  RPA member urges investigation into businesswoman beating case November 15, 2011 - 15:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A member of ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) commented on recent media reports alleging that the governor of Syunik province Suren Khachatryan had beaten up a businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan. As Gagik Melikyan told a news conference in Yerevan, “the incident, if true, is unacceptable; yet I’m not sure it actually happened.” As the MP noted, the governor’s press service denied the report, which leaves responsibility for investigation of the incident to legal authorities.   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 |  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.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. |
