FOOTBALL TEAM OF ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CIS SECOND INTERNATIONAL MINI FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTApril 8, 2005 - 08:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The football team of Armenian journalists with the patronage of the Armenian President will depart for Odessa to take part in the CIS Second International Mini Football Tournament dedicated to the 60-th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, IA Regnum reports. The competitions were initiated by the Association of the Sports Journalists of the Odessa region and the Regional Union of Veterans of Afghanistan War. The matches will be played in the best sports complexes on Odessa. Besides the Armenian team, teams from Odessa, Brest, Volgograd, Kiev and Saint Petersburg will take place in the competitions. The winners will be awarded with cups and diplomas. The main goal of the competition is to strengthen friendship between nations, respect to the immortal feat of the homeland defenders. To note, in 2001 the team of Armenian journalists became the bronze medallist in Moldova; in 2002 in Yerevan it became the CIS champion. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner 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. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |