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27/05/2020 12:57

AmCham Appreciates its Members Donations to fight against COVID-19 around: 750,000 USD in Armenia and 1 B USD Globally

AmCham is an excellent source of information on Armenian business community.

27/05/2020 12:46

Record drop in energy investment, warns International Energy Agency

Before the pandemic, funding was set to rise 2%, but now it’s predicted to plunge 20%, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).

27/05/2020 12:30

Samvel Avanesyan appointed Artsakh Republic Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Housing

On 27 May President Arayik Harutyunyan signed a decree.

27/05/2020 12:00

Four new confirmed coronavirus cases recorded in Artsakh

The total number of infected in Artsakh reached 38, 14 citizens have recovered.

27/05/2020 11:45

Thousands of citizens may be infected but do not know about it: PM on necessity to wear masks

“One of the peculiarities of the disease is that in many cases it passes asymptotic, without any symptoms…this is why, speaking about masks, we say that yes, when there are 100 infected people the ill must wear masks not the healthy, but when we have thousands coronavirus infected and there are some who even do not know about it, everyone should wear masks,” he said.

27/05/2020 11:29

Armenia’s PM: Today’s coronavirus figures show Armenians still need to learn living in parallel with coronavirus

“We are dealing with the second wave of the virus. Our conviction is that it is necessary to follow the simple rules – wear mask, disinfect hands, keep social distancing,” he said.

27/05/2020 10:56

Number of coronavirus cases in Armenia grows by 372 in past 24 hours, 12 new deaths reported

The coronavirus death toll reached 98. Forty-four coronavirus-infected patients died of other diseases.

27/05/2020 10:32

Number of COVID-2019 cases across globe up by over 100,000 in past day — WHO

The WHO statistics is based on officially confirmed data from the countries. The day before, the organization reported 100,264 news cases and 4,342 deaths all over the world.

26/05/2020 21:40

Viva-MTS: “Recharge+” - use now, pay later

The service activation is available only in case of having a positive account balance. The service activation fee will remain AMD 20 as before.

26/05/2020 20:04

Return to quarantine regime possible in case of certain scenario: Tigran Avinyan

“Unfortunately we discussed today and did not exclude setting quarantine regime in case of certain scenario,” Avinyan said.

26/05/2020 19:31

Armenia’s PM: We are dealing with second wave of coronavirus

“We may say that we are dealing with the second wave of coronavirus,” the prime minister said, adding that all the instructions of the Commandant’s Office must be followed otherwise strict measures will be applied.

26/05/2020 18:40

Toyota to start export of Russia-produced cars to Armenia

“Armenia will become the third international market for export after Belarus and Kazakhsran. By the end of 2020 about 250 Camry and RAV4 cars assembled in St. Petersburg factory are expected to be exported to Armenia,” company representative said.

26/05/2020 18:35

Seventeen percent of Armenian companies record 90-100% consumption decline

Some 50-80% of reduction has been recorded among 32% companies, another 25% suffered 10-30% of consumption decline.

26/05/2020 17:28

Russia to hold Victory Day Parade on June 24 — Putin

The Russian president announced a decision on April 16 to postpone the Victory Day Parade, which is held annually on May 9, because the preparations for it could not be carried out amid the coronavirus spread. Putin pledged that the Victory Day would be celebrated in Russia later this year.

26/05/2020 16:24

Lavrov: Armenia, Russia have very close military cooperation

“It also relates to the relations in the sidelines of the CSTO and bilateral relations. We have very, very close military cooperation,” Lavrov said.

26/05/2020 15:47

Safarov must bear punishment in equal conditions with criminals who committed brutal murders: attorney

“Armenophobia has been considered undeniable. As to the second part of the ruling – violation of right to live – Azerbaijan has undertaken a lot of steps to justify murderer Safarov’s deed. Azerbaijan has many times tried to ground as if Safarov acted in stress while these attempts did not succeed,” he said, adding that they tried to ascribe the crime committed in the private status to the state.

26/05/2020 15:29

Azerbaijan to be called to responsibility by ECHR ruling in Gurgen Margaryan’s case

“The first achievement of this ruling is that it has called to responsibility the state, and in future the addressee will be not the murderer but Azerbaijan,” she said, noting with regret that the ruling does not register the fact of violation by Hungary.

26/05/2020 15:10

Chief of Artsakh Police Levon Mnatsakanyan relieved from post

He said Mnatsakanyan will be replaced by Ashot Hakobjanyan who was the deputy chief of the Police.

26/05/2020 14:48

New structure of Artsakh Government established

Arayik Harutyunyan presented to the attention of those present the changes in the composition of the government emphasizing that as a result the state budget will not have an additional burden. According to the President, the following composition of the Cabinet of Ministers has been established:

26/05/2020 14:23

Armenia’s Institute of Molecular Biology to produce 1,000-2,000 coronavirus tests daily

“We have received all the necessary materials for the preparation of 100,000 tests, and now we are testing them. We are working with the Ministry of Health and National Center for Disease Control,” Arsen Arakelyan said, stressing that next week the tests will be sent to the ministry for them to test them.