Barev Yerevan bloc attends city council first meetingJune 8, 2013 - 15:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Barev Yerevan bloc’s parliamentary group attended the first city council meeting, announcing a decision not to participate in June 8 voting. The draft agenda of the first meeting was put into circulation without approval, which stirred up the bloc members’ surprise. “This is in protest of Yerevan city council election results. All of 59 members voted for the motion during 3 voting sessions, with only 1 member voting against it during the fourth one,” the bloc’s statement reads. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. 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. |