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Serzh Sargsyan visits Yerablur pantheon

April 2, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

Panorama, Armenia

April 2 2020

Politics 20:14 02/04/2020Armenia

On the fourth anniversary of the April War of 2016, Armenia’s former president Serzh Sargsyan visited Yerablur Military Pantheon on Thursday and paid tribute to the memory of those who fell during the April military aggression launched by Azerbaijan as well as the heroes of the Artsakh liberation war.

The press office of the third president reports that Sargsyan also laid flowers at the tomb of Sparapet Vazgen Sargsyan, Commander Andranik Ozanyan and at the Memorial to Perished Freedom-Fighters.

Armenpress: Armenian government wants to use location data to manage coronavirus

March 31, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

Armenian government wants to use location data to manage coronavirus

11:53,

YEREVAN, MARCH 30, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian parliament is debating a government-backed bill envisaging amendments to the law on personal information that would give the authorities tools for surveillance and tracking of direct contacts of confirmed coronavirus cases using cellphone location data.

Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan told lawmakers that this surveillance method will only be used during a pandemic-related state of emergency and will be enforced exclusively as long as the state of emergency is imposed.

He said the interference into the personal data will be “limited”.

Badasyan said the new surveillance method will give the authorities tactical means to rapidly trace direct contacts of coronavirus patients.

He emphasized that the content of phone calls or messages will not be accessible to the authorities. As a precaution, the law also envisages criminal liability for hypothetical illegal use of the PI.

The law also envisages introducing electronic communication means and applications for monitoring information on a person’s health, self-quarantine and to implement certain supervision.

He said they have studied international experience in developing the law.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

COVID-19: All suspected cases among Armenia’s prisoners test negative

March 26, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

COVID-19: All suspected cases among Armenia’s prisoners test negative

13:24,

YEREVAN, MARCH 25, ARMENPRESS. No coronavirus case has been detected among prisoners in Armenia’s correctional facilities, all test results were negative, Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan said in the Parliament on March 25.

“All tests conducted in correctional facilities were negative. Up to now, no coronavirus case has been confirmed among prisoners, all suspected cases were tested”, the Minister said.

Number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Armenia has reached 265.

On March 16 Armenia declared a 30-day state of emergency to fight the spread of COVID-19. The state of emergency is effective until April 14, 17:00.

Starting March 24, 23:59, the free movement of people is also restricted across Armenia until March 31, 23:59.

So far, 16 patients have recovered.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan

Artsakh reports over 250 Azerbaijani ceasefire violations over past week

March 22, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

Panorama, Armenia

The Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact over 250 times in the past week.

In the period from March 15 to 21, the adversary fired around 1,900 shots towards the Armenian defense positions from firearms of different calibres, the Artsakh Defense Ministry told Panorama.am.

The Defense Army’s frontline troops fully control the situation on the frontline, and continue confidently fulfilling their combat tasks.

Travel: Start dreaming of and planning a trip to Armenia and Georgia – The Daily Mail

March 22, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

Public Radio of Armenia

Start dreaming of and planning a trip to Armenia and Georgia – The Daily Mail

Britons have been advised against all non-essential travel overseas for a period of 30 days, meaning it’s time to give up thinking about travelling abroad at all for a while.

However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t time to plan the perfect trip you’ve always dreamed of, T.D. Isacke writes in an article for The Daily Mail.

“These days of self-isolation and social distancing could turn out to be ideal for masterminding a big adventure. So why not put your feet up, start dreaming — and planning too,” the author writes

First, the article recommends planning a trip to Georgia and Armenia.

“Georgia is hidden away in the high mountains of the Caucasus with remote villages, monasteries, ancient churches and the lively capital of Tbilisi. The tour continues to Yerevan, Armenia’s intriguing capital, moving onwards into rugged countryside with medieval castles before stopping at Gori, the birthplace of Joseph Stalin,” the author notes.

Other options worth thinking about include a trip from Peru’s capital Lima to La Paz, a journey around Albania, Montenegro and Serbia, wildlife cruise along the northern coastlines of Norwegian island Spitsbergen, self-isolation on the Fanjove Private Island off the coast of Tanzania, a trip around the Dodecanese beginning in Bodrum and ending in Marmaris, a four-night stay in Jamaica, hiking in Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains and a visit to Victoria Falls.

Asbarez: Glendale Declares Local State of Emergency

March 18, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

City of Glendale logo

City of Glendale Issues Emergency Order for Temporary Business Closures to Slow the Spread of COVID-19

GLENDALE—The City of Glendale issued a local emergency proclamation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in addition to a number of measures already in place across the City to protect members of the public from risk of contracting the virus. Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a news release that confirms two cases of COVID-19 in the City of Glendale. Our precautions over the past weeks and what we do over the next few days and weeks will determine how well we weather this emergency.

Following the emergency proclamation, the City’s Emergency Operations Center will be activated. In addition to declaring a local emergency, effective March 17, the City of Glendale issued a supplement to the local emergency proclamation that orders temporary business closures to slow the spread of COVID-19. These include:

All bars, banquet halls, and nightclubs in the City of Glendale that do not serve food shall be closed to the public.
Any bars, banquet halls, or nightclubs in the City of Glendale that serve food may remain open only for purposes of continuing to prepare and offer food to customers via delivery service or to be picked up. Dine-in food service is prohibited.
All restaurants and retail food facilities in the City of Glendale shall be prohibited from serving food for consumption on premises. Restaurants and retail food facilities may continue to operate for purposes of preparing and offering food to customers via delivery service, to be picked up or for drive-thru. For those establishments offering food pick-up options, proprietors are directed to establish social distancing practices for those patrons in the queue for pick-up.
All movie theaters, live performance venues, bowling alleys, arcades, and similar entertainment establishments shall be closed to the public.
All gyms and fitness centers shall be closed to the public.
The following are exempt from this Order:
- Cafeterias, commissaries, and restaurants located within hospitals, nursing homes, or similar facilities;
- Grocery stores;
- Pharmacies;
- Food banks; and
- Farmer’s Markets that do not provide for sit down dining and don’t have spaces that are likely to confine 50 people or more in a single space.
Trucks and other vehicles engaged in the delivery of grocery items to grocery stores, when such items are to be made available for sale to the public, are hereby exempt from having to comply with any City rules and regulations that limit the hours for such deliveries.

These local orders follow the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health’s order today for all 88 cities and unincorporated communities throughout Los Angeles County, to include Glendale.

President Armen Sarkissian holds meeting with Justice Minister

March 17, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

17:11, 11 March, 2020

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian had a working meeting today with Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

The President and the minister discussed the agenda of Armenia’s constitutional amendments, judicial reforms, anti-corruption fight, human rights, the international cooperation in these fields, as well as a number of other issues.

The justice minister introduced the activity of the professional commission for constitutional amendments to the President.

President Sarkissian highlighted the constitutional reforms and stated that the Constitution is a legal document living and developing under the challenges of the time. He said any change, improvement in the Constitution should be based on the principle of the rule of law by contributing to the peaceful and normal development of the state.

Armen Sarkissian also introduced his visions and approaches on the constitutional amendments. He highlighted the participation of broad public in the development process of the main law of the country as much as possible. The President said his administration is ready to cooperate both with the ministry and the professional commission with its proposals and capacities.

Both sides highlighted the importance of such meetings.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan

GeoProMining implements large-scale gasification project of schools

March 9, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

15:19, 2 March, 2020

YEREVAN, MARCH 2, ARMENPRESS. GeoProMining company is completing a large-scale project of construction of heating systems in the educational institutions of the regions of its presence in Armenia – Gegharkunik and Ararat regions. The first stage of the program provides for gasification and installation of heating systems in five schools, where earlier, for almost 30 years, the task of heating of the classrooms was solved with the help of “burjuykas” and liquid fuel.

At the first stage of the program, construction of the heating systems in three schools of the city of Vardenis has already been completed. Local heating systems based on natural gas have already been connected.

Installation of heating systems in the schools and pre-school institution in the village of Sotk and in one of the schools of Ararat are nearly completing, and it is planned to put them into operation in March 2020.

Ruzanna Grigoryan, Coordinator of the program, Head of the department of external communications and social policy of “GeoProMining” stated: “As a result of the program, modern and safe heating systems are installed. Local gas pipeline of 1,350 meters is built, and also heating systems with a total area of 15,000 square meters. Total cost of the program amounted to 160 million drams, of which 50 million drams were provided by the schools from their savings, and 110 million drams (230 thousand dollars) was invested by GeoProMining company”. We have been working on the preparation and implementation of this program for two years, and we are very pleased to have it successfully completed. Warm and comfortable study conditions for our children are the result of the collective efforts of our partners and contractors, who supported us in the implementation of the project”.

President of the “GeoProMining” company Roman Khudoliy said: “Social investments in educational infrastructure is one of the main priorities of our company corporate and social responsibility policy. In our social activities we focus on having an educated and healthy young generation. This cannot be achieved without comfortable conditions for organizing those processes, and also motivation. Without education and sports it is impossible to bring up a strong and effective future generation, and in relation to these issues, we always support healthy initiatives of the citizens and local authorities. Given the successful experience in implementing the first phase of the program, we intend to continue this process. We will resolutely help to ensure comfortable educational conditions in all schools and preschool institutions in the regions of our presence in Armenia”.

Governor of the Gegharkunik region of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan noted: “The issue of organizing modern and civil heating of our schools was a really difficult one. Unfortunately, local budgets did not allow implementation of such big projects. Every year we were buying fuel for heating, and all the same, the accumulated funds were not providing comfortable learning conditions for our children. It is difficult to overestimate the financial assistance of GeoProMining in solving this problem. It has moved the solution from a standstill, which has been in the air for many years. In addition, the company is working on a number of other social issues existing in the region, thus ensuring enormous social support to our borderline towns and villages”.

Armenia rejects Turkey’s participation in Karabakh conflict settlement process

March 9, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

JAM News

March 3 2020

Armenian PM, Georgian President hold meeting in Tbilisi

March 9, 2020March 12, 2026 Kanayan Tamar

14:08, 3 March, 2020

YEREVAN, MARCH 3, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili in Tbilisi on the sidelines of his official visit, the PM’s Office told Armenpress.

The Georgian President highly valued the friendly relations of the two countries and stated that the issues and initiatives discussed during today’s meetings will give a new impetus to the further development and strengthening of the ties.

Nikol Pashinyan said he is happy to meet with Mrs. Zourabichvili during his official visit in Georgia to discuss the prospects of further deepening and developing the relations of the two states. “It’s a pleasure to once again meet with you. I can state that the Armenian-Georgian relations have recorded a positive development since our first meeting”, the Armenian PM said.

The Armenian PM and the Georgian President continued discussing several issues of the bilateral agenda. Thereafter, their discussion continued around a luncheon.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan