Iranians began voting in crucial elections to choose members of Parliament and the Assembly of Experts. Polls opened at 8:00 local time (0430 GMT) and are slated to close at 18:00 (1430 GMT) on Friday, but voting hours could be extended if the need arises amid expectations of a high turnout. In the opening hour of the voting, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei cast his ballots at a polling station in downtown Tehran, “Armenpress” reports, citing the Iranian “Press TV” agency.
The police of Armavir region arrested 2 persons connected to the lootings of the Argishtikhinili monument. As “Armenpress” was informed by the “Historical-Cultural Reserve-Museums and Historical Environment Protection Service” SNCO that law enforcement agencies are preparing documents regarding the case. The accused, Eduard Vardanyan and MIsak Simonyan were temporarily released after returning the looted properties.
Head of the ARF parliamentary faction Armen Rustamyan touched upon ANC faction head Levon Zurabyan’s opinion whereas the RPA and ARF signed the cooperation agreement to alienate the second President Robert Kocharyan from the political arena. Rustamyan noted during the briefings that it is surprising that accusations are made towards those political forces,who have a very long history of association with the second president, and talking about this issue are those who labeled Kocharyan as traitor among many other things.
EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini will travel to Azerbaijan on Monday, 29 February and Armenia on Tuesday, 1 March, continuing her tour of the Eastern Partnership countries following visits to Ukraine and Georgia at the end of last year.
Although the issue of value-added tax (VAT) has been resolved, but automobile importers should be separated from people. We want this request to be reachable for all bodies, up to president, that a new status was given to automobile importers, and the money, which will be reduced from our state budget due to elimination of VAT, maybe we would compensate by working in legal field.
The “Sheep-shearing” festival will take place on June 6 in the village of Halidzor,Syunik, where participants will have the chance to witness the sheep shearing competition. The festival is organized by the IDEA Foundation. It promises to provide not only good mood, but also the opportunity to visit the centuries-old “Tatev” monastery via the world’s longest cable car.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov had a meeting with the co-chairman of the “Alliance `90/The Greens” party Cem Ozdemir during the international conference entitled “Genocides of Christians in the Ottoman and Kemalist Turkey” on February 25 at Berlin’s Humboldt University.
The ICRC representatives in Azerbaijan visited the PoW Arsen Baghdasaryan who crossed the line of contact on 26.12.2014 and provided him an opportunity to exchange family news.
Armenian National Congress (ANC) NA faction has submitted a bill proposing to define March 1 as a memory day in Armenia. ANC parliamentary faction secretary Aram Manukyan informed about this during parliamentary briefing.
The company was fined by 50 million AMD for abusing its dominant position. The procedure was initiated based on the complaint of “Pepsi-Cola Bottler Jermuk International”. Particularly the company “Pepsi-Cola Bottler Jermuk International” has submitted the application-complaint to the commission saying that 11 companies of “Dalma Garden Mall” have refused to acquire and sell “Pepsi-Cola” to their cus tomers. For the realization of its goods all the negotiations were remained without response. While the “Coca Cola” drinks are widely represented in all of these facilities.
