Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) released the list of the Political Parties (Party) and their lists of candidates for the early parliamentary election scheduled on December 9. There are 2 Alliances (Tashink), and 9 Parties registered to take part in the election. The two big absentees seems to be the Congress Party headed by the… Continue reading Parliamentary Elections in Armenia
During a two day visit to Beirut Lebanon Prime Minster of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan had a question/answer meeting with the Armenian community members. He answered multitude of questions in a straight forward manner with some humor that was well received by the audience. One of the question was, what he will do to eliminate the… Continue reading Foreign Words Used in Armenian Language
Last week Prime Minster of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, proposed a snap parliamentary elections to be held in December 2018. He met with the representatives of the Political Parties (that are represented in the current Parliament), to negotiate a process, and set a date. Unfortunately hey did not succeed to come to an agreement and contradictory… Continue reading Snap Parliamentary Elections in Armenia.
Yesterday the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia finished summing up the voting results in Sunday’s snap municipal election for the city of Yerevan Council of Elders. (Council). Although it is called the preliminary report, but it is considered to be fairly accurate. (The official count will be announced in 10 days). There were 12 Political… Continue reading Municipal Elections in Yerevan.
Two days ago on Sep. 3, Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission revealed the names of the Political Parties (Party) and Alliances (Tashink) that are running in the forthcoming snap municipal elections to elect the Mayor and Council Members. (Council) Eight Parties and four Tashinks will participate in the elections which will take place on September 23… Continue reading Yerevan Municipal Elections.
Friday Aug. 17, I watched the rally that Prime Minster Nikol Pashinyan called at the occasion of the 100th day of his becoming the Prime Minster of Armenia. The Republican Square and the adjacent streets were packed “wall to wall” which proves that, he has not lost his popularity with the PEOPLE with whose support… Continue reading Nikol Pashinyan and Municipal Elections in Yerevan.
On June 7 Nikol Pashinyan the Prime Minster of Armenia presented his government’s program to the Armenian Parliament and it was approved by 61 votes. (Out of 105 member Parliament). A well qualified vote of confidence for the new government of Armenia that came to power through peaceful street demonstrations. Remaining true to their roots,… Continue reading A Difficult Task Ahead
The PEOPLES’s revolution in Armenia through peaceful demonstrations that started about a month ago, ended on May the second when Nikol Pashinyan the 42 year old leader of the movement called on demonstrators to return to their normal life. A wise decision indeed. Pashinyan did so after the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) that has a… Continue reading Peoples Peaceful Revolution in Armenia
The title of this Monologue is taken from a speech delivered by Narek Galstyan at the 130th anniversary celebration of Սոցեալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակեան Կուսակցութիւն (ՍԴՀԿ) Social Democrat Hnchagyan Party (SDHP) in Yerevan. (All translations and transliterations are mine). Narek Galstyan is a member of the Central executive of SDHP and was the key note speaker at the… Continue reading “Լոզունգներից Դէպի Ռէալ Իրականութիւն”. “From Slogans to Reality”.
Posted on January. 25. 2018 YEREVAN, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian community of France is planning to once again introduce the issue of criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide into the agenda in 2018, Harut Martirosyan, Chairman of the Armenian National Committee of France told ARMENPRESS. “We are actively working with lawyers. We will definitely find a solution to once again bring the issue to… Continue reading Here we go again or “Deja vu”
