Hovik Abrahamyan officially resigns as parliament speaker November 14, 2011 - 12:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan officially resigned during the November 14 parliamentary sitting. According to Mr. Abrahamyan, his decision is conditioned by heading Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) election headquarters and the necessity of holding fair and transparent elections in 2012. He noted that he will continue performing his duties in the capacity of a member of parliament and thanked his colleagues for joint work. “Hope, I managed to make the work of the parliament transparent for the public,” he said. On November 1, Abrahamyan announced his resignation to head RPA election headquarters and more effectively conduct the campaign. On November 3, by the decree of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, the first deputy chief of presidential staff Mikael Minasyan was dismissed to take a post at RPA election headquarters. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |