  Two more candidates leave Armenia’s presidential race  January 10, 2013 - 12:46 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Two more presidential hopefuls announced a decision to withdraw candidacy in Armenia. Coordinator of “Essence of Time” socialist movement Robert Aharonyan and non-partisan Taron Abrahamyan gave up further struggle due to non-payment of the nomination deposit. “I deem it senseless to spend so much money on elections,” Aharonyan told a press conference today, Jan 10. Prosperous Armenia party member Ruben Ayvazyan left the presidential race yesterday, Jan 9.   Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind  IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”.Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum.EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia.Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |
