Armenia's Gyumri heading for snap elections

Snap municipal elections will be held in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri.

In a statement on Friday, Knarik Harutyunyan, the head of the Civil Contract faction holding majority in the Gyumri City Council, said the faction would not nominate any candidate for mayor or back other candidates.

Gyumri Mayor Vardges Samsonyan and 13 council members from the Balasanyan Alliance submitted resignation in late October.