  Upper Lars checkpoint closed over landslide in Kazbegi April 16, 2012 - 12:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgian Military Road is closed due to landslide in Georgian settlement of Kazbegi. As Interfax was told at the Ministry of Emergency Situations of North Ossetia, the landslip blocked the the highway. Traffic has been banned from 11 am, April 15 over impossibility of ensuring safe passage of vehicles. Passage of transit vehicles is currently prohibited at Vladikavkaz-Lars in both directions until the Commission on Emergency Situations issues a special instruction. Georgian Military Road - Upper Lars checkpoint links Russia with South Caucasian countries, particularly with Armenia.   Top stories 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush provinceNarek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28.Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia.Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |
