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Karabakh Mining Project May Lead To Village Relocation

staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:42:01 +0000

Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday that they could relocate several villages to pave the way for large-scale mining operations in the territory’s northern Martakert district planned by a leading Armenian metallurgical company. Under an agreement signed with the Karabakh government in March, the Liechtenstein-registered Vallex Group is to invest about $80 million in developing the Kashen copper and molybdenum deposit. Open-pit mining operations there are due to start by 2015, in time for the anticipated depletion of copper and gold reserves located elsewhere in Martakert.

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NGOs Criticize Road Project Implementation

staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:41:52 +0000

A grouping of Armenian non-governmental organizations criticized the government on Thursday for its handling of a multimillion-dollar project to upgrade the country’s road infrastructure. The organizations monitoring the project’s implementation specifically expressed concern over the selection of a Spanish construction company tasked with rebuilding and expanding more than 90 kilometers of major Armenian highways as part of the scheme.

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Sarkisian, Tsarukian Hold Post-Election Talks

staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:41:39 +0000

President Serzh Sarkisian and Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian have met to discuss the possibility of cutting a new power-sharing deal as a result of this month’s parliamentary elections, it emerged on Thursday. Galust Sahakian, a deputy chairman of Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) that the meeting, not publicized by the presidential press service, took place on Wednesday.

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Currency curve: Dollar’s king again in post-election Armenia

staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:10:05 +0000

Observers and a number of economic experts link the recently observed depreciation of the Armenian national currency, the dram, with the parliamentary elections and post-election realities in Armenia. In the days following the May 6 vote the dram began to gradually lose its value against other major currencies, in particular the dollar.

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Coalition Speculation: Why does RPA need one?

staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:09:41 +0000

A political analyst attaching great importance to the formation of a coalition at the National Assembly, states that Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) would by all means “gain in this political deal,” whereas Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) would lose. “Why does RPA need a coalition?

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Russia’s Medvedev Upbeat On ‘Special’ Ties With Armenia

staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:36:34 +0000

Russia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev sounded optimistic about the future of his country’s “special” relationship with Armenia as met with President Serzh Sarkisian in Moscow late on Tuesday. “First of all, I would like to welcome you and in my new capacity express confidence that we will continue good cooperation … especially given the special, allied relations between our countries,” he told Sarkisian at the start of the meeting.

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Election Runner-Up Won’t Rule Out New Coalition Deal

staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:36:25 +0000

The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), the official runner-up in this month’s parliamentary elections, on Wednesday did not rule out the possibility of reaching a new power-sharing agreement with President Serzh Sarkisian. Naira Zohrabian, a senior associate of BHK leader Gagik Tsarukian, issued a written statement amid continuing uncertainty surrounding the party’s political future.

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Government-Subsidized Fuel Distributed To Armenian Farmers

staff — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:36:11 +0000

Tens of thousands of farmers across Armenia have received this spring diesel fuel for tractors and other agricultural machines at prices subsidized by the government, a senior government official said on Wednesday.

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Attacks on DIY: Situation around Yerevan rock bar stirs debate over LGBT "rights and wrongs"

staff — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:51:52 +0000

The recent blast in the DIY Rock Pub in downtown Yerevan owned by a lesbian has stirred public clamor with one group of people criticizing those indulging in homosexuality, justifying those responsible for the arson, while others condemn such intolerance qualifying it as fascism. On Tuesday evening, the pub was again attacked, when a group of unidentified people spat on and threw dog-ends in the direction of the pub and tore out the pub’s poster with ‘No to Fascism’ words. Early on the morning of May 8, a group of youngsters allegedly committed an arson the DIY Rock Pub located in Parpetsi Street, which is known by many as a gathering spot for the Armenian LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community

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Military expert: Armenia’s boycott of Eurovision in Baku is justified

staff — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:51:43 +0000

A military expert believes that the refusal of the Armenian delegation to participate in the Eurovision 2012 International Song Contest, scheduled on May 22-26 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is justified, otherwise Armenia’s participation would give a chance to the Aliyev administration to use this international event for propaganda purposes. “In particular, the scenario is the following: they [Azeris] will attempt to destabilize the situation in the frontline, moreover, not in the Nagorno-Karabakh section of the front but in the northeastern part of Armenia, where areas are densely populated and are located very close to the military bases,” says military psychologist David Jamalyan

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