Bomb-scare prankster detained in YerevanSeptember 1, 2011 - 19:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A 25-year-old bomb-scare prankster Gor Harutyunyan was detained over a fake bomb alert at Yerevan’s National Theater of Opera and Ballet. An investigation is underway at Yerevan’s Kentron community police department, police.am reported. At 07:15am on September 1, police received alert on a bomb planted in the building of Yerevan’s National Theater of Opera and Ballet. A combat detachment, rescue groups and crisis management service officers arrived at the scene. Dog experts and RA National Security Service officers searched the building to find no bomb. At 9:42 bomb alarm was canceled. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |