YEREVAN—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed, on Monday morning, that he had tested positive for COVID-19. His wife Anna Hakobyan and three children have also tested positive. The Prime Minister says he will continue to […]
YEREVAN—The Armenian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that it had registered 230 new cases of COVID-19 during the previous 24-hour period. At the same time, 255 recovered patients have been discharged from hospital. This […]
I’ve wanted to wrap my head around how the Republic of Armenia (RoA) is doing in the COVID-19 pandemic context, but it has been a bit difficult. There’s a dearth of news on this front, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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