Armenia’s Tsarukyan alliance pledges to tackle unemployment, emigrationMarch 6, 2017 - 13:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The election campaign of Tsarukyan alliance officially launched on Sunday, March 5, member of the National Assembly, secretary of Prosperous Armenia faction Vahe Enfiajyan said. Parliamentary elections are slated for April 2, with nine parties and blocs running overall. “We have less than one month to present our vision for changes in the current situation,” Enfiajyan said. “Critical problems like poverty, unemployment, emigration, economic decline must eventually be solved.” According to him, their political team does have the formulae to make changes and build the country. The lawmaker said that the alliance’s election program with detailed economic arguments clearly describes the ways to achieve development in Armenia. Tsarukyan alliance is comprised of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) and Alliance party, whose head Tigran Urikhanyan was once a PAP member. Gagik Tsarukyan, founder and former leader of Prosperous Armenia, heads the alliance’s list, followed by former chairman of the Control Chamber Ishkhan Zakaryan, head of Prosperous Armenia parliamentary faction Naira Zohrabyan, as well as former MP Vardan Bostanjyan and PAP lawmaker Mikayel Melkumyan. Read also:Security and Progress: RPA launches election campaign Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |