  Fire breaks out in Sevan-Dilijan tunnel August 26, 2010 - 16:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A fire broke out in Sevan-Dilijan tunnel around 3-3.30 p.m. Yerevan time. According to preliminary data, a woman of 40 and a one-year-old child died in flames of a bus which started burning in the tunnel. Bus driver, injured in flame, managed to find his way out of the tunnel. No other details are provided. Traffic through the tunnel has been temporarily stopped, Armenian Rescue Service told PanARMENIAN.Net   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 Most popular in the section |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |
