NATO Information Center to Open in Yerevan October 11October 10, 2006 - 14:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - October 11 NATO Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons will be present at the opening ceremony of the NATO Information Center in Yerevan. The Center will start fully functioning on November 1. The opening of NATO Information Center is one of Armenia's commitments within the NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). Armenian Center of Trans-Atlantic Initiatives NGO is the founder of the Center in Armenia. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |