  Over 450 elevators in Armenia are potential source of accidents  June 16, 2011 - 14:08 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - 30% of Yerevan’s elevators should have long been withdrawn from service, according to the director of National Center for Technical Security at Emergency Situations Ministry. As Ashot Petrosyan told a news conference in Yerevan, approx. 5650 elevators are operating in Armenia; 1190 of them belong to administrative buildings; 4485- to housing stocks. “Only last year, 462 elevators were given negative technical conclusion, with the majority of them situated in Yerevan’s Malatiya-Sebastia community,” the expert said. According to Petrosyan, over the last 5 years 222 accidents were reported at dangerous sites, only 4 of them were caused by elevator malfunctions.  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 |  Latest 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 provinceNarek 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. |
