Congress of religious leaders starts in AstanaJuly 1, 2009 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 3rd world congress of leaders of world confessions will be held in the Kazakh capital of Astana from July 1 to 2. Participants of the congress will discuss several issues, including "Role of churches in development and establishment of peace through cooperation, tolerance and mutual respect", "Universal and spiritual values, global ethics", "Dialogue and cooperation", "Agreement in the crisis". A message from the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II addressed to forum participants will be read out at the congress. The delegation of the Armenian Apostolic Church will be headed by the Archbishop Eznik Petrosyan. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |