ArmInfo. The Stepatsminda-Lars highway is closed to heavy vehicles. This was reported by the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of  Armenia.

ArmInfo.  Armenian authorities are aiming to gradually reduce and ban the sale of disposable tableware and containers made of plastic or foam. At a  plenary session on February 11, the country's parliament will discuss  amendments to the Law "On Trade and Services" and a package of  related documents submitted by the RA government in the first  reading.

ArmInfo.  The worst-case scenario if Armenia ignores the Stockholm Arbitration Court's decision will be the obligation to pay the full amount of the claim with interest,  which corresponds to the size of the country's annual healthcare  expenditures and will increase the level of public debt by at least  2.5-3 percentage points. This is what political scientist Suren  Surenyants writes in connection with the consideration of the  investment dispute around the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) by  the Stockholm Arbitration Court. In this vein, he cited several  examples of similar disputes that ended in the country's favor. 

ArmInfo.While a children's festival organized by the Ministry of Science and Education of  Azerbaijan on the occasion of International Children's Day is taking place in Shushi, thousands of Artsakh children, forcibly displaced from this city and other regions of Artsakh, are left without the right to a safe childhood, education and the opportunity to grow up in their homeland.

ArmInfo. Relations between Russia and Armenia, based on centuries-old traditions of friendship and mutual respect, are truly allied in nature. This is stated in the  address of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the participants of  the Eighth Russian-Armenian Interregional Forum.

ArmInfo. Animal cruelty will be criminalized in Armenia. At its September 16 sitting, the RA National Assembly introduced the corresponding amendments to the  Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offenses.

ArmInfo. In 2019, through the hydrotechnical complex Arpa- Sevan, 150-180 million cubic meters of water will flow into Lake Sevan. This was reported to the Minister of  Territorial Administration and Development of the Republic of Armenia  Suren Papikyan, who had taken part in the first releases of water  into Lake Sevan yesterday.