Image: Armenia’s new Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. Public Domain
Hundreds of Armenian bigwigs were in a festive mood as they filed into a concert hall in the capital of Yerevan on December 3, 2010, for a concert by opera star Placido Domingo.
The upbeat mood didn’t last long for one of the preeners, though.
When the wife of Mayor Gagik Beglaryan tried to sit next to President Serzh Sargsyan, one of Sargsyan’s aides told her the seats on either side of the president are reserved for the prime minister and the head of Armenia’s Apostolic Church.
The wife, Nouneh Nikolyan, was furious. …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
