The government of Armenia has addressed with the initiative of the introduction of amendments in the law on energetics that would allow the privatization of the enterprises in energetics sphere.

The city election committee of Stepenakert has registered 13 nominees for the post of the mayor of the capital of Nagorno Karabakh.

The official opening ceremony of the first technopark "Viasphere" in Armenia has taken place today in Armenia. The technopark is a complex for the development of the enterprises of high technologies with all the necessary infrastructures.

Tomorrow the meeting of working groups of countries, members of the transport corridor Asia-Caucasus-Europe (TRASECA) will start its work in Baku.

Yesterday as a result of operational investigation measures, held by the executives of the Ministry of National Security, à large amount of ammunition was found and confiscated in the headquarter of the Vanadzor regional department of "Armenian national movement" party.

Yesterday the constructing works on the gas pipeline "Blue flow", that must ensure the supply of the Russian gas to Turkey through the Black Sea floor, were stopped.

According to assurance of the government that introduced the bill for the parliament studying, this document is to form a base for the shifting to a new cadre policy, based on the transparency principle.

It is expected the visit of the head of the Roman Catholic church
Iohann Paul II to Baku in May, 2002.

The national-democratic bloc, headed by the ex-member of the national democratic union Arshak Sadoyan is preparing a mass protest action against the establishment of per minute payment for the using of city phones.

Amayak Oganesyan was elected the group leader.