  Heritage approves parliamentary candidates list March 18, 2012 - 17:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 18, Heritage opposition party hosted a board sitting, followed by a council session. The session focused on party strategy at the oncoming parliamentary elections, with joint candidates list approved in accordance with prior agreement with Free Democrats party. Among those nominated were Stepan Safaryan, Zaruhi Postanjyan, Armen Martirosyan, Ruben Hakobyan, Anahit Bakhshyan, Gagik Margaryan. In a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Heritage spokesman Hovsep Khurshudyan refused to provide comments as to the fact that public figures, rather than current MPs, were listed first in the candidates list. As he noted, official explanations will be offered on Tuesday, March 20.   Top stories 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. 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.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha  Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha.Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time.Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. |
