  RPA: less businessmen will have seats in new parliament April 8, 2011 - 12:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Less number of businessmen will have seats in the new parliament, according to a member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. “After the 2012 parliamentary election, the influence of business on the Armenian parliament will vanish,” Gagik Melikyan told a press conference in Yerevan. “This is a global process and Armenia is not an exception.” As to rumors that RPA started purging the ranks on the threshold of the parliamentary election, he said that it’s an ordinary process for the party which takes place periodically irrelative of scheduled elections.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
