Paper: ARFD picks new Freedom, Justice, Alliance mottoMarch 17, 2012 - 11:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Like all other parties, ARF Dashnaktsutyun is also currently busy drafting its election list and considering propaganda moves. The only information available now is that representative of ARFD Bureau Hrant Margaryan will not top the party's electoral list, Vahan Hovhannisyan and Armen Rustamyan being the major candidates, Hraparak paper reports. The remaining part of the list is still kept secret. Some rumors say former agricultural minister David Lokyan may take the third place on the list. According to paper’s data, neither Lilit Galstyan nor Ruzan Arakelyan will be first female candidates on the party’s list. Dashnaktsutyun opted for its Bureau member, lecturer with the State Linguistic University Nvard Manasyan who is an educational expert participating in the education reform process with the European Commission. The paper also reports that Dashnaktsutyun has chosen a new motto for the coming elections, namely “Freedom, Justice, Alliance”. 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. |