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NO POLITICAL PRETEXT IN POSTPONEMENT OF GEORGIAN PRESIDENT VISIT TO ARMENIA, VAN BAYBURDIAN SUPPOSES

March 4, 2004 - 23:08 AMT  17:49 GMT
"M. Saakashvili will visit Armenia without fail - I think in the former half of March," Georgian Parliament deputy said.

US TO PROVIDE OVER $1 MILLION TO ENHANCE PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF ANPP

March 4, 2004 - 22:08 AMT  17:49 GMT
The sum is being provided within the US Energy Ministry program for enhancement of the security of atomic stations in the post-Soviet space.

ARMENIA READY TO RECEIVE AZERI DELEGATION AT COMING PABSEC FORUM IN YEREVAN

March 4, 2004 - 21:47 AMT  17:49 GMT
March 24-25 a sitting of the Commission on Culture, Education and Social Issues of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) will be held in Yerevan.

TURKISH ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDIA SUPPORTED ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER EDITOR THREATENED BY EXTREMISTS

March 4, 2004 - 21:24 AMT  17:49 GMT
A number of non-governmental organizations and media of Turkey have supported Akos Armenian newspaper being issued in Istanbul, which is threatened by extremist circles due to publishing a material on Armenian descent of Sabiha Gokcen - a national heroine of Turkey.

258 HIV CARRIERS REGISTERED IN ARMENIA

March 4, 2004 - 19:09 AMT  17:49 GMT
AIDS is diagnosed to 50 out of those infected.

EU ENLARGEMENT COMMISSIONER DISPELLED TURKEY HOPES FOR ACCESSION IN NEAR FUTURE

March 4, 2004 - 18:27 AMT  17:49 GMT
Turkey can become part of the EU "not earlier than in 2010," he said Commissioner responsible for enlargement of the EU Gunter Verheugen an interview published in Welt German newspaper today.

OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE TO VISIT SOUTH CAUCASUS IN MID-MARCH

March 4, 2004 - 17:57 AMT  17:49 GMT
Solomon Passi will begin his regional visit from Tbilisi, after that he will go to Baku and Yerevan.

ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER LEFT FOR MOSCOW ON WORKING VISIT

March 4, 2004 - 17:37 AMT  17:49 GMT
Secretary of the Security Council under the President of Armenia, Defense Minister Serge Sargsian today left for Moscow on a short-term working visit.

ARMENIAN TEMPLE TO BE BUILT IN RUSSIAN IVANOVO TOWN

March 4, 2004 - 17:32 AMT  17:49 GMT
The Ivanovo Administration has adopted a decision on assigning a ground area for building of St. Hovhannes Armenian temple.

US HOPES ARMENIAN AND AZERI LEADERS CAN LEAD KARABAKH SETTLEMENT OUT OF STALEMATE

March 4, 2004 - 17:31 AMT  17:49 GMT
US Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Jones noted Washington "is trying to achieve reduction of tension in relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which will create new opportunities of regional cooperation and trade."
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