  CoE patience exhausted, ANC representative believes January 18, 2011 - 13:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The visit of Thomas Hammarberg to Armenia evidences that the patience of the Council of Europe is exhausted, according to coordinator of the Armenian National Congress (ANC). “After the amnesty declared in 2009, the CoE had hopes for sooner release of the other political prisoners,” Levon Zurabyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “However, the Council of Europe made sure that the Armenian authorities can take action only under pressure,” he said. Zurabyan also noted that the Armenian authorities’ policy regarding political prisoners resembles ‘trade in hostages’.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
