Families from Armenian border villages get new homes after Azeri shellingAugust 12, 2014 - 20:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two families from Aygepar border village in Tavush province of Armenia, whose houses were burnt after the Azerbaijani armed forces shelled the settlement, already have a new place to live. On Aug 10 morning, the Azeri forces violated the ceasefire in several directions and shelled the villages of Aygepar, Vazashen and some other settlements. As a result two houses got burnt. After retaliatory measures, the fire was stopped, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan said in a Facebook post. As the head of the village administration, Andranik Aydinyan said, new 4-room apartments were provided following the visit of provincial governor Hovik Abovyan. “The damage was assessed and new dwelling provided,” Aydinyan said, according to Panorama.am. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |