Yerevan to host PACE Bureau and Standing Committee meetingsMay 30, 2013 - 12:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan will host the joint meetings of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Bureau and Standing Committee, with PACE president Jean-Claude Mignon participating. Jean-Claude Mignon arrived in Armenia on May 29 evening on a three-day visit, with meetings with President Serzh Sargsyan, parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on the agenda. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |