Traditional torchlight procession will be held in Yerevan on the night of Apr. 23/24April 20, 2009 - 20:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Traditional torchlight procession will be held in Yerevan on the night of Apr. 23/24 to commemorate victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Procession participants will meet at Matenadaran to proceed to Tsitsernakaberd, The Armenian Genocide Victims Memorial. The procession will start by burning Turkish flag and using the flame to light torchlights. The tradition was first initiated by Nikol Abgalyan Dashnaktasutyun Student Council in 2000. 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. |