  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 Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
