ArmInfo. The number of registered persons with disabilities in Armenia increased by 3,000 compared with last year. This was announced at a press conference on July 18 by Head of the Department of Disabled and Elderly Artur Kesoyan .
ArmInfo. After the evening clashes that took place on July 17 in Ijevan, the police detained 19 people. The head of the Armenian police Valery Osipyan, who arrived in Ijevan to keep the situation under personal control, said this in an interview with journalists. To recall, the residents of Ijevan, engaged in illegal logging, blocked the road of interstate significance, demanding the removal of stationary posts that monitor cases of illegal logging. As a result, hundreds of cars were blocked.
ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, who is on a visit to Washington to attend the second ministerial conference on freedom of religion, met yesterday with the US Acting Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker.
ArmInfo. In the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee in Kotayk region, preliminary investigation continues on a criminal case on the fact of embezzlement from a jewelry company on a large scale. A private entrepreneur has been charged.
ArmInfo.The office of the Deputy President of the National Assembly, Vahe Enfiajyan, announces holding of a meeting of the working group on the preparation of a legislative initiative providing for stricter responsibility for traffic offenses. This is stated in the statement of Enfiajyan's office, distributed on Monday, July 15, in connection with the recently fatal accidents that have become more frequent in Armenia.
ArmInfo. Employees of the tourist units of Lake Sevan began to protest on July 15, blocking the Yerevan-Sevan highway and part of the roads leading to the village of Gagarin, bypassing the lake.
ArmInfo. Police officers uncovered a large-scale case of drug trafficking. One person was arrested, the press service of the investigative committee of the RA reports.
ArmInfo.Armenian students won five bronze medals at the International Physics Olympiad. Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia, Arayik Harutyunyan, wrote about this on his Facebook page.
ArmInfo. The Ministry of Healthcare of Armenia provided more detailed information to citizens in connection with the introduction of free medical care for children under 18.
ArmInfo.The Ministry of Health calls on citizens to avoid swimming in those areas of Lake Sevan where there are blue-green algae. This is stated in the statement of the department.