  Incident in Armenian military unit registered on New Year’s eve January 7, 2011 - 16:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An incident took place on the New Year’s eve at the checkpoint of one of military units in Ijevan region of Armenia between unit commander Sergey Karapetyan and several civilians. “A criminal case was initiated under the article 258.3 (hooliganism) of Armenian Penal Code,” RA Defense Minister’s spokesman David Karapetyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. There are no detainees, investigation is under way. The dispute burst out after commander Karapetyan demanded that the civilians should leave the unit. The young people refused to obey, starting a scuffle, as a result of which two of them were taken to hospital with injuries. Karapetyan was also injured.   Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.   Partner news |  Latest news Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan  The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan.Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic.Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan.Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |
