ELECTORAL RACE OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FINISHED IN ARMENIAFebruary 18, 2003 - 22:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to the current Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia the electoral agitation on the presidential elections to be held tomorrow - February 19 is ceased at 00:00 a.m. today. Let us remind that 8 candidates claim the supreme state post - acting Armenian president Robert Kocharian, leader of "United Armenians" party Ruben Avagian, head of "Fatherland and Honor" union Garnik Margarian, leader of "National Accord" party Aram Harutyunian, chairman of "National Unification" party Artashes Geghamian, leader of the People Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchian, chief of "Perspective" center for strategic initiatives Aram Karapetian and leader of the National-Democratic Union Vazgen Manukian. The surname of chairman of the Democratic party of Armenia Aram Sargsian, who just before the elections called his constituents to vote for a special candidate out of the aforementioned, is also on the ballots. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |