Ex-president Kocharian’s son to run for mayor?March 2, 2013 - 12:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prosperous Armenia party has not yet decided on the format of participation in Yerevan City Council elections. As the party’s spokesman Tigran Urikhanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the decision will be taken following a consultation. Rumors are afloat that ex-president Robert Kocharian’s son Sedrak Kocharian may top Prosperous Armenia’s list in Yerevan City Council elections, due May 5. According to another option, the party will run in the elections with the list of 2012 parliamentary polls. Prosperous Armenia parliamentary group secretary Naira Zohrabyan is also rumored to top the party’s list. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |