 Paper: Armenian parliament speaker hopes to regain his post April 17, 2012 - 13:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Zhoghovurd paper, speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan tries hard to convince both the parliament’s staff and the public that he will again be the speaker after the elections in May. This has become a fixed idea for Nikoyan, who tries to push it through TV as well, the paper says. The recent report about the speaker’s meeting with Latvian ambassador in Armenia Gints Apals ended saying: “Speaking on behalf of his country’s speaker, Gints Apals invited Armenia’s National Assembly chairman to Latvia, voicing hope that he will turn up shortly after the upcoming parliamentary elections.” Nikoyan still hopes that he will again be the speaker of the parliament, and perhaps, has persuaded the ambassador in this, paper says. Partner news  Top stories Dwelling on the hike in gas prices, Iskandaryan said the change also affected other countries importing Russian gas. Armen Martirosyan noted that the price rise will further deteriorate the situation in the country, fostering emigration. In this connection, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian left for Strasbourg to attend CoE foreign ministers meeting. Orinats Yerkir party held a political council meeting on May 15, chaired by party leader Artur Baghdasaryan.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.Germans blame Merkel’s stance in eurozone crisis for Eurovision debacle Chancellor Angela Merkel is loathed in parts of Europe for her insisting on painful austerity measures in Greece, Spain and Italy.China’s PM visits India to settle boundary row, boost ties China says Li Keqiang choice of India for his first trip abroad shows the importance Beijing attaches to improving relations with New Delhi. |
