  President Sargsyan “blacklisted” Ex-Minister Vardanyan – paper July 13, 2012 - 12:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan has “blacklisted” former Minister of Transport, Orinats Yerkir party representative Manuk Vardanyan, Zhoghovurd daily said citing well-informed sources. “While on his post as a Minister, Vardanyan failed North-South highway construction program, having misappropriated part of the funding, which caused problems in receiving further foreign financing.” “This is the reason President Sargsyan didn’t accept him into the government or allow him to have a deputy mandate.” “The daily failed to get comments from Vardanyan, while people in his inner circle informed that the ex-minister is at present outside of Armenia,” the paper said.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
