  Torch procession in commemoration of Armenian Genocide victims to be held in YerevanApril 21, 2008 - 15:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A torch procession that has already become a tradition will be held in Yerevan under the slogan "My name is struggle, my death is victory" to commemorate victims of the Armenian Genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The procession will start at Liberty Square on April 23 at 8.00 p.m. and will finish at Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex, reports the Press Center of the Youth Wing of ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Nikol Aghbalyan student union. The initiators of the event call on Yerevan residents to light candles on their windowsills to commemorate the Genocide victims.   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 Topics 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. |
