Defense Ministry: obligatory military drafts will last for a few days![]() May 17, 2012 - 16:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - PanARMENIAN.Net learned today, May 17, that by Armenian President’s decree conscription of citizens having undergone compulsory military service has already launched. “These are regularly planned events, aiming to test the army units’ combat capacity in case of full recruitment. They demand engagement of reserve forces, i.e. citizens having already undergone mandatory military service,” RA Defense Ministry's PR and media department told PanARMENIAN.Net adding that the events bear temporary nature and will last for only a few days. ![]() ![]() As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. 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. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |