Parliament speaker nervous these day - paperJune 12, 2012 - 10:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Assembly speaker Hovik Abrahamyan is rather nervous these days over parliament’s discussion and voting of the government program due on June 20, 168 Zham daily reports. Abrahamyan’s concerns are conditioned by Prosperous Armenia party’s voting of the program. It is noteworthy, that the parliament speaker is said to have assumed his current post as a result of the agreement reached between President Serzh Sargsyan and Prosperous Armenia head Gagik Tsarukyan, the paper says. For this reason, Abrahamyan keeps stating that Prosperous Armenia is not opposition and will retain its role in the parliament. Nevertheless, National Assembly speaker fears that the party may and vote against the government program. 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 | 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. 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. |