Armenia suffers massive power blackoutJuly 10, 2019 - 15:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Energy has been restored to almost all users after a massive blackout left several districts in Yerevan, Armenia, as well as major cities and smaller towns in several provinces of the country without power on Wednesday, July 10. “Yerevan Thermal Power Plant and Hrazdan's 5th Energy Block are off. Power outages across the Republic are possible,” Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said in a Facebook post. Within two hours though, authorities were able to restore power to most users across the capital. Hundreds of people were reported trapped in the metro but all of them were immediately evacuated, according to Hakob Karapetyan, a spokesperson for the Municipality. Karapetyan added that no cars remained in the tunnels shortly after the outage occurred. Related links: Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |