  European liberals demand immediate release of Armenia’s political prisonersOctober 15, 2010 - 19:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) Coordinator Levon Zurabyan said during an ANC rally that he received a call from ANC Board Chairman Aram Manukyan, who is in Helsinki to participate in a congress of the European liberal parties. According to Zurabyan, the congress participants adopted a resolution demanding immediate release of Armenia’s political prisoners, a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from the site. The number of participants in the ANC rally near Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan has already reached 500 people. ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Chairman of the People’s Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchyan and other opposition representatives are present at the rally.   Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12.Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |
