ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN DEBARRED FROM PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN FREE-STYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP TAKING PLACE IN BAKUMay 2, 2002 - 22:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian sportsmen do not participate in 45 European free style wrestling championship that started in Baku today. The Armenian National Federation on free style wrestling received the invitation of the European free style wrestling federation. But the organizers of the championship decided to debar Armenians from participation in the championship appealing to that Armenian side did not observe the regulations not introducing the applications during the scheduled date. 27 countries introduced the applications for participation in the championship. It should be noted that other sportsmen, Armenian by birth, representing other countries, made decisions not to participate in the championship proceeding from the security reasons. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |