Expert: conflict within ruling coalition is major domestic eventDecember 23, 2011 - 14:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to the head of Center for Regional Studies, the conflict between two coalition parties – Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Prosperous Armenia party - was a major political process of 2011. Richard Giragosian argued that after Prosperous Armenia won the municipal race in Ijevan, RPA started serious campaign against their colleagues from coalition, however, Prosperous Armenia did not strike back. “It seems they are planning a strategy and will act during the elections,” the expert said. As of elections in Ijevan, Giragosian said this was a message for the Republicans not to be overconfident and not to underestimate opponents. Prosperous Armenia candidate Vardan Galumyan won November 13 Ijevan mayor election, outrunning former mayor, RPA candidate Varuzhan Nersisyan. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |