Prosperous Armenia demands its electoral bribe back - paperMay 15, 2012 - 15:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Zhoghovurd paper, Prosperous Armenia party demands that the village of Lernanist in Armenia's Kotayk province gives back the electoral bribe the party offered here ahead of May 6 parliamentary elections. The paper's sources claim that “Lernanist mayor Arlik Arshakyan demands that all local residents return the AMD10000 they have received.” The village head refuted the rumors saying: “Nothing of the kind happened. How can such thing occur?” When asked whether Prosperous Armenia distributed electoral bribe in this community, the local head said: “I wish they had [offered the money]” 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |