  Paper: No more than 2 ministerial seats for Orinats Yerkir party May 23, 2012 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Yerkir daily, at the new government of Armenia, Orinats Yerkir party will retain 2 ministerial seats, those of Agriculture Minister and the Minister of Emergency Situations. Armen Yeritsyan will continue on his post as Emergency Situations Minister; Sergo Karapetyan’s retaining his seat is highly questionable. “The party leader tried to snatch yet another seat, however, the Republican Party of Armenia refused Orinats Yerkir from more that two ministerial seats, even if the latter doesn’t enter the coalition,” the daily reported.   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. |
