ANC faction leader says bloc doesn’t care about material values – paperJune 13, 2012 - 12:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As Zhoghovurd reports, the daily’s correspondent tried to find out from Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc’s parliamentary group leader Levon Zurabyan whether the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) took hold of the best equipped and spacious offices in parliament, leaving the least comfortable and small ones to ANC representatives. “Everyone should get what he dreams of. Seems like the only source of happiness for RPA members lies in top-level offices. We, however, find happiness in other values: freedom, spirituality, love,” Zurabyan said. Asked to comment on former MPs’ practices of starting a fight when unable to respond to opposition’s criticism, Zurabyan noted, “I’m ready for such development – I’ve had karate training.” 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. |