  Talks on venue of Armenian and Azeri football teams proved fruitlessApril 13, 2007 - 14:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A regular round of talks on the venue of Armenian and Azerbaijan football teams within EURO 2008 qualifying games proved fruitless. During a special UEFA meeting in Cardiff, Azerbaijan kept on insisting on neutral ground (Ukraine has already issued an invitation) while Armenia pressed for meetings in Baku and Yerevan. According to the schedule in Group A, September 8 the teams are to meet in Armenia and September 12 in Azerbaijan. Both teams are outsiders of the Group with Polish, Portuguese, Serbian and Finnish teams in the lead. The final decision is supposed to be taken April 18 during a sitting of the UEFA executive committee, ITAR-TASS reports.  Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news 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.“Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |
