  Paper: Tsarukyan confessed having a gun at campaign meeting April 21, 2012 - 12:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Hraparak paper, leader of Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan confessed on April 20 in Armenian village of Bagratashen that he did carry a gun during his meeting with voters in Etchmiadzin town. “Well, I’m telling you I did have it [gun]. I’m carrying a weapon; I fear potential assault,” the party leader said thus naming liars all those who persisted in claims that it was not a pistol but just a Vertu phone, Hraparak says.   Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush provinceNarek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28.Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia.Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |
