MILLENIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE $175 TO ARMENIAN GOVERNMENTMarch 31, 2005 - 10:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has arranged the package of proposals, which will be presented tothe Millennium Challenge Account, Regnum news agency reported. In the course of the sitting of the Board of Trustees of the MCA Armenian Program March 25 the proposal program, worked out by international and local experts for getting funding within the Account framework was discussed. In compliance with the Program, the Armenian Government expects to receive financial assistance of approximately $175 million, which will be spent on strategic investments in irrigation and restoration of roads between the regions. The Program is specifically directed at stimulating and providing rapid growth of the economic activities in the regions of Armenia. The council headed by the Prime Minister of Armenia has approved the Armenian Program, which is submitted to the MCA. The agreement final language will be ready after the talks between the Armenian Government and MCA. 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. |