Opposition MP Zaruhi Postanjyan seeks Yerevan mayor’s positionApril 8, 2017 - 16:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerkir Tsirani (Land of Apricot) will participate in Yerevan municipal elections, the party's proportional list will head Zaruhi Postanjyan, a statement revealed. Municipal elections will be held on May 14. “Our aim is to have the mayor’s responsible and obliging post serve the Armenian people,” the party said. “The party will thus run for city council seats, with Postanjyan topping the proportional list.” The Republican Party of Armenia and YELQ bloc have previously announced their participation in elections, with current mayor Taron Margaryan and lawmaker Nikol Pashinyan heading the two political forces’ proportional lists, respectively. Top stories 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. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. 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. 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. |