Opposition protest the outcome of the 2003 Presidential Election, Armenian National Assembly, Baghramian Avenue, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2003
Well, as reported in the last 2007 Parliamentary Election Monitor on this blog, there is renewed speculation that Kocharian will seek to retain control over the country as Prime Minister after […]
Today as I read the newspaper, Serzh Sarkisyan’s comments struck me as unbelievably short sighted and almost comical. I was reading a week old paper and in it Serzh said that he does not see Russia’s acquiring of Armenia’s utilities as dangerous. He continued to say that he does not see Russia using […]
On October 18, the “Haykakan Zhamanak” newspaper published a report by Hayk Gevorgyan, entitled: “They are deceiving us again”. In this article, we read: “The regular session of the inter-parliamentary commission of the Armenian parliament and the Russian Federation Council was held in Yerevan in recent days and a delegation led by the chairman of […]
Akhalkalaki, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Republic of Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2002
RFE/RL reports on trouble brewing in Georgia’s mainly Armenian populated region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. After local elections were held in Armenia’s northern neighbour last week, hundreds of ethnic Armenian Georgian citizens rallied in Akhalkalaki before eventually seizing a local government building.
The group called United […]
Eurasianet covers Georgia’s local elections in the aftermath of the Russian Spy Scandal that has seen Moscow “punish” Tbilisi by closing the border between the two countries and persecute Georgian citizens in the country. Ironically, and to add to the damage that the blockade might cause Armenia, some of those citizens might be ethnic Armenians […]
PanArmenian.net reports that Richard Giragosian, the Washington-based Regional Military and Political Analyst, said today in Yerevan than both the United States and Russia support power being passed on to Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisyan when Kocharian leaves office in 2008.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The U.S.’s informal opinion is that Serge Sargsyan will be the next President of Armenia, […]
With some opposition activists believing that the 2008 Presidential Elections will see Robert Kocharian pass on power to his trusted lieutenant, Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisyan, while he takes over the position of Prime Minister, Panorama.am has a funny news item on what it sees as a possible freudian slip and forecast for the future.
No […]
Armenia Now has an interesting article on the results of a USAID sponsored poll ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections. According to the poll, 62 percent of Armenians want change and think that the country is heading in the wrong direction.
It found that 62 percent of Armenians think their country is on the wrong […]
Seems like the run-up to next year’s parliamentary elections is pretty much on. Not only has Armenia Now started its own coverage as much as eight months early, but more and more political parties starting to weigh in regarding their concerns about the possibility for falsification by the powers that be. This time, however, it […]
Since the 2003 parliamentary elections when many more notorious oligarchs and businessmen with dodgy and sometimes illegal economic concerns entered the Armenian National Assembly than normal, I’ve increasingly raised my concerns with the lack of distinction between the government and criminal elements in society.
Indeed, one regional analyst shrugged his shoulders when I raised this […]
