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Greek Parliament ratifies the Armenia-EU Agreement

Ani Tigranian
Public Radio of Armenia
July 8 2020


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At the plenary sitting on June 7 the Greek Parliament ratified the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between Armenia and the European Union.

The meeting was chaired by Atanasios Buras, Deputy Speaker of the Greek Parliament from the New Democracy Party.

The agreement was submitted to the parliament on June 24.

The ratification was preceded by discussions in the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Defense.

The ruling New Democracy, the main opposition SYRIZA, the Movement for Change (Kinima Allagis), the Greek Solution (Elliniki Lisi) and the MeRA25 parties all spoke in favor of the agreement.

Greece is the 23rd EU Member State completing the ratification process.

Italy bans entry from 13 countries, including Armenia, due to coronavirus fears

Ani Tigranian
Panorama, Armenia

Italy on Thursday banned entry to people coming from 13 countries, including Armenia, that it said presented an excessive rate of COVID-19 infections, Reuters reported.

The list compiled by the health ministry comprises Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Kuwait, North Macedonia, Moldova, Oman, Panama, Peru and Dominican Republic.

The ban affects anyone who has stayed in or travelled through these countries in the last 14 days, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said in a statement.

“Around the world the pandemic is in its most acute phase. We cannot waste the sacrifices the Italians have made in recent months,” Speranza said.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Armenia has risen by 557 to 30,903 on Friday. So far, 18,709 people have recovered, while 546 others have died from the infection in the country. 177 patients with COVID-19 have reportedly died from other causes.

Coronavirus cases in Georgia reach 973

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 10:49,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. 5 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Georgia, raising the total number of cases to 973, the authorities said, RIA Novosti reports.

846 patients have recovered.

The death toll is 15.

4,851 people are quarantined.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

President of Artsakh receives Prosecutor General of Armenia

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 16:06, 7 July, 2020

STEPANAKERT, JULY 7, ARMENPRESS. Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan received today Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Arthur Davtyan, the Presidential Office told Armenpres.

Issues relating to the mutual cooperation between the relevant structures of the two Armenian republics were on the discussion agenda.

The Prosecutor General of Armenia noted in his speech that they were impressed by the proper work of their Artsakh counterparts carried out in the direction of electoral violations registered during the recent national elections in Artsakh.

Artsakh Republic Prosecutor General Mher Aghajanyan attended the meeting.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Armenian PM offers congratulations on Prosecutor’s Office Employee Day

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 15:56, 1 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed a congratulatory message on the Day of the Prosecutor’s Office Employee and the 102nd anniversary of the Prosecutor’s Office.

“Dear representatives of the prosecution system,

Congratulations on the Prosecutor’s Office Employee Day and the 102nd anniversary of the formation of the Prosecution.

Today the expectations of our society, people from the Prosecution are great than ever before. With the 2018 peaceful, velvet and people’s revolution the people expressed their clear will to have Armenia where the rule of law is established, the principle of inevitability of punishment for crime committed is in force, where an efficient fight is being carried out against the criminal world, abuses and corruption.

And the implementation of the legal expectation of the people on these directions greatly depends on the activity of the prosecution. The current period is really a serious trial for the prosecution because the representatives of this system in most cases must form the truths known to the people as a charge and defend them in the court”, the Armenian PM said in his message, wishing capacity and determination to the representatives of the system for conducting their works.  

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Artsakh confirms 1 new case of coronavirus in past 24 hours

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 12:12,

YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. 1 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in the Republic of Artsakh, bringing the total number of cases to 115, the ministry of healthcare said.

The total number of recovered patients has reached 87.

At the moment 52 people are quarantined.

1,904 COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far.

No death case has been registered in the Republic.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Military Exercises Held in Artsakh’s Tigranakert

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Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan with Artsakh Armed Forces leaders

Various units of the Artsakh Armed Forces on Friday held tactical combat military exercises at a training range in the Tigranagert

Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan attended the exercises and become acquainted with the latest military tactics, as well as the technical capacity of the Armed Forces, including the latest in cameras and surveillance gear.

The president was accompanied by Artsakh Defense Minister Jalal Harutyunyan, who provided a briefing on the current situation on the frontlines.

President Harutyunyan thanked the commanding staff of the Army for organizing the military exercise, stating that the demonstrated results once again prove that the Artsakh Armed Forces are the true deterrents to the aggressive behavior demonstrated by the enemy’s military-political leadership.

The military exercise was also attended by Armenia’s Armed Forces Chief Staff Onik Gasparyan, as well as other officials.

More doctors from France to arrive in Armenia soon bringing representatives of Diaspora

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YEREVAN, JUNE 22, ARMENPRESS. The next group of French doctors will arrive in Armenia on June 24 together with the representatives of the Armenian Diaspora, Head of the French medical team Alexandre Mignon said at an online briefing in Yerevan.

“It was a great honor to be hosted in Armenia and be able to assist Armenia in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. We managed to assist as much as possible, help and share our knowledge, and to what extent it was appropriate, we are very satisfied for that. Moreover, in my delegation, which consisted of 10 people, no one was Armenian, but I think that all approached the issue in an Armenian way. The next mission will arrive in Yerevan on Wednesday. This time the mission will include representatives from the Diaspora who were very happy for coming to Armenia to provide support”, the French doctor said.

The first group of French doctors arrived in Armenia via a special flight on June 15 to help the healthcare system to battle the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The French doctors conduct their mission in the St. Gregory the Illuminator hospital, the Scientific Center for Traumatology and Orthopaedy and the infection department of the St. Mary medical center.

Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

CoE: Armenia: receipt of the 5th cycle State Report

Ani Tigranian
Council of Europe

Armenia: receipt of the 5th cycle State Report 
              

Armenia submitted its Fifth State Report on 15 June 2020 pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 2, of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.The report is available in English with its annexes 1-2, 3 and 4 as well as in Armenian with its annexes 1-2, 3 and 4.

It is now up to the Advisory Committee to consider it and adopt an opinion intended for the Committee of Ministers.

Lawyer: Prosperous Armenia Party leader has not been detained

Ani Tigranian
News.am, Armenia

22:08, 14.06.2020