Radioactive particles from Fukushima can reach Armenia in minuscule concentrationApril 2, 2011 - 09:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Radioactive cloud from Japan’s Fukushima hasn’t reached Armenia. As the Chairman of the State Nuclear Safety Regulatory Commitее Ashot Martirosyan told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the radioactive cloud passed over the Pacific Ocean, the U.S., Europe, currently getting close to Turkey. “Even if the particles of the radioactive cloud reach Armenia, they will pose no danger to the people’s health and environmental safety. Nor will the particles affect the radioactive background of the country, their concentration being billion times below the norm,” he stressed, remarking that there are no reasons whatsoever for panic. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |