FIRST RUSSIAN CHANNEL TO BE BROADCASTED THROUGHOUT ARMENIAOctober 17, 2001 - 23:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An agreement was reached to start ORT broadcasting in Armenia at the visit of Russia's minister of press and broadcast Mikhail Lesin to Yerevan. Now ORT is broadcasted on decimetric range and its programs can be watched only in Yerevan. All the technical matters regarding the ORT broadcasting will be settled for the next 2-3 days. According to ORT director general Konstantin Ernst, who also arrived in Yerevan, the leadership of the channel is interested in the broadcast throughout Armenia very much. Mikhail Lesin said that Russia's ministry of press and broadcast and Armenia's ministry of transport and communication got ready to sign an agreement on collaboration and cooperation in the TV and radio broadcast sphere. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |