  Taron Margaryan named best Yerevan mayor December 27, 2012 - 19:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The public opinion poll conducted by Sociometer sociological center has named Taron Margaryan the best mayor of Yerevan in the past 20 years, Armenian sociologist said. “He received 63,8% votes, followed by Yervand Zakaryan (15%), Karen Karapetyan (8,8%), Gagik Beglaryan (6%) and Albert Bazeyan (2,6%),” Aharon Adibekyan said. “The poll aimed to reveal Yerevan residents’ attitude to the reforms implemented,” he said, adding that the polls revealed that Mayor Margaryan had the greatest contribution to the city’s reform implementation in the past 20 years. The poll was conducted in December, with 1160Yerevan residents interviewed.   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 |  Latest 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. |
