Paper: Gyumri Mayor instructs his employees to open Facebook accountsJuly 31, 2012 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Zhoghovurd paper, Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan has instructed municipality employees to participate in Facebook voting. However, Mr. Ghukasyan’s spokesperson Lilit Aghekyan denied the information, dubbing it rumors. Though Prosperous Armenia member Samvel Balasanyan was leader in the weekend vote, the current mayor was trying to boost personal image through social networks. Moreover, the paper’s sources say even Mr. Ghukasyan’s security officers are opening true and fake Facebook accounts. 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. |