Pashinyan visits flood-hit region![]() June 8, 2024 - 14:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province, where works are underway to restore roads damaged by floods. The Prime Minister wrote on social networks that fences were installed on section where the collapsed part of the road was covered with earth, which allowed traffic to be restored. Rivers flowing through the Tavush and Lori provinces burst their banks early on May 26-27, killing four people, flooding towns and villages located along them and severely damaging local infrastructure. It was the country’s worst flooding in decades. ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |