May

20

Uncontested: With no opposition, Republicans retain power in four Yerevan districts in mostly ‘one-horse’ races

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Uncontested: With no opposition, Republicans retain power in four Yerevan districts in mostly ‘one-horse’ racesDespite opposition claims that they would mount challenge to incumbents in elections of all levels, the Sunday elections in four districts of Yerevan typically took place without a single opposition candidate.

According to preliminary results released by the Central Election Commission, winners in all the four communities, including Avan, Malatia-Sebastia, Davidashen and Nork-Marash, are members of the governing Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). Read more

May

16

No Place for PACE: Three weeks on, no movement on following CoE resolution

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No Place for PACE: Three weeks on, no movement on following CoE resolutionTwenty days have past since the adoption of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Resolution 1609 in Strasbourg, calling for release of prisoners and other stipulations to bring more democratic conditions to Armenia’s unsettled political climate.

Oppositionists insists the requirements of the resolution are neither fulfilled nor even the repressions against supporters of their movement stopped. Read more

May

4

Back on the Stump: Oppositionists pack Government Hall to hear latest rally by Ter-Petrosyan

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Back on the Stump: Oppositionists pack Government Hall to hear latest rally by Ter-PetrosyanThe opposition movement led by former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan held a congress in a closely packed conference hall in the Government Building Friday. More than a thousand people had gathered outside in Melik-Adamyan Street while inside it was even difficult to find a place for standing.

Opposition leaders had long encountered problems in trying to find premises for holding the meeting. There was even some talk about a possible gathering in neighboring Georgia, but the newly appointed prime minister had magnanimously let the opposition have the premises, saying that the government’s conference hall was provided to all political forces on equal terms. Read more

May

1

Custom of Cheating: Average traders suffer from crackdown on import tariffs

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Custom of Cheating: Average traders suffer from crackdown on import tariffsTraders and merchants from Yerevan markets staged a protest action near the government building early this week expressing their discontent with having to pay more at customs for imported goods.

“The State Customs Committee decided to raise the customs dues for imported clothes items. While in the past people paid about $3 for one kilogram of imported goods depending on the type of the merchandise, then today the amount of that duty has reached $8,” says Ashot Petrosyan, a trader at one of Yerevan’s biggest and most popular trade fairs in Malatia. “Instead of $7 that importers used to pay for clothes imported from China, now they have to pay more than twice as much - $15.” Read more

Apr

25

An Appeal to “Never Forget”: A Jewish leader speaks out on the need to remember the Armenian Genocide

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An Appeal to “Never Forget”: A Jewish leader speaks out on the need to remember the Armenian GenocideEditor’s Note: On April 18, Nancy K. Kaufman, Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (www.jcrcboston.org) appeared before the Massachusetts State House, where she represented her organization in support of remembrance and recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

Following is a portion of her speech, made available through the cooperation of the Armenian Assembly of America (www.aaainc.org) and the JCRC. Click here to read the entire text (English only).

As the Jewish community prepares to celebrate Passover, the festival that speaks to us about freedom from tyranny and oppression, I want to share with you a few thoughts about what lessons we might learn from the experiences of our two communities in the last century. Read more

Apr

17

Cost-cutting Start: Government set to abolish subsidy on Russian gas, prices to increase for consumers

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Cost-cutting Start: Government set to abolish subsidy on Russian gas, prices to increase for consumersBeginning next month the government will stop the state subsidy on fees for natural gas supplies for households and enterprises, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan announced during his first press briefing in the new capacity on Tuesday.

“By the president’s order, the government is working out a program of complex actions to prepare for the 2008-2009 winter,” Sargsyan said. Read more

Apr

15

The Other Sargsyan: PM Tigran in, political “independent” to lead government

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The new Prime Minister is ‘strong, ambitious, independent…’On April 9 soon after being sworn in, President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree according to which the coveted post of Prime Minister went to Tigran Sargsyan, the Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia.

“Under his leadership the government will, indeed, realize ambitious programs in the years to come,” the new president stated at the April 10 meeting of the Cabinet as he formally introduced the new premier to ministers. “I am simply convinced of that.” Read more

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