RA CEC starts registration of presidential candidatesNovember 21, 2007 - 17:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - November 21 the Armenian Central Election Committee started registration of presidential candidates. Applications will be accepted till December 6, 2007. Registration will be conducted from December 31 to January 5. The election campaign will kick off January 21 and will finish February 17. Armenian Prime Minister, Chairman of the Republic Party of Armenia Serge Sargsyan, Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, National Democratic Union leader Vazgen Manukian, Orinats Yerkir party leader Artur Baghdassaryan, ALM Holding president Tigran Karapetyan and Marxist party leader David Hakobyan have already announced their candidacy. Armenia will hold presidential elections February 19, 2008. Top stories 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. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |