Today the UN Development Program initiated a recurrent discussion on the lobbying activities. This time the working group has invited to the discussion the public organizations dealing with women’s issues.{BR} Co-author of the most debatable laws of the Armenian reality, Deputy Minister of Justice Ashot Abovyan took part in the discussion. Many participants wondered whether the elaboration of such...

The city authorities used the Armenian singers as an instrument for spreading the election campaign titled “yes to constitution” during the Erebuni-Yerevan festivities. {BR} Yesterday a stage decorated for the conduction of the event was transformed in a huge “yes”. The Armenian stars sang recurrent “yes” under the posters with “yes” inscribed. Thus, a campaign-concert was held a video sketch for further propaganda was shot.

In accordance with the agreement achieved beforehand with the NKR authorities, the OSCE Mission held a planned monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan armed forces’ contact-line in the Agdam direction, in the area of the settlement of Yusifjanly. {BR} From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring mission was led by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office ...

The victims of state needs (those evicted from the Northern Avenue, the Aram and Buzand Streets) gathered today at the Russian Embassy in Yerevan. Over 50 people demanded explanation how Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov has obtained several buildings in Pushkin street “without asking their permission”. {BR} “Do the government and President Putin know how much Mayor Luzhkov paid for a square meter?” chairman of the committee for protection of...

Today a recurrent OSCE monitoring will be held at the contact line of the Armenian and Azeri armed forces in the village of Yusifjanly of the Aghdam region, IA Regnum reported. {BR} The monitoring will be held in compliance with the mandate of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

Today the Central Electoral Committee convened two blitz sessions. During the first the structure got its second same Referendum Electoral Committee (REC). {BR} The only question which sounded during the first session of the new Committee was that of Felix Khachatryan from Justice bloc. He wanted to explain to members of the committee that elections cannot be organized without the new Committee having...

The National Democratic Union Information Service informs that on October 8 the party Council had a session in which representatives of all the regional structures of the party participated. {BR} The NDU leader Vazgen Manoukyan represented to those present the political situation in the country, as well as the discussions about the draft Constitution held up to now. As a result of the discussions...

Today the Judge's Union said «Yes» unanimously (according to David Avetisyan who presided over the session) to the Constitutional reforms. Today there were 174 members of the Union in the Government session hall in order to find out the attitude of the judicial branch of power to the draft constitution. {BR} According to the RA Justice Minister David Haroutyunyan, «It is high time we revised our...

Main struggle was for the posts of aldermen The elections of the Abovyan mayor were held peacefully and without any violations, as the only candidate was the present mayor Karapet Israyelyan. As for the villages, there too the only candidates for the posts of mayors were the present officials. {BR} The main struggle in Abovyan was among the 39 candidates for the posts of aldermen. Although there...

October 9 in the town of Nor Hachin the elections of the local governing bodies were held. There were two candidates for the post of the mayor – the present mayor Armen Qeshishyan who is charged with murder, and Babken Margaryan. {BR} The present mayor Armen Qeshishyan has been re-elected with a difference of 320 votes. By preliminary data 4437 of the 8553 electors have participated in the elections....

If the majority votes for the constitutional amendments but the number of those who have voted makes less that 1/3 of the citizens registered in the rolls the operating Constitution will remain if force. The election to the local self-government showed that the electoral activity has lowered , since only 35% of the voters took part in the election of the Nor Nork community head. Will the constitutional...

November 27 a referendum on constitutional amendments will be held in Armenia This is an examination for the authorities, who took lessons of democracy from Europe. This event will reveal the attitude of the national towards the leadership. However this choice will be falsified. The coalition forces certainly do not conditioned the outcome of the referendum by the trust to the authorities. “If...

”No” to the constitutional amendments would mean “no” to the authorities. This is the opinion of the opposition. If the people adopt the amendments would it mean “no” to the opposition. “Certainly the parliamentary opposition is convinced that the nation by no means will adopt the Constitution proposed by Robert Kocharyan”, Justice faction member Grigir Harutyunyan says. “I do not doubt that the people will reject the amendments...

It would be advisable if the upcoming referendum ended the same way as in 1991 at the referendum on independence. Today people trust to no one, chairman of the Helsinki committee Avetik Ishkhanyan considers. In his opinion, the nation will express its attitude towards the authorities. “I think that the number of people supporting the incumbent leadership does not exceed 20%. Thus, in case of free...

“As to Karabakh issue, we'll take a decision that is advantegeous for our people, that solves the problem raised in 1988”, - Serge Sargsyan told the journalist during today’s briefing.{BR} Mr. Sargsyan didn't comment on the parliament resolution concerning the return of deposits. «I've never spoken loudly on tat subject and now I won't. The Prime-minister knows my opinion of that question,...

Russian armed forces are in no way connected with Karabakh problem and our relations with Azebaijan.{BR} Russian forces are quartered in Armenia upon request and suggestion of RA, according to agreement and they form a part of our national security. If you are interested towards who we may need Russian armed forces' support, I'll say yes, toward Turkey which up today carries out hostile policy to...

Agitators Yesterday coalition parties proportionally formed a pre-election staff of agitation of constitutional amendments.{BR} Budget will also be formed proportionally, leader of Armenian Revolutionary Federation Levon Mkrtchyan stated today during Parliamentary briefings. Until November 27th coalition staff will persuade and explain to society privileges of constitutional amendments. It won't...

«United integrity and development is impossible in case the President of our State sees the solution of the problem only in the principle of peace and conditions the cooperation with neighbour country on regulation of conflict», RA Minister of Defence Serj Sargsyan during Rose-Roth NATO PA seminar.{BR} Mr. Sargsyan considers impossible united regional reforms of the sphere of defence. “Neither war nor peace promote the regional development,...

«USA will put up money as to make Armenian 2007 Parliamentary and 2008 Presidential elections democratic, just and transparent», - U.S. Аmbassador Еxtraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia John Evans stated today addressing Rose-Roth NATO PA seminar.{BR} In his speech he also mentioned constitutional amendments as democratic ones and conditioned them on further development of democracy in Armenia. Secretary of “National Unity”...

OSCE PA rapporteur on Nagorno Karabakh Goran Lennmarker considers that the determination of Karabakh’s status is a priority in the conflict settlement.{BR} According to Mr. Lennmarker, the settlement of the conflict will take the Armenian and Azeri authorities much time, since the leadership of both was elected by the “peoples preferring frozen conflicts”. He called the defense ministries of both states to “return home mine cleared”. “Nobody...

“Our armed forced need reformation and the principles of civic control should be applied. It is the constituent of the process of democratization and I think we can settled the issue with NATO”, RA FM Vartan Oskanian stated today when addressing Rose-Roth NATO PA seminar. {BR} “We realize that it will be hard and great political will is needed, but we should exert every effort to settle this issue”, he said. The RA FM informed that Armenia...

The President of Armenia Robert Kocharian supported the draft of amendments to the RA Constitution and appointed the date for the referendum - November 27, 2005. Thus, the document development process is over, and the fate of the Main Law of the country will be decided by national ballot. As it was noted in the statement of Yerevan Press Club, disseminated before the third hearing of the draft...

“The decision taken June 23 by the RA authorities conflicts with the European values. It aims at depriving the institutes of higher education of independence, amortization of their territories, reduction of the teaching staff and as result, the lowering of educational level”, the council of protection of self-managements of institutes of higher education. {BR} The council members are convinced...

RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan has once said that migration of young specialists is observed and he cannot explain how it would be possible to feed the disabled population and hold back young people in Armenia. {BR} Today guest of the National Press Club, RPA leader Galust Sahakyan did not say whether the republicans managed to find an answer to this question. However he bound the development...