  Traditional torchlight procession will be held in Yerevan on the night of Apr. 23/24April 20, 2009 - 20:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Traditional torchlight procession will be held in Yerevan on the night of Apr. 23/24 to commemorate victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Procession participants will meet at Matenadaran to proceed to Tsitsernakaberd, The Armenian Genocide Victims Memorial. The procession will start by burning Turkish flag and using the flame to light torchlights. The tradition was first initiated by Nikol Abgalyan Dashnaktasutyun Student Council in 2000.  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 |  Topic Latest 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. |
