Financial crisis to set opposition on feet?March 10, 2009 - 16:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Economic crisis can affect Armenia's domestic situation, an Armenian MP said."The crisis will set opposition on feet. Political slogans will be replaced by social ones," said Armen Ashotyan, member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and head of the standing parliamentary committee on education and science. He said the opposition has divided into two wings. "Parliamentary and extraparliamentary opposition forces put an end to political manipulations," Ashotyan said. "Heritage used to serve as Levon Ter-Petrosyan's microphone in the parliament. Now, the situation has changed." Commenting on the forthcoming election of Mayor of Yerevan, he said that if Heritage and the Armenian National Congress nominate a single candidate, they will garner some 25-30 percent of votes. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |