  ANC denies Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s complicity in Iranian drug traffic February 1, 2011 - 18:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress coordinator Levon Zurabyan labeled reports that ANC leader, Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan was involved in Iranian drug traffic as absurd. “I hear about it for the first time,” Zurabyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Aftenposten Norwegian newspaper published a WikiLeaks cable regarding the Iranian drug traffic allegedly going though South Caucasus to Russia and Europe. According to the cable, officials from the U.S. embassy in Baku supposed that “Armenian political and government officials, including former President Tar-Petrosyan, were personally profiting from this trade.”   Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back  A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham).Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills |
