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10/07/2020 12:12

Italy bans entry from 13 countries, including Armenia

The ban affects anyone who has stayed in or travelled through these countries in the last 14 days, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said in a statement.

10/07/2020 11:51

U.S. Department of State to hire specialist to help Armenia fight corruption

“The consultant will assist the government of Armenia in creation of new anti-corruption bodies and in raising their efficiency…These bodies will study the corruption cases and bring the corrupt to responsibility,” the document said.

10/07/2020 11:24

Park Won-soon: Mayor of Seoul found dead after going missing

Park Won-soon's daughter reportedly told police he had left a message before leaving the house, leading her to raise the alarm.

10/07/2020 10:55

Number of coronavirus cases in Armenia grows by 557 in 24 hours, 18 new deaths reported

​The number of infected in one day has grown by 557, National Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday.

10/07/2020 10:42

CEO of Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises Karen Vardanyan passed away

“Karen will remain in our hearts as a fighter, free and bright person. Mr Vardanyan has left a big contribution to the technology sector – UATE, DigiTech expo, Armath labs… and tens other projects and strategic development programs would not have been complete without his huge efforts. Go with peace, dear friend,” Arshakyan wrote.

10/07/2020 10:17

Russian Defense Ministry’s clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine enter final stage

"On Monday, July 13, the second group of volunteers, who are tested for the efficiency and immunogenicity of the vaccine, will be injected with the second component of the vaccine against the coronavirus," the ministry stated.

09/07/2020 17:55

Court denies petition to stop criminal persecution against NA ex-chairman

“The decision to deny the petition is not an obstacle to submit it again in future phases of the judicial examination,” the judge said.

09/07/2020 16:56

Serious campaign against values which make people a nation has ongoing: PAP MP

“Unfortunately, today we witness attempts of discrediting the church and Christianity,” he said.

09/07/2020 16:08

Qasem Soleimani: US strike on Iran general was unlawful, UN expert says

A report by the UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnes Callamard, says the US had not provided sufficient evidence of an imminent threat to life to justify the attack.

09/07/2020 15:20

Ara Babloyan, Arsen Babayan’s defense team submit petition to stop criminal persecution against the two ex-officials

The court left for consultation room to discuss the submitted motions. The decision will be published at 5.30 p.m. today.

09/07/2020 14:45

Supreme Judicial Council denies justice minister’s petition for disciplinary measure against judge Alexander Azaryan

In his petition minister Rustam Badasyan noted that Azaryan demonstrated disrespectful and dishonest attitude toward a participant of court hearing and his supervisor and with his speech left an impression of being partial.

09/07/2020 13:38

Russia’s COVID-19 cases surpass 707,000

The lowest daily growth rate was recorded in Moscow, the Moscow Region, Chechnya, North Ossetia, the Kaliningrad Region, the Bryansk Region and Dagestan.

09/07/2020 12:46

New coronavirus case confirmed in Artsakh, total number reaches 142

The total number of infected in Artsakh reached 142. Currently 78 people are isolated, 29 citizens are overcoming the disease.

09/07/2020 12:29

Global economy may drop more than 5% in case of second pandemic wave

"The global economy may drop by more than 5%," Medvedev said, responding to a question about developments in the event of a second pandemic wave. "Our economy will also sink deeper," he noted.

09/07/2020 11:51

Police should demand necessary medical documents from people not wearing masks in open public territories

Addressing chief of the police Vahe Ghazaryan, Nikol Pashinyan noted that the police should not consider not wearing masks permissible based on only oral claims.

09/07/2020 11:37

Armenia’s PM: Citizen of Armenia not a material to die from coronavirus

“I want to stress once again that our epidemiological strategy remains the same – that is we must learn to live with the rules that will allow to bring the number of cases to zero,” he said.

09/07/2020 10:50

Number of coronavirus cases in Armenia exceeds 30,000, twenty new deaths reported

The total death toll reached 535 (+14), other 170 (+6) patients died from other diseases.

09/07/2020 10:12

NA to convene special session on July 13

Among a number of issues, the agenda also includes the package of bills on amendments in the laws about Legal Regime of State of Emergency and Administrative Violations.

09/07/2020 07:27

ECHR will not apply interim measure in case of CC ex-judges

The ECHR stated it decided to reject the request as it is outside the scope of application of Rule 39 and does not involve a risk of serious and irreparable harm of a core right under the European Convention on Human Rights.

08/07/2020 20:43

Court of Appeal overturns first instance court ruling regarding PAP leader’s preventive measure

“We have not familiarized with the decision yet. I cannot give any comments at this moment,” he said.