Former president Serzh Sargsyan to stay in power, acting PM hintsApril 9, 2018 - 19:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Acting prime minister Karen Karapetyan on Monday, April 9 announced that former president Serzh Sargsyan will be nominated for the post of “the first face”, which most probably means the country’s prime minister. Former ambassador to the United Kingdom Armen Sarkissian was sworn in as president at a special sitting of the National Assembly at the Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan on Monday, and Sargsyan’s term as president ended. Also Monday, Armenia made a full transition to a parliamentary system of government from a semi-presidential one. “Taking into consideration the success of the current management configuration in the recent period, we decided to propose our fellow party members to maintain the current configuration, i.e. to nominate Serzh Sargsyan as the first person.” 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 | U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |