Petros Makeyan beaten near 10/09 precinct by unknown peopleJanuary 10, 2010 - 16:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today, December 10, elections into RA National Assembly are being held in 10th precinct. Parliamentary candidates are: Ara Simonyan (National Unity party), David Hakobyan (Armenian Marxist Party leader) and Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper editor, Nikol Pashinyan (currently under arrest). As of 2 p.m. 6126 of electors (11%) cast their votes. At 3 p.m., 3 trustees of parliamentary candidate Nikol Pashinyan were beaten up by the unknown people. Among the victims of the attack was oppositional politician, Democratic Homeland party leader, Petros Makeyan. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. 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. |