City Council poll will prove Heritage doesn’t have 37% of votes - expertMarch 22, 2013 - 17:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan being a separate entity in some sense, the problems of the Armenian capital and those of provinces are always different, a political analyst believes. “Administrative duties are not the only responsibility of the Yerevan Mayor. Party forces are mainly concentrated in Yerevan and its crucial for the latters to prove their resources may bring necessary results,” Alexander Markarov told a news conference. As he further noted, during Yerevan City Council elections, authorities and the opposition won’t be the only one to vie for seats – a separate struggle will be ongoing inside the opposition. “Change in the opposition ranks is quite possible. At May 5 elections, Heritage candidate will be given a chance to see that 37% of votes he gained during presidential poll had not been cast for him exclusively,” the expert said, noting a dwindling number of Raffi Hovannisian's supporters at Liberty Square. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |