  Ter-Petrossian ready to vote for all presidential candidates  February 18, 2013 - 13:06 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian attended the polling station at No. 24 Spendiarov School to vote in the election. Ter-Petrossian said he’s ready to vote for all 7 hopefuls, yet, the law doesn’t allow it. “They’re all worthy candidates, one better than the other,” he ironized. 1988 polling stations opened in 41 constituencies across the republic at 8 am local time on Feb 18 and will close at 8 pm. The total number of voters is 2 505 980. 7 candidates are running for the post of Armenian president: chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan, Heritage party chairman Raffi Hovannisian, leader of Freedom party, former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan, former foreign minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arman Melikyan, National Self-Determination Union party head Paruyr Hayrikyan, Radio Hay director Andrias Ghukasyan and literature expert Vardan Sedrakyan. Partner news  Top stories Dwelling on the hike in gas prices, Iskandaryan said the change also affected other countries importing Russian gas. Armen Martirosyan noted that the price rise will further deteriorate the situation in the country, fostering emigration. In this connection, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian left for Strasbourg to attend CoE foreign ministers meeting. Orinats Yerkir party held a political council meeting on May 15, chaired by party leader Artur Baghdasaryan.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Car bombs kill at least 20 in Iraq  Earlier, at least 10 people were killed in two car bomb explosions in the predominantly Shi'ite southern city of Basra.YouTube users upload 100 hours of video to site every minute Though the site's growth to one billion users was stunningly fast, Google expects further growth thanks to the rise of mobile devices.Cyclist Hovhannisyan finishes 2nd at international team tournament The cyclist will return to Yerevan tomorrow, May 21 to train for the European championships, due on July 9-14 in Portugal.CoE Secretary General in Russia for talks with Putin, Lavrov The visit's program will start when the Council of Europe chief meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Sochi. |
