Новости за 03.10.2016

АрмИнфо. Демонстрация единства азербайджанской власти и народа на прошедшем в этой стране референдуме - отнюдь не гарант стабильности на века, - считает российский аналитик Сергей Маркедонов. Согласно предварительным итогам ЦИК, явка на состоявшемся 26 сентября в Азербайджане референдуме по изменениям в Конституцию составила 69,7%. 84,2% избирателей поддержали увеличение срока президентства в Азербайджане до 7 лет, 84,5% - внедрение института вице-президентов, 88% - снятие возрастных ограничений для кандидатов в президенты. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.Armenian Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakyan has refused to put into circulation the draft Statement On the People's Right to Revolt by Zaruhi Postanjan, the head of the Heritage Party Faction in the Parliament.  The draft  document looks to protect the Sasna Tsrer group that seized a police  compound in Yerevan in July. The group members are under arrest  currently. Galust Sahakyan qualified the document as "slander and speculation."  In repose, MP Nikol Pashinyan said the parliament speaker... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has signed decrees on appointment of the foreign minister and the defense minister.    By Sargsyan's decree, Vigen Sargsyan has been dismissed as Head of  the Presidential Staff and has been appointed Minister of Defense. By  another decree of the President, Seyran Ohanyan has been dismissed as  Armenia's Defense Minister.    Edward Nalbandian has been reappointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.  By one more decree of Serzh Sargsyan, Armen Gevorgyan has... Читать дальше...

АрмИнфо. По просьбе "Манчестер Юнайтед" 27-летний хавбек Генрих Мхитарян не сыграет в составе армянской сборной в ближайших матчах с Румынией и Польшей, - отмечается в сообщении Федерации футбола Армении. Отметим, что Генрих Мхитарян входит в десятку "убойных" плеймейкеров Европы за 2016 год" известного издания Football Daily. Мхитарян получил травму бедра 31 августа в товарищеском матче против Чехии. Участие же 10 сентября в матче 4-го тура Премьер-лиги "МЮ" с "Манчестер Сити" существенно ее усугубило. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. The local elections in Armenia have demonstrated that there is no alternative to competitive elections, Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Spokesperson for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Eduard Sharmazanov said at a press conference on October 3.   Overall, he takes a positive view of the electoral processes. "There  were some problems, which, however did not affect the election  results and will be analyzed at the meeting of the RPA Political  Council.  "However, the... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has swept the Sunday elections to the local self-government.   The candidates supported by the Republican Party won in all the large  communities, except some villages where ARF Dashnaktsutyun and  Prosperous Armenia representatives were elected to the Elders'  Councils.  The situation was interesting in the second and third  largest towns - Gyumri and Vanadzor.  Balasanyan Bloc led by the  incumbent mayor Samvel Balasanyan and backed by RPA won in Gyumri. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.Armenia and Artsakh will not be allowed to deal with Azerbaijan, unless they settle their problems on other vectors, says Hrachya Arzumanyan,  PhD in Technical Sciences, Head of the Stepanakert-based "Ashkharh" Center for Strategic Studies.  "This assumption is based on the outcome of Baku's April aggression  against Karabakh. It has turned out that surviving and overcoming  Bolshevism, we simply ought to cope with the farce of post-Bolshevism  that took more tan 100 lives in April. There is no alternative to it. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan's armed forces violated the ceasefire for 55 times past weekend, according to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Defense Army press-office. The enemy fired more than 550 shots at the Karabakh positions using  small arms of various calibers. The NKR Defense Army units retaliate only in case of emergency and  have the situation along the Line of Contact under control, the  source reports.

ArmInfo. Arman Melikyan, the former foreign minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR), independent analyst, believes that the recent demonstration of  Iskander systems during the military parade in Yerevan may stimulate  Moscow and Baku for a wider military cooperation.  "One can draw such  conclusion at least from the recent chain of events," Melikyan told  ArmInfo. The Iskander (NATO designation SS-26 Stone) short-range ballistic  missile. These missiles are capable of hitting moving targets... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.Baku's policy on Karabakh will hardly soften within the coming 20-30 years, says Arman Melikyan, the former foreign minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR), independent analyst.  Talking to ArmInfo, Melikyan explained his forecasts with the results  of the recent Constitutional referendum in Azerbaijan that helped the  incumbent leadership of that country retain power for the coming  two-three decades without interruption. "This means that the Armenian  republics should not hope... Читать дальше...