CEC registers party lists for Yerevan City Council electionsMarch 29, 2013 - 19:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Central Election Commission of Armenia registered the candidates’ lists of 6 parties and one political bloc for May 5 Yerevan city council elections. The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) submitted a list of 195 candidates, with current Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, founding president of RA chess academy, grandmaster Smbat Lputian and rector of Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction Hovhannes Tokmajyan topping the list. Prosperous Armenia submitted a list of 194 candidates, with former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian, United Labour Party Gurgen Arsenyan, ex-minister of healthcare Abraham Manukyan taking leading spots. Armenian National Congress (ANC) filed a list of 41 candidates, with former mayor of Yerevan Vahagn Khachatryan, head of Peoples’ power initiative Zoya Tadevosyan and ANC spokesman Arman Musinyan in the list. Orinats Yerkir party list includes 105 candidates, with minister of emergency situations Armen Yeritsyan, board member Hovhannes Shahinyan and poet Sofya Artenyan among them. ARF Dashnaktsutyun submitted a list of 65 candidates, with the lists of Mission party and Barev Yerevan bloc of parties including 29 and 64 members respectively. Yerevan city council elections are due May 5, with 464 polling stations to operate. Top stories 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. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. |