 Parties start submitting lists for Yerevan City Council polls March 11, 2013 - 13:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian political parties have started submitting lists for Yerevan City Council elections, due May 5. March 21 has been noted as the election deadline, with the winning party to nominate the mayor. The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Orinats Yerkir and Prosperous Armenia have so far announced a decision to run in the polls. Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan will top RPA’s list, former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian and Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan to top the lists of Prosperous Armenia and Orinats Yerkir respectively. As representatives of ARF Dashnakstutyun, Heritage and Armenian National Congress (ANC) bloc earlier noted, the opposition forces may run with a common list.   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. |
