The coordination council of the political coalition ruling in Armenia did not discuss the issue of possible increase of tariffs for electric power, water and gas, thus one should not expect it before January, 2004, Artur Baghdasarian said.

European Union special representative for the South Caucasus Heikki Talvitie has met with president of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasian in Yerevan.

Composed by "Reporters without Borders" non-governmental organization, the rating comprises 166 countries of the world.

The visits aim at further development of relations of Armenia with European regions within foreign policy activation framework, taking into consideration that Slovenia will become EU member in 2004, and Croatia has applied for accession to the EU.

The International Association of Conservative Rabbis has joined the group of supporters of the congressional resolution marking the 15-th anniversary of US implementation of the Genocide Convention.

In the words of president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Peter Schieder, in early November the PACE Bureau will discuss the report of its observers at the presidential election of Azerbaijan and will pass a corresponding decision.

At the chess team championship of Europe, which is now completed in Plovdiv Bulgarian city, the female team of Armenia won gold medals.

Only the least has been done toward that end, Vardan Oskanian said addressing the opening of "Armenia on its way to Europe" international conference in Yerevan.

Armenia maintains itself as a stable country in an unquiet regional environment, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said.

The new President of Azerbaijan is already known. The figures announced by the electoral commission testify the victory of Ilham Aliyev. This, of course, does not mean that Ilham Aliyev has gained the majority of votes. The most important is that seemingly both the Western world and Russia, and the regional countries are interested in maintaining the power in the hands of the governing clan. It should be added that in Yerevan and Stepanakert they are also interested in peaceful implementation of the neo-monarchic scenario in Azerbaijan.