Trial of Seven continuing without accused in the dockMarch 13, 2009 - 14:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The hearing on Case of Seven was continued today in the regular court of Shengavit community. Predictably, today's hearing will be held without the accused, though not on the account of the ill health of the only accused Grigor Voskerchyan. The accused was removed from the courtroom over disrespect for the court.Voskerchyan remained sitting upon the judge's entrance to the courtroom. When asked by the judge if his ill health prevented him from standing, Voskerchyan replied that he wouldn't have stood up under any circumstances. The other six accused Myasnik Malkhasyan, Sasun Mikaelyan, Hakob Hakobyan, Alexander Arzumanyan, Suren Sirunyan, and Shant Harutyunyan were removed from the courtroom over disrespect for the court for 10 days. Thus, the hearing will be continued without the accused. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |