Paper: Prosperous Armenia hopes to win Yerevan mayoral raceDecember 25, 2012 - 12:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Some of Prosperous Armenia provincial representatives have renounced party affiliation following leader Gagik Tsarulyan’s decision not to run for president, 168 Zham daily reported. “Prosperous Armenia provincial representatives who earlier cooperated with members of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) have voiced concerns over losing their jobs. Though, a large number of representatives have submitted applications to leave the party, Prosperous Armenia elite have voiced confidence in wining Yerevan mayoral elections, trying to avert the outflow of provincial members, the paper said. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |