Category: 2021

Road condition

 10:19, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. The ministry of emergency situations reports that some roads are closed and difficult to pass across Armenia.

The road in Aragatsotn province from Amberd station to Lake Kari is closed.

Vanadzor-Dilijan, Tatev-Kapan, Artik-Alagyaz highways are partly covered with clear ice.

The ministry urges drivers to use snow tires.

The Georgian side informed that the Stepantsminda-Lars highway is open for all types of vehicles.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

COVID-19: Armenia reports 419 new cases, 25 deaths in one day

 11:34, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. 419 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 340,396, the ministry of healthcare reports.

7438 COVID-19 tests were conducted on December 4.

963 patients have recovered in one day. The total number of recoveries has reached 320,439.

The death toll has risen to 7669 (25 death cases have been registered in the past one day).

The number of active cases is 10,834.

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 11:51, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia Kristine Ghalechyan received the delegation led by General Director of the Russian Road Scientific Research Institute ROSDORNII, Stanislav Naboko, the ministry reports.

The meeting was also attended by the Executive Director of the Road Department Foundation of Armenia Stepan Machyan.

The cooperation opportunities were discussed during the meeting. The sides considered the collaboration in road construction, exchange of experience, training of specialists as prospective areas.

Agreement was reached to specify the concrete cooperation directions during the future discussions and use the existing potential to develop the field.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Artsakh reports 54 daily COVID-19 cases

 11:56, 4 December, 2021

STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. 54 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Republic of Artsakh in the past one day, the ministry of health said.

399 COVID-19 tests were conducted on December 3.

Currently, 102 infected patients receive treatment in hospitals. 18 are in critical condition, 48 in serious condition. The other cases receive treatment at home.

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 12:54, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. A 2.5 magnitude earthquake was registered on the Armenia-Georgia border 18 km north-east from the village of Bavra at 11:26 on December 4, the Seismic Protection Survey Seismological Network of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10km.

The tremor measured magnitude 3-4 point at the epicenter area.

The earthquake was felt in Armenia’s territory, in the village of Bavra, Norashen and Sarchapet communities of Lori province.

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 12:54, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. Minister of High Technological Industry Vahagn Khachaturyan received on December 3 Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia Alexander Konyuk, the ministry reports.

The minister presented to the Ambassador Armenia’s technological potential, the programs and works being carried out by the ministry aimed at forming and developing technology-based economy.

Vahagn Khachatryan highly appreciated the experience and achievements of Belarus in the technology sector, expressing confidence that there are all preconditions to strengthen the new cooperation opportunities in this field.

The Ambassador thanked for the meeting and touched upon the partnering ties between Armenia and Belarus in different areas. He said that the Belarusian side is interested in strengthening the cooperation especially in the high technology field.

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 13:54, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s Ambassador to Syria Tigran Gevorgyan met with Governor of Aleppo Hussein Diab, the Armenian Embassy in Syria said in a statement.

The sides discussed the current socio-economic problems in the Aleppo governorate, including the problems facing the Aleppo-Armenian community and their solution ways.

Ambassador Gevorgyan informed the Governor that the 8^th mission of the Armenian humanitarian demining and expert center arrived in Aleppo.

The Governor of Aleppo thanked Armenia and the Armenian people for assisting the people of Syria in the difficult period. He expressed readiness to provide necessary support to the Armenian churches, schools, cultural and sports unions and the Aleppo-Armenian community.

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Russia registers 32,974 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

 15:15, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 32,974 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected to 9,769,011, TASS reports citing the federal anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Saturday.

The increase in new cases totaled 0.34% in relative terms.

Particularly, 2,528 new coronavirus cases were registered in St. Petersburg in the past 24 hours, 2,075 in the Moscow Region, 887 in the Samara Region, 840 in the Krasnodar Region, 739 – in the Voronezh Region.

The number of active cases currently stands at 1,017,126 in Russia.

The number of fatalities related to the coronavirus increased by 1,215 in Russia in the past 24 hours compared to 1,217 on the previous day, bringing the total number of coronavirus deaths in the country to 280,072, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Saturday.

As many as 35,182 coronavirus patients recovered in Russia over the past day, while the total number of recoveries has reached 8,471,813, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Saturday

 15:44, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan met on December 3 with OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro on the sidelines of the 28^th OSCE Ministerial Council, the Armenian MFA reports.

FM Mirzoyan highlighted uniting international efforts for protection of human rights, freedom of speech and media. He reaffirmed Armenia’s support to the programs and activity of the OSCE Media Freedom Representative across the OSCE space.

The meeting touched upon the current situation caused by the Azerbaijani war against Artsakh. The Armenian FM presented the human rights violations carried out by the Azerbaijani armed forces after the ceasefire.

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 16:29, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijani police violently dispersed a peaceful protest in central Baku on December 1, 2021, and detained dozens of protesters. Among those detained was an opposition leader, Tofig Yagublu, Human Rights Watch said in a statement.

“Azerbaijani authorities have yet again demonstrated brazen contempt for people’s right to hold peaceful protests and used violence to quash dissent,” said Giorgi Gogia, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The authorities should conduct a prompt, impartial, and thorough investigation into law enforcement’s conduct and hold those responsible for abuses to account.”

Tofig Yagublu, who sustained multiple injuries in police custody, said police severely beat him while videoing him and demanding that he say on camera that he would stop criticizing Azerbaijan’s leadership.

“Yagublu’s horrific mistreatment was an attack on both an individual and the right to peaceful assembly,” Gogia said. “Given Azerbaijan’s poor record of addressing police abuses, the authorities need to ensure an effective, impartial investigation and hold to account those responsible.”