VENICE COMMISSION AND OSCE ODIHR ARE CONCERNED
On 2 April 2008 in a joint legal opinion, the Council of Europe's Venice Commission and the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded that recent amendments to Armenia's assembly law raise serious concerns. On the basis of a preliminary assessment, the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR Expert Panel on Freedom of Assembly do not consider the proposed amendments to be acceptable, to the extent that they restrict further the right of assembly in a significant fashion, says the joint paper. The amendments tighten provisions concerning spontaneous assemblies, and limit the possibility for decisions on restricting assemblies deemed to pose a risk for public order to be reviewed by an independent tribunal or court. In addition, a provision allowing for small events to develop spontaneously into bigger assemblies - which was considered a good practice example and made the Law in its previous form stand out as progressive - has been repealed. The amendments to the Law on Conducting Meetings, Assemblies, Rallies and Demonstrations, passed on 17 March 2008, were reviewed by the ODIHR's Expert Panel on Freedom of Assembly and the Venice Commission following a request from the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament. The joint opinion was shared with the National Assembly on 28 March, and will be discussed with National Assembly representatives in Yerevan on 15 and 16 April. The joint opinion continues the long-standing co-operation between the Armenian authorities, the ODIHR and the Venice Commission on the legislative regulation of public assemblies.
DELEGATION HEADED BY SERZH SARGSYAN LEFT FOR BUCHAREST
Today Armenian delegation headed by the Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan left for Romania to take part in the NATO summit organized in Bucharest. The delegation includes the Foreign Affairs Minister of ...KNESSET DISCUSSED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The Parliament of Israel and Knesset committee made an announcement that the question of Armenian Genocide will be discussed by the foreign affairs and security committee. The information is provided ...WHITE FISHING FORBIDDEN
This year again the hunting of the white fish is forbidden as there remained little reserves of it in the lakes of Armenia. The Ministry of Environmental Affairs does not authorize the hunting of white ...VENICE COMMISSION AND OSCE ODIHR ARE CONCERNED
On 2 April 2008 in a joint legal opinion, the Council of Europe's Venice Commission and the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded that recent amendments to Armenia's ...BAKERY PRODUCT PRICE INCREASED BY 33.3%
In January-March the prices of food stuff increased by 7.2%, and the increase was particularly sharp in March 2.0%. The information is available on the official web site of the Armenian Statistical Service. ...INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT FIGURE INCREASED 3% IN ARMENIA
In January-February the increase of the industrial product in Armenia formed 3%. According to Barekamutyun statistical center the leader in the CIS countries on this regard is Azerbaijan where the figures ...NA PRESIDENT MET WITH PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION OF CE PRESIDENT
Today the chairman of the National Assembly Tigran Torosyan met with the president of the parliamentary commission of the Council of Europe Luis Maria de Pucchi. According to the official web site of ...S. SARGSYAN: “CO-CHAIRMEN ARE OPTIMISTIC”
Today early in the morning the Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan had a meeting with the OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen and the OSCE ongoing presidents representative Anjey Kasprchik in Novotel Hotel. ...“ARTSAKHBANK” COMPENSATIONS ARE GIVEN
Today the president of the NKR Bako Sahakyan signed a decree which authorized citizens to receive their compensations from the previous ArtsakhBank. Panorama.am was informed about the above mentioned ...MOSSING: SEVAN CHANGES ITS PROFILE
In the recent five years more than 1 million bay fish were poured into the Lake Sevan, said Karen Tchenteredjyan of the Ministry of Environmental Affairs. According to him in the years of the active fish ...
SERZH SARGSYAN HAD A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH SAAKASHVILI
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- 1913 Constantinople's Armenian Patriarch explains his program of reforms to the Russian ambassador, Girs.
- 1915 The the revolutionary figure Vana Ishkhan (Nicol Poghosian) was killed. He was born in 1883.
- 1921 The Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR overthrows the "Committee for National Salvation", arrests its members, and reestablishes Soviet power in Armenia.
- 1990 Adoption of the Soviet law titled Law of the USSR Concerning the Procedure of Secession of a Soviet Republic from the USSR which allowed for autonomous regions to become independent of the republic in which they were embedded, if that republic were to declare its independence from the USSR.
- 1997 The Lebanese Parliament declares April 24 as a Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.
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