  RPA claims victory in Yerevan City Council election  May 6, 2013 - 09:58 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has published the preliminary results of Yerevan City Council elections, with votes from 464 polling stations counted. According to the CEC, Mission party gained 2692 votes (0.64%); Prosperous Armenia – 97 189 votes (23․07%); Barev Yerevan bloc – 35 732 votes (8.48%); Armenian National Congress party – 18 499 votes (4.39%); Republican Party of Armenia - 235 512 votes (55.89%); Orinats Yerkir – 15 733 votes (3.73 %). 437 021 Yerevan residents (53.53%) cast ballots, with 816 475 entitled to vote.   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 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.Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway.Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said.Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. |
