Minibuses malfunctions and smoking in transport - realities of metropolitan trafficNovember 27, 2009 - 15:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan municipality will work towards resolving traffic related issues in Yerevan, making full use of 2009 city budget, leading transportation management expert Karen Hakobyan told a news conference in Yerevan.Asked to comment on smoking in public transport as well as malfunctions of minibuses, he said, "Passengers' negligence results in violations of the law on restriction of tobacco products consumption." "As to malfunctions, minibuses undergo maintenance checkup twice a year so the level of faultiness must be low. The business entity in charge of transportation services should also bear responsibility for technical validity," Hakobyan concluded. 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 |