  RA NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan resigns and stops his RPA membershipSeptember 16, 2008 - 15:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosyan announced Tuesday that he has handed in his resignation and discontinued his membership of the ruling Republic Party of Armenia. On September 6, the RPA executive body made a decision about inexpediency of Tigran Torosyan's incumbency as Speaker of the parliament and nominated head of presidential administration Hovik Abrahamyan for the post. The candidacy will be discussed during the RPA Council session tonight.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
