Vardan Malkhasyan, participant of Nagorno-Karabakh war will not be released ahead of time.

Georgia's President President Mikhail Saakashvili introduced the new ministry cabinet to the parliament. Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank of Georgia Lado Gurgenidze was appointed prime minister.

“The National Unity” Party (AMK) highly assesses Levon Ter-Petrossian’s readiness to “serve as a tool to rid of the acting authorities,” AMK leader Artashes Geghamian told A1+. The party will likely utilize Ter-Petrossian’s abilities to enlarge its arsenal.

November 19 Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrossian received Peter Semneby, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus.

“The level of racism and xenophobia in Ukraine's power structures is comparatively lower. We have either inherited it from the Soviet epoch or the Ukrainians' mentality is more neutral towards foreigners,” Oleg Martinenko, the Advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Minister on Human Rights and Gender Issues, informed A1+.

Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrossian took Prime Minister Serzh Sarkissian’s advice and apologized to the Armenian people.

Chairman of Sill Group and RA MP Khachatur Sukiassian has just made an addressing speech at Liberty Square.

President Saakashvili will name a new prime minister at a cabinet meeting later today, the president’s press office has confirmed.

“We must form a great and mighty oppositional pole to win the upcoming presidential election. The People's Party of Armenia (HZhK) has decided to back Levon Ter-Petrossian at the upcoming election.

“Levon Ter-Petrossian’s victory means Armenia’s victory. You will hear sincere and clever things today,” Ohan Durian addressed the rally presentees in a trembling voice.

The rally initiated by Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrossian has just launched at Azatutiun (Liberty) Square.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has informed the Russian authorities that the Office will be unable to act upon their invitation to observe the 2 December elections to the Russian State Duma.

Today the National Assembly endorsed the amendments on the “Electoral Code.” The opposition abstained in the vote on the second reading of the draft law.

Today President Kocharian announced that he hadn't known any political figure named Narek Galstian.

Deputies of the “Heritage” fraction left the NA session hall as a sign of protest announcing the violations against Narek Galstyan, chairman of “Sargis Tkhruni” Youth Student Union of “Hnchak Social Democratic Party”.

“Before the forthcoming presidential elections the present authorities have put into force their discourteous measures to establish the atmosphere of fear and despair in the public”, says the announcements of the “New Times” party.

Aram Sargsyan, head of the political board of the “Republican” party answered to the question of “A1+” regarding the political powers that would participate in the 16 November gathering in the Liberty Square in Yerevan:

MADRID, 14 November 2007 - The Spanish OSCE Chairmanship issued the following statement today:

“I advise you to clear up to which clan the Sukiassians' property belongs,” RA Prime Minister Serzh Sarkissian said in the National Assembly today in reply to Anahit Bakhshian's question regarding the pressure exerted on Deputy Khachatur Sukiassian.

The emergency will be denounced in Georgia November 16, Chairwoman of the Georgian Parliament Nino Burjanadze announced today.

Today the People’s Party (HZhK) convened a sitting to decide its stance at the upcoming presidential elections.

“We shall soon publish the outcome of the check-ups and our residents will come to know how that businessman has cheated the Republic of Armenia,” RA President Robert Kocharian said with regard to the recent check-ups conducted in enterprises belonging to deputy Khachatur Sukiassian.

Azerbaijan and Armenia should halt their dangerous arms race and restrain their belligerent rhetoric and instead renew efforts to find a negotiated settlement for the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

“The flyers of the November 16 rally keep disappearing from the facades of Vanadzor buildings. Moreover, Alternative Initiative members are subjected to everyday pressure while pasting up posters,” the head of Vanadzor-based office of Alternative Initiative Karen Sargsian told A1+.