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“Yes, the Republican Party of Armenia did have errors indeed, but their errors are possible to correct as opposed to those committed by Pashinyan ...

10:51, 25 May, 2021 YEREVAN, MAY 25, ARMENPRESS. Coronavirus-designated hospitals in Armenia are gradually returning to their previous operations because the number of infected patients seeking treatment in hospitals is decreasing, Head of the department of hospital medical care policy at the ministry of healthcare Liana Barseghyan told Armenpress. As of the latest data, the number of COVID-19 infected patients in Armenia who are in serious condition is nearly 400, about 100 are in critical con...

The legendary crooner would turn 97 if alive. Born in Paris into a family of Armenian immigrants, Aznavour chose singing art as his lifetime career after meeting with actor Pierre Roche in 1944. His first concert at the Paris Olympia Hall in 1955 marked an important milestone, making headlines in the French media. In 1974, Aznavour became a major success in the United Kingdom when his song "She" was number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks during a fourteen-week run.  An author of mo...

Armenia: Hailstorm - Final Report - DREF Operation n° MDRAM006 Format Description of the disaster On 13 July 2020, a heavy hailstorm hit the city of Gyumri, Armenia. While Armenia and the targeted region have experienced hailstorms in the past years, this was an unprecedented hazard due to its volume and impact on the most vulnerable parts community of temporary shelters and the oldest part of the city. In both parts of Gyumri, the most vulnerable population is residing in temporary houses and...

Some 10,000 Lithuanian birch trees planted in Armenia 30 Armenian flag / AP A grove of 10,000 Lithuanian birch trees has been planted in Armenia to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Lithuania Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.  "I am glad that this symbolic tree-planting initiative offers us an opportunity to commemorate special occasions, which are of great importance for our countries," Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said at the inaugura...

The most devastating earthquakes in the history of the USSR David Turnley/Corbis/Getty Images The 1988 Spitak earthquake in Armenia exploded with the force of ten Hiroshimas. In the space of 30 seconds, the city was literally wiped off the face of the Earth. Destruction of Ashgabat Stanislav Korytnikov/Sputnik On Oct. 6, 1948, at about 1am, the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), Ashgabat, was shaken by powerful tremors measuring 7–10 on the R...

12 Mar in 8:00 Caspian News The two-reactor Metsamor nuclear power plant, a one-of-a-kind facility in the South Caucasus, is thought to be the most dangerous Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear power plant poses a real threat to people in neighboring Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, and southern Europe, according to Brenda Shaffer, an international energy and foreign policy specialist and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. In an article published last week i...

Armenia’s nuclear power plant is dangerous. Time to close it. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , By Brenda Shaffer | March 5, 2021  In late 2020, the Armenian government announced that its Metsamor nuclear power plant would close for five months in 2021 to attempt significant upgrades. Soon after, the EU urged Armenia to make the closure permanent…

Armenias Metsamor nuclear power plant cooling towers. Credit: Adam Jones via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0. In late 2020, the Armenian government announced that its Metsamor nuclear power plant would close for five months in 2021 to attempt significant upgrades. Soon after, the EU urged Armenia to make the closure permanent since the plant “cannot be updated to fully meet internationally accepted safety standards.” A major nuclear or radiation accident at Metsamor would not only affect th...

Load more 2021-01-22 15:45:00 Armenian Minister, Russian Ambassador Tour Metsamor Nuclear Plant Armenian Minister of Territorial Adinistration and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan and Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin today visited the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia to monitor modernization work at the plant’s Unit 2 being implemented by the Russian Rusatom Service company, a subsidiary of the Rosatom Group. The Metsamor Plant consists of two units. The first was activated i...