“My political future will be intolerable after the elections”, said Chairman of the “National Democratic Union” Vazgen Manukyan. He is convinced that after the elections he will continue his career as the RA President, whose commitments and amount of work will be great.

After 19 February presidential elections in Armenia the RA President will be invited to Baku as reported Akif Mustafayev, national secretary, representing Azerbaijan under the TRACECA permanent intergovernmental commission.

Some unknown citizens applied to the RA Police Department of Visa and Passports for certificates on permanent residence in the RA to submit to the Central Electoral Commission for the participation in presidential elections.

Today Armenia's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Serzh Sarkissian refuted the statements of the All-Armenian National Movement (HHSh) according to which he started giving out bribes from the reserve funds of the Central Bank of Armenia.

On this first day of the New Year, I would like to thank the people of Armenia for their friendship and for the support they continue to give to the strong relationship between Armenia and the United States.

Presidential candidates avoid appearing in public with their spouses. Nevertheless, one can see OYP leader and presidential nominee Arthur Baghdasarian with his family on a Christmas postcard.

The National Security Service of Armenia (NSS) refuted Levon Ter-Petrossian’s statement that the police had exerted psychological press, intimidation and threats on Ter-Petrossian’s team.

The leader of the Orinats Yerkir Party (OYP) Arthur Baghdasarian runs in the presidential elections with the motto, “Nobody likes withered flowers.”

“The recent rallies organized by the former president’s team take a hysterical turn and break democratic rules,” Deputy Chairman of the Republican Party (HHK) Galust Sahakian said today.

Vahe Grigoryan, Zhirayr Sefilyan’s lawyer, who is in “Vardashen” penitentiary now, appealed to the Kentron and Nork Marash Community First Instance Court on 18 December to recognize the official’s acts, contradicting the RA Constitution and law, invalid.

The “Heritage” faction is extremely discontent with the NA activities and estimates it negatively. Today members of the faction represented their activities, which they naturally estimated productive and noted that the 5 legislative initiatives headed by them were not involved in the NA agenda yet.

Ruzan Khachatryan, the Spokesperson of the “People's Party of Armenia” told “A1+” that women were not nominated in Armenia, since we lacked that culture.

When war breaks out, the international community usually wakes up too late. But what if we could stop a war before it starts? What if we could run a test of prevention, on the ground, in a real situation?

“You may consider this as my first non-official decree”, this is the conclusion of Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s appeal to the RA citizens. The RA First President informs that his supporters have been invited to police stations and to the departments of security services in all over the Republic during the last two months.

Former Advisor to the NKR President and presidential contender Arman Melikian, stated on December 24 he decided to run in the 2008 presidential elections after having witnessed an atmosphere of intolerance where nobody upholds his approach towards the resolution of the Karabakh issue.

“The talks over the Karabakh conflict are conducted with a wrong terminology. No considerable progress will be made unless we call a spade a spade,” political scientist Alexander Manassian says.

“Russia will do its utmost to carry out an agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia,” first Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Denisov said.

“My chances to win the elections are great provided all candidates are given equal footing,” the leader of the National Concord Party Aram Harutiunian told A1+.

“The Republic of Armenia deserves an intelligent, prudent and moral president”, announced leader of Conservative party Michael Hayrapetyan during the republican congress of powers supporting Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today he was concerned that the Armenian regional broadcaster Gala TV may cease broadcasting as a result of pressure by the authorities, and over an explosion in front of the office of Chorrord Ishkhanutyun, an opposition newspaper based in Yerevan.

“Pre-election campaigns are multi-fold phenomena comprised of several phases: political struggle, individual struggle, clash of interests and black PR,” NA Deputy Speaker, ARF Dashnaktsutiun member and presidential nominee Vahan Hovhannissian told A1+.

The “Prosperous Armenia” party announced today that it will support the RA Prime Minister, Chairman of the “Republican Party of Armenia” Serge Sargsyan during the presidential elections. “We are confirmed that our joint candidate will be able to settle the problems our country is facing today and maintain political stability”, said the announcement of the “Prosperous Armenia” party.

Serge Sargsyan called the monitoring results of Yerevan Press Club (YPC) into question in the interview with Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus.

Will Levon Ter-Petrosyan hand over Artsakh, in case he is reelected? Commander of Shushi special battalion Zhirayr Sefilyan’s announcement from prison refers to this issue.