RPA records its supporters at a school, paper saysMarch 3, 2012 - 09:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Management of Yerevan secondary school No. 155 named after Levon Mirijanyan demanded that pupils present personal data of adult members of their families. Zhoghovurd paper’s reporter first visited the school, then called its management saying he is one of the parents. “We are members of the Republican Party of Armenia and want to know whether our data is required for RPA,” the reporter said. Deputy director of the school replied: “Of course, the data is for RPA, please send the list of your family members; you know, our school is RPA-oriented.” When the reporter again asked whether their votes will go to support the Republican Party of Armenia, school representative explained: “No, we are just registering RPA supporters; you may vote for whoever you want at the elections, we are just calculating the party’s supporters.” Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. 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. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |