Paper: Armen Ashotyan to be appointed chief of president’s staff?April 2, 2013 - 11:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rumors circulate that Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan will be appointed head of the presidential administration. “Chief of the staff Vigen Sargsyan is said to leave the post, with Armen Ashotyan to replace him,” Haykakan Zhamanak reported. “Some media agencies are concerned about my future. The information is not true to fact. Thus, the quiz about my future post is not over,” Minister Ashotyan posted on his Facebook page. 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 | Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. Armenia: 28 protesters arrested after clash with police The Investigative Committee of Armenia has announced the arrest of 28 participants of an opposition demonstration. 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. |