Orinats Yerkir offers electoral bribes under assistance cover, paper saysApril 18, 2012 - 13:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerkir paper found out that Orinats Yerkir party offers electoral bribes to citizens contacting them mostly over the phone. Party's district office staff calls people saying namely: “You are expected to get assistance, please come collect it,” a resident of Yerevan’s Malatia-Sebastia district told Yerkir. The woman once contacted Orinats Yerkir several years ago, and has since maintained ties only via phone. “On holidays, a girl calls us informing about the regular “assistance”, she said adding that this is the way the party notified about coffee, lemonade and vodka at Christmas, and jam and a scarf on April 7, Motherhood and Beauty Day. “Now I’m eager to see what they will give us for the elections,” the woman confessed hoping the party will appear more generous this time. Top stories 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. |