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DETAINED ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONIST GOING ON HUNGER STRIKE

May 19, 2004 - 23:34 AMT  18:24 GMT
Officer of Republic opposition party Suren Sureniants, who was arrested in early April "for the calls to turn down the constitutional regime by force and outraging the authorities", is going on termless hunger strike tomorrow.

ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT VICE SPEAKER MARKS NEW TENDENCIES IN ARMENIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS

May 19, 2004 - 23:12 AMT  18:24 GMT
The appointment of the John Evans, the head of the Russian Office of the US State Department to the post the Ambassador to Armenia testifies of Washington's increasing interest towards Armenia, Vahan Hovhanissian stated.

EBRD TO INVEST 10-12 MILLION EUROS IN ARMENIAN ECONOMY THIS YEAR

May 19, 2004 - 22:40 AMT  18:24 GMT
EBRD President Jean Lemierre noted that the major part of the investments will be directed to the purchase of a number of Armenian entities, the other funds will be rendered as credits.

EBRD, WB AND USAID TO SET UP FUND FOR PROVIDING ARMENIA WITH ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES

May 19, 2004 - 22:29 AMT  18:24 GMT
In the words of EBRD President Jean Lemierre, the matter concerns the construction of small water power plants as well as wind and solar power systems.

WELL-KNOWN PAINTER ARSHILE GORKY TO BE REBURIED IN ARMENIA

May 19, 2004 - 22:08 AMT  18:24 GMT
Till the end of the current year the remains of well-known artist Arshile Gorky (Vostanik Adoyan) will be conveyed from the US to Armenia.

NAGORNO KARABAKH ARMY MOST EFFICIENT IN REGION, INTERNATIONAL EXPERT CONSIDERS

May 19, 2004 - 21:41 AMT  18:24 GMT
In the opinion of Director of "Central Asia and Caucasus" Sweden based Center of Strategic Research Murad Esenov, Azerbaijan will not dare to launch a war against Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia at present.

MONUMENTS BARBAROUSLY DESTROYED IN KARABAKH WHEN PART OF AZERBAIJAN AND DURING WAR

May 19, 2004 - 18:30 AMT  18:24 GMT
In the words of head of the Office for Protection of Monuments of Nagorno Karabakh Slava Sargsian, in 1988-1991 before the liberation of the town of Shushi the Azeris three times set fire to the Church of Kazanchetsots of Christ the Savior, the masterpiece of the Armenian architecture of the 19-th century.

ARMENIAN FM TO DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS PROSPECTS IN CYPRUS

May 19, 2004 - 17:56 AMT  18:24 GMT
Vardan Oskanian has left for Cyprus on a 2-day working visit today.

EU READY TO GO ON CONTRIBUTING KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT WITHIN FRAMES OF OSCE MINSK GROUP

May 19, 2004 - 17:55 AMT  18:24 GMT
During the meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana stated.

PRAGUE, WARSAW, STRASBURG...

May 12, 2004 - 05:00 AMT  18:24 GMT
The second meeting of the FMs of Armenia and Azerbaijan took place in Strasbourg within the frames of the session of Foreign Ministers of the Council of Europe member-countries. No information available about the results of the meeting.
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