Armenia’s radical opposition rally participants are marching towards Liberty SquareApril 8, 2011 - 19:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) rally participants are marching towards Liberty Square. As PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reports from scene, ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan stated that the rally will be continued at Liberty Square. Zurabyan also added that people are determined to hold a civil disobedience action all over the country. As the ANC coordinator stated, the opposition put forward clear demands; however, the authorities are playing for time, either hoping for the wave of national discontent to subside or unaware of the true situation. Nevertheless, Zurabyan believes that there’s still a possibility for a dialogue with the authorities. 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. |