Who is Shan Harutyunyan? Is he a political prisoner or a hooligan that was arrested for violating the public order? Should he be treated as an activist who was arrested for his struggle against the government or someone that violated laws and order? P
“It is impossible to solve the border problem; we will have to live as we are doing now – separately. What can we do? We can’t bring the sea towards us. We did not have physical borders with Tajiks and Turkmens either, but we lived together,” said Nikolay Rizhkov, member of the Russian Federal Assembly, during his visit to Yerevan.
“The Customs Union is a new window of opportunities for the Armenian economy. I think the long-lasting negotiations and research have proven to be successful, and we have received an opportunity to apply for membership with the CU,” said PM Tigran Sargsyan in an interview given to the Ukrainion “Today” newspaper.
Instead of fighting for freedoms and rights in streets now the format of making democracy has been taken to the newly reconstructed building of the parliament, where the more the opposition criticizes the government, the more stronger the government becomes.
On November 5, the leader of nationalist Tseghakron party Shant Harutyunyan and his supporters organized demonstration at the Opera House in Yerevan to lead a Guy Fawkes march to the president’s office.
According to the official statistics, during the first nine months of this year the number of departures from Armenia was 1,118,693 people, and arrivals – 996,492. The difference of arrivals and departures is 122,191. This means in nine months 122,000 people emigrated from Armenia.
The opinion of Prosperous Armenia party in regard of Armenia’s state budget 2014 remains unchanged. As long as Tigran Sargsyan is the Prime Minister of Armenia they will be voting against the budget.
At present certain unnoticeable processes are taking place in the seemingly quite Armenian internal political life. And its main participants are not only non-government forces but also very often government party representatives from different wings.
This is the amazing tale of the Turkish government handing over to Istanbul’s Armenian Patriarchate in the 1920’s some of the church effects looted during the Genocide.
On October 25th people gathered at Zangak club to meet renowned Polish writer Yanush Leon Vishnevski, author of the books “Loneliness in a Net” and “The Lover.” The writer was invited to Armenia to take part in the Literature Arc 2013 forum.
