Another ANC rally under way in YerevanJune 30, 2011 - 19:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - With a few minutes left till the start of opposition Armeian National Congress (ANC) rally, only several hundred of ANC supporters have gathered at Yerevan’s Liberty Square. As PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from the ground, much fewer policemen have been stationed at rally site. This has been the 3rd ANC rally held at Liberty Square. The amnestied oppositionists, former parliamentarian Sasun Makaelyan and Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinyan joined the ANC rally participants on May 31. 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. |