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Pashinyan rules out restoring lockdown for now, vows to enforce social distancing
Update (5/14/2020): Since going to press, the Armenian Government has voted to extend the current State of Emergency situation by one month until June 13, 2020 at 5 PM Yerevan time. In addition, public transit, […]
Notes from the Pink City
Unscientific observations from my daily walks through post-lockdown Yerevan
Last week, I started going back to the office. After 50 days of ordering groceries online, watching Tiger King with my wife, teaching my three-year-old the basics of hockey (Canadians, eh?) and anxiously following daily […]
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Armenia enters “new phase” of COVID-19 pandemic response as businesses reopen
YEREVAN—Most businesses across Armenia have been allowed to reopen on Monday as the country relaxes COVID-19 related lockdown measures even further. According to Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, who heads the anti-pandemic task force, large […]
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Armenia aims to relaunch economy when State of Emergency expires
YEREVAN—Authorities in Armenia are implementing measures to enable economic activity to resume in earnest by May 14, when the current State of Emergency (SoE) situation is set to expire. In a televised cabinet meeting on […]
In Sight
The Government and the Church…A New Reality?
This past week there were two news items out of Armenia that were both unprecedented and worthy of further analysis. First the facts. On Tuesday, April 14, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, issued a […]
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Armenia gears economy towards “coexistence” with virus as infection rates remain stable
YEREVAN—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that his government is preparing the implementation of an action plan to safely and gradually ease lockdown restrictions and restart the country’s economy in light of recent successes […]
My Turn
It is not wise for Armenian officials and the Catholicos to be in conflict
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic which is killing hundreds of thousands of people around the world, including in Armenia, and paralyzing the economy and societal life as we know it, the biggest controversy […]
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State of Emergency Relaxed in Armenia, but Extended as COVID-19 Cases Decline
YEREVAN—With the continued drop in new infections entering its second consecutive week, the Armenian National Assembly passed a motion extending the current State of Emergency (SOE) by another month. The SOE, which was initially declared […]
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Slowing contagion rate in Armenia suggests lockdown measures may be working
YEREVAN—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed cautious optimism in his nightly Facebook Live broadcast on Tuesday that the rate of new COVID-19 infections in the country was steadily declining. Less than a week after Armenia […]