  Yerevan to host CoE annual Forum for the Future of Democracy on October 19-21  October 15, 2010 - 15:03 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan will host Council of Europe’s annual Forumfor the Future of Democracy on October 19-21, 2010. Democratic principles of governance, their application and impact from the point of view of opposition to modern public and political challenges of the CE member states will be in the focus of the forum, the RA MFA press service reported. Taking into consideration the previous 5-year experience, the forum will be primarily aimed at discussion of democratic governance mechanisms with consideration of possible perspectives of democracy development until 2020 and reforms implemented in the Council of Europe.   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 |  Latest 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. |
