Roads to Yerevan blocked to prevent human inflow on opposition rally dayMarch 17, 2011 - 13:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Roads to Yerevan were blocked on March 17 morning to prevent human inflow on the opposition rally day. The residents of Vanadzor, the third biggest city in Armenia, can’t arrive in Yerevan, as there are no minibuses conveying passengers to the capital, according to the local office of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly. Asked by people how they can get to Yerevan, a police officer said that “there will be no transport all day long because of the rally.” 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. 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”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |