French-Armenian Anouch Toranian elected Deputy Mayor of ParisJuly 4, 2020 - 12:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French-Armenian Anouch Toranian has been elected Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of community life, citizen participation and public debate. Toranian has thus become the first elected representative of Armenian descent to a post of this level of responsibility in the French capital. At 28 years of age, she is the youngest on Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo's list and was a candidate in the city's 15th arrondissement (administrative districts), 20 Minutes reports. Hidalgo, meanwhile, swept back into power as mayor of Paris on June 28 night following the delayed second round of municipal elections. It was reported earlier that French-Armenian eco-activist Jeanne Barseghian from the Europe Ecologie Les Verts party (EELV) has become the mayor of the French city of Strasbourg with 42.5% of the vote. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |