  Ruling bloc says won’t vote for new Yerevan mayor on April 11 April 4, 2023 - 16:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Yerevan City Council has scheduled mayoral election for April 11, with 39 council members voting in favor, two against, and one abstaining. Armen Galjian, a member of the ruling My Step bloc, announced on Tuesday, April 4 that his team has decided against electing a new mayor, considering that municipal elections are a few months away, Pastinfo reports. He added that they will not be attending the session, because there will be no candidate and there will be no need to discuss and vote. Former Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan will be Civil Contract’s candidate in the 2023 Yerevan elections. Avinyan was appointed the Deputy Mayor of Yerevan in September 2022.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy  Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said.Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani.POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |
