TV tower closed for preventive reasons: no need to worryJuly 21, 2009 - 17:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Every three months, Yerevan TV Tower is closed down for preventive reasons, Samvel Papyan, Deputy General Director on TV-radio broadcast transmission told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. That's very important for cooling down the electric equipment which is often overexposed to heat. "Schedule for preventive closedowns is drawn up at the beginning of every year and sent to all TV stations. I am unaware why they didn't inform public about it, although they were obliged to," he stressed.The closedown of all TV stations on July 21 has caused concerns in society. Top stories 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |