March 19 is the deadline of the office of three members of the National Committee of TV and Radio, President Grigor Amalyan, deputy president Shamiram Aghabekyan, and Karine Khodikyan. All of them were appointed by Robert Kocharyan on March 19, 2001, for a period of six years. After the Constitutional reforms half of the members of the committee are to be appointed by the NA, whereas the other half – by the President.

The office of «Prosperous Armenia» has sent a note with which leader of the party Gagik Tsaroukyan answers the announcements of Artashes Geghamyan.

The RA Foreign Ministry has not yet sent an invitation to the OSCE in order to send an observing mission to Armenia for the Parliamentary elections. Nevertheless, Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director of the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) arrived in Armenia today in order to meet high officials of Armenia.

Leader of National Unity Artashes Geghamyan revealed the true reason of the creation of the party «Prosperous Armenia». According to him, the reason is the failed attempt to murder Gagik Tsaroukyan which was organized by the friends of Serge Sargsyan.

“Kocharyan is afraid not of the Sefilyan individual, but of his paranoid thoughts”, said American-Armenian politician Richard Kirakosyan about the arrest of Jirayr Sefilyan, commander of the Shushi special regiment.

RA NA has passed the draft law on the RA State Anthem with 71 votes for, 6 voted against and 6 abstentions.

On December 24, the RA delegation headed by Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan participated in the funeral of Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, the President of Turkmenistan.

Under a grey and gloomy sky that threatens rain, a rattling old bus appeared from around a corner bumping along a pot-holed road and came up alongside a long line of other buses. All of them, desperately overcrowded, were sounding their horns without pause.

After rejecting Russian gas, Georgia looks to Azerbaijan and Turkey for emergency supplies.

Today the session of the RA Constitutional Court took place where RA Ombudsman Armen Haroutyunyan appealed points N2 and 3 of the second part of the 31st article of the RA Law on Parties. According to the Ombudsman, they did not correspond to the second part of the 28th article and first part of the 43rd article of the RA Constitution.

Today the parliamentarians adopted the Electoral Code with 74 deputies for and 0 against, while two deputies abstained from voting. Before voting the head of the working group processing the Criminal Code, Samvel Nikoyan, announced that the offers of the deputies have been included into the draft. Member of the Orinats Yerkir party Hovhannes Margaryan who strictly opposed the draft yesterday, said today that he cannot vote it down.

The most cherished dream of Tigran Karapetyan, the leader of ALM Holding and the People’s Party, is to be “the son of the homeland”, he told a news conference in “Urbat” club today.

The Parliament adopted the draft law on the National Anthem with 64 deputies for and five against. Let us remind you that according to the transitional provision of the draft, «Our Homeland» will be the national anthem of the country until a new one is decided upon.

Today RA Government began its current routine with the voting of the draft laws discussed ON December 20. To note, all the bills were passed, with the exception of the bill on the "RA Anthem".

“It is not late to consider the interests of Armenia in our proposals, that's to say, Karabakh can be granted sovereignty. In future this chance might disappear”, Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, announced today. Aliev assumes that the RA authorities make amusing and instigating announcements canceling the negotiation procedure deliberately, reports Day.Az.

On December 21 public hearings of the anti-criminal movement took place. It was the last event of the anti-criminal movement in 2006.

The breaches of the Armenian frontier have doubled in comparison with the previous year data. Over 413 attempts of borderline violations have been prevented this year.

December 21, 2006 - The Aldermen of the Armenian Intelligentsia have made an announcement which says, “On December 9, the representatives of National Security Service(NSS) exerted rough measures and arrested the active participants of the Artsakh war - Zhirayr Sefilyan, coordinator of the initiative “Protection of Liberated Territories”, hero of Artsakh war, Vardan Malkahsyan, member...

Government Gets Strictures on Leaving Debates on the state budget continue in Stepanakert and promise to become a home political event. At least, the attitude of the members of parliament shows this.

The house of Tigran Urikhanyan, the leader of the Progressive party of Armenia, was robbed yesterday. The criminals did not even try to conceal their acts as the door of the house was broken. There was no one in the house, thus there are no victims.

A number of usually absent deputies returned to the Parliament today in order to secure quorum of the special session. Alongside with several other issues, the Parliament discussed that of the national anthem of the Republic of Armenia.

This night's murder in Nalbandyan was a political murder; this information has been circulating in the National Assembly lately. Several names are mentioned which could be connected with Roland Mkrtchyan's murder. According to some, the murder of the representative of «Prosperous Armenia» is connected with Nahapet Gevorgyan (Republican Party), deputy from Armavir, and former governor of Armavir region Albert Heroyan.

Why do Armenians assume that they can combat against the acting authorities only via power and weapon? The Anti-Criminal Movement has decided to initiate a large-scale discussion in this view to make people aware of certain things.

“I am not tired yet. I don't want to leave politics either”, Vartan Oskanian, RA Foreign Minister, announced during his meeting with the journalists in answer to the reaction of certain media on his announcement. The point is that RA Foreign Minister said that there is no point in holding the same post more than ten years.