Topic: fire

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Gor Aghabekyan, the deputy commander of the military unit, was detained for two months in the case of the death of 15 servicemen in the military shelter , the General Prosecutor’s Office reports. On January 25,[...]

Armenia can hardly handle one calamity at a time but a rapid succession of disastrous occurrences is shaking the country to its core. The closure of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan with its ensuing humanitarian consequences had left the[...]

YEREVAN (Azatutyun/news.am) — The Armenian authorities continued to face tough questions from human rights activists and other critics on Friday, January 20, one day after 15 soldiers died at their military barracks destroyed by a major[...]

ISTANBUL (news.am, DailySabah.com) — Two people died and two others were taken to the hospital as a result of a fire that broke out in the lodgings area of the Surp Pirgiç (Prgich) Armenian Catholic Church in the Beyoglu district of[...]

YEREVAN – The students of Vahan Tekeyan School No. 92 of Yerevan celebrated the holiday of Dearnentarach, or the Presentation of Jesus Christ at the Temple in Jerusalem, on February 13, concluding with the traditional jumping over a[...]

YEREVAN — On the morning of May 5, an extensive fire broke out on the second floor of Mari Izmirlyan Orphanage, which houses approximately 100 children with special needs. The cause and extent of the fire is not yet known. The 42[...]