For the last few days the Azerbaijani hackers have been attacking the Armenian internet sited. Armenianhouse.org, Genocide.ru, Hayastan.com sites have suffered from their interference. In the latter the hackers had introduced changes – deleted the pages about the Armenian Genocide, inserted pro-Azerbaijani mottoes. {BR} It must be mentioned that the Armenian sites have already been restored. The...

In the process of creating Turkish history Turkey has taken a new cunning step lately; animals will help them in this business. According to the electronic newspaper Day.az, by the decision of the Turkish Ministry of Environmental and Forest Protection, the names of the animals in which there are the adjectives “Armenian” and “Kurdish” have been changed. {BR} From now on the reddish fox, the international name of which is “Kurdish fox”,...

The principal pre-condition of the efficient activity of the Justice Council is the independence of this body. Almost in all the states, where the JC exists, the judges form the majority of its members. In some states, for instance in France, Romania, the majority of the JC members are magistrates, i.e. judges and prosecutors. In some state the right to form the JC is assigned to the National Assembly....

Simultaneously with the parliamentary elections in May 2003 a referendum on constitutional reforms was held. Despite the majority of votes «in favor» the constitutional amendments were not adopted in view of the insufficient number of votes. Our interlocutor is the author of the draft that was not adopted at that time, President’s representative at the discussions on the new constitutional...

“Tame courts, venal judges: nothing will change. There can’t be justice in the state if the President heads the Justice Council”, member of Justice faction, People’s Party deputy Grigor Harutyunyan. The draft of the amendments does not clarify the order of the formation of the JC, however the tendency towards the undemocratic variant is obvious in case the President heads the...

The coalition’s draft of the constitutional amendments provides for certain dependence of the Justice Council (JC). “The Justice Council becomes more independent in the relations with the executive power and law enforcement bodies. The independence of the Justice Council of other power branches is not only essential but also balances it», Orinats Yerkir representative Mher Shageldyan says. According...

According to the acting Constitution and the draft of amendments represented by the parliamentary coalition, chairman of the Justice Council is the President, who appears as the guarantor of the independence of the juridical bodies. In its intermediate report the Venice Committee expressed the opinion that the President's presidency over the Justice Council causes certain complications. In this view...

Today in NA the joint discussions of the EC Venice Committee and the OSCE Democratic Institutions and the Human rights' office and the Armenian delegates about the amendments to the RA Electoral code went on. {BR} Let us remind you that the discussions started yesterday. The offers of the EC Venice Committee and the OSCE and the changes to be done about them were discussed in every detail. As a result...

29.3% of the 1500 citizens living in Yerevan and the regions are not acquainted with the RA Constitution, 25.6% of them is acquainted but does not understand its content. “The Armenian Center for National and International Studies” has carried out the first survey consisting of 22 questions about the Constitutional and electoral amendments. {BR} Stepan Safaryan, regulating the results of the investigation...

During the conversation of the NA groupings and fractions it became clear that the political powers forming the governing coalition will go to the election of the local governing bodies separately. But before that the colleagues will come to an agreement in order not to compete each other in the election areas. {BR} The Armenian Revolutionary Federation will clear up his position in the coming months...

The employment of new workers in the Georgian newly-formed patrol police has also influenced the Akhalqalaq department of the patrol police. There have been 100 applications for the 18 posts in the Patrol police Akhalqalaq department. After the corresponding exams in the new department the correlation of the Armenian and Georgians has changed abruptly. {BR} If from the 18 policemen in the local police...

Vladimir Rushaylo, head of the CIS Executive Committee and its executive secretary is pleased with the visit to Armenia. Today he informed the journalists about it in the Press hall of the Ministry of foreign affairs. He was especially thankful to the Armenian colleagues for the high level of organization of the visit and the constructive behavior of Armenia about the discussed issues. {BR} And the...

Before the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide organized by the Ottoman Empire the Armenian organizations have called the US President to use in his April 24 speech the expression “Armenian Genocide”. {BR} This year the appeal is more than ever grounded, as during the recent meeting with the representatives of the Armenian communities John Evans, the US Ambassador to Armenia, has announced...

By this year's church-building program the Gyoumry St. Virgin Church, the building of the social center and the ex- officer house are supposed to be reconstructed. After reconstruction the latter will be under the support of Holy Echmiadzin and will be called House of Armenian children. {BR} According to our colleagues from TV company «Tsayg», all the buildings will be reconstructed thanks to foreign...

During this month the representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan will jointly discuss the report of Goran Lenmarker, special representative of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. The country of the meeting is not yet known. {BR} The main discussion of Lenmarker’s report will take place in the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly for which, according to the...

“Struggle against corruption is mere empty words”, head of the Union of Technocrats Samvel Sargsyan stated today during a press conference dedicated to the ways of the development of the Armenian economy in the House of Journalists today. {BR} Samvel Sargsyan tried to represent his party's project on the ways of the development of the Armenian economy, which suggests that the businessmen...

Independent deputy Manuk Gasparyan appealed to the opposition Today's guest of the Pakagits club Manuk Gasparyan commented on the inexpediency of launching revolution at the moment. According his predictions made many months ago, Robert Kocharyan will resign from office in 2005 due to the unsettlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Today he says that «in 1997 Robert Kocharryan arrived in Armenia...

It is not clear yet when the European Commission will establish an embassy in the Republic of Armenia, European Commission Delegation in Georgia and Armenia Charge d'Affaires Mr. Jacques Vantom stated during today’s press conference held in the EU Yerevan Office. {BR} «The approach of the Eurocommission is as follows: an Ambassador, who will assume the office in the states of the region, will...

The request of Napoleon Azizyan, member of the National Unity grouping, to leave the party was agreed with the head of the grouping. Koryun Araqelyan, delegate of the National Unity grouping, informed us about it. {BR} He informed that Napoleon Azizyan's decision was conditioned by the fact that he is also member of the «Nig-Aparan» friendly association, and as far as political and social activities...

Are the constitutional amendments suitable in this political situation? Paruyr Hayrikyan, Vazgen Manoukyan and Ashot Manoucharyan had organized a round table today to learn the points of view of representatives of different parties about this matter. {BR} Vazgen Manoukyan, head of the National Democratic Union, fears that the amendment will be formal, just in order to show people, “just as we treat...

«Robert Kocharyan slapped all the financier of the country in the face showing that there are no other candidates for the post of the CB President». This is the opinion of oppositional delegate Tatoul Manaseryan. {BR} While the elections were continuing in the Parliament hall, Tatoul Manaseryan, delegate of the Justice Bloc, found it important to comment for the journalists all the facts in Tigran...

From now on the Armenian Central Bank has a new President: the operating President Tigran Sargsyan was re-elected for a 7-year period. The “pre-election” phase lasted 1.5 days in the Parliament, during which the CB President was forced to thank the delegates several times, who praise him all the time. From the course of the “discussions” the result of the 2-hour elections was clear beforehand. {BR} By the way, the ballot-box for the elections...

”The Karabakh conflict will be settled neither by an army from abroad nor by consensus”, Vazgen Manoukyan, leader of the National Democratic Union thinks. According to him, The settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will last for decades, like a cold war, when the countries wait for one of them to “collapse”. {BR}

Today in the National Press Club Stepan Demirchyan also referred to the irony spread in the society about how the opposition is realizing change of authorities without agitations for the last two years. First Stepan Demirchyan reminded that, for example, in Ukraine the change of authorities was not done all at once. For the second, both there and in Georgia no force was used against people. And for...