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Laura Baghdasaryan [September 10, 2007] There was a loose link in the chain of renewed competition between Russia and America. Until recently, Russia's lone attempts to stop the extension of American military and economic presence in Eurasia were, at best, meeting with partial success. After the end of the Cold War ... [full story]
Vahe Sarukhanyan [September 10, 2007] At 9:30 p.m. on September 6, 2007 former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzoumanian was released from the National Security Service (NSS) jail. Charged with “money laundering” Arzoumanian was arrested on May 7, 2007 and spent four months in an NSS jail cell ... [full story]
Tigran Paskevichyan [September 3, 2007] It has already been almost four months since the first Armenian ambassador to the UN, former foreign minister and former president of the ANM Council Alexander Arzoumanian was imprisoned. There are two issues facing the staff at the National Security Service who are working on his case ... [full story]
Tigran Paskevichyan Part II: Threat of Unemployment [September 3, 2007] What is a “single candidate representing both the authorities and the opposition”? One must examine the Armenian political field closely to understand this correctly. It is not difficult to notice that there is a lack of balance there ... [full story]
Aram Tovmasyan [August 27, 2007] The atmosphere resulting from the intolerant remarks uttered by Amin Gemayel, Lebanon's former president, on August 5 th regarding Armenians was somewhat mitigated when he stated on August 12 th that he respected the Armenian community and ... [full story]
Tigran Paskevichyan [August 27, 2007] Everything would be different if Robert Kocharyan had the right to propose his candidacy for a third time. He would be the only candidate the current authorities would put forward and the problem of replication of power would not be as acute as it currently is. Kocharyan does not have the legal right to run for president this time and going against the Constitution would not be a safe thing to do. But it is also not safe to let go of power through elections ... [full story]
Aram Tovmasyan [August 20, 2007] In early August of this year the Armenian community of Lebanon found itself at the center the country's extremely tangled and deadlocked political maelstrom. Late in the evening of Sunday ... [full story]
Vahe Sarukhanyan [August 13, 2007] While French citizen Alexandre Varbedian has been prohibited entry into Armenia for the past five years, he still hasn't been able to uncover the reasons why ... [full story]
Anahit Shirinyan [August 6, 2007] On July 26, the Caucasus Journalists Network (www.caucasusjournalists.net), with the participation of journalists from Armenia and Azerbaijan, organized an interview with Beka Mindiashvili, head expert at the Center for Tolerance, a body adjunct to the office of the Ombudsman ... [full story]
Christine Aghalaryan [July 16, 2007] Following a lottery, 704 schools in Georgia have been left without candidates for school director Sixty-two of these schools are in the Akhalkalaki region. Currently, 61 schools in the region do not have directors, and are being run by acting directors ... [full story]
Christine Aghalaryan [July 9, 2007] On the morning of June 26 th all the residents of Akhalkalaki were asking each other the same question. “Have you seen the Georgian Flag?” By that morning the Georgian flag was already waving near the entrance of the 62 nd Russian military base located in Akhalkalaki ... [full story]
Tigran Paskevichyan [July 2, 2007] Today it is hard to say whether or not the Armenian service of “Radio Liberty” will come to an end. It is only clear that Armenia's authorities are trying to cease the work of the last free media source that reaches its population. Since the closing of the “A1+” television station, Radio Liberty is the only source of information that is not influenced from the government circles ... [full story]
Vahe Sarukhanyan [July 2, 2007] On June 27, the Investigative Board of the National Security Service (NSS) presented a motion to the Court of First Instance of the Kentron and Nork-Marash Municipalities to extend by two months the pre-trial detention of Alexander Arzoumanian, the former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia who was arrested on May 7, 2007 on charges of money laundering ... [full story]
Hrach Bayadyan [July 2, 2007] Let us once again review the complicated cartographical issue of the area surrounding the Opera. Firstly, this is not the kind of area which loses its significance because it has been neglected or forgotten. The square and adjacent territory have been subjected to active work, due to which the area continues to remain attractive, playing a central role as always, but in a new social and cultural situation ... [full story]
Hrach Bayadyan [June 25, 2007] Unlike certain words that have been removed from the vocabulary of modern politics - “rebellion”, “uprising” and “revolt” – “revolution” continues to be used, but with a different meaning, or in a much broader sense, sometimes even without any political tones ... [full story]
Larisa Paremuzyan [June 25, 2007] On May 12, the Parliamentary elections in Constituency 31 (Vanadzor, Alaverdi) featured a parade of “brotherhood”. This was especially true since Artur Nalbandyan, the mayor of Alaverdi, was appointed secretary of the Alaverdi local office of the Hanrapetakan (Republican) party and Karen Saribekyan was a majoritarian candidate for Parliament on behalf of the same party ... [full story]
Repopulation is An Essential Question for All Armenians An Interview With Serzh Amirkhanyan, Director of the Office For Migration, Refugees and Resettlement Attached to the Government of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic [June 25, 2007] -Does the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh have an official program regarding resettlement? If so, how can we learn more about it? During the current year what type of work is being carried out and will be carried out and in what regions? ... [full story]
Interview with Raffi Hovannisian, Chairman of the “Heritage” party and a member of the National Assembly of RA [June 25, 2007] - Can you please tell us a bit about your family, where they reside, what
they do?
Tigran Paskevichyan [June 25, 2007] After three months of a leadership void, the Norabak community in the Gegharkunik Marz has finally elected a head of the village administration, with Vazgen Asaturyan assuming the responsibility of the post. Hetq has covered the elections in Norabak in detail and has closely observed the events that followed. The problem was that Vazgen Asaturyan ... [full story]
Vahe Sarukhanyan [June 18, 2007] Till today the authorities in the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh have no policy regarding the liberated territories. According to the Edik Baghdasaryan, Editor-in-Chief of the Hetq online newspaper, not having a policy regarding resettlement is, in itself a policy ... [full story]
Vahe Sarukhanyan [June 18, 2007] Since 2002, entry into Armenia has been prohibited for French-Armenian ontologist and genealogist Alexandre Arord Varbedian. Vardbedian, who had moved from France to Soviet Armenia at the age of five and received his education in Yerevan, moved back to his birthplace of Marseille in 1975 ... [full story]
There is No Alternative to Resettlement An interview with Ernest Ghevondyan, Head of the Kashatagh Administration [June 11, 2007] On March 12 of this year, Ernest Ghevondyan was appointed Head of the Kashatagh Administration. As Hetq has reported earlier, the last few years have seen increasing rates of emigration in the region and the population has declined dramatically ... [full story]
One Must Always Have Faith In The Passage Of Time The following is a 1997 interview with Louis Joinet, who served as an advisor to French President Francois Mitterand. [June 11, 2007] - What memories does the name Monte Melkonian bring to mind?
Ruben Izmailyan [June 11, 2007] According to the recent discovery by Taner Akcam, the author of perhaps the most vicious anti-Armenian website on the web is an accomplished Turkish-American cartoonist. Hiding under the pseudonym of “Holdwater” was Murad Gumen who for several years has run the infamous tallarmeniantale.com website (TAT) ... [full story]
Edik Baghdasaryan [June 11, 2007] When media outlets published articles concerning a drunken Minister of the Environment Vardan Ayvazyan shooting at seagulls with a pistol from the Sevan coast, he immediately and repeatedly denied the news ... [full story]
Citizens of the Republic of Armenia Living Overseas Petition the Ombudsman [June 11, 2007] Dear Protector of Human Rights,
Naira Bulghadaryan [June 4, 2007] At 3 am on the night of May 28, unidentified assailants burned the door of the apartment of Larisa Paremuzyan, member of the People's Party of Armenia and proposed majoritarian candidate for Constituency 31 in the Lori Marz. Paremuzyan is a correspondent for Hetq in Lori. She had not been writing over the past two months because of her involvement in the elections. But Paremuzyan had already started work, as previously agreed ... [full story]
Tigran Paskevichyan [June 4, 2007] Many people were disillusioned by the event that took place on May 12 (the Parliamentary elections) and there has been a lot of talk about the irreversible deformation of the political system in the country, laying the blame on the people. But the May event had positive aspects as well, which lead you to believe that all is not yet lost, that the people – under the pressure of social and economic problems – resisted as much as they could ... [full story]
Sara Petrosyan [May 28, 2007] On May 12, 2007, Armenians living abroad were denied participation in elections of national importance for the first time. Surprised Armenians sent e-mails of complaint to the media in Armenia on the day of the elections, expressing anger at the attempt to suppress their electoral right. At the same time, they wanted to understand why none of the diplomatic representations of Armenia abroad offered an explanation for their exclusion from this important process ... [full story] Heritage Statement On Armenian Independence Day [May 28, 2007] The Heritage Party congratulates the entire Armenian nation on the 89th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Armenia. Without this day in 1918, achieved as it was against the odds of the Genocide and great dispossession of Homeland which preceded it, there would be no Armenian state, of any kind, remnant today ... [full story]
Election Fraud Occured in Armenia - But Not at the Ballot Box [May 21, 2007] "Today, even those defeated political forces who refrain from stating that fraud occured at the ballot box, agree with the above observation. One can't say that ballot stuffing or an incorrect vote count took place or that some went to the polls under false identities and cast their votes ..." [full story]
Vahe Sarukhanyan [May 21, 2007] "On the night of May 7, at around 11.30 pm, National Security Service (NSS) agents arrested former Foreign Minister and founder of the Civil Disobedience Movement Alexander Arzoumanian as he returned home. On May 10, the Court of First Instance for the Central and Nork Marash districts (Judge A. Lalayan presiding) sustained the request by the NSS to imprison Arzoumanian for two months. Arzoumanian is currently being held ..." [full story] [May 21, 2007] "05.05.2007 – The National Security Service (NSS) searched the home and office of Alexander Arzoumanian, founding member of Civil Disobedience Movement and former Foreign Minister of Armenia, confiscating all computers ..." [full story] Statement by the Family of Alexander Arzoumanian [May 17, 2007] Alexander Arzoumanian was arrested late at night on May 7, 2007. He is being held in a jail cell at the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia on charges of money laundering ... [full story]
International Election Observation Mission [May 14, 2007] Yerevan, 13 May 2007 – The International Election Observation Mission (IEOM) for the 12 May parliamentary elections in Armenia is a joint undertaking of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the European Parliament (EP) ... [full story] Armenian poll demonstrates progress, observers say YEREVAN, 13 May 2007 - In a joint statement today, the International Election Observation Mission for the 12 May parliamentary elections in Armenia concluded that the elections demonstrated improvement from previous ones and were largely in accordance with international commitments, although some issues remain unaddressed ... [full story]
The Citizens of Armenia Living Abroad Could Not Vote [May 14, 2007] “Dear HETQ
Tigran Paskevichyan [May 14, 2007] The walls of our city still bear the remnants of posters from the parliamentary elections held four years ago. This year, political parties and majoritarian candidates have, in some cases, put up their posters in the same places, but have more often sought new walls to declare their message to the electorate ... [full story] Statement Regarding The Arrest Of Alexander Arzumanian [May 10, 2007] We are shocked and alarmed by the arrest of Alexander Arzumanian, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, and leader of the Civil Disobedience Movement. This development validates our deepest concerns for the measure of lawlessness, impunity and arbitrariness in Armenia ... [full story]
[May 9, 2007] 09.05.2007 - Yerevan. On May 5, 2007, the office of Civil Disobedience Movement, as well as the apartments of one of its leaders - former Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Arzumanyan- and former Deputy Minister of Defense Vahan Shirkhanyan were searched. They have been accused of money laundering. Arrested on May 7 midnight, Alexander Arzumanyan is currently placed in a jail cell in the building of National Security Service (NSS) ... [full story] Armen Karapetyan [May 8, 2007] Shortly before midnight on May 7, 2007, former Foreign Minister of Armenia Alexander Arzoumanian was taken into custody by the National Security Service (NSS) on charges of money laundering as he entered his apartment building in central Yerevan. The arrest, which took place days before Armenia's parliamentary election scheduled for May 12, is perceived by many to be part of the Armenian government's continuing efforts to silence political opposition and intimidate voters ... [full story]
Anna Sargsyan [April 30, 2007] “The memories of the Armenian Genocide still remain the most important part of the Armenian national identity. It was the memory of the genocide at the beginning of the 20th century that united the Armenian nation at the end of the 20th century and resulted in the success of the Artsakh liberation movement,“ ... [full story]
Lena Nazaryan [April 23, 2007] Ten residents of Yerevan's Byuzand Street whose houses were pulled down for “state needs” and who refused to sell their property to the government and give up their registration are now deprived of the right to vote. The Electoral Code states that c itizens of the Republic of Armenia who have attained the age of 18 years shall have the right to vote in a district if ... [full story]
Hasmik Hovhannisyan [April 23, 2007] NGOs that deal with the issues that face the disabled population often complain that the disabled are only remembered on December 3, the International Day of Disabled Persons, and during elections. But even that is only formal in nature and does nothing to change the lives of disabled people ... [full story]
Tigran Paskevichyan [April 9, 2007] The man pictured here is Vazgen Asatryan, a resident of the village of Norabak in the Gegharkunik Marz. On March 4, 2007 he was a candidate in the extraordinary election of the head of the village administration. He lost, as a result of numerous violations of the law before and during the election. He went to court to defend his rights and those of the people who had voted for him ... [full story] Tigran Paskevichyan [April 2, 2007] The election of the head of the village administration in Norabak, which had been conducted with a number of violations, was ultimately decided on March 14, 2007 in the Court of First Instance of Vardenis, Judge A. Petrosyan, presiding. After recounting the ballots, the court ruled to pronounce Vazgen Asatryan the winner of the Norabak election ... [full story] Vahe Sarukhanyan, Edik Baghdasaryan [April 2, 2007] Jirair Sefilyan's friends firmly believe that he has been isolated because of the parliamentary elections, since he has numerous followers and could have become a pivot for uniting the opposition. But even if it is true that the authorities arrested Sefilyan out of fear, subsequent events have done little to suggest the opposition forces are able to rally around any idea at all ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [March 26, 2007] The greatest human tragedy in the days of the Karabakh war was undoubtedly Khojaly. During no other military operation did so many civilians, including women and children, suffer as in Khojaly ... [full story] Villagers’ Struggle Ends in Victory [March 26, 2007] The residents of the village of Norabak of the Gegharkunik Marz have crowned their struggle with victory. Following the March 4, 2007 election of the head of the village administration, they appealed to the Court of First instance of Vardenis to have the election results overturned ... [full story] Jirair Sefilyan and Vardan Malkhasyan are Charged with Calling for Overthrow of the Government [March 26, 2007] At about 10:30 or 11:00 at night on December 9, 2006, ten masked officers of the National Security Service burst into Beijing Restaurant on Tumanyan Street where Jirair Sefilyan and his Lebanese-Armenian friend Ralf Yirikyan, a citizen of Lebanon and the executive director of the company Vivacell, and their wives were having dinner. Sefilyan and Yirikyan were arrested; the latter was soon set free ... [full story] An interview with Jirair Sefilyan's wife, Nanor Barseghyan [March 26, 2007] - Did the authorities really see Jirair as a threat? Armenian Volunteers Unit [March 26, 2007] As you know, the first gathering undertaken by the “Hai Kamavorakanneri Hamakhmbum” [Assembly of Armenian Volunteers] was followed by the arrests of Jirair Sefilian, the coordinator of this initiative, and Vardan Malkhasian, a member of the Assembly, the search of the Assembly's central office, and the interrogation of certain members ... [full story] Conversation Between Jirayr Sefilyan and the Parlamentarians [March 26, 2007] I would like to thank you for your initiative in investigating the real reasons of my and other political arrests in our country. I have refused to give any comments to the official investigating bodies, so thank you for giving me a chance to answer your questions ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [March 19, 2007] British journalist Thomas de Vaal believes that the Khojaly attack began on the night of February 26 - in commemoration of the anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait that had taken place four years earlier in February 1988 ... [full story] Tigran Paskevichyan
[March 19, 2007] Hetq has reported recently on the situation in the village of Norabak in the Gegharkunik Marz on the eve of the extraordinary election of the head of the village administration (See: The Autonomous Republic of Norabak). Our predictions proved correct ... [full story] Tigran Paskevichyan
[March 19, 2007] The residents of Norabak have kept up their struggle. Following the March 4 election they appealed to the Court of First instance of Vardenis to have the election results overturned ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [March 12, 2007] The assertions that for several successive days the Karabakh forces had warned the civilian population of Khojaly to leave and had provided a corridor to this end have been confirmed by Azerbaijani sources as well. Khojaly resident Salman Abbasov consequently complained ... [full story] Edik Baghdasaryan [March 12, 2007] On March 6th, the government of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) officially dismissed Hamlet Khatchatryan as the Regional Administrative Governor of Kashatagh ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [March 5, 2007] As military operations between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan continued, several countries and organizations offered their mediation in settling the conflict, and in working out a truce first of all. Iran was especially active. The OSCE and Russia began showing a serious interest as well ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [February 12, 2007] There are a number of “frozen” conflicts on the planet that haven't reached a final resolution for dozens of years, first of all because of the uncompromising, rigid positions of the parties involved ... [full story] Tigran Paskevichyan [January 29, 2007] In Istanbul on January 19, 2006 at about 5 p.m., a sixteen-year-old Turkish boy named Ogun Samast gunned down the 52-year-old editor of the newspaper Agos and well-known Turkish-Armenian public figure, Hrant Dink ... [full story] Beral Madra, Istambul [January 29, 2007] 200.000 people. Occasional loud protests. Peaceful and determined. A historical walk against fascism. As we walked, I thought about the Armenians walking through the roads of Anatolia, their children, their beloved thorn away from them ... [full story] Hrant Dink: "I have the right to die in the country I was born in" The journalist's last interview he granted to Ellen Rudnitsky and Mirko Schwanitz, International Organization of Journalists, two days before he was murdered [January 29, 2007] QUESTION. Mr. Dink, you speak up in your weekly Agos not only for
the Armenian minority but also for all minorities there are in Turkey. Are you
not afraid? Tatul Hakobyan [January 29, 2007] If the 2007 parliamentary and the 2008 presidential elections are not free and fair Armenia might be deprived of the opportunity of receiving US assistance within the framework of the Millennium Challenge program providing for $236 million for strategic investments in rural roads and irrigation infrastructure ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [January 15, 2007] In connection with the situation surrounding Russian gas supplies to Belarus the US administration again accused Russia of using its energy resources as a “political lever”. “Very clearly, they [the Russians] are trying to use their energy resources as a political lever and most especially with those neighbor states,”... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [December 25, 2006] Over the last several months there have been numerous reports in the Diaspora press about the lack of a state policy on resettlement in Nagorno Karabakh and the adjacent territories. Moreover, according to reliable information, the opposite of resettlement is currently taking place in the Kashatagh region ... [full story] Larisa Paremuzyan [December 11, 2006] An early election campaign for parliamentary seats stubbornly rages on in the city of Alaverdi and the regional communities of Tumanyan in the Lori Marz. The main players include the ruling Hanrapetakan (Republican) party, Barkavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) and Presidential Advisor Sergo Yeritsyan ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [December 4, 2006] The International Crisis Group (ICG), a Brussels-based independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that authored two reports on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict last year, published on November 22, 2006 a new report on Javakhk, or rather, the Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti and Azerbaijani-populated Kvemo-Kartli regions of Georgia ... [full story] Peace and War Have Their Own Logic Interview with Lyudmila Harutyunan, PhD, director of Yerevan State University's Regional Center for Integration and Conflict Resolution [November 27, 2006] - What position does the Karabakh conflict occupy in respect to its impact
on Armenia, the Armenian nation, and society? Myths and Stereotypes Dominate Azerbaijani and Armenian Perceptions of Each other An Interview with Jafar Guliev [November 27, 2006] - What position does the Karabakh conflict occupy in respect to its impact on Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani nation, and society?... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan Strategic Partnership or Incomprehensible Indifference? [October 30, 2006] It has finally become known that Russia has bought, or rather, will buy by January 1, 2007 the last strategically significant energy source of Armenia – the 40-kilometer section of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline currently under construction ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan Reactions to the Genocide Bill Approved by the National Assembly of France [October 23, 2006] On October 12, 2006 the National Assembly of France adopted a bill that would make it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide with 106 votes “for” and 19 “against”. If the bill is ratified by the higher chamber, the Senate, and is signed by the president of the French Republic ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan Mediators Don’t Expect Any Breakthroughs [October 9, 2006] The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Moscow on October 6, 2006 under the auspices of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. During the consultations at the Russian foreign ministry, Vartan Oskanian and Elmar Mammadyarov discussed ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan After the Fires, Protracted Conflicts Appear on the UN Agenda [September 25, 2006] The General Committee of the sixty-first session of the UN General Assembly recommended not to include a new item entitled “Protracted conflicts in the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Republic of Moldova) area ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan Baku Takes “the Karabakh Fires” to New York [September 18, 2006] Though the United Nations Security Council adopted four resolutions on the Karabakh conflict back in 1993, the UN has never been directly involved in its settlement. Of course this doesn't prevent Azerbaijan from trying to include on the agenda of the UN General assembly issues related or even completely unrelated to the conflict ... [full story] Larisa Paremuzyan [September 18, 2006] Karen Karapetyan, elected to parliament on a majoritarian ticket in Lori Marz's District 32, is currently performing miracles of charity in Tashir. Ahead of the 2007 parliamentary elections, Karapetyan has been bribing residents of Tsater, Aygehar, Mghart, Ardvi, and other villages in his district with two kilograms of sugar ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [July 31, 2006] At the June 22, 2006 extraordinary congress of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan assured journalists that the 2007 parliamentary elections would be the best in Armenia's history. But the journalists seemed somewhat confused as to what "the best elections" meant in a country where presidential ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [July 17, 2006] The official opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline took place on July 13, 2006 at the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. The ceremony was attended by the presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia as well as by dignitaries from over thirty countries ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [July 3, 2006] The oddest thing at this juncture of the Karabakh settlement process is the behavior of Nagorno Karabakh President Arkady Ghukasyan. It has been more than a week now since the principles of the Karabakh conflict settlement were made public ... [full story] Edik Baghdasaryan [July 3, 2006] According to a June 22, 2006 Government Decision, 1,177 square meters of land at the intersection of Abovyan and Tumanyan Streets out of a 1,415 square meter plot belonging to the State Committee of Sport ... [full story] Onnik Krikorian [July 3, 2006] On Wednesday 28 June, over 100 Armenians from the Diaspora as well as the Republic assembled at 10pm in Yerevan's Republic Square to stage a candlelight vigil in support of the outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans. The event was timed to coincide with the Senate confirmation hearing for Evans' replacement being held in Washington DC ... [full story] Edik Baghdasaryan [June 26, 2006] Piles of passports like these can be seen in various photo shops throughout Yerevan, passports of those citizens of Armenia who have agreed to join the political party Prosperous Armenia. The heads of local chapters collect the passports in exchange for promises of well-being to their fellow citizens, and employment to the unemployed ... [full story] "The Political System of Armenia Will, of Necessity, Undergo Reform" Interview with Alexander Arzoumanian, Minister of Foreign Affair of Armenia, 1996-1998 [June 19, 2006] - How would you assess the internal political situation in Armenia? Tatul Hakobyan [June 12, 2006] An unnamed source from the Russian Foreign Ministry informed the Russian mass media immediately following the Bucharest meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan (June 4-5, 2006) that Robert Kocharyan and Ilham Aliyev ... [full story] "There are no victories and defeats when there is no solution." Interview with Heikki Talvitie [June 5, 2006] - Mr. Talvitie, what were, in general, the positions of the parties during your co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group? In other words, were the three conflicting parties ready to make daring compromises for the sake of establishing peace in the region? ... [full story] Simon Maghakyan [May 29, 2006] The recent opening of a newly restored Christian church for the Udi (Uti) minority in Muslim Azerbaijan's village of Nij (Nizh) was praised as "triumph of Azerbaijan's tolerance." These were the words of Salman Musayev, the deputy chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Department ... [full story] "Victory in Karabakh freed the Armenian people from complexes" Interview with Former Prime Minister (1990-1991) and Minister of Defense (1992-1993) Vazgen Manukyan [May 29, 2006] - How was it possible to win the war? It is sometimes said that Levon Ter-Petrossian was often unaware of what was going on in the war, or that the ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun) role was extremely big ... [full story] "The best, most devoted, most honest guys were in the vanguard and they were killed." Interview with Former H ead of the State Department on Special Programs, First Deputy Minister of Defense Vahan Shirkhanyan [May 29, 2006] - Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan says that Armenia was, of course, aware of the preparation for the liberation of Shushi but he insists that Yerevan didn't believe that it was possible. He maintains that even Vazgen Sargsyan [minister of defense of Armenia] didn't believe in it ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan Interview with Former Foreign Minister Vahan Papazyan [May 15, 2006] - At this time fourteen years ago Armenian forces liberated Shushi. You were an advisor to president Levon Ter-Petrossian at the time and were in charge of organizing the president's visit to Tehran, which coincided with the liberation of Shushi ... [full story] Angela Khachatryan [May 8, 2006] There has been controversy surrounding Armenian churches in Georgia since the 1990s. The Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese in Georgia insists that they have churches there, some of which have remained untended and others of which have been claimed by the Georgians ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [May 8, 2006] Following the Rambouillet failure, the international mediators in the Karabakh settlement are attempting to organize yet another meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [May 8, 2006] Official Yerevan no longer conceals the fact that it is carrying on negotiations with the Russian state-run Gazprom Company over the selling of the 40-kilometer-long Agarak-Kadjaran segment of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline currently under construction ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [May 1, 2006] In his regular April 24 th message George W. Bush emphasized that the United States " remember[s] one of the horrible tragedies of the 20th century -- the mass killings and forced exile of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in the final days of the Ottoman Empire in 1915." ... [full story] [April 24, 2006] Hetq's political analyst, Tatul Hakobyan, has written extensively on the Nagorno Karabakh negotiations. He has been working for eighteen months now on a book dedicated to the peace process that is due out by the end of this year. Hakobyan has conducted dozens of interviews with present and former officials, with participants in the negotiating process, present and former co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [April 17, 2006] Certain activity in the Karabakh settlement is anticipated in the coming weeks - on April 28, 2006 US president George W. Bush will receive Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev. A White House press release states ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [April 3, 2006] US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried has announced that his country hopes, but also anticipates, that a solution on Nagorno-Karabakh will result in an open border with Turkey ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [March 27, 2006] As the American side tried to publicly instill confidence that the process of the Karabakh settlement had not reached a deadlock and Russia avoided evaluating the failed Rambouillet negotiations, the European Union (EU) has stated its intention to strengthen its presence in the Caucasus region ... [full story] Tigran Paskevichyan [March 20, 2006] About a month ago I got a copy of the book by British reporter Thomas de Waal - Black Garden: Azerbaijan and Armenia between Peace and War - that I had been interested in reading for some time. I had read excerpts from the book on the Internet and ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [March 13, 2006] Despite continuing assertions by the international mediators in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement, the authoritative international organizations, and the parties involved in the conflict that the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, the United States and France - act in unison ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [March 13, 2006] Though during his March 6-8 visit to Yerevan Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza characterized the head of the American diplomatic mission to Armenia, John Evans, as a "fantastic ambassador", rumors of Evans' recall persist. At a press conference on March 7 ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [March 6, 2006] "If the Karabakh negotiations reach a deadlock Armenia will recognize Nagorno Karabakh de jure," President Robert Kocharyan stated on March 2nd in a televised interview with the state-controlled TV channels of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [February 27, 2006] The tide of color revolutions throughout the post-Soviet space has forced a number of authoritarian leaders to reconsider and to correct their foreign policy priorities ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [February 20, 2006] "The visit by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki was neither a surprise nor was it planned," was the non-standard response we received from Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian to our question last Friday during his joint press conference with European Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Benita Ferrero-Waldner ... [full story] Tatul Hakobyan [February 13, 2006] Negotiations on the settlement of the Karabakh conflict took place on February 10-11, 2006 in Paris and in Rambouillet at the initiative of French President Jacques Chirac ... [full story] Laura Baghdasaryan [January 23, 2006] The "No war, no peace" situation that the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides currently find themselves in can be perceived differently: as an opportunity to reconsider attitudes and bring them closer together, or as a time-out, a lull before the decisive battle ... [full story] [January 23, 2006] An interview with Mehman Aliyev, director of Turan, an information/analysis agency In 1991 Mehman Aliyev established Turan - the first independent information/analysis agency in Azerbaijan. He is a member of the Council of Editors, and the Press Council of Azerbaijan. Mehman Aliyev has authored a number of analytical articles and publications ... [full story] Victoria Abrahamyan [November 21, 2005] In just a few days, on November 27 th , the citizens of the Republic of Armenia are to say "yes" or "no" to a draft containing amendments to the principal legal document of the country, the Constitution. This is the second attempt to make constitutional changes in Armenia ... [full story] Victoria Abrahamyan [November 21, 2005] "A citizen of the Republic of Armenia cannot simultaneously be a citizen of another country." This is the second part of Article 14 of the current Constitution, which categorically denies dual citizenship. Dual citizenship has constantly been on the political agenda of independent Armenia ... [full story] Victoria Abrahamyan [November 14, 2005] I didn't know that they loved me so much at the bottom of their hearts," Armenian President Robert Kocharyan proclaimed at a November 3 rd meeting with students at Yerevan State University's law department ... [full story] Nareg Seferian [November 14, 2005] For the past few years now, the Debate Club of the Department of English Programs at the American University of Armenia has brought together active groups of English-speaking students from different universities in Yerevan to participate in entertaining and informative discussions ... [full story]
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