TODAY ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARIAN LEFT FOR ITALY ON FORMAL CALLJanuary 27, 2005 - 21:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian left for Italy on a formal call upon the invitation of Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Within the framework of the visit meetings in the Senate, as well as with chairmen of the House of Representatives and the Prime Minister are planned. A memorandum on cooperation in development of small and medium business will be signed. In Vatican R. Kocharian will be received by Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Angelo Sodano. January 28 the Armenian delegation will visit Venice, where meetings with the Mayor and representatives of the Armenian community will be held. The delegation will return in Yerevan January 30. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |