  Conducting extraordinary elections in Armenia unrealistic, Prime Minister says May 11, 2011 - 18:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister believes the possibility of conducting extraordinary elections in Armenia to be unrealistic. “Armenian authorities are not getting ready for extraordinary elections there being no reasons to do so,” Tigran Sargsyan told a parliament-hosted news conference. As he noted, authorities treat any suggestions of the opposition with due respect, as the opposition is entitled to advancing initiatives in the framework of a political struggle. The Prime Minister refrained from commenting on recent statement of the second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan suggesting significant decrease in Armenian population’s quality of life in recent years.   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 |  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. |
