Hovannisan will be joined on the Heritage Party’s list for Yerevan City Council by current Heritage Party chairman and former MP Armen Martirosyan.
At a meeting today in Yerevan, National Security Service Head Artour Vanetsyan assured Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Seyed Kazem Sjjad that the Armenian government is taking all possible measures to ensure the safety of Iranian tourists to Armenia.
Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office will appeal an August 13 ruling by the Court of Appeals that former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan cannot be prosecuted for the March 1, 2008 post- election violence in Yerevan that killed ten.
Armenian National Assembly President Ara Babloyan told UNESCO representative Tanya Radocha during a meeting today in Yerevan that the new government is closely monitoring the defense of children’s rights and that it intends to continue the programs it has launched in cooperation with the U.N.agency.
If a package of regulations drafted by Armenia’s Ministry of Nature Protection is approved, small hydro- power plants will be barred from areas containing endangered flora and fauna and would have to be at least 150 meters from any natural monuments.
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