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Police detain suspect in Yerevan subway tear gas incident

Police detain suspect in Yerevan subway tear gas incident

Two men have been detained on suspicion of a misdemeanor in Yerevan subway earlier on June 15, Yerevan police (YPD) said, Armenpress reports. Police was called in midday June 15 to the Barekamutyun subway station of Yerevan. …

Zhiguli burnt on road

Zhiguli burnt on road

A passenger car VAZ-21099 was destroyed by a fire in the Stavropol Territory. The eyewitnesses posted a video of the burning vehicle in the social network. The emergency situation took place on the Stavropol-Nevinnomyssk highway. The …

Groundless bloody massacre takes place in Ararat region

Groundless bloody massacre takes place in Ararat region

Two unknown intruders broke into the house of an elderly couple at night and injured them badly. The incident took place in the Ararat region of Armenia without any cause, the media reports. The emergency happened at two o'clock in …

Man falls from second floor in Abovyan

Man falls from second floor in Abovyan

In the Kotayksky region of Armenia in the city of Abovyan, a man fallen from the second floor of a residential building. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia specified that the incident occurred during the repair …

Heavy rain in Rustavi

Heavy rain in Rustavi

Rustavi is flooded due to a heavy rain, the Georgian Emergency Management Agency reports. It is specified that the water flooded the central streets of the city and the first floors of the houses. In addition, several cars are stuck on …

Fallen bicyclist rescued in Tbilisi

Fallen bicyclist rescued in Tbilisi

Georgian rescuers helped a bicyclist injured in the vicinity of Kojori village in the suburbs of Tbilisi, the Emergency Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reports. The rescuers received a call that the …

Mourning day to be observed in Georgia tomorrow

Mourning day to be observed in Georgia tomorrow

According to the government's decision, 6 April 2018 was declared a mourning day in Georgia due to the Tkibuli accident, where a ceiling collapsed as a result of the deformation of walls in one of the tunnels, InterPressNews reports. …

Сhild dies in gas explosion in Chechnya

Сhild dies in gas explosion in Chechnya

Today, a gas explosion took place in a private building in the Chechen village of Germenchuk. A child died as a result of the accident. At the time of the explosion, there were three people in the house- the child was killed …

Avalanche warning issued in Dagestan and Ingushetia

Avalanche warning issued in Dagestan and Ingushetia

The Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia has issued a warning in connection with the increased danger of avalanches in the mountains of the North Caucasus. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, the …

Fuel tanker explodes in Kakheti

Fuel tanker explodes in Kakheti

In Kakheti, a fuel tanker of one of the oil companies operating on the Georgian market exploded while on the road, the local media report. The accident occurred on a highway to Telvai running through the gorge of Gombori. The …

Elderly man disappears on Sevan’s shore

Elderly man disappears on Sevan’s shore

An elderly man disappeared in a recreation area of the Sevan peninsula in the Gegharkunik region, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia reported. The corresponding call was received today at 08:47 local time. Two operational …

Armenian citizen’s corpse found near Hrazdan Gorge

Armenian citizen’s corpse found near Hrazdan Gorge

A 33-year-old Yerevan resident, whose name is not specified, was found dead this morning in one of the capital's hotels near Hrazdan Gorge. As Novosti Armenia reports, the hotel workers found a corpse, called an ambulance, and the …

44 hospitalized in Tbilisi after being injured by pyrotechnics

44 hospitalized in Tbilisi after being injured by pyrotechnics

44 people have been hospitalized in Tbilisi due to being injured while using pyrotechnics at the New Year night, InterPressNews reports. As InterPressNews was told by the emergency medical service, 21 out of the hospitalized were …

Margvelashvili: Georgian society has become aggressive

Margvelashvili: Georgian society has become aggressive

Georgian President Georgi Margvelashvili said that Georgian society has recently become aggressive. The comment was made after a case of stabbing between schoolchildren. "Unfortunately, we turned out to be very aggressive and …

Miss Georgia 2017 rescheduled due to fire

Miss Georgia 2017 rescheduled due to fire

A fire at a luxury hotel in the Georgian Black Sea resort city of Batumi left 11 people dead and 21 others hurt, officials said Saturday, ABC News reports. The fire erupted late Friday evening at the Leograd hotel where …

Policeman crashes in accident in Dagestan

Policeman crashes in accident in Dagestan

A police officer died in a car crash in Dagestan, a spokesman for the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. The accident occurred in the Kumtorkalinsky district of the republic. It is reported that the …

Sleeping taxi driver dies in accident in Yerevan

Sleeping taxi driver dies in accident in Yerevan

Yesterday, a person died in a car accident, the media report. About 02:30 local time, a 27-year-old resident of Ashotsk village of the Shirak district, Arthur Baghramyan, driving a BMW car, flew into the oncoming lane and crashed into a …

Wildfire breaks out in Armenia’s Aragatsotn Province

Wildfire breaks out in Armenia’s Aragatsotn Province

A forest fire has devastated large parts of Armenia’s Aragatsotn Province, affecting up to 100 hectares of land. The fire started on 3 September near the village of Byurakan, 35 kilometres from the capital Yerevan. It was …