Category: Armenia

Vartan Oskanian: We have become slaves to the whims of several people

“For a long time, we allowed the authorities to deprive our citizens of their property. Armenia is not the country to tolerate this condition,” Armen Martirosyan, a candidate for the 2017 parliamentary elections who comes second on the joint ticket of the electoral alliance led by former ministers Seyran Ohanyan, Raffi Hovannisian and Vartan Oskanian, said during a campaign rally in Hrazdan, a town in Kotayk marz.

Georgia’s Modern Decisions And Threats Of Expansion Of Russian …

Soon after 2016 parliamentary elections, the government of the party of the Georgian Dream , which won the elections, started discussions and implemented some actions, both of which create new threats for the country’s economic and energy independence. To build trust within the parliament, in his address, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili stated that the government would consider the Initial Public Offering of 25% of the state-owned Georgian Railway and the Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation stakes.

Azerbaijan, Armenia Report Armed Clashes in Karabakh Conflict Area

FARS News Agency, Iran February 25, 2017 Saturday Azerbaijan, Armenia Report Armed Clashes in Karabakh Conflict Area TEHRAN – Authorities on both sides said that deadly clashes have broken out between Azerbaijani troops and Armenian separatists over the breakaway Karabakh region. “During the night from the 24th to the 25th of February, units of the Armenian Armed Forces attempted an attack on Azerbaijan’s positions at various parts of the front line,” the Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said, Tass reported.

Stepanakert reports 5 Azerbaijani servicemen killed on contact line

Russia & CIS General Newswire February 25, 2017 Saturday 4:59 PM MSK Stepanakert reports 5 Azerbaijani servicemen killed on contact line YEREVAN. Feb 25 At least five Azerbaijani Armed Forces servicemen were killed during the overnight battles in the Karabakh conflict zone, unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s National Security Council secretary Vitaly Balasanyan said on Saturday.

Yerevan informs Moscow, Washington, Paris about Azerbaijan’s…

Russia & CIS General Newswire February 25, 2017 Saturday 2:09 PM MSK Yerevan informs Moscow, Washington, Paris about Azerbaijan’s offensive attempt in Karabakh conflict zone YEREVAN/BAKU. Feb 25 Armenia informed Russia, the United States and France, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, about the actions of Azerbaijan in the conflict zone on Saturday.

Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan 117 times in 24 hours

News selected on topics and regions – oil and gas, business, politics, IT, the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia Ranking of the Azerbaijani banking sector Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 117 times violated the ceasefire in various directions along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend Feb. 26. The Azerbaijani army positions located in the Bala Jafarli, Ashagi Askipara, Farakhli, Kemerli villages and on nameless heights of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district, Aghdam village and on nameless heights of Tovuz district, as well as Garaveliler village of Gadabay district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in the Paravakar, Vazashen villages of Ijevan district, the Voskepar, Shavarshavan, Dovekh villages and on nameless heights of the Noyemberyan, Mosesgekh, Chinari, Berd … (more)

Armenia to Continue Allied Relations With Russia, Dialogue With US, EU

Armenia will continue allied relations with Russia in the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization as well as a dialogue with the United States and the European Union, Parliament Deputy Speaker and spokesperson of Armenia’s ruling Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov said Saturday. YEREVAN  - On Saturday, the country’s ruling party discussed the election program, which also covers the issues of international relations.

Aram Sargsyan: Embassy is located in a territory belonging to businessman Gagik Tsarukyan

The handover of blogger Alexandr Lapshin to Azerbaijan was a slap in the face of [Foreign Minister] Edward Nalbandian and Serzh Sargsyan, but we do not want it to be addressed to the Armenian people, Armenian lawmaker Nikol Pashinyan said outside the Belarusian Embassy in Yerevan during a protest against Alexander Lapshin’s extradition to Azerbaijan. The MP tried to enter the Embassy, but was not allowed to.

Mher Sedrakyan’s relative sacked

By a decision of Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, Armen Harutyunyan has been relieved of his duties as Head of Yerevan’s Erebuni administrative district. Armen Harutyunyan is the son-in-law of Mher Sedrakyan, a lawmaker of the Republican Party of Armenia .

Opposition Activist Imprisoned in Armenia After Protest

On Monday a court in Armenia sentenced opposition activist, Gevorg Safaryan, to two years in prison. The charges were linked to a scuffle with police during a small New Year’s Eve demonstration one year ago, an incident caught on video that seems to show police harassing and interfering with demonstrators leading an initially calm atmosphere to shift to one of violence.

Armenian Ombudsman’s Office, UN sign agreement

On 29 December 2016, The Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia, Mr. Arman Tatoyan, and UNHCR Representative in Armenia, Mr. Christoph Bierwirth, signed a project agreement for 2017 titled “Enhancing the capacity of Human Rights Defender’s Office to monitor the situation of refugee and asylum-seekers in Armenia”. The signing ceremony took place at the UNHCR office in UN House in Yerevan.