Police officers, protesters hospitalized during anti-Pashinyan demonstrationsMay 30, 2022 - 14:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The situation is tense near one of the government buildings in Yerevan as members of the opposition movement demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan are trying to storm the building and meet with cabinet ministers. Lawmaker from Armenia bloc Ishkhan Saghatelyan declared on Monday, May 30 that they are planning to learn whether the ministers agree with the statement published by the opposition on the Armenian-Azerbaijani and the Armenian-Turkish relations. The police, however, prevented the opposition from entering the building, after which a clash broke out between law enforcement officers and civilians, some of whom ended up feeling weak during the scuffle and were taken to hospital as a result. 2 police offers and two demonstrators have been hospitalized. In recent months, protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have taken to the streets to block major roads in the capital Yerevan and call on the population to commit acts of civil disobedience. Pashinian has come under fire after he and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev agreed to start drafting a bilateral peace treaty to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and set up a joint commission on demarcating the borders. 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |