15:00 News in Brief: Gas Prices to Decrease, Captives Issue on Agenda, Fake News About Public Broadcasting Sale

Brief and substantive news from the past hour:

• With the opening of the Lars checkpoint, Armenia will overcome the liquid gas deficit, leading to a decrease in fuel prices.
• The government is working daily on the return of Armenian captives held in Azerbaijan.
• Armenian border guards are replacing Russian colleagues at checkpoints for more effective redistribution of service costs.
• The Ministry of Defense will address the housing issues of about 2,850 servicemen with a new mortgage program.
• The director of the Public Television has denied the spread of fake information regarding the sale of the organization.
• The court has discussed the issue of allowing detained political figure Samvel Karapetyan to visit his father’s grave.
• A fire has broken out at an oil refinery in Perm, Russia, following a Ukrainian drone strike.
• The European Union is considering a new format for gradual rapprochement and market integration with Ukraine.
• An Israeli production and assembly plant for tactical drones has opened in Romania.
• The President of Iran has stated that the country’s maritime blockade contradicts international law and the interests of the region.