  Artsvik Minasyan: Yerevan Mayor’s resolution to close down street trading was ill-timed January 24, 2011 - 18:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan’s resolution to close down street trading was ill-timed and may lead to increase in poverty and unemployment level, according to ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group member Artsvik Minasyan. As he told a news conference in Yerevan, the resolution was unjustified, as the Mayor’s Office failed to provide alternative possibilities for street vendors. “Armenian government had to take steps in order to compensate the vendors and provide them with jobs upon the closure of street markets,” Minasyan believes.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news |  Latest 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.Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran.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. |
