Independent parliamentary candidate assaulted in Armenian provinceApril 7, 2012 - 11:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Some Armenian papers reported that Meruzhan Mkhoyan, independent candidate running for the parliament by majority system in Armavir province in Armenia was assaulted on April 6. According to media reports, Mkhoyan was kidnapped from his own house and then beaten severely at a local cemetery. Son of Nahapet Gevorgyan, MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) was allegedly one of assaulters. The MP refuted this information in an interview with Haykakan Zhamanak daily dubbing it as “lie and another show staged ahead of elections”. He declared that nothing happened, and he didn’t believe this could have occurred. RPA candidate nominated in this constituency, owner of MAP company Alik Petrosyan also told the paper he was unaware of the incident saying he spent the whole day in Yerevan. The paper says it didn’t manage to contact Prosperous Armenia’s MP Rustam Gasparyan representing Armavir province, while the Prosperous Armenia party said it had nothing to do with the incident. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |