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Daily briefing · Yesterday
All of the day's stories on one page.
16 stories, 260 articles, 3 blindspots
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the EU summit in Brussels that Ukraine expects another 70 billion euros in aid from the EU for defense, weapons procurement and resilience.
At Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, passengers on six flights bound for CIS countries and the UAE, including to Yerevan, Astana, Bishkek, Dubai and Samarkand, were unable to depart for more than 13 hours.
The final voter lists for the local self-government elections to be held on October 25 have been published on the Ministry of Internal Affairs platform elections.mia.gov.am. The elections will take place in 23 communities across 10 provinces, including Artashat, Gavar, Hrazdan, Goris and Ijevan.
Experts from the French National Police held tactical courses on public order maintenance at the Police Guard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from September 22 to October 9. Participants learned approaches to crowd management, preventing mass riots and detaining offenders.
US President Donald Trump, by an executive order of October 16, suspended until further notice the application of new sanctions and tariffs provided for by the law on tightening sanctions against Russia.
Yerevan and Bishkek have signed an agreement establishing sister city relations.
Katie Zakarian is leaving the post of White House press secretary five days after her appointment.
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan received Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Science, Higher Education and Innovation Gulzat Isamatova and Minister of Education Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva, who are in Armenia for the COP17 conference.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky must keep his promises and hold elections.
Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan met Cyprus's Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Christos Senekis in Yerevan on October 16 on the sidelines of COP17.
According to Yerevan Mayor's spokesperson Julieta Azaryan, five people, four children and one employee of the complex, received medical assistance due to an excessive dose of chlorine in the pool of the Yerevan Wellness complex.
At the Junior and U23 European Weightlifting Championships underway in Durrës, Albania, Tigran Karapetyan won a silver medal in the 75 kg category with a total of 323 kg. He placed first in the snatch with 148 kg and second in the clean and jerk with 175 kg. At the same championships, Narek Mkrtchyan won a bronze medal in the junior 85 kg category with a total of 338 kg.
On October 16, Secretary General of Armenia's Ministry of Defence Hamlet Batikyan met with Piers Cazalet, head of NATO's Defence and Security Cooperation Directorate, at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
In Yerevan, ahead of COP17, Armenia and Colombia launched the CARES coalition for the recovery of endangered species, which, according to Minister Hambardzum Matevosyan, 16 countries have joined, while DiCaprio's post puts the number at 17. Actor and Re:wild founder Leonardo DiCaprio welcomed the initiative.
According to the Interior Ministry's police, community police officers carried out patrols and inspections at gathering places in various communities across the country.
Armenia took part in the international operation "Trigger X – Eastern Europe and Central Asia", coordinated by the Interpol General Secretariat, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.
