  Polls open across Armenian capital for municipal elections May 14, 2017 - 08:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Polls opened across Yerevan on Sunday, May 14 at 8:00 am for elections to the City Council of the Armenian capital, set to close 12 hours later. 5136 observers from 17 monitoring organizations will carry out observation missions. A total of 474 district electoral commissions have been formed. Three parties participate in elections. The ruling Republican Party’s proportional list is headed by current mayor Taron Margaryan; Nikol Pashinyan, who was recently re-elected to the National Assembly, tops the list of YELQ bloc; while 5th Convocation National Assembly lawmaker Zaruhi Postanjyan, who recently announced the Yerkir Tsirani (Land of Apricot) party, will head its list.   Top stories Edmon Marukyan said, however, that no consensus has been reached on his "counter-memorandum". The MP cited "fundamental disagreements over a number of key issues facing the state" behind his decision to leave My Step. Mnatsakanyan last traveled to Moscow from October 11-13, to meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The Azerbaijani Forces violated the truce, which was supposed to enter into force from October 18 midnight.   Partner news |  Latest news Congressman Valadao named as Armenian Caucus co-chair  Congressman Valadao returned to Congress in 2020 after a tightly contested election against incumbent TJ Cox.Karabakh reports four new Covid-19 infections in the past day A total of 86 tests have been performed in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health of Nagorno-Karabakh said.Karabakh: Russian troops readying for work in Russian-Turkish center The servicemen are preparing to leave for Azerbaijan to join a joint Russian-Turkish center for monitoring the ceasefire.Armenia reports daily Covid-19 cases of 195 A total of 2144 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said. |
