were registered to vote at the station. University entrants and Karabakhi...

Presidential elections will begin in Karabagh tomorrow. Let's remind the candidates are 4. According to the information, the most probable one for the president's post is Arkadi Ghukasyan, the present president of Nagorno Karabagh . Pre-election campaign is prohibited to carry on from today. Many journalists and observers are accredited under the Election Commission to watch the election process. Tomorrow...

On August 7-th defence of the Armenian Second National report took place in New York in the framework of the special session on Elimination of Discrimination against Women in UNO's Headquarters. The report was on women's state in Armenia 1996-1999, the legislative amendments regarding the women's problems in the appointed period as well as the steps taken for the solution of those problems . Commission...

Today the representatives of Armenia's and Russia's Armed Forces jointly demonstrated their fighting trim. Under the contract concluded between Armenia and Russia on Military Cooperation and the training program of 2002 on preparation of Armed Forces of both countries, military exercises by using Air Forces and fighting fire took place today in one of the jumping-off grounds of Armenia . These were...

On August the 9-th Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, the Chair of Foreign Relations Commission of Armenia's Parliament met Rudi Sali, France's Parliament Vice-Speaker and Senator Mrs Odette Ferhad. Mr Hovhannisyan regards recognition of Armenian Genocide of 1915 in French Parliament as one of the greatest achievements of Armenians and the French . He expects for France's support in Karabaghi conflict settlement...

Establishing an agency for "Vital resources' Management" was told to be the most urgent issue under discussion on today's government session. The newly created agency will be dealing with problems of protecting minerals, natural ecosystems and the environment, says the Deputy Minister for Environment Artashes Ziroyan. Mr Artashes Ziroyan was proud to state that the level of water in Sevan lake...

Presidential elections are to be held on February 19, 2003, and parliamentary ones are scheduled for May 25, 2003, the re-elected head of the Central Election Commission, Artak Sahradyan, announced today. He was unanimously re-elected as CEC chairman. Otherwise, the head of the CEC would be nominated within 3 days by government. Deputy Chairman Hamlet Abrahamyan and Secretary of the Commission Anna...

Armenian women decided to participate actively in upcoming elections in local self-governing bodies. They were working out the strategy of their entering in politics at the today seminar. The “Women and Elections” clubs has been created yet a year ago. They function in 11 provinces of Armenia and aimed at providing support to female-candidates in all the elections. Armenian women are convinced...

The Azeri Organisation for Karabakh Liberation launched a protest action in front of the OSCE mission building in Baku against Nagorno-Karabakhi Armenian community’s head election scheduled for August 11. The piquet was held under the banners “Put an end to the OSCE and EU inefficient activity” and “Put an end to Armenian terrorism”. The organisation leader Akif Naghi says the international organisations take no steps for Karabakhi problem...

Today in Strasbourg, Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the 44-nation Council of Europe, in reply to a journalist's question prompted by the Declaration of the European Union Presidency on presidential elections in Nagorni Karabakh released on August 2, declared that "The " presidential election " scheduled to take place on 11 August 2002 in Nagorno-Karabakh is irrelevant to our paramount concern:...

The issue on whether to support Robert Kocharyan’s candidacy in upcoming presidential elections or not has also split Armenian youth. Progressive Youth Party, which has been engaged in cultural activity about 1,5 year, now steps into the political field by its statement saying it’ll support solely Robert Kocharyan. “We even don’t think about cooperation with any opposition structure”, the party leader Tigran Ulikhanyan said. The party...

There is no room for A1+ TV Company where Robert Kocharyan is. Such an attitude has already become a guiding principle of the presidential press service and deprives A1+ correspondents of highlighting events for “Hamaspyur” regional TV network. Closing ceremony of Armenian Youth Festival is to be held today in Sevan andA1+ will not be able to highlight it just because the republic president presides at it. Maybe it isn’t in Kocharyan’s...

A meeting between leadership of “Socialistic Armenia” union and representatives of “Liberated Territories Defence” organisation was held Saturday. New tendencies of international pressure over Karabakhi conflict settlement as well as the conflict-related requirements to Armenian side on ceding territories and exchange of corridors are discussed in the course of the meeting. The presents underlined that the lack of own settlement program grew...