Armenian comedian running for Yerevan mayorJuly 30, 2018 - 10:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Actor and comedian Hayk Marutyan has been nominated by the Civil Contract party as a candidate for the post of the Mayor of Yerevan, the party said in a Facebook post. The Civil Contract was founded and is currently headed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who participated in the party’s latest meeting. The considered the nomination of four members for the post, but made the decision to nominate Marutyan after all. Municipal elections will be held in September. Former Mayor Taron Margaryan submitted his resignation on July 9, without providing reasons for such a move. In November 2011, Margaryan was elected the Mayor of the city by the decision of Yerevan City Council. Following elections of the Council of the Elders in May 2013 and May 2017, he was re-elected in the post. Related links: 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 | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |