ANC accuses RPA member of assaulting Nikol Pashinyan's staff activistsDecember 28, 2009 - 16:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - December 27 assault on Nikol Pashinyan's staff activists was an attempt to hamper the parliamentary candidate's electoral campaign, Armenian National Congress (ANC) coordinator Levon Zurabyan said. As he told the joint news conference with ANC central office representative Vladimir Karapetyan and Nikol Pashinyan's electoral staff head David Matevosyan, Armenian authorities support National Unity party's parliamentary candidate Ara Simonyan, running from the same constituency as Pashinyan. "According to verified information we have, the attack was organized by the order of Republican Party member Ruben Sadoyan," Zurabyan stressed, adding that 6 activists were injured, with ANC Central Office representative Vladimir Karapetyan among them. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |