YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message on the occasion of Albert Azarian's 80th birth anniversary.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Tigran Balayan, the Head of the RA Foreign Ministry Press and Information Department, refuted the news published in the Hurriyet newspaper
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The head of the parliamentary "Heritage" faction Armen Martirosian on February 10 presented a legislative initiative on making an addition to the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The second sitting of the working group, which was set up for developing a bill on amendments and additions to Articles
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. There is no bribery, abuses in the sphere of the legal acts obligatory execution, RA Minister of Justice Gevorg Danielian stated
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Though the RA Foreign Ministry fulfilled many decisions in 2008, there are some projects to be fulfilled in the current year.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues regarding the Nagorno Karabakh settlement process, Armenian-Turkish political dialogue, military-political developments in the South Caucasian region, as well as EU Eastern
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Resolution N 1643 adopted at the PACE January session is a resolution on the fulfillment process of Resolutions N 1609 and
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. CSTO member countries' agreement to establish collective rapid reaction force clarified the activity mechanism of CSTO as a structure. Karen Bekarian, the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 9, Armenian National Congress representatives David Shahnazarian, Arman Musinian, and Vladimir Karapetian met with Goran Lennmarker, OSCE PA President's Special
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues regarding the current stage of the Nagorno Karabakh settlement negotiations process were discussed at the February 9 meeting of RA
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 9, RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian received a delegation led by Goran Lennmarker, the Honorary President of the OSCE
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Neither Armenia nor Georgia needs new conflicts and new wars, while some forces try to instigate them between the two countries.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian at the February 9 meeting with Goran Lennmarker, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President's Special Representative for the Nagorno
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. During the February 9 working meeting Armavir Governor Ashot Ghahramanian reported RA President Serzh Sargsyan about the process of work done
MUNICH, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan, who was in Munich to take part in the 45th International Conference on Security Policy, made a
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The necessity of a bill on holding a trial without a defendant is due to the circumstance that the defendants on
MUNICH, FEBRUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan, who was in Munich to take part in the 45th International Conference on Security Policy, met with
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The body of Bad Tadevosian, a citizen of Nagorno Karabakh, was handed over to the Armenian side at the village of
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The murder of the deputy head of Armenian police has caused despair among officials and ordinary people and created an atmosphere
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Genocide Museum Institute (AGMI) will organize an international conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian massacres in Adana
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The party delegation led by Arthur Baghdasarian - the chairman of Orinats Yerkir party (OYP), secretary of the National Security Council
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The delegation headed by Goran Lenmarker, Honorary President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, Special Representative on Nagorno Karabakh of the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The rumors about the negotiations with a Turkish company for replenishing the arsenal of Armenian police with new water cannons do
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. "The murder of the deputy head of the police Gevorg Mherian proves once again that Armenia's law enforcement system does not
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The grave condition of the imprisoned deputies of the National Assembly may not become a subject of political speculation, the head
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The working group preparing the amendment to Articles 225 and 300, RA Criminal Code envisages completing the work in 20-25 days.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The advisor to the Armenian foreign minister Grigor Hovhannisian has been appointed acting consul general of Armenia in Los Angeles, NT
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Prior to adoption of Resolution 1643 by the PACE, the Armenian oppostion was guided by the Lenin's principle: "to come to
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. During the February 6 sitting, the Public Council of Foreign Policy and Security made a decision to initiate public discussions of
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Representatives of all NA factions have been invited to participate in Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) party's 4th congress to be held
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian opposition's goal was not using sanctions to RA: just being deprived of the vote would make the authorities implement real
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The presentation of the collection entitled "Armenia-Azerbaijan, 2005-2008, Opinions about the Main Things" took place in Yerevan on February 5. The collection
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. At the February 5 consultation in connection with RA Deputy Police Head, Police Colonel Gevorg Mherian's murder RA President Serzh Sargsyan demanded
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. At the RA NA February 4 sitting parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamian presented his condolences to the relatives of Deputy Head of
MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Collective Security Council special sitting took place on February 4 in Moscow and was conducted by
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan leaves for German Federation on a working visit on February 6 to take part in the 45th
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The working group, which was set up to develop a bill on making amendments and additions to Articles 225 (Mass Disorder)
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. "We never abandon our friends at a difficult moment," the Russian ambassador to Armenia Nikolay Pavlov stated at the February 5
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The stormy discussion over Armenia at the PACE January session was due to the fact that the Council of Europe made
MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. After the sitting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Collective Security Council RA President Serzh Sargsyan took part in the proceedings
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 5, the RA National Assembly in the second reading and completely adopted the package of bills authored by the
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 4, the RA NA Zharangutiun (Heritage) faction started collecting deputies' signatures to convene a special NA session at 18:30,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 5, the RA National Assembly in the first reading adopted a bill authored by ARFD faction members, which envisages
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. "Armenia is faced by a very serious problem: the reforms should be done parallel with solution of post-electoral problems," Armen
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Under RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian's decision Rubik Kocharian was appointed Vice-Chairman of the RA State Revenues Committee. Noyan Tapan was
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America are planning to sign the
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Under NKR President Bako Sahakian's February 5 decree, Vardan Astsatrian was appointed NKR President's Adviser. According to
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 4, the RA National Assembly Zharangutiun (Heritage) faction started collecting deputies' signatures to convene a special parliament session on February
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. In the meetings with American Armenians U.S. Congressmen express the hope that new President Barack Obama will keep his preelection promise
MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. A joint sitting of CSTO member-states' Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council, and Security Council Secretaries Committee took place on February 4
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Under NKR President Bako Sahakian's February 4 decree Robert Avetisian was appointed NKR Resident Representative in the U.S. Noyan Tapan was
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The change in the draft resolution proposed by the PACE Monitoring Committee and the escape from PACE sanctions became possible thanks
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Quite often, Armenian officials do not answer questions of National Assembly deputies in time, thus violating the Rules of Procedure of
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. American Armenian analyst, political scientist Richard Giragosian has been appointed Director of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies. In his
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. PACE Resolution N 1643 adopted at the January session and the report attached to it are not so bad and
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The companions-in-arms and supporters of Zhirayr Sefilian, the Commander of the Shoushi special battalion, a citizen of Lebanon, created a committee
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 3, the RA National Assembly adopted ten bills and legislative packages discussed the day before and envisaging making amendments
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. A delegation led by RA President Serzh Sargsyan leaves for Moscow on February 3 to take part in the CSTO Collective
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 3, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian left for Moscow to take part in the CSTO Foreign Ministers' Council sitting.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. During the January 30 meeting with the Secretary General of the Francophonie international organization Abdou Diouf, the Advisor to Armenian Foreign Minister,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The military and army political cooperation between Armenia and the Czech Republic is now in the formation phase and has a
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. One of the issues to discussed by the Board of Heritage party during the February 21 sitting will be the participation
DAVOS, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. During his working visit to Davos, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the Chairman of France Telecom company Didier Lombard
ZURICH, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. "Armenia's position on Nagorno Karabakh settlement is exact and unequivocal: we should achieve international recognition of Nagorno Karabakh people's self-determination right. You
DAVOS, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on January 31 met with Vaclav Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic - a country
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The European Union (EU) Eastern Partnership program is not aimed at weakening Russia's positions. Tomasz Knothe, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. "International community's indifference to the processes going on in Samtskhe-Javakhk today practically privilege the Georgian authorities to further strengthen persecutions towards the Armenian
YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Resolution N 1643 adopted by PACE on January 27, no radical changes have been recorded in Armenia. Vardan Khachatrian,
YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Resolution N 1643 adopted by PACE on January 27 is neither opposition's failure nor authorities' victory. Stepan Demirchian, the Chairman of
DAVOS, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan met with RF Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the evening of January 29. The sides summed up
YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 30, radical opposition supporters organized a regular action of protest near Yerevan Shengavit community's general jurisdiction court, where the court
YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The court sitting on the "case of the seven" that had been delayed on December 16 was again delayed on January
DAVOS, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on a visit to Davos in connection with the World Economic Forum, had a
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Central Board of the ARF Youth Union of Armenia on January 29 applied to Yerevan mayor Yervand Zakharian with the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs hope that in the near future the Armenian and Azeri Presidents will be able to come
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Commenting upon radical opposition's opinion that for not being deprived of the vote the Armenian authorities in secret negotiations with the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The imprisoned leader of the "United Javakhk" Democratic Alliance" political movement Vahag Chakhalyan made a statement on January 28. The statement reads:
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia has always tried to have at least bearable relations with Georgia, while Georgia comes up from positions of force. Levon
STEPANAKERT, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakian sent a message of congratulation to the newly-elected Patriarch of Moscow and
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. A meeting of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took place at the Radisson Hotel in
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. "By adoption of PACE Resolution N 1643 neither Armenia's authorities nor opposition appeared in the status of a winner: all of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian announced a strict reprimand to Deputy Ministers of Health Tatul Hakobian and Abraham Manukian for a
YEREVAN, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. A new website of the Representation of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (www.haut-karabagh.com) opened. The website provides general information on the NKR and
YEREVAN, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The speaker of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamian handed medals and letters of acknowledgement of the National Assembly to a
YEREVAN, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. One of the most important provisions of Resolution 1643 passed by the PACE on January 27 refers to not depriving Armenia
STRASBOURG, JANUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The PACE made a decision not to suspend the voting rights of the Armenian delegation at this stage, considering recent initiatives
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. In contrast to political speculation and various domestic and external pressures, the consistent efforts of the political leadership of the Republic of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian government values highly all the initiatives of Tekeyan Cultural Union (TCU), the RA prime minister Tigran Sargsyan stated when receiving
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of Day of Armenian Army, the president Serzh Sargsyan made an address which reads:
STRASBOURG, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. At the January 27 plenary session PACE with 141 votes "for," 3 "against," and 5 "abstained" adopted a resolution on fulfillment
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 27, RA Appeal Criminal Court kept unchanged the November 19 2008 sentence of Yerevan Kentron and Nork-Marash communities' general jurisdiction
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On the day of opening of PACE winter plenary session, on January 26, Luis Maria de Puig was reelected PACE Chairman.
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. "The Georgian authorities have adopted Beria's policy: they arrest Armenian young people to hinder Javakhk Armenians' cultural development," Shirak Torosian, a member
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 27, RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed an order on relieving Vigen Sargsian of the post of RA President's Assistant.
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 27, RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed decrees on relieving Garnik Isaghulian of the post of RA President's Adviser and
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. By the January 23 order of the speaker of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamian, a working group was set up
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving the Estonian ambassador to Armenia Toomas Lukk on January 26, the prime minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan attached importance to active
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYANM TAPAN. Samvel Nikoyan, the chairman of the RA National Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee on Inquiry into March 1-2 Events in Yerevan and
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Committee for Protection of Political Prisoners and Persecuted Persons in Armenia has called on the PACE to deprive the Armenian delegation
GENEVA, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The President of the PACE Luis Maria de Puig does not think the the Armenian delegation will be deprived of voting
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of the internal investigation into the incident that happened to prisoner Grigor Voskerchian in "Nubarashen" prison on December 23,
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. RA National Assembly's delegation left for Strasbourg to take part in the PACE January 26-30 session. The delegation includes delegation head
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian National Congress (ANC) spread a report touching upon the decree RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed on Saturday, according to
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Yerkir Union of Repatriation and Settling Down NGOs estimates the events occured lately in Javakhk as a provocation, through which
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan leaves for Switzerland on a working visit on January 28 to take part in Davos World Economic
YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 24, RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on granting amnesty to 16 people sentenced to 2-3 years'
YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Inquiry into March 1-2 Events in Yerevan and their Reasons will soon file
YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Environmental, urban development and other important problems will be discussed at sittings of the National Council on Sustainable Development of Armenia, the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 22, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received newly appointed Ambassador of Philippines to Armenia Victor Garcia III (residence Moscow) on
YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 23, new Ambassador of Philippines to RA Victor Garcia III handed his credentials to RA President Serzh Sargsyan. In
YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The Chairman of Helsinki Committee of Armenia Mikael Danielian received a Freedom Defenders Award at the U.S. embassy in Yerevan on
YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The issue of depriving or not depriving the Armenian delegation of the vote in PACE is really important, but there are
YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. "As far back as in December Gagik Tsarukian stated that he will not take part in the auction of Bjni Mineral
YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Khachik Galstian, the Spokesperson of Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) Party Chairman Gagik Tsarukian, at the January 23 press conference again refuted the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. On RA Foreign Ministry's initiative, Mini Football RA Diplomatic Championship will be held on January 24-25 at Yerevan's Dinamo gymnasium. As
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. By the draft agenda of the upcoming PACE session in Strasbourg on January 26-30, the discussions of the report on implementation
YEREVAN, JANUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan on January 21 signed the following laws passed by the RA National Assembly: the Law on
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan received the CEO of Pernod Ricard Eastern Europe company Eric Laborde, the newly-appointed CEO of Yerevan
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. During the January 22 meeting with RA President Serzh Sargsyan, Central Board Chairman of the Ramkavar-Azatakan Party of Armenia Mike Kharabian informed
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. European structures also have their share of guilt for the March 1 tragic events, who classed all state rigged elections of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. "The prospect of being deprived of the vote in PACE is indeed serious, but country's internal split is more dangerous," Hmayak
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan signed laws On Making an Amendment to the RA Law On State Pensions adopted by the National
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia will participate in the dicussion of deputy ministers to be held in Turkey in late January. The issue of Turkey's
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Each member of the Cassation Court, a body working by the mechanism of collegiate decision making, should have a sense of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Gegham Gharibjanian, who was relieved of the post of RA Deputy Foreign Minister under RA President Serzh Sargsyan's January 19 decree,
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Under RA President Serzh Sargsyan's decree, businessman Hrant Vardanian, the Chairman of the Grand Holding company, has been given the honorary
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. For the Zharangutiun (Heritage) party it is too alarming that Armenia's law enforcement system, in essence, does not operate, and even during
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. No positive shift took place in the Armenia-Turkey relations last year: the border remains closed, no diplomatic relations were established. Turkologist Ruben
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. "After the March 1 slaughter the authorities committed for the purpose of stopping people's peaceful actions a deep political crisis goes
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The Republican Board of the Armenakan-Ramkavar Azatakan Party (Armenakan-RAP) issued a statement on Armenian-Turkish relations. The statement in particular reads:
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The petition for self-withdrawal of the presiding judge Ruben Apinian will be examined at the January 23 sitting of the general
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. At the January 20 meeting with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, the U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The Nagorno Karabakh settlement negotiations process was discussed at the January 20 meeting of RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian with OSCE
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Consultations regarding work with the Diaspora were held between RA and RF Foreign Ministries on January 20 at the RA Foreign
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Today RA President Serzh Sargsyan has received OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Yuri Merzliakov (Russia), Matthew Bryza (U.S.), Bernard Fassier (France), and Personal
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The Miatsum national initiative uniting all forces concerned with the Nagorno Karabakh settlement current condition and the issue of return of liberated
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. According to political scientist Stepan Grigorian, today there is no precondition for a quick settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh problem. As
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 20, RA President Serzh Sargsyan took part in the solemn opening ceremony of great poetess Silva Kaputikian's house-museum. Attaching importance
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. OSCE Minsk Group's format is efficient and beneficial for the Armenian people, but its policy should undergo some changes. Political scientist
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The European Union cooperates with Armenia in almost all the directions, while the further process of Armenia-EU relations depends on the efficiency
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Last year, Armenia-EU relations developed actively, and the policy of Armenia's integration into the European family continued, the Commissioner for External Relations
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. By the January 19 decree of the Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, Gegham Gharibjanian has been relieved of his post as deputy
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. "I am sure that Armenia's authorities have taken some steps we can present at the PACE January plenary session. Whether these
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) party leader Gagik Tsarukian's press office has been created for the purpose of presenting his activity in various
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. NKR President Bako Sahakian accompanied by Prime Minister Ara Haroutiunian on December 17 visited the Shahumian region and met with the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. "There are political calculations in Council of Europe's position to Armenia," Kiro Manoyan, the Responsible Person of ARFD Hay Dat and
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. According to human rights activist Vardan Haroutiunian, the Chairman of the Committee for Protection of Political Prisoners and Persecuted People, the Armenian
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the Freedom House international organization's report under the title Freedom in the World, this year also Armenia has appeared
MOSCOW, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan had a tete-a-tete conversation with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after the international conference on gas problems held in
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. PACE Monitoring Committee Co-rapporteurs John Prescott and George Colombier did not have a private meeting with RA Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunian on
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. At the January 16 sitting of the National Council on Armenia's Cooperation with the EU, which was conducted by the council
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. "Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are important countries for the EU, and we want to do more to help them advance in
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Regardless of whether or not the Armenian delegation will be deprived of voting rights in the PACE, the system of government
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Under pressure of the popular movement organized by the Armenian National Congress, the special investigation services will still have to make
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The January 16 court sitting on "the case of the seven" lasted only a few minutes and was postponed until January
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The delegation headed by the Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner will come on a working visit to
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. By the January 14 order of the Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, the sportsmen who achieved good results at the Olympic Games,
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. After the end of the January 16 court sitting on "the case of the seven", those who had staged a protest
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to the implementation of Resolutions 1609 and 1620 of the PACE were discussed at the January 15 meeting of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The secretary of the National Security Council Arthur Baghdasarian on January 15 received the co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee John Prescott
BEIJING, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian ambassador to China Armen Sargsyan on January 15 presented his credentials to the President of the People's Republic of
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to the investigation process of the criminal case opened in connection with March 1-2 events in Yerevan, the charges
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. "To say that not only the Council of Europe but the European structures treat Armenia badly and that we take no
YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the Human Rights Watch international organization, in 2008 Armenia experienced the most serious political and civil rights crisis since the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian authorities do not know what to do in the issue of political prisoners: by releasing the imprisoned activists, they
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. A group of opposition activists imprisoned in connection with the criminal cases on March 1 events in Yerevan have sent an
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Armen Martirosian, the leader of the RA NA Zharangutiun (Heritage) faction, and deputy Anahit Bakhshian on January 13 met with prisoners
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues regarding cooperation between RA NA and Council of Europe were discussed at the January 14 meeting of RA NA Speaker
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. "The conduct of political figures being defendants on the "case of the seven" in the court hall is just a disgrace,"
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The demands of the PACE resolutions create slave conditions for Armenia. Rafik Petrosian, a deputy of the RA National Assembly RPA
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues regarding Armenia's chairmanship in CSTO and organization's coming events were discussed at the January 13 meeting of RA Foreign Minister Edward
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Constantly delaying court sittings on the "case of the seven" with the motivation of the defendants' not standing up at the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues regarding preparation of CSTO's regular summit and formation of its agenda were discussed at the January 13 meeting of Serzh
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The fact of the 1990 genocide of Armenians in Azerbaijan has not been adequately estimated so far by either Armenia or
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Grigor Haroutiunian, a Board member of the People's Party of Armenia (PPA), the Armenian authorities do not have sufficient
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Hundreds of members of the Armenian National Congress and opposition activists during the whole process of the January 13 court sitting
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. In late December 2008 RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian sent a letter to parliament speakers of PACE member countries. According to
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The Zharangutiun (Heritage) party has little expectations from the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs' visit to the region and the January 29
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. PACE Monitoring Committee Co-rapporteurs John Prescott, George Colombier, and Committee Secretary Bass Klein will arrive in Yerevan on January 15. As Noyan
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Depriving the Armenian delegation of the vote in PACE is not in country's interests, but even in that case no "period
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. "Today Armenian society is ill, and the political processes not cure, but worsen its condition," political analyst Artsrun Pepanian stated at
YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. On January 10, RA President Serzh Sargsyan held a working consultation at the RA Defence Ministry with the participation of Ministry's
YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Council of Europe will not apply sanctions against Armenia only if the authorities declare an amnesty and release all the
YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The head office of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) received a letter bearing the date "December 26" from prisoner Vardges Gaspari.
YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunian at the court sitting break on the "case of the seven" on January 9 refuted the information
YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. "We, the political prisoners of the Republic of Armenia, strongly protest against the RA ombudsman Armen Harutyunian's recent actions and behavior incompatible
YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The trial on the "case of the seven" continued on January 9 at Yerevan Shengavit community's general jurisdiction court. Like at
YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunian's statement that allegedly the Armenian National Congress demands his resignation made on January 8 to one of media
YEREVAN, JANUARY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The extraction of applications for pardon from political prisoners is nothing else than demanding a ransom for freedom in exchange for
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The closed-door sitting of the court of first instance of Yerevan's Kentron and Nork-Marash community (judge: Gayane Karakhanian) on December 30 granted
STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. On 27 December at the Officer's Palace of capital Stepanakert took place a meeting of the NKR Defence Army's Military Council
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian has sent a congratulatory message on the occasion of New Year, which read:
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian government members headed by the president Serzh Sargsyan on December 27 went to Yerablur military pantheon and paid a
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The results of the investigation into the criminal case on the March 1-2 events in Yerevan conducted by the Special Investigation
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Having lasted only a few minutes, the court sitting on "the case of the seven" presided over by the judge Mnatsakan
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The regular sitting of the Commission on Coordination of Armenia's Cooperation with the European Union on December 26 was conducted by
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly on December 26 passed in second reading the draft law on local self-government in the city of
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. We have rather a deep crisis and tension after March 1 in Armenia, which not only fails to decrease, but deepens
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Matthew Bryza, U.S. Deputy Assitant Secretary of State has answered to the questions of Noyan Tapan.
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