4.5-magnitude earthquake hits Armenia-Georgia border areaAugust 16, 2021 - 14:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck the border area between Armenia and Georgia on Monday, August 16 morning, the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports. The tremor happened at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. It has not caused any damage, but was felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking was felt in certain communities of Shirak, Lori and Tavush provinces of Armenia. 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. |