“The free flow of independent news is more essential than ever, both for informing the public on vital measures to contain the virus as well as in maintaining public scrutiny and debate on the adequacy of those measures.
Pashinyan said assistance would be earmarked for children whose parents have lost their jobs due to the crisis. He said that such children would receive 100,000 drams monthly ($200) in assistance.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, at a parliamentary session today, said there is no such thing as daily wage workers in Armenia, adding that there are only registered and non-registered employees.
This video shows a snippet of life in Yerevan after yesterday’s government decision to severely restrict the movement of people to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.
"The idea is to make bail a separate form of restraint and in practice exclude the use of a custodial restraint as much as possible,” Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan said when introducing the bill.
During his explanation of the steps taken by Armenia to halt the spread of the virus, Mnatsakanyan emphasized the importance of international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic, especially the coordination of actions between neighboring co
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concerns today about a package of amendments to the criminal and administrative codes, introduced in Armenia on 23 March, in the context of the fight against disinformation
Minister of Environment Eric Grigoryan introduced the bill to ban the use of bags up to 50-micron thick as of January 1, 2022.
The Armenian Ministry of Health reports that 1,315 have tested negative for the virus.
The EU’s anti-fraud agency has launched an inquiry to combat the sale of black market medical products amid the ongoing spread of the coronavirus pandemic on the continent.