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19/05/2020 15:54

Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Armenia's Gegharkunik province reaches 284

“There are 284 confirmed coronavirus cases in the province, of which 115 citizens have recovered. The death toll stands at 3,” the governor said.

19/05/2020 15:50

NSS Investigative Department head resigns

“Arthur Aghajanyan has been released from post upon his own resignation application from May 13,” the official said.

19/05/2020 15:40

Covid-19 patients with no symptoms will not be isolated, to be treated in home conditions

“This change is agreed with two circumstances. The first one is that the number of citizens testing positive grows from day to day, the second is the change of strategy regarding the optimal usage of beds and other resources,” he stressed.

19/05/2020 14:48

Russian president: Uniform tariff on gas transit in the EAEU cannot be applied in the current level of integration

He said Armenia and Belarus do not accept the common formula for EAEU countries on gas pricing offered by the EAEU Development Strategies by 2025.

19/05/2020 14:15

Pashinyan: Quick formation of common energy market an urgent issue for Armenia

“As I have noted many times the joint energy market must not be discriminative, it must become one of the basis of our integration. It is impossible to reach high-quality progress in the integration processes without it. The creation of equal conditions for the economic activity of all the participants of the union is impossible without it,” Pashinyan said.

19/05/2020 13:30

Coronavirus: Trump gives WHO ultimatum over Covid-19 handling

Addressed to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, it criticises stages of the body's response since December.

19/05/2020 12:39

Bako Sahakyan releases Tigran Abrahamyan from post of president’s adviser

On 19 May President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on releasing Tigran Abrahamyan from the post of adviser to the Artsakh Republic President upon his own request.

19/05/2020 11:34

Armenia’s government offers to fine people not having masks in open territories

Deputy minister of justice Vahe Danielyan said that the draft envisages fine in case of violation of movement conditions during the state of emergency ten times the minimum wage.

19/05/2020 11:14

Red Wings airline to implement Sochi-Yerevan flight on May 19

The Committee urged the relatives of the passengers not to come to the airport to avoid inconveniences.

19/05/2020 11:00

Number of coronavirus cases in Armenia grows by 218 in past 24 hours, reaching 5,041, death toll increases to 89

The coronavirus death toll reached 89, of which 25 from other diseases.

19/05/2020 10:14

WHO: number of COVID-2019 cases across globe up by over 93,000 in past day

South and North America accounts for the majority of confirmed coronavirus cases - 2,017,811. In the past 24 hours, the number of cases grew by 50,879 and the number of deaths - by 2,810 and reached 121,609.

18/05/2020 20:12

Applications for the First Traction Programme are Now Open

The Call for Applications will be open until May 31, 2020.

18/05/2020 17:21

Coronavirus: European countries further relax restrictions

It said 145 people had died with the virus in the previous 24 hours. This marked a significant drop from its highest daily death toll, which was more than 900 on 27 March.

18/05/2020 17:05

The Union of Employers of Armenia has expressed concern over the events surrounding the management of Ucom

"Ucom is widely popular and is known as a highly efficient organization, and in this regard, we have to ensure that its day-to-day business and reputation are not damaged," the statement said.

18/05/2020 15:45

April committee to brief results of its work to the public in September: chairperson

The committee will complete its work on June 4.

18/05/2020 15:37

If necessary, I will come ten times: former military official on his second visit to April war committee

Asked whether the necessity to invite him for the second time is agreed with non-complete answers he gave last time, Karapetyan said, “Let us not give negative assessments, just additional questions have risen among the members of the committee,” he said.

18/05/2020 15:24

Seventy-four new confirmed coronavirus cases recorded in Armenia’s Kotayk in past two days

“As of 11 a.m. May 18 we have 498 confirmed coronavirus cases, 204 people have recovered, the death toll stands at 10,” the governor said.

18/05/2020 14:24

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

South and North America accounts for the majority of confirmed coronavirus cases - 1,966,932. In the past 24 hours, the number of cases grew by 57,449 and the number of deaths - by 3,742 and reached 118,799.

18/05/2020 13:01

Armenian citizens may return to homeland from Georgia by Sadakhlo border check-point without impediments

The embassy reported that the entrance of foreigners, including citizens of Armenia, to Georgia is still prohibited.

18/05/2020 12:37

Russia reports less than 9,000 COVID-19 cases over past day for first time since May 1

To date, Russia has confirmed 290,678 COVID-19 cases in all regions. The daily growth in cases dropped to a record low of 3.2%, while the corresponding figure a day earlier was 3.6%.