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Politics | 16.06.10 | 11:54

Latest moves, statements reveal rifts within Armenian opposition

Latest moves, statements reveal rifts within Armenian opposition
By Gayane Mkrtchyan
Several developments in Armenia’s opposition field this week have revealed friction within the opposition alliance. But the group led by Armenia’s ex-president has downplayed the impact of some dissent on the opposition’s institutional capacity.

On Monday there were reports that Ararat Zurabyan, chairman of the Board of the Armenian National Movement (ANM), a party that has been the support base for Armenia’s former president and current opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan, had tendered a letter of resignation.

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Politics | 31.05.10 | 14:41

New Opera?: Attempted rally at renovated Freedom Square stopped by police

By Gayane Abrahamyan
New Opera?: Attempted rally at renovated Freedom Square stopped by police
Six representatives of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), who had attempted to hold a sit-in protest in the re-opened Freedom Square (near Opera House) since Friday, on May 30 were taken into police custody and told to make their statement anywhere in Yerevan “except Freedom Square”.

The Square has been closed for two years while an underground parking garage was built. Oppositionists have claimed the closure of the site was to prevent more political rallies. The opposition had used the square as an encampment days before the deadly raid by police on March 1, 2008 that left 10 dead, hundreds injured and dozens arrested.

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Politics | 31.05.10 | 12:50

Analysis: The West unhappy with new transformations in Turkey’s foreign policy

By Naira Hayrumyan
Analysis: The West unhappy with new transformations in Turkey’s foreign policy
Dividing lines are emerging between Turkey and the West, marked by Turkey’s nuclear energy deal with Iran and by its efforts this weekend to use its ships to break Israel sea blockade of Gaza.
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Politics | 18.05.10 | 11:36

Nuke deal: Turkey becomes major actor in Iran problem after uranium enrichment agreement

By Naira Hayrumyan
Nuke deal: Turkey becomes major actor in Iran problem after uranium enrichment agreement
Iran and Turkey reached agreement on Monday in Teheran on the exchange of low-enriched uranium in the Turkish territory. The foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran and Brazil put their signatures to the document at the ceremony attended by the presidents of Iran and Brazil and the prime minister of Turkey.
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Politics | 28.04.10 | 15:48

United for Normalization: NGOs agree to work together for Armenia-Turkey relations

By Gayane Abrahamyan
United for Normalization: NGOs agree to work together for Armenia-Turkey relations
Four Armenian Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have stated their willingness to pursue the process of normalization with Turkey, less than a week after President Serzh Sargsyan announced that Armenia has suspended rapprochement efforts by means of protocol ratification.

Eurasia Partnership Foundation, the International Center for Human Development, the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen (Employers) of Armenia, and Yerevan Press Club signed a memorandum of cooperation concerning the issue.

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Politics | 16.04.10 | 13:32

Case 03/08: Relatives of victims demand investigation

By Gayane Abrahamyan
Case 03/08: Relatives of victims demand investigation
The judicial inquest regarding the claims of the families of people killed during the March 1-2, 2008 post-election clashes started in a Yerevan court April 16. The legal successors of the victims, who appealed to the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan, insist that law enforcement bodies (the Special Investigation Service and the Prosecutor-General’s Office) have not properly investigated the circumstances of the killings.
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Politics | 15.04.10 | 14:22

Message from Baku: Azeri President comments on Armenian-Turkish relations

By Gayane Abrahamyan
Message from Baku: Azeri President comments on Armenian-Turkish relations
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev made on Wednesday in Baku an unprecedented announcement, saying that “opening of the Armenian-Turkish border is the business of the two countries and no one should interfere in the process.”
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Politics | 14.04.10 | 13:59

Still stalling: Analysts say Washington summit fails to rekindle Armenia-Turkey process

By Gayane Abrahamyan
Still stalling: Analysts say Washington summit fails to rekindle Armenia-Turkey process
Armenian politicians gather from the responses of the Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting in Washington DC on April 12 that the faltering Armenian-Turkish normalization is moving closer towards suspension.
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Politics | 09.04.10 | 14:40

War of Exs: Armenia’s former presidents engage in another round of verbal skirmish

By Karine Ionesyan
War of Exs: Armenia’s former presidents engage in another round of verbal skirmish
Armenia’s main opposition has mocked at Robert Kocharyan’s statement in which the ex-president said he would himself announce his comeback to politics if he decided to do so, and chided him for using language unbecoming of a former statesman.
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Politics | 31.03.10 | 14:51

Come Around a Round Table: Heritage’s initiative meets reluctance of pro-government parties

By Karine Ionesyan
Come Around a Round Table: Heritage’s initiative meets reluctance of pro-government parties
Heritage Party appeals to oppositional and pro-government political forces to unite around round-table discussions on Armenia’s foreign and domestic policy issues and challenges.
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Politics | 29.03.10 | 16:56

Rapprochement on Hold: Frozen ‘soccer diplomacy’ will melt, but only after April 24

By Siranuysh Gevorgyan
Rapprochement on Hold: Frozen ‘soccer diplomacy’ will melt, but only after April 24
On Monday, March 29, Ruben Melkonyan, expert in Turkish studies, expressed a viewpoint that Turkey is not likely to ratify the protocols on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations before April 24, Armenian Genocide Commemoration day. The rapprochement process is de facto frozen, he says, but things might change after the April 24 non-official deadline.
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Parliament goes into summer recess, discussions on controversial “foreign-language school” package to continue

Parliament goes into summer recess, discussions on controversial “foreign-language school” package to continue
By Siranuysh Gevorgyan
The Armenian parliament concluded its spring session Thursday evening amid a heated debate on two controversial pieces of legislation accompanied with equally passionate protests.

Lawmakers continued discussions (that met with a sort of “filibustering” from at least one opposition group) of a government-drafted package of amendments to the laws on language and general education (proposing opening a limited number of schools where the main language of instruction will be other than Armenian).

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Medvedev-Sargsyan meeting discusses Armenian-Turkish relations

Medvedev-Sargsyan meeting discusses Armenian-Turkish relations
Armenian-Turkish relations were among issues discussed by the presidents of Russia and Armenia who met in a southern Russian city on Tuesday.

(Serzh Sargsyan was in Rostov-on-Don reportedly to attend the annual horse race for the Russian Presidential Cup.)

A report made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s press service quoted the Russian leader as saying ahead of his meeting with Serzh Sargsyan in Rostov-on-Don that “the current situation required an exchange of opinions”.

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E-approach: New gov’t website to make things more “dynamic and transparent”

E-approach: New gov’t website to make things more “dynamic and transparent”
A new government website launched this week attempts to concentrate all electronic services provided by state agencies in one place. A government representative says the purpose of creating this new option as well as upgrading the existing official website is to achieve more “dynamism and transparency”.
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