The vise speaker of the National Assembly and the member of Republic party Tigran Torosyan thinks that the development of the political situation in the country has 3 circumstances. “The forthcoming elections should be honest and reliable, the political and governmental systems should be due to changes and we should realize at last the seriousness of being the member of Euro Council”, noted Torosyan. To...

"40-50 percents of Armenia are corrupted, the population is 2 mln., president Kocharyan was elected by 100.000 false votes". Today Artashes Geghamyan made such citations from USA State Department statement.Speaking about inner policy in Armenia he said everything is based on bluff. He noted that life conditions get worse and number of unemployees increases.Mr. Geghamyan also said that authorities do their best to keep reality from people.

Information about drug spreading through Iran-Karabagh-Armenia-Russia transit was discussed during the colleague sitting of Armenian and Russian Ministries of Internal Affairs.Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Boris Grizlov was informed by his Armenian colleagues that drugs illegal circulation is under control in Armenia and not dangerous. As Mr. Grizlov said that tubes for drug transporting from...

Semyon Baghdasaryan, the head of the National Democracy Party, thinks that Russia regresses in our region though holding its position in general. Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, the chairman of Parliament committee of Foreign Relationship thinks that point on USA military forces' presence in Middle Asia and Georgia is co-ordinated with Russia. He also thinks that some planks of Armenian foreign policy are...

Boris Grizlov, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russian Federation, visited Yerevan. The united sitting of Armenian and Russian Ministries of Internal Affairs will take place tomorrow. The point on terrorism and weapons illegal use fire-prevention execution of 2000-2001 years' project was included in agenda.Points on exportation to Armenia of special equipment and new weapon specimen used by Internal...

Today Government regular sitting was hold by president Robert Kocharyan. About 20 issues were discussed during the sitting. One of them was that the tractors given by Japan Government as grant were decided to be sold or given for rent. But the Agriculture project elaborated by Government of Armenia is to be approved by Japan Government first.Today Government has approved a 5-year-long and quite an expensive project on preventing AIDS spreading.

The National Assembly accepted the law draft of “Transplantation of human organs and tissue.” Till now unique cases of transplantation of organs were registered in Armenia. The law draft says that transplantation is allowed only in case medical treatments cannot assure the life safety of the sick or his health recoverment. The law draft fixes that human organs cannot be for sale.

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan left for Vienna. During the visit the Minister will deliver a speech in the permanent council and will have meetings in OSCE circle. On the 22nd of March the Minister will leave for Jnev to take participation at the 58th assembly of The Rights of Man commission. The speech of Vardan Oskanyan is expected during the assembly of the commission.

Human Rights and Freedom convention as well as its 1st, 4th, 7th protocols are being discussed in Parliament. Armenia approves the convention though making an exception - that is - only demand "on arrest by exceptionally court agreement" won't be satisfied if soldiers and officers undergo administrative arrest. Armenia won't yet approve the 6th protocol on death sentence ban. Criminal Code will be...

Today the National Assembly finished the discussion of the 6 oppositional parties’ Constitutional project. There was a beforehand arrangement due to which Constitutional projects were to be discussed in turn. Today the head of the National Assembly Armen Khachatryan disturbed the arrangement, and put into discussion not the project proposed by the president but the one about the titles of Internal Affairs’ system. By the way, 2 weeks ago...

On the 21st of March new daily newspaper will be published. It will be named “Day” and will be published with 2000 tirage. The daily newspaper will be sold for 55 drams and will not have a chief-editor. In the newspaper great part is meant for the situation in regions and 70% of tirage is going to be delivered there. The journalists of the newspaper promise that the social, economic as well...

Today in the editorial of the daily newspaper “Haikakan Jamanak” relatives and friends gathered to remember the birthday of the killed political scientist, journalist Tigran Hairapetyan. Relatives and friends declared that Tigran’s death was not an accident, but a political murder. It’s worth to mention that Tigran Hairapetyan died from the car-crash in March 1999. Due to the decision of the court the case was an accidental one. Friends...

”There will be no war between Armenia and Azerbaijan” assured the Minister of Defense Serj Sargsyan. He supported his assurance by the rediness of 2 countries and OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen to solve the problem through a peaceful way. While speaking about diversions on the part of Turkey made in Djavaghk Serj Sargsyan noted that Georgia -Turkey relations are very warm, and diversions will not have heavy results. Serj Sargsyan will leave...

To 2003 presidential elections "Orinats Yerkir" party will not offer its candidacy. It neither decided who will support. Arthur Baghdasaryan declared that elections in past years were fixed on money and arms. The country will have no future if this time also the nation is not given an opportunity to elect. As to the development of politics Arthur Baghdasaryan stated the importance of 3 documents:...

The head of the Union For Self-Determination Paruir Hairikyan with his adherents wants to apply the international court to invalidate the Russia-Turkey contract signed in 1921. Paruir Harikyan is sure, that in case of contract invalidation the solution of Nagorno Karabagh's problem will be found. Paruir Hairikyan's today calling concerns generally those who take foreign policy. Due to Hairikyan if...

Today the Armenian National Party members visited Aragatsotn province. The province inhabitants told the party head Stepan Demirchyan about their problems. The party members promissed to discuss the questions raised by inhabitants.

On 15 the March Latvia-Armenia friendship deputy group members met with the Parliament Foreign Relations committee members. As Latvia is on the point of becoming the European Council in April in 2004, the guests suggested to exchange experiance with Armenian deputees through inter-Parliamentary cooperation . As the Parliament administration of relations with public informs, Latvia Parliament members...

The "Freedom" party will participate in the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections,- the party head Hrant Bagratyan announced today.Mr. Bagratyan talked about the 1.jpg5-10 is fixed almost in all fields in comparision with the 1999 year' results. Only food production, some services and Mass Media quality has increased,- he notes.The former Prime- Minister told about the errors he commited...

Today Paruyr Hayrikyan announced that he gave up his post of the chairman of Human Rights Matters committee at the president. He also said he was on the point of being involved in serious politics.After having been in office for 4 years Paruyr Hayrikyan had come to the point that any counsel for the defence in Armenia is unable to settle issues. Nevertheless, the committee work is productive, admits...

The Constitutional Court chairman Gagik Harutyunyan recieved the USA Ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary John Ordway in the Constitutional Court. Mr Harutyunyan represented concisely the ambassador reforms in Constitutional Court after which much more people will be able to appeal to the Court.By the initiative of the Constitutional Rights Center "Constitutional justice in the new millenium"...

"We lag behind the world",- announced the head of the National Democratic Union Vazgen Manukyan in the Press National Club. The reason is that Armenia has always been governed by one and a half or three and a half people and by the same policy, he thinks.He is sure if the same figures are still in office and the same instances keep functioning after the 2003 year presidential elections, the country...

Today the president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan decided to get acquainted with the work of the Armenian agency of development. The head of the agency Vahagn Movsisyan reported in details about work done last year and about the future plans. Mr. President is satisfied with the work of agency. Due to him the growth of foriegn investments is felt in Armenia. The president of Armenia says that in our...

On the 11th of March in Budapesht the Council of Europe monitoring assembly was held. During the assembly the decision was made that from April 8 to 12 the Council of Europe monitoring groups will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan. From april 8 to 9 the groups will be in Nagorno Karabagh. This information was given by National Assembly deputy, the head of the foreign affairs comission Hovhannes Hovhannisyan. The...

Due to the obligations that Armenia has towards EC, in 2003 the project of "The Alternative military service" will be represented to the National Assembly. Now the project is in the first stage of discussion. The project defines that only the members of legal religious organizations can pass the alternative military service. The time limitation of the alternative military service is 3 years and a...