  Yerevan Starts Marking 2788th Anniversary TomorrowOctober 12, 2006 - 14:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian capital of Yerevan celebrates its 2788th anniversary this year. As Chief of the Department of Culture, Sport and Youth of the City Hall Kamo Movsisyan had stated before, festivities will be held in the capital October 13-14. "10 delegations will visit the city during the celebration," he said. The festivities will be full of surprises this year and these will be held under the personal supervision of Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharyan. The opening ceremony will take place in the National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet after Alexander Spendiarov tomorrow, while the closing will be in the Sport and Concert Complex after K. Dermichyan October 14.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
