Panagiotakos will not seek re-election
State Sen. Steven Panagiotakos, the longest serving state Senator in the history of Lowell, will not seek re-election this fall, ending an 18-year political career in the Legislature that saw him become a driving force in state politics and his city's redevelopment.
Holding of local elections in Nagorno-Karabakh cannot affect the peace process, representative of Russian foreign office Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement.