RA President to sing edict mitigating limitations on media freedomMarch 12, 2008 - 14:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated he does not see reasons to prolong the effect of the emergency rule. "No violations of the state of emergency have been fixed since it came into effect. The situation in Yerevan is calm and fully controllable," the President told reporters today. Mr Kocharian informed that today or tomorrow he will sign a decree on mitigating the limitations on freedom of media. According to the President, the decree will clearly determine the actions, which the media will have to refrain from, in particular, publication of deliberately false and provocative information, www.elections2008.am reports. The presidential decree on imposition of 20-day state of emergency in Yerevan was signed on March 1. 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. |