 10 31.05.12 - RA Parliament speaker elections               Hovik Abrahamyan elected parliament speaker   May 31, 2012 - 13:30 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Secret ballot results for parliament speaker’s post have just been announced at the National Assembly of Armenia. 110 MPs participated in the voting, with 102 of them having voted for RPA’s only candidate Hovik Abrahamyan, 4 having voted against, and 4 ballots declared invalid. In his speech Mr. Abrahamyan thanked those present for trusting him, particularly President Serzh Sargsyan and party members. Elections of parliament vice-speaker have launched, with Galust Sahakyan from RPA having nominated Eduard Sharmazanov and Hermine Naghdalyan for the post. Other parties refrained from nominating their candidates.  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 |  Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
