  ANC to nominate own candidates for City Council elections March 15, 2013 - 13:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc will nominate own candidates for Yerevan City Council elections. When asked be a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, ANC coordinator refused to name the nominees to be included in the ANC list. Earlier, ANC, Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Heritage negotiated possible cooperation in City Council elections. The talks, however, were unsuccessful. Prosperous Armenia is also nominating own candidates, with ex-foreign minister Vartan Oskanian to top the list. Current Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and Emergency Situations Minister Armen Yeritsyan will top the lists of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Orinats Yerkir respectively. The elections are due May 5.   Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Latest news Putin to meet Erdogan, Aliyev on SCO sidelines  Putin will hold meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics.Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?”Aliyev: Change in Armenia’s Constitution key for singing peace deal Ilham Aliyev has declared that most important condition for signing a peace agreement is for Armenia to change its Constitution. |
