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Society

Armenian parliament approves loan agreement with ADB to strengthen seismic safety of 46 schools

The Armenian Parliament on Wednesday approved a loan agreement signed with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under which 46 schools with enhanced seismic safety will be renovated and built in the country by 2027.

20.03.2024, 12:48

Society

Forty-six schools with enhanced seismic safety will operate in Armenia by 2027 - deputy minister

By 2027 there will be 46 schools in Armenia with enhanced seismic safety as part of a program implemented by the government jointly with the Asian Development Bank.

15.03.2024, 16:32

Incidents

Armenian seismic stations record 5 point earthquake on Georgian-Azerbaijani border

Armenian seismic stations recorded a 5-point earthquake in the Azerbaijani-Georgian border zone on Tuesday night.

10.05.2022, 09:55

Technology

NPP deputy director: seismic resistance of Armenian NPP site is at proper level

In a televised interview with Armenia’s Public Television the Deputy Director General of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Movses Vardanyan said there were no problems in terms of seismic resistance of the site where the facility is located.

22.10.2021, 18:33

Incidents

Seismic service records earthquake in Karabakh

Armenia’s Seismic Service has recorded an earthquake in the territory of the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh).

24.04.2019, 14:12

Society

More than 400 schools across Armenia need repair

More than 400 schools across Armenia are in need of repair and improvement of seismic resistance, Minister of Territorial Administration and Development Suren Papikyan said today during a discussion on education.

02.04.2019, 15:56

Society

Armenia to build modular schools

The government of Armenia will put emphasis on the construction of modular, earthquake-proof schools, the acting First Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan told a government meeting today after it approved the list of 26 schools, whose seismic resistance is to be improved in the first place.

13.12.2018, 17:07

Technology

No strong earthquakes expected in near future in Armenia

Hrachya Petrosyan, an adviser to Armenia’s emergency situations minister, told reporters that the data the National Seismic Protection Service receives and analyzes on a daily basis indicate that no strong earthquakes are expected in the near future.

07.12.2017, 17:42

Economy

Government approves ways to assess seismic risk of a site where it wants to build new reactor for Metsamor NPP

Today the Armenian government has approved a document in English, establishing the methods for assessing the seismic risk of a site where it is going to build a new reactor for the Metsamor nuclear power plant.

13.12.2012, 21:15