“Golos Armenii” is worried that one of the inter-governmental commissions which Armenia and Turkey reportedly consider forming would look into the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The paper believes that agreeing to such a study would mean casting doubt on the fact of the Armenian genocide. “It can not be subject to discussion,” it says.
Lragir.am is scathing about President Serzh Sarkisian’s remark that he may have been mistaken in his Turkey-related “calculations” and that Ankara could backtrack on agreements with Yerevan and again use Karabakh peace as a precondition. “It never crossed Armenia’s mind that Turkey could set such a condition,” says the online journal. “It is amazing that the Armenian authorities … failed to assume that Turkey could change its mind and make the Karabakh issue a precondition. In effect, the Armenian authorities’ calculation in relation to the Turkish-Armenian dialogue was so primitive that Turkey only needed to change tack to shatter Armenia’s whole calculation and prove it wrong. Armenia is now only left to declare that it will pull out of the negotiations.”
“Hraparak” sees continuing governments efforts to stifle media freedom in Armenia. “While they tried to beat, bully and pressure journalists economically until now, the authorities have now become smarter and more resourceful: they realize their intentions by means of laws,” writes the paper. It claims that the authorities plan to include “new mechanisms for pressure on journalists,” including heftier fines, in Armenia’s Civil Code. “In essence, the fight is all about muzzling a few newspapers and several dozen journalists,” the paper says. “All other media are manageable for the authorities.”
“Haykakan Zhamanak” accuses Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) of putting the heads of two newly slaughtered bulls or cows outside its editorial offices in Yerevan on the night from April 14-15. “The tragedy of our state is that a structure that is supposed to ensure and cater for our national security is thereby showing the real level and the limit of its capabilities,” says the opposition daily. “Thus, all of us deserve condolences. All those who think we have a state and bodies tasked with ensuring its security.”
Armen Rustamian, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), tells “Hayots Ashkhar” that opposition attempts to use next month’s mayoral elections in Yerevan for effecting regime change in Armenia could have “tragic consequences.” “The political significance of the municipal election is high,” says Rustamian. “But not as high as to present them as a national election and an opportunity for leadership change.”
(Aghasi Yenokian)
Lragir.am is scathing about President Serzh Sarkisian’s remark that he may have been mistaken in his Turkey-related “calculations” and that Ankara could backtrack on agreements with Yerevan and again use Karabakh peace as a precondition. “It never crossed Armenia’s mind that Turkey could set such a condition,” says the online journal. “It is amazing that the Armenian authorities … failed to assume that Turkey could change its mind and make the Karabakh issue a precondition. In effect, the Armenian authorities’ calculation in relation to the Turkish-Armenian dialogue was so primitive that Turkey only needed to change tack to shatter Armenia’s whole calculation and prove it wrong. Armenia is now only left to declare that it will pull out of the negotiations.”
“Hraparak” sees continuing governments efforts to stifle media freedom in Armenia. “While they tried to beat, bully and pressure journalists economically until now, the authorities have now become smarter and more resourceful: they realize their intentions by means of laws,” writes the paper. It claims that the authorities plan to include “new mechanisms for pressure on journalists,” including heftier fines, in Armenia’s Civil Code. “In essence, the fight is all about muzzling a few newspapers and several dozen journalists,” the paper says. “All other media are manageable for the authorities.”
“Haykakan Zhamanak” accuses Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) of putting the heads of two newly slaughtered bulls or cows outside its editorial offices in Yerevan on the night from April 14-15. “The tragedy of our state is that a structure that is supposed to ensure and cater for our national security is thereby showing the real level and the limit of its capabilities,” says the opposition daily. “Thus, all of us deserve condolences. All those who think we have a state and bodies tasked with ensuring its security.”
Armen Rustamian, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), tells “Hayots Ashkhar” that opposition attempts to use next month’s mayoral elections in Yerevan for effecting regime change in Armenia could have “tragic consequences.” “The political significance of the municipal election is high,” says Rustamian. “But not as high as to present them as a national election and an opportunity for leadership change.”
(Aghasi Yenokian)