Kamo Areyan appointed first deputy mayor of YerevanJune 15, 2013 - 18:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan city council held a special meeting on June 15, with Kamo Areyan appointed first deputy mayor by a vote of 63 to 58 and 5 abstentions. Vahe Nikoyan and Aram Sukiasyan were appointed deputy mayors with the same number of votes. Davit Tonoyan also assumed the post of deputy mayor by a vote of 58 to 4. The staff of Yerevan municipality and heads of administrative districts was approved by a vote of 42 to 6, 16 abstentions. The city council approved the constitution for Yerevan municipality and that of the heads of administrative districts, as well as Yerevan municipality staff’s civil registry charter. Mayor Margaryan said the agenda was in line with RA law on “Yerevan city’s local authority.” 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. 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. |