Day: May 27, 2024

As of 10:10 am, 196 protesters were detained in Yerevan for “failure to comply with legal requirement of police officers,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs informs.

The “Tavush for the Motherland” Movement resumed the acts of disobedience early this morning, blocking a number of streets in Yerevan.

Leader of the movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan and opposition MPs joined the protests.

Some roads in Armenia are closed after the heavy floods, the Rescue Service informs.

Dzoraget-Alaverdi-Kharkop, Bagratashen-Ptghavan highways and the one-way highway to Haghartsi are closed as a result of the flooding of the Debed River.

According to the Road Department Foundation, drivers are urged to bypass the M-6 on the way to the border of Georgia by using the M-3 Margara-Vanadzor-Tashir-Armenia border and the M-1 Yerevan-Gyumri-Armenia border interstate highways.

Also, a collapse occurred in the pedestrian section of the bridge near the village of Getapnya in Ararat province, as a result of which the traffic on the bridge was stopped.

According to the information of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the Crisis Management Center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Ossetia, the Stepantsminda-Lars highway is open for all types of vehicles.

At least three people were killed as heavy floods hit northern Armenia on Sunday.