One of participants in New Year scuffle in Ijevan military unit diedJanuary 10, 2011 - 18:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - By decision of Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, the commander of a military unit in Ijevan, Sergey Karapetyan, was relieved of his duties and now faces charges over the incident that took place on the New Year’s eve at the checkpoint of the unit. A criminal case was initiated under the article 258.3 (hooliganism) of Armenian Penal Code. The dispute burst out after commander Karapetyan and several civilians when the former demanded that the civilians should leave the unit. The young people refused to obey, starting a scuffle, as a result of which two of them were taken to hospital with injuries. Karapetyan was also injured. On January 9 night, Taron Yengibaryan, 20, died from craniocerebral injury. 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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 |